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Total number of records: 206950

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items123394
Archives44728
People and organisations23346
Indexes12760
Coins1700
Textiles525
Art items373
Objects123

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection47046
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society21242
English Literature14389
Quaker Collection8719
Letters Database8013
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse7150
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive3670
Ripon Cathedral3341
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society2429
Cookery Collection2243

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
society of friends1752
sermons, english1388
english poetry947
english language758
letters666
theology648
natural history638
law reports, digests, etc573
cooking, english547
letter539

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain5677
France2600
England980
Rome740
Europe730
Greece530
Italy449
Yorkshire (England)403
Scotland360
Ireland323

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Anonymous2647
Church of England2015
Great Britain1772
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)1466
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)1280
Catholic Church1214
Great Britain. Parliament1136
Society of Friends1028
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)990
Cecil Betsalel Roth712

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From 180098964
From 19007
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Archive Art Collection

Japanese prints

1735-1873

Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Two sets depicting Kabuki plays: 'Chushingura' by Utagawa Hiroshige and 'The Sugawara Tragedy' by Utagawa Sadahide. Also a singular print: 'View of a Dramatic Perfor...

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CARTULARIUM ACASTRENSE VOLUME 1

1282-1518

A collection of charters bound together in a case. They relate principally to lands, etc., in Acaster Malbis, but there is a deed relating to Chevermunt, and another to Bishopthorpe. Four of the chart...

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COPY LETTERS FROM RALPH THORESBY TO VARIOUS CORRESPONDENTS

1695-1724

Also includes a list of books, and a copy of the "Answer to Priestcraft" written by Thoresby's friend Richard Thornton (see Ducatus Leodiensis p536).

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Lancashire Cotton Districts Relief Fund, Leeds, Archive

1862-1866

Papers relating to the fund raised in Leeds for relief of distress in the Lancashire cotton districts caused by the American civil war In the autumn of 1862, the American Civil War began to affect t...

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DEEDS AND COPYHOLD ADMITTANCES

15th-19th century

Deeds and copyhold admittances, mainly relating to Eggborough, Kelfield, Kellington, Sherwood and Whitley and the families of Awnby [or Anby], Girlington, Jackson, Laycock and Morritt 15th-19th centur...

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Lease for 20 years

1795

1. Annie Davison Bland and others 2. Charles Smith of Scolcoates and John Clayton of Kippax

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RALPH THORESBY'S CORRESPONDENCE, VOLUME 5

1716-1723

Microfilm copy available.

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SHERIFF'S TOURN FOR HEDON

1457-8

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WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: PEDIGREES

1800-1819

Comprising several pedigrees of the Beaumont family, tricks and quarterings of arms with a number of original letters to Radcliffe from R H and J Beaumont of Whitley Hall, Kirkheaton

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George Walker's The Costume of Yorkshire

c1810-1885

The original watercolours for the images published as engravings in 'The Costume of Yorkshire' 1814 in one volume, a volume of engravings from the first edition and an edition of 'The Costume of Yorks...

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COPIES OF SATIRICAL POEMS BY GEORGE PLAXTON, RECTOR OF BARWICK IN ELMET

Early 18th century

Also includes pamphlets, 18th century, correspondence, and transcripts 20th century

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COUNTERPART LEASE FOR 21 YEARS

8 Jul 1609

1. John Towneley of Hyrstwood, Lancashire 2. John Brooke of Littlecargreene of Dalton, chapman

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