Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society

[4] Robert Dennis Chantrell won the competition to build the new Hall for the Society in May 1819 in Classical style.

[5] The Hall was sited on the corner of Park Row and Bond Street in the Georgian west end of Leeds.

[6][8] Charles Turner Thackrah gave the opening address, pointing out that the Hall would provide a place for "the conversational diffusion of knowledge".

[6] Before the creation of any college or university in Leeds, the Society provided an important opportunity for civic education.

Scientific section (which ran from 1925 to 1998, producing twelve volumes)[11] and Proceedings of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society.