Record Details
| NHER Number: | 19405 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Leeds Tannery |
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Summary
A tannery founded by the Leeds family in 1836 and closed in 1908. Although its large courtyard has now gone, the buildings remain and are now used for farm storage.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0857 2060 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG02SE |
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| Parish: | REEPHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
(Not to be confused with Whitwell Hall Tannery).
Founded before 1836 by the Leeds family on a plot of land called No Mans Land as at that time it fell between Reepham, Whitwell and Hackford parishes. Closed in 1908.
Old series 6 inch map shows large courtyard to west now gone, but other buildings remain as farm storage.
Information from Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 9 August 1983.
August 2008. Building survey of barns.
Details to come.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 24 September 2008.
The site is noted in various directories including White's (S2) and Kelly's (S3) from 1836 to 1904.
See (S4)
W. Arnold (HES), 31 January 2011
Monument Types
- TANNERY (19th Century to Early 20th Century - 1836 AD to 1908 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Fiche: Exists. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: 1983. [unknown]. NIAS Journal. Vol III, no 3. |
| <S2> | Directory: White, W.. 1845. White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk. |
| <S3> | Directory: Kelly, E.. 1892. Kelly's Directory of Norfolk.. |
| <S4> | Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records. |
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