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Leeds Central Library

library in Leeds, England, formerly also municipal offices and museum building
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Leeds Central Library

Summary

Leeds Central Library is a public library[1].

Key Facts

  • Leeds Central Library is located in Leeds[2].
  • Leeds Central Library is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Leeds Central Library's instance of is recorded as public library[4].
  • Leeds Central Library's instance of is recorded as main library[5].
  • Leeds Central Library's architect is recorded as George Corson[6].
  • Leeds Central Library's commissioned by is recorded as Leeds City Council[7].
  • Leeds Central Library is operated by Leeds City Council[8].
  • The location of Leeds Central Library was Leeds[9].
  • Leeds Central Library's postal code is recorded as LS1 3AB[10].
  • Leeds Central Library's Commons category is recorded as Leeds central library[11].
  • October 14, 1878 marks the founding of Leeds Central Library[12].
  • Leeds Central Library's OS grid reference is recorded as SE2982433849[13].
  • Leeds Central Library's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 53.80011, 'longitude': -1.54869, 'precision': 1e-05}[14].
  • Leeds Central Library's official website is recorded as https://www.leeds.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/central-library[15].
  • Leeds Central Library's email address is recorded as mailto:library.administration@leeds.gov.uk[16].
  • Leeds Central Library's floors above ground is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+3'}[17].
  • Leeds Central Library's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II* listed building[18].
  • Leeds Central Library's date of official opening is recorded as April 17, 1884[19].
  • Leeds Central Library sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+42.86679'}[20].
  • Leeds Central Library's street address is recorded as Leeds Central Library, Municipal Buildings, Calverley Street, Leeds, LS1 3AB[21].
  • Leeds Central Library's historic county is recorded as Yorkshire[22].

Body

Founding

October 14, 1878 marks the founding of Leeds Central Library[12].

Operations

Leeds Central Library is operated by Leeds City Council[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Public libraries in England: basic dataset. Retrieved . data.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . Public libraries in England: basic dataset. Retrieved . data.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Public libraries in England: basic dataset. data.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Public libraries in England: basic dataset. data.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Public libraries in England: basic dataset. data.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Google APIs. Retrieved . developers.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Public libraries in England: basic dataset. data.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Edward · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 21468571
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  2. 15w ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': N
    Inception → +1878-10-14T00:00:00Z
    Foursquare city guide venue id → 4b5c443af964a520142929e3
    Date of official opening → +1884-04-17T00:00:00Z
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