This photo is of the wall in front of Leeds Parish Church of St. Peter on Kirkgate and shows the East Bar Stone and also a Leeds Civic Trust blue plaque.
I have passed this way quite a few times and never noticed either the blue plaque or the stone that it marks.
Kirkgate is from the Old Norse language used by the Vikings meaning "kirk" = church and "gate" = road or way. So Kirkgate becomes church road or way to the church. Although the current church on this site dates to the Victorian period of 1837, there must have been a church here perhaps for more than 1,000 years.
Not that this stone goes back that far, the East Bar Stone marked the Eastern boudary of the medieval town of Leeds.
As can be seen in the above photograph the East Bar stone is marked by a blue plaque by Leeds Civic Trust. The blue plaque reads:
EAST BAR
This ancient stone marked the eastern boundary of the medieval town of Leeds
This ancient stone marked the eastern boundary of the medieval town of Leeds
Some time soon I must pay a visit to the people at Leeds Civic Trust, I pass their office quite often but it is always closed at that time.
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The blue is pretty, but I prefer the old stone!
ReplyDeleteI've added this blue plaque to our open data collection on http://openplaques.org/ as http://openplaques.org/plaques/2039
ReplyDeleteThere are some more Leeds plaques shown on our map at http://openplaques.org/areas/20 but I expect that you probably know of more than us, so i'll keep an eye on your travels.