Commercial Street, Leeds

Commercial Street

Commercial Street is a pedestrianised shopping street in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is 0.2 miles (0.32 km) long.^[1]

History[]

The street was first developed by William Hey II as Bond Street in 1823–1824, and was renamed to Commercial Street several years later.^[2] It contains The Leeds Library founded in 1768 ^[3] which is a private subscription library, the oldest surviving library of this kind in the UK, and has occupied its current purpose-built site on Commercial Street since 1808.^[4]

References[]

^ "Walking directions to Commercial St". Google. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
^ Morris, R. J. Men, Women and Property in England, 1780–1870: A Social and Economic History of Family Strategies amongst the Leeds Middle Class. Cambridge University Press. pp. 187–188. ISBN 9781139442725.
^ Paul Kaufman (1967). "The Community Library: A Chapter in English Social History". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 57. JSTOR 1006043.
^ "About Us". The Leeds Library. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

Coordinates: 53°47′51″N 1°32′36″W / 53.79750°N 1.54333°W / 53.79750; -1.54333

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[1] "Walking directions to Commercial St". Google. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

[2] Morris, R. J. Men, Women and Property in England, 1780–1870: A Social and Economic History of Family Strategies amongst the Leeds Middle Class. Cambridge University Press. pp. 187–188. ISBN 9781139442725.

[3] Paul Kaufman (1967). "The Community Library: A Chapter in English Social History". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 57. JSTOR 1006043.

[4] "About Us". The Leeds Library. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

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