St. George's Fields (Leeds General Cemetery)
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Type of record: Archive
Title: St. George's Fields (Leeds General Cemetery)
Classmark: LUA/PHC/003/91
Date(s): c.1900-2001
Size and medium: 31 colour photographs; 23 colour transparencies; 199 b/w photographs; 1 b/w mounted photograph; 32 b/w contact prints
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/9157
Collection group(s): University Archive
Description
(1) 6 different shots of rows of gravestones & monuments(2) 2 shots of the Chapel (Mausoleum - now Library store), Parkinson tower in background [(1) and (2) in the same envelope] (3) 6 colour shots of St. George's Fields, after landscaping in 1972(4) 18 further shots of St. George's Fields, May 1975 (7 copies of one photograph)(5) Shot from St. George's Fields, looking towards Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (South East Elevation)(6) Shot from above ground level, across St. George's Fields, looking at the rear of the Department of Chemistry, Parkinson Tower behind (West Elevation) (3 copies)(7) 2 shots from above ground level, across St. George's Fields, looking towards the Houldsworth School of Applied Sciences (South East Elevation) (3 copies) [(5) - (7) in the same envelope](8) 3 shots from above ground level, across St. George's Fields towards the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, South Elevation (2 copies of one photograph, one mounted(9) Shot
across St. George's Fields, looking towards rear of Chemistry Building and Parkinson Tower, West Elevation, October 1971, (15 copies) (10) 17 colour shots of parts of the exterior of the Mausoleum, prior to restoration, including a shot of a statue of Sir Micheal Sadler(11) Shot of the damage to the interior of the Mausoleum, following an arson attack (also 32 b/w contact prints on 2 sheets)(12) Close up colour shot of the statue of Michael Thomas Sadler, outside the Mausoleum(13) Close up colour shot of the gravestone of Michael Thomas Sadler, outside the Mausoleum [(12) and (13) in the same envelope](14) B/w print of an award from the Civic Trust, 1972, for the development of St. George's Fields(15) 3 colour shots of Henry Price residents playing football, 2 with the Henry Price flats in the background and 1 with the Geography building in the background, 2001(16) 3 colour shots of students in St George's Fields, 2001(17) Scrapbook of the record of site progress containing c 110 b/w
photographs and the lanscaping plan for the cemetery, 1967-1968
Biography or history
The Leeds General Cemetery was owned by a private joint-stock company founded in 1833. It was acquired by the University, and closed for landscaping under the terms of the University of Leeds Act 1965.
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