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Commercial Street is a
Commercial Street is a pedestrianised
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shopping street in Leeds
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, West Yorkshire
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, England
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. It is long.
History
The street was first developed by William Hey II as Bond Street in 1823–1824, and was renamed to Commercial Street several years later.Leeds Library
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, the oldest surviving subscription library
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in the UK, is located on this street.
The street runs west from Briggate to Albion Street, continuing to the east as Kirkgate, and to the west as Bond Street. It has junctions on its north side with Lands Lane, and on the south side with Bank Street and Marcelo Bielsa Way.
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