Where is this commemorative slab?

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Tue 02 Apr, 2013 9:16 pm

I took this photo of this commemorative stone slab today (April 2 2013). Where is it in Leeds?

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Wed 03 Apr, 2013 4:12 am

I found a few photos but I am non the wiser to its whereabouts.EDIT - On second thoughts is it here opposite The Palace ??http://goo.gl/maps/3piZm

biofichompinc · Post by **biofichompinc** » Wed 03 Apr, 2013 8:45 am

Tried to get to the bottom of this last night but struggled with the 'final' location.The 'untold stories' website administered by the Irish community in Leeds has one photo of the Famine Walk in 1995 when the commemorative stone was laid on the 150th anniversary of the Great Hunger - an Gorta Mór. The walk was from the Irish centre to Leeds City Centre. But that's all you get.It's here...http://www.untoldstories.co.uk/image.do?id=215I thought maybe somewhere in the environs of St Anne's Cathedral or Mount St Mary's church grounds (but this closed in the late eighties), but Uncle Mick's shout is a good one. There were some tenements at the back of the Lloyd's Arms across from the Palace which may have been one of the hubs of the Irish community way back when. And near enough to the Bank, Richmond Hill etc etc. Anyway, Leeds does not rate a mention in the famine memorials on Wikipedia where Liverpool, Cardiff, Motherwell and Celtic FC do. Both the Liverpool and Cardiff memorials were unveiled after Leeds.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Wed 03 Apr, 2013 8:54 am

Would that slope be the railway embankment then?

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Wed 03 Apr, 2013 10:31 am

Have found another photo that mentions Kirkgate.http://www.untoldstories.co.uk/image.do?id=109

biofichompinc · Post by **biofichompinc** » Wed 03 Apr, 2013 11:02 am

Finally twigged - more a wild guess really - how to navigate around the 'untold stories' website.For the definitive answer on the whereabouts of the commemorative stone, simply (!!) change the 109 at the end of the address above to 110.Well done Uncle Mick.

biofichompinc · Post by **biofichompinc** » Wed 03 Apr, 2013 11:22 am

Or maybe even 219.

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Wed 03 Apr, 2013 1:51 pm

salt 'n pepper wrote: Or maybe even 219.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Wed 03 Apr, 2013 7:06 pm

Hi all and thanks for the posts. The commemorative slab is to the base of the steep railway embankment next to Kirkgate, more or less opposite Leeds Minster (whose official name I understand is 'Leeds Minster and Parish Church of Saint Peter-at-Leeds', or what I still think of as the Parish Church). The photo here was taken in the same area and shows a general view of some of the old gravestones that were relocated to here long back from nearby so (as far as I know) there are no graves here.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Wed 03 Apr, 2013 7:18 pm

This photo shows a general view of gravestones from Kirkgate but nearer the Duke Street (?) end of the embankment. I was surprised that there were not as many gravestones there as I thought there used to be. Apart from cursory glances when in the area I haven't though had a good look around for many years now. The embankment on the York Street side is grassed over and seemed to have no gravestones yet I'm sure there used to be many there, though very many years back. If I'm right I wonder where they were moved to in view of there seemingly not to be as many on the Kirkgate side.