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Leeds in Your Lunch Hour Lecture 3: ‘The Greatest Parish Priest of the Nineteenth Century’: Dr Walter Farquhar Hook, Vicar of Leeds 1837 -1859
A statue in City Square celebrates the charismatic Vicar of Leeds, Dr Walter Farquhar Hook. In 1837, when Methodism was virtually the established religion of Leeds, he bounded onto the scene and totally transformed the fortunes of the Anglican Church in the city. In the process he magnificently rebuilt the Parish Church and led the erection of 17 new churches and 27 new schools.
Part of the Leeds400 celebrations in 2026
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Leeds In Your Lunch Hour Lecture 2: ‘The Ingenious Mr Thoresby’: First Historian of Leeds 1658-1725
11th February 2026 - 11th February 2026
In 1715 Ralph Thoresby published Ducatus Leodiensis the monumental history and topography of Leeds. As an antiquarian, numismatist and collector, he created an extraordinary museum…
Leeds In Your Lunch Hour Lecture 1: ‘1626 and All That’: The first Municipal Charter and 400 years of municipal and metropolitan government in Leeds
4th February 2026 - 4th February 2026
The granting of the Royal Charter in 1626 created Leeds Corporation and gave the Leeds merchants control of the local woollen cloth industry and the…
Leeds In Your Lunch Hour Lecture 4: ‘A City Transformed 1965-2025’: Leeds Civic Trust and 60 Years of Change in Leeds
25th February 2026 - 25th February 2026
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