The Parish Church has not only played a significant part in the life of Leeds, it captures within it the history of the great events and people who together have shaped that city through the centuries. Hundreds of monuments and memorials dating from the Middle Ages to the present day encrust its walls and floors, telling as they do, the part Leeds people have played in that story. Here we see memorials to members of the Leeds Volunteers, formed to offset Napoleon’s threatened invasion, and to the men from the city who fought in the Crimea, in South Africa and in two World Wars. Here also we find tributes to hundreds of local men, women and children who lived out their lives in the town; some now forgotten, others nationally famous, like Richard Oastler the ‘Factory King’.
Now for the first time, those memorials have been captured in MargaretPullan’s pioneering publication, the product of years of devotedresearch. The range of information offered includes records of births,marriages, and deaths, full inscriptions, background histories explainingwhy the deceased were buried in the Parish Church and the artisticmerits of their tombs. Architectural, ecclesiastical and local historianswill find this an invaluable contribution in their respective fieldsof work whilst the general public will find it gives a fascinatingview of the people of Leeds who lived through the years as the oldtown grew into a major city.
About the author Margaret Pullan was born and educated in Canada where she obtained her first degree, a BSc in Biology, from the University of Ottawa. On graduation she travelled to England and obtained a second BSc, in Archaeology and Geological Sciences, at the University of Leeds. Since 1993 she has worked as administrator and archivist for the English Heritage-funded Wharram Percy deserted medieval village post-excavation publication project.
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