Over more than a century, the Society has built up a number of special collections, notably its archive, map and image collections, which have recently been re-catalogued to make them more accessible. These collections are housed in the Society’s library, based at the Leeds Library, 18 Commercial Street, Leeds LS1 6AL.
The Central Market on Duncan Street was built 1824 –1827. Considered ‘one of the principal ornaments of the town’ it contained a hotel, sixty-seven shops, fifty-six stalls, six offices and a fancy goods bazaar on its balcony. It burnt down in 1895.