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John Carr, James Kitson, Gledhow Hall, Jeremiah Dixon, and 1 other

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This blue commemorative plaque records: Gledhow Hall. in 1764 the cloth merchant Jeremiah Dixon bough the estate and hall whose remodelling soon after is attributed to John Carr. Later illustrious residents included: 1817-26 Sir John Beckett, banker, Twice Mayor of Leeds, and 1884-1911 Sir James Kitson, industrialist, MP, first Lord Mayor of Leeds. Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds Civic Trust.

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