Bower’s Row is a neighbourhood in Leeds, recorded as part of the city’s residential fabric in early Ordnance Survey mapping. Its name and layout appear in the first series of the National Library of Scotland’s OS records, placing it among the older-documented parts of the city. The neighbourhood sits within the broader Leeds urban area, where rows of terraced housing were a common form of working-class settlement during the nineteenth century.
Character and Setting
Like many similarly named rows across Leeds, Bower’s Row likely takes its name from a former landowner or local developer, a naming pattern typical of streets and small districts that grew up around industrial-era Leeds. The surrounding area is characteristic of the inner Leeds townscape, with residential streets set within a dense urban grid. Nearby populated places and connecting streets make it straightforward to reach from the wider city by road.