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The following is a list of plaques placed within the City of Leeds by Leeds Civic Trust to celebrate people or historic sites. The main ones are cast aluminium 18 inches in diameter with lettering in relief and can be repainted when badly worn. Where space is limited a 14-inch one is used with fewer words.
L. Louis Le Prince; Leeds; Leeds Arts University; Leeds City Varieties; Leeds Civic Hall; Leeds Club; Leeds Co-operative Society; Leeds General Infirmary; Leeds Grammar School
Leeds Civic Trust is a voluntary organisation and registered charity established in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England in 1965.Affiliated to the national charity Civic Voice, its stated purpose is "to stimulate public interest in and care for the beauty, history, and character of the city and locality, to encourage high standards of design, architecture and town planning; [and] to encourage the ...
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The historic chapel was the birthplace of Leeds United Football Club in 1919. Salem's hall was the venue for a public meeting in which Leeds City F.C. was disbanded over financial misdemeanours, and Leeds United F.C. was formed. [2] [5] The chapel was closed as a place of worship in 2001. [6]
In association with the 2018 event, Leeds Civic Trust announced that it would be expanding its blue plaque scheme to create a trail of Rainbow Plaques to commemorate those who have contributed to the LGBT+ story of Leeds. [9] A map has been published showing the location of 15 plaques. [10]
The pub The New Penny on Call Lane was awarded a blue plaque by Leeds Civic Trust on 19 October 2016, "for providing a safe venue for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people." [ 10 ] The plaque states that the pub is "one of the longest continually running LGB & T* venues in the UK, having been so since 1953".
Rainbow plaque outside Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York, dedicated to Anne Lister and Ann Walker. The rainbow plaque programme was initiated in 2018 by York Civic Trust and the York LGBT Forum to honour lesbian diarist Anne Lister (1791–1840) and her partner Ann Walker, with the first version of a plaque unveiled on 24 July 2018, [1] replaced with amended wording including the word ...