Now! Then! 2024! - Yorkshire On This Day

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Page 38 was mentioned an old ruinous hospital of an uncertain tenure and foundation, since which time, by the favour of the lord of the manor, the title is cleared, and the poor being otherwise provided for, till a more convenient habitation be built for them, the cottages are taken down, and a stately hall for white cloths erected at near a thousand pounds’ charge by certain merchants and tradesmen in town. It is built upon pillars and arches in the form of an exchange, with a quadrangular court within. Both the higher and lower storeys are replenished with that sort of goods which, till this juncture, the makers had to carry samples of to each of the merchants’ houses they dealt with. And these had the trouble, upon emergent occasions, to ride to the several townships or hamlets of Heaton, Birkenshaw, and Bradford Dale, Alverthorpe, Birstall, Littletown, Heckmondwike, Batley and Dewsbury, Great and Little Gomersal, Roberttown, Mirfield, Clifton, and Hathet, as they are enumerated upon the doors of the distinct repositories, where the goods are lodged till the weekly markets upon Tuesday afternoon, of which notice is given by the bell in a beautiful cupola painted and gilt.

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By the early 18th century, cloth trading had outstripped the capacity of the bridge, and had moved to trestle tables in up to two rows on each side of Briggate. Ralph Thoresby was involved in the establishment of the first covered cloth market, when with others he secured the permission of the 3rd Viscount Irwin, holder of the Manor of Leeds, to erect the White Cloth Hall. The fact of Wakefield having erected a trading hall in 1710 was almost certainly a driver of change. The new hall opened on 22 May 1711. It lasted for 65 years before being removed to a new site in The Calls; by the mid-19th century it was taking place in a dedicated trading hall.

Thoresby gives the date in his diary (Thoresby 1830).

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PAGE 38, was mentioned an old ruinous Hospital of an uncertain Tenure and Foundation, since which Time, by the Favour of the Lord of the Manor, the Title is cleared, and the Poor being otherwise provided for, ’till a more convenient Habitation be builded for them (which will e’er long be performed) the Cottages are taken down, and a stately Hall for White Cloths erected at near a Thousand Pounds Charge by certain Merchants and Tradesmen in Town; ’tis built upon Pillars and Arches in the Form of an Exchange, with a Quadrangular Court within: Both the higher and lower Stories are replenished with that Sort of Goods; which ’till this Juncture, the Makers had to carry Samples of to each of the Merchants Houses they dealt with; and these had the Trouble, upon emergent Occasions, to ride to the several Townships or Hamlets of Heaton, Berkenshaw, and Bradford-dale, Alverthorp, Birstall, Little-town, Heckmondwike, Batley and Duesbury, Great and Little Gomersall, Robert-town, Mirfield, Clifton, and Hathet, as they are enumerated upon the Doors of the distinct Repositories, where the Goods are lodged ’till the weekly Markets upon Tuesdays Afternoon, of which Notice is given by the Bell in a beautiful Cupulo painted and gilt.

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