Duncan Street was originally known as Fleet Street, which changed following the Napoleonic Wars when Admiral Adam Duncan achieved a memorable victory over the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive, showcase life on the street - home to city drinking institution The Duncan and once well-known school outfitters Rawcliffes - down the decades. CHANGING LEEDS: Boar Lane | Vicar Lane | Briggate | LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
1. Year unknown
Duncan Street facing west after it was widened. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
2. February 1908
Duncan Street on Briggate. Owen & Robinson Ltd, jewellers to left, then Zeala Meat Company - butchers. Call Lane to right. Groups of men both on Duncan Street and in front of the Zeala Meat Company. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
3. February 1904
Duncan Street and Central Road prior to demolition for Street widening. the Central Market Hotel (McQuat Brothers) is on the corner with a lamp on the wall. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
4. February 1904
North side of Duncan Street, showing Bean's butchers, Longley tobacconist, Wragg Pork butchers, Wilkinson Milliner and the entrance to Mercury Office yard. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
5. 1924
On the left of this view is Rawcliffes Ltd at number 7 Duncan Street. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
