Hostel Of The Resurrection
The Hostel of the Resurrection also known as the Priory of St Wilfred and later as the Adult Education Centre at the University of Leeds is a former Dormitory#United Kingdom, student hostel in Leeds. A designated Listed building#Categories of listed building, Grade II* listed building in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, the building is now privately owned and is again student accommodation. History The hostel was commissioned by the Community of the Resurrection (CR). In 1903 CR had founded the College of the Resurrection to train men for the Anglican priesthood. Part of the training was undertaken at University of Leeds, Leeds University and CR looked for suitable accommodation for their students. Two existing buildings at numbers 21 and 23 Springfield Mount was identified and acquired by CR and began lodging students in 1904. In 1907 CR began an appeal for funds to build a new hostel on the Springfield Mount site. Meetings seeking support for the hostel were frequently disrup ...
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Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by population) in England, after London and Birmingham. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. It expanded by becoming a major production centre, including of carbonated water where it was invented in the 1760s, and trading centre (mainly with wool) for the 17th and 18th centuries. It was a major mill town during the Industrial Revolution. It was also known for its flax industry, iron foundries, engineering and printing, as well as shopping, with several surviving Victorian era arcades, such as Kirkgate Market. City status was awarded in 1893, a populous urban centre formed in the following century which absorbed surrounding villages and overtook the nearby York population. It is locate ...
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