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Leeds Local History Wiki Open in a new windowLink Details
- A community internet history project organised by the Local Studies Library (of Leeds Library and Information Service); includes information about resources, and articles by volunteer contributors.
- http://addyourlocalhistory.wetpaint.com/

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Leeds Chartists Open in a new windowLink Details
- An history of the movement in the city.
- http://www.chartists.net/Leeds-Chartists.htm

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Leodis Open in a new windowLink Details
- On-line history of Leeds. About 50 accounts and sources collected by an amateur historian.
- http://homepage.ntlworld.com/keith.feeney/contents.html

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Locomotive Builders of Leeds Open in a new windowLink Details
- Brief outlines of railway engineering firms in the city, with bibliography and links.
- http://yorkshire.16mm.org.uk/locomotivebuildersofleeds.html

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Burmantofts Pottery Open in a new windowLink Details
- Brief history and details of an e-book about this factory.
- http://www.postmaster.co.uk/~jason31/51000/

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Leeds Community History Portal Open in a new windowLink Details
- A service offered by Leeds Library and Information Services to support and resource local and family historians; information, advice, details of library collections and holdings, and links.
- http://www.communityhistory.leedslearning.org/

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Athena Open in a new windowLink Details
- A collection of indexes (with annotated references) to sources of information held in the collections of the Leeds Local Studies Library.
- http://www.leedslocalindex.net/

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Secret Leeds Open in a new windowLink Details
- Dedicated to quirky, unusual or mysterious aspects of the built environment of the city past and present. Includes a forum.
- http://www.secretleeds.com/

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Rent Strike Open in a new windowLink Details
- Accounts of the Leeds Rent Strikes of 1914 and 1934, and their contribution to the development of the British Tenants' Movement.
- http://freespace.virgin.net/labwise.history6/

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The Barnbow Lasses Open in a new windowLink Details
- An account of Britain’s premier shell factory between 1914 and 1918, their workforce, and the explosion in 1916 (to date the worst tragedy in terms of lives lost in the history of Leeds).
- http://historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/England-History/BarnbowLasses.htm

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Armley Gaol Open in a new windowLink Details
- Information about judicial executions performed between 1864 and 1961 at the prison.
- http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/armley.html

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Leeds Civic Trust Open in a new windowLink Details
- Aims to encourage development and public amenities which take pride in the present and future heritage of Leeds. Useful reports and events listed.
- http://www.leedscivictrust.org.uk/

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The Bells of the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds Open in a new windowLink Details
- Information about bells on churches and secular buildings in the diocese - includes historical notes on the Deaneries of Allerton, Headingley and Armley, and bells in Leeds city.
- http://www.riponandleedsbells.org.uk/

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The Leeds Pals - The 15th (Service) Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Open in a new windowLink Details
- An online memorial to one of the First World War "Pals' Battalions". Site aims to provide personal case-histories of named soldiers, photographs, local history and military documents.
- http://www.leedspals.co.uk/

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Hunslet Engine Company Open in a new windowLink Details
- A short history of the famous rail engine works, provided by Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.
- http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/Hunslett.htm

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Sundials in and around Leeds Open in a new windowLink Details
- An introduction to sundials around Leeds; details of where to find the surviving examples.
- http://www.dsellers.demon.co.uk/sundials/sun_ch1.htm

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The Battle of Winwaed Open in a new windowLink Details
- An account of a major battle fought on Penda's Fields or around Whinmoor, in 655 CE; with ramifications for the future development of England.
- http://www.winwaed.com/history/winwaed/winwaed.html

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The Story of Sewerage in Leeds Open in a new windowLink Details
- The history of the development of sewage services in Leeds from the 19th century, in 9 chapters.
- http://www.dsellers.demon.co.uk/sewers/sew_ch1.htm

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The Urban Geography of Leeds Open in a new windowLink Details
- An account of the development and history of Leeds from the 18th century to the 20th.
- http://www.brixworth.demon.co.uk/leeds/index.htm

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Leodis Database Open in a new windowLink Details
- Searchable photographic archive for Leeds, which can be restricted by locality, and by decade or year.
- http://www.leodis.org/

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Modern History Sourcebook Open in a new windowLink Details
- The Leeds Woollen Workers Petition, 1786, against the use of machines in their industry.
- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1786machines.html

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