Leeds Arts University is a specialist arts further and higher education institution, based in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, with a main campus opposite the University of Leeds.
Dedicated Blue plaque at the Vernon Street site
Main campus in 2018
The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884 it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine and was renamed Yorkshire College. It became part of the federal Victoria University in 1887, joining Owens College and University College Liverpool. In 1904 a royal charter was granted to the University of Leeds by King Edward VII.
An early view of the Great Hall, next to the Clothworkers' Court
The Great Hall
The Parkinson Building, named after Frank Parkinson, a major benefactor to the university
Yorkshire College blue plaque 1879