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Total number of records: 2040

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Archives97
Art items2
Objects1

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Brotherton Collection2040
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections162
English Literature107
Herbert Read Collection103
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection4

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english poetry27
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english literature15
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floods14
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England371
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Leeds (England)74
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Thomas, John (Of Sheffield)57
Great Britain. Parliament53
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Hall, T Walter (1862-1953)28
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Charles King of England (1600-1649)20
Sheppard, Thomas (1876-1945)20
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Three houses

Thirkell, Angela (1890-1961)

1931

Autobiography of her childhood years.

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Three houses

Thirkell, Angela (1890-1961)

1931

Autobiography of her childhood years.

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English watercolours from four Yorkshire houses: 1660-1860

De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969); Scarborough Art Gallery; Hovingham Hall (Hovingham, England); Nunnington Hall (England); Sheriff Hutton Park

[1950]

Catalogue of an exhibition held at Scarborough Art Gallery, 9 June - 16 July, 1950. Includes biographical details.

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Letters from England (v.1)

Southey, Robert (1774-1843)

1807

Translation fictitious.

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Letters from England (v.2)

Southey, Robert (1774-1843)

1807

Translation fictitious.

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Letters from England (v.3)

Southey, Robert (1774-1843)

1807

Translation fictitious.

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Cecilia, or, Memoirs of an heiress (v.2)

Burney, Fanny (1752-1840)

1809

By Fanny Burney. Vol. 1: 317, [3] p.; v. 2: 326, [3] p.; v. 3: 318 p.; v. 4: 335, [1] p.

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The Brighton road : old times and new on a classic highway

Harper, Charles George (1863-1943)

1892

Title in red and black; title vignette.

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An introduction to the Valor ecclesiasticus of King Henry VIII : with a map of England and Wales, showing the distribution in dioceses

Hunter, Joseph (1783-1861); Great Britain. Record Commission

1834

"Printed by command by His Majesty King William IV in pursuance of the House of Commons of Great Britain; and under the direction of the Commissioners on the Public Records of the Kingdom"-- T.p.

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The English archæologist's handbook

Godwin, Henry (1811?-1874)

1867

The plates contain archaic numerals, alphabets and abbreviations.

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