The Thoresby Society

In 1989 the Thoresby Society, in a joint venture with Leeds City Libraries, produced a collection of ten maps of Leeds which proved to be extremely popular with the Leeds public. To celebrate the 800th anniversary of the first Leeds charter, granted in 1207, the Yorkshire Evening Post along with the Thoresby Society and Leeds Library and Information Service have decided to re-publish the collection. We have added further maps to show the development of the city up to the middle of the twentieth century and included a Time Line.

 

We are grateful to have been able to draw on the text of the original publication by Arthur Elton and Brett Harrison. We would also like to thank the Leeds Museums and Galleries (City Art Gallery) for permission to use the Pettingell & Brownlow Thompson aerial view.

 

Stephen Allinson Yorkshire Evening Post
Paul Bolton Yorkshire Evening Post
Michele Lefevre Leeds Library and Information Service
Rose Gibson Leeds Library and Information Service
Ann Alexander Thoresby Society
David Thornton Thoresby Society

 

 

The Maps

Cossins	1726
Jefferys	1770
Giles	1815
Baines and Newsome	1834
Rapkin	1850
Ordnance Survey	1850
Brierley	1866
McCorquodale	1890
Bacon	1901
Ordnance Survey	1932
Kelly	1947
Gillham	1959
Pettingell & Brownlow Thompson	1886

ISSN 0082-4232
ISBN 0 900 741 65 1

There are a few copies still available contact the library if you want to buy one