Commercial Street, Leeds

Commercial Street

Commercial Street is a pedestrianised shopping street in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is 0.2 miles (0.32 km) long.^[1]

History

The street was first developed by William Hey II as Bond Street in 1823–1824, and was renamed to Commercial Street several years later.^[2] Leeds Library, the oldest surviving subscription library in the UK, is located on this street.^[3][4]

The street runs west from Briggate to Albion Street, continuing to the east as Kirkgate, and to the west as Bond Street. It has junctions on its north side with Lands Lane, and on the south side with Bank Street and Marcelo Bielsa Way.

References

1. "Walking directions to Commercial St". Google. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
2. Morris, R. J. Men, Women and Property in England, 1780–1870: A Social and Economic History of Family Strategies amongst the Leeds Middle Class. Cambridge University Press. pp. 187–188. ISBN 9781139442725.
3. Paul Kaufman (1967). "The Community Library: A Chapter in English Social History". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 57. JSTOR 1006043.
4. "About Us". The Leeds Library. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

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