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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)3
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Effen, Justus Van (1684-1735)3

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Archive Print piece

All's Well That Ends Well. I. iii. 158 - II. i. 5

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (234)

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Archive Print Item

Some memoirs of the last illness of John Scott

Scott, Samuel Quaker, of Hertford

[between 1780 and 1789]

Caption title.

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Archive Item

Bargain and sale

1 Mar 1794

1. Edmund Bray of Smithey Place in Honley in the parish of Almondbury, Yorkshire, colegetter 2. Giles Gartside of Honley in the parish of Almondbury, Yorkshire, dyer and Joshua Moorhouse of Honley in...

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Hardanger by Penelope
Textile

Hardanger by Penelope

Wm. Briggs & Co. Ltd.

mid 20th Century

A booklet focussing on Scandinavian hardanger embroidery form Norway. The first page gives an introduction and and example of making hems. The patterns are geometric in design. Designs are: viking, B...

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Archive File

Stephenson Clarke Scholarship

1975-1979

Scholarships and awards

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Archive File

Essay by Zadie Smith on envy

8 May 2004

'Envy' is one of a collection of stories, poems and essays commissioned by Opera North to accompany its production of 'The Seven Deadly Sins' by Brecht and Weill.

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Lease for 1 year re manors of Middleton, Stockeld, Ilkley, Habton and North Duffield

23 Jun 1744

1 Marmaduke Middelton of Stockeld, Esquire 2 Stephen Tempest of Broughton and Thomas Grimston of Grimston Garth 3 William Middelton of York, Esquire, younger brother of Marmaduke Grant in trust ...

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Archive Art File

Campion (George B,) Pencil drawings (5)

c.1840

"Prints from five pencil drawings of country folk by Campion. 15 x 26 cm. etc. [c. 1840 ?] Loose. Signed. One is of what appears to be a Gypsy encampment." These notes from the published catalogue in ...

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Account of [Mark] Taylor

26 Feb 1671-24 Mar 1672

Includes summary of rents at Habton, Maunby, Duffield and 'in the Dayles', with payments for repair of Ilkley mills, and to the schoolmaster

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