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Alf Cooke, Weetwood Hall, Leeds, and Daniel Foxcroft blue plaque

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Alf Cooke, Weetwood Hall, Leeds, and Daniel Foxcroft blue plaque
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This blue commemorative plaque records: Weetwood Hall. Rebuilt by Daniel Foxcroft in 1625, his family owned this former Kirkstall Abbey estate for over a century. Later owners and tenants included members of the wealthy Denison, Oates, Marshall and Beckett families. The Printer Alf Cooke lived here 1889-1902. It was a University of Leeds women's hall of residence 1919-1991. Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds Civic Trust.

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