What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: White Cloth Hall This superbly restored gateway belonged to the magnificent quadrangular market hall which underpinned the prosperity of Georgian Leeds. Merchants and 1300 West Riding clothiers met here on Tuesdays and Saturdays to trade in undyed 'white' woollen cloth. Built 1775-76 Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds Civic Trust.
The White Cloth Hall was a central marketplace for trading undyed woolen cloth in Georgian Leeds, built between 1775-1776, and it played a crucial role in the economic prosperity of Leeds during the Industrial Revolution.
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