Belgrave Hall / Belgrave House - Cossin's map

DaisyBell · Post by **DaisyBell** » Wed 06 Jul, 2011 2:40 pm

I work in this building, which is now a law firm, and have been trying to research its history during my lunch hour, as you do. Unfortunately there is only so much I can get from google!I wondered if anyone on these boards had a copy of Cossin's plan of Leeds, or another pre-1800 map, to hand? I'm looking for a large house now bordered by the present day Merrion Place and Belgrave Street (basically a street back from Merrion Street) ... I believe it was built about 1720, but was originally called something else.It was going by the name Belgrave House by 1847, when a H. Thorne lived there ... but I haven't been able to get any earlier using googlebooks, and most of the references are in snippet view. (Am sensing a library visit this weekend!)Daisy

geoffb · Post by **geoffb** » Wed 06 Jul, 2011 3:42 pm

Have a look at Leeds Tithe maps. http://tithemaps.leeds.gov.ukIt shows the owner of this plot as Edmund Howarth.

buffaloskinner · Post by **buffaloskinner** » Thu 07 Jul, 2011 11:34 pm

This help 1889click on red cross

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Fri 08 Jul, 2011 8:46 am

s Belgrave Hall not where the Japanese restaurant is now? That'd be the old Belgrave Chapel right?

DaisyBell · Post by **DaisyBell** » Fri 08 Jul, 2011 10:11 am

Yes it is! Was walking back from lunch yesterday and noticed that ‘Belgrave House’ is the name of one of the (modern) office buildings nearby, so presumably the Belgrave House I have been reading about was a long-demolished building on a different site. Awed by my own stupidity as usual :-)Thanks for the tithe maps – using these as a spring board, I did some more research last night and learnt quite a bit about Belgrave Chapel, which was opened in January 1836 for Congregationalists who formerly met in the Albion Chapel.Does anyone know where the Albion chapel was? Presumably it has now been demolished...

geoffb · Post by **geoffb** » Fri 08 Jul, 2011 12:16 pm

DaisyBell wrote: Yes it is! Was walking back from lunch yesterday and noticed that ‘Belgrave House’ is the name of one of the (modern) office buildings nearby, so presumably the Belgrave House I have been reading about was a long-demolished building on a different site. Awed by my own stupidity as usual :-)Thanks for the tithe maps – using these as a spring board, I did some more research last night and learnt quite a bit about Belgrave Chapel, which was opened in January 1836 for Congregationalists who formerly met in the Albion Chapel.Does anyone know where the Albion chapel was? Presumably it has now been demolished... Hello DaisyBell welcome to the site.There was a Methodist Chapel on Albion Street which was open in the early 18th century, I don't know when it closed, but it was known as the Albion Chapel, maybe this is the one.