United Institution for the Blind and the Deaf and Dumb, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire
United Institution for the Blind and the Deaf and Dumb, a , was founded in 1866 and occupied premises at Albion Street, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. .
The School site is shown on the ZZ map below.
United Institution for the Blind and the Deaf and Dumb site, Leeds, c.ZZ.
United Institution for the Blind and the Deaf and Dumb, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, c.19XX. © Peter Higginbotham
Founded for Blnd 1866, united with Deaf 1876.
Records
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- None identfied at present — any information welcome.
Bibliography
- Higginbotham, Peter Children's Homes: A History of Institutional Care for Britain's Young (2017, Pen & Sword)
- Pritchard, D.G., Education and the Handicapped 1760-1960 (1963, Routledge & Kegan Paul)
- Watson, J, Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb (1809)
- Watson, Thomas J., A History of Deaf Education in Scotland 1760-1939 (Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1949)
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