A Sketchbook of Old Leeds

Leeds Town Hall, about 1900

19th Century Briggate

Leeds Bridge, 1867

Shire Oak, Headingley

Port of Leeds, mid-20th Century

Red Hall, 19th Century

Rose & Crown Yard, now Queen's Arcade>

Temple Newsam

Kirkstall Abbey 1843

Moot Hall, about 1820

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Theatre Royal about 1900

All illustrations used on this page were drawn by Dr. Thornton

Books by Dr. Thornton are :

General histories

Leeds; the Story of a City (Ayr, 2002) Fort Publishing   ISBN  0-9536576-6-3

Great Leeds Stories (Ayr, 2005) Fort Publishing ISBN 0-9544461-9-4

For children

The Picture Story of Kirkstall Abbey (Leeds, 1978) ISBN  0  907339 14   X

The Picture Story of the City of Leeds (Leeds, 1983)    ISBN   0  907339  19  0