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Queens Court, Leeds blue plaque

Blue plaque
Queens Court, Leeds blue plaque
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This blue commemorative plaque records: Queens Court. This historic courtyard occupies one of the 60 burgage plots which abutted Briggate in the Middle Ages. It is fronted by an eight-bayed woollen cloth merchant's house (built c.1714) and contains the merchant's cloth finishing shops and warehouses. Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds Civic Trust.
Queens Court represents a preserved medieval burgage plot in Leeds, featuring a 1714 wool merchant's house and associated workshops, illustrating the city’s historical importance in the textile trade.

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