ABBEY HOUSE MUSEUM
Opening Hours
Mon: closed
Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm
Sat: 12 – 5pm
Sun: 10am – 5pm
Last admission: 4.30pm
Address
Abbey Walk
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH
Ticket Provider
ABBEY HOUSE MUSEUM
Opening Hours
Mon: closed
Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm
Sat: 12 – 5pm
Sun: 10am – 5pm
Last admission: 4.30pm
Address
Abbey Walk
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH
Ticket Provider
LEEDS ART GALLERY
Opening Hours
Mon: Closed
Tues -Sat: 10am – 5pm
Sun: 11am – 3pm
Address
The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AA
LEEDS CITY MUSEUM
Opening Hours
Mon: closed (11am – 5pm on bank holidays)
Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm
Sat & Sun: 11am – 5pm
Address
Leeds City Museum
Millennium Square
Leeds
LS2 8BH
Ticket Provider
LEEDS DISCOVERY CENTRE
Opening Hours
Visits by appointment/special event only.
Free public store tours are now available by booking in advance. Please call or email us.
Address
Leeds Discovery Centre
Off Carlisle Road
Leeds
LS10 1LB
LEEDS INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM
Opening Hours
Mon: Closed (10am – 5pm on bank holiday Mondays)
Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm
Sat – Sun: 12 – 5pm
Last admission one hour before closing.
Address
Canal Road
Leeds
LS12 2QF
KIRKSTALL ABBEY
Opening Hours
Mon: closed (10am – 4pm on bank holidays)
Tues – Sun: 10am – 4.30pm
Last admission: 4pm
Address
Abbey Road
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH
Ticket Provider
LOTHERTON
Opening Hours
Open Daily
Estate opens: 7.30am
Hall: Open (Downstairs only) 10am-5pm
Wildlife World: 10am – 5pm
Estate closes: 7pm
Last entry 45 mins before estate closing time
TEMPLE NEWSAM
Opening Hours
House: Tues – Sun: 10.30am – 5pm
Home Farm: Tues – Sun: 10am – 5pm
Last entry 45 minutes before
THWAITE WATERMILL
Address
Thwaite Lane
Stourton
Leeds
LS10 1RP
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Leeds Migration Stories
Community, Educational partnerships, Engagement, Projects & PartnershipsDavid Harrison is a current PhD researcher at the University of Leeds looking at Yemeni communities in Liverpool. He has been helping the Leeds Migration Stories project, focusing on the early Pakistani and Sikh communities in particular.
Leeds is home to several well-established communities who have arrived from across the globe, with individuals having roots in nearby Ireland and others as far as the Caribbean and Pakistan. These communities have all played an important role in the formation of Leeds as the multicultural city we know today. This blog post is part of the Leeds Migration Stories project which explores the colourful histories behind the city’s many communities.
A map from 1966 showing Harehills and Chapeltown Road
The history of faith-based buildings in Leeds has been of special interest as many of the early Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and Gurdwaras reflect the social history of the areas where the communities settled. Harehills and Chapeltown saw the largest numbers of migrants, and today Gipton and Harehills are the second most populous ward (Census 2011), but at the turn of the 19th century these parts of the city were largely uninhabited. The first real wave of migration to Harehills and Richmond Hill came from Ireland, where Irish workers were escaping the hardships of the devastating Potato Famine. The now unused Mount St. Mary’s church, which opened in 1857, stands as a reminder of the early Irish community who were in need of an accessible Catholic church in the local area. By 1861 in this area of the city, 85% of the population were Irish. The continued growth of the Irish population then led to the construction of 9 more churches throughout Leeds.
“House of Faith” plaque on the Jinnah Mosque detailing its history.
Leaflet for a ‘Catholic Ball’ in Hunslet, early 1900s
Chapeltown Road Gurdwara, previously Union Church (courtesy of Leodis)
A prayer board donated by the Jewish Synagogue in the 1970s
New Gurdwara built opposite the original Gurdwara (courtesy of Leodis)
The story of religious buildings changing hands seems to be part-and-parcel of the story of Leeds’ migrant communities, with examples across the city. A striking example of the co-operation between these communities was when the early Muslim (largely Pakistani and Bengali) community were hoping to purchase land for a Mosque but at the time nobody was willing to sell land to be used for this purpose: eventually it was the Jewish community who offered to sell an old prayer hall which became Jinnah Mosque in 1968.
“House of Faith” plaque on the Jinnah Mosque detailing its history.
Throughout 2019, these stories will be explored through a series of exhibitions, displays and events at Leeds City Museum. If you would like to find out more about our plans, have your own migration story to tell or would like to be involved please email Leeds City Museum.
By David Harrison, PHD Researcher at the University of Leeds
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