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A postcard of Kirkstall Abbey from 1908

Nature Prevails at Kirkstall Abbey

Community, Featured

Kirkstall Abbey, despite it's turbulent past, is now a peaceful place for personal reflections. Joe Williams explores its history in our latest blog.

Etching on Paper of Kirkstall Abbey, with cows drinking water from the lake at the front.

Re-thinking John Sell Cotman

Collections, Fine Art

Project Archivist Jane Speller explores'Re-thinking John Sell Cotman', the major project currently taking place at Leeds Art Gallery.

Leeds Remembers: How the local community filled the museum with poppies

(OLD) Behind the Scenes, (OLD) Community, (OLD) First World War, (OLD) Historic Buildings and Interiors, (OLD) Leeds History, (OLD) Military History, (OLD) War

We filled Leeds City Museum with poppies to remember the lives affected by the First World War.

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Kirkstall Abbey

Virtual Classroom Workshop: Kirkstall Abbey; hideous history or local legend?

Kirkstall Abbey, KS2, Local Leeds History, SEND, Virtual Classroom

A virtual classroom workshop looking at the history of Kirkstall Abbey and what life was like in medieval and Tudor times.