This Adult School was formed in 1885 as an offshoot from the main school at Carlton Hill, by a large class of men who lived in the Burley Road area of Leeds. Morning meetings were held at Burley Road Board School until 1886, when the school moved to Wordsworth Street Temperance Hall. Women's classes began and the activities of the school expanded, including a Band of Hope/Temperance Society. New premises were funded by Friends and opened in 1890 by Joseph Storrs Fry as the Burley Road Friends Adult School. By 1909 membership totalled 439. In 1938 the premises were subject to compulsory purchase by Leeds Corporation and a new site in Headlingley, known as Bleak House, was acquired. This became known as Fellowship House Friends Adult School. The school continued to be active until well into the 1960s, but by 1971, its ageing membership and rising costs were causing difficulties. The decision was made to close the school and sell the premises. The proceeds formed the basis of the Fellowship House Friends Adult School Trust, to be used to support the objects of the original trusts of 1888.
From the guide to the Records of Leeds: Fellowship House Friends Adult School, 1888-1983, (Leeds University Library)
