Albion Street is a road in the city centre of
Leeds
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...
, a city in England.
History
The street was constructed between 1790 and 1791, with an initial requirement that only housing could be constructed along it. This gradually changed, with a music hall being constructed in 1792/3, with a small hall underneath for trading in cloth. In 1802, a Methodist Chapel opened. By the 1850s, buildings on the street included the General Post Office, the American Consulate, the Inland Revenue Office, Coroner's Office, Clerk of the Peace's Office, Stock Exchange Hall, and the Catholic Literary Institution.
During the 20th century, the street became lined with shops, including a large
Leeds Co-operative Society
The Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society (Leeds Co-op) was a British independent co-operative society based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, which merged with United Co-operatives in 2007.
Leeds Co-op was founded in 1847 as a Co-operative Flour Mill Soc ...
store.
The southern part of the street was pedestrianised in 1970.
Layout and architecture
The street runs north, starting at
Boar Lane
Boar Lane is a street in the city centre of Leeds, in England.
History
The street originated in the Medieval period, running between the town's manor house and the main street of Briggate, its name believed to be a corruption of the word "boroug ...
, opposite the entrance to New Station Street. It passes underneath part of the
Trinity Leeds
Trinity Leeds is a shopping and leisure centre in the city centre of Leeds, England, named after the adjacent 18th-century Holy Trinity Church. Developed by Land Securities and designed by Chapman Taylor, it opened on 21 March 2013, with ove ...
shopping centre, to a crossroads with
Commercial Street and Bond Street. It continues past Albion Place and Short Street, to a crossroads with
Headrow
The Headrow is an Avenue (landscape), avenue in Leeds city centre, West Yorkshire, England.
It is one of the most important thoroughfares in central Leeds, hosting many of the city's civic and cultural buildings, including Leeds Town Hall, ...
. Passing between
The Light and
St John's Centre
The St John's Centre is an indoor shopping centre in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The centre is surrounded by The Headrow to the south, Albion Street, Leeds, Albion Street to the west and Merrion Street to the north. The centre makes up t ...
, it has junctions with Wormald Row and St Anne's Street, ending at a junction with Merrion Street and Great George Street, beyond which its continuation is Woodhouse Lane.
Other than the shopping centres, notable buildings on the street include Moorlands House, built in the 1850s as the headquarters of the Leeds and West Yorkshire Assurance Company.
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References
Streets in Leeds