Library

A small reference library has been created within the Archives and this contains general works on Catholic history, the history of Yorkshire and published works on aspects of Diocesan history. The library also has collections of the following:

1. Theses and Dissertations

Several theses and dissertations written in part as the result of research carried out in the Diocesan Archives have also been deposited over the years. Examples include:


D.M. Chappell, Catholic Churches in the Diocese of Leeds 1793-1916 (PhD Sheffield 1972)

J.F. Supple, Catholicism in Yorkshire 1850-1900 (PhD Leeds 1982)

P.E. Freeman, Mount St Mary’s – A Parish of Irish Victorians (MA Leeds 1993)

M.J.A. Wheatley, A Group Apart – A Study of the Irish in Post War Leeds (MA Liverpool 1996)

J.M. Hagerty, The Politics of Presence: Archbishop Arthur Hinsley and the Growth and Development of Catholic Missions in British Colonial Africa (MPhil York 2005)

J.H.Treble, The Place of the Irish Catholics in the Social Life of the North of England 1829-51 (PhD Leeds 1968)

2. Leeds Diocesan Archives Publications

There are also copies of some key publications on diocesan history which are now out of print, notably:


YORKSHIRE CATHOLICS, edited by Mgr George Bradley (1985)

CATHOLICISM IN LEEDS: A COMMUNITY OF FAITH 1794-1994, edited by Robert E. Finnigan & George T. Bradley (1994)

BRADFORD’S CATHOLIC CHURCHES AND PARISHES 1825-1997: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY by James Hagerty (1997)