Leeds Friends First Day Schools.

Until 1868, the only Friends First Day School in Leeds was based at Camp Lane Court Meeting House. When the main Leeds Meeting moved to Carlton Hill in 1868, a new First Day School was set up there, whilst the original school stayed in the locality, in new premises in Fleece Lane. The teachers of both schools held joint meetings from 1868; from 1870, they were joined by teachers from the recently established First Day School in Mill Street. From 1895, there were also First Day classes for children based at Woodhouse Carr Adult School. Jubilee celebrations were held in 1897, marking the beginning of the first Friends First Day School in Camp Lane Court in 1847. However, this became a turning point, not of new growth, but of declining enthusiasm and inertia. The Friends Adult Schools began to organise as a separate body around this time and in 1903 formed their own Leeds and District Adult Schools Sub Union. This finally broke the official ties of the Adult School movement to the Society of Friends in Leeds.

From the guide to the Records of Leeds Friends First Day Schools, 1868-1898, (Leeds University Library)