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- This chapter explores Leeds as one of the shock cities of the Industrial Revolution, which experienced massive population growth in the nineteenth century. The new industrial classes challenged the old merchant elite and sought political power.
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During the 19th Century Leeds changed from a small town to a large manufacturing city. As the factories grew up across the city, the sky was covered by smoke and fumes from the chimneys.
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As well as scattered Bronze Age objects throughout the Leeds area, there were, according to 19th-century records, two Bronze Age barrows on Woodhouse Moor. [7] In the pre-Roman and Roman Iron Age, the vicinity of Leeds was associated with the Brigantes ; as well as possible Roman-period earthworks, a paved ford across the River Aire has been ...
Mar 14, 2021 · Leeds in the 19th century. By 1801, the year of the first census the population of Leeds had reached 30,000. By the standards of the time, it was a large town. By 1851 it had reached 101,000. Leeds grew rapidly but many of the new houses built were dreadful. Overcrowding was rife and the streets were very dirty.
May 10, 2019 · This began to change when Leeds upped its game to become the premier textile region of the north. The First White Cloth Hall was constructed in 1711, and was where Leeds moved on to another level in terms of its standing in the textile trade.
19th Century Leeds: The Well-Off. By the time Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837, many better off families in Leeds had moved out of the smoky, polluted city centre. They bought newly built houses in leafy areas to the north of Leeds, like Headingley, Chapel Allerton and Potternewton.
How have things changed for people living in Leeds since then? During the 19th century the population had grown rapidly and Leeds had changed from a small town to a large manufacturing city. In 1800 the population size was 53,000 but by 1831 there were 123,000 people crammed into the town.
This chapter explores Leeds as one of the shock cities of the Industrial Revolution, which experienced massive population growth in the nineteenth century. The new industrial classes challenged the old merchant elite and sought political power.
