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Total number of records: 241

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection87
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society27
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society9
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture8
English Literature6
Ripon Cathedral3
Liddle Collection2
Quaker Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
elections24
english language10
antiquities7
heraldry7
incunabula7
manuscripts7
natural history museums7
real property4
expenditures, public3
manners and customs3

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Leeds (England)214
England24
Yorkshire (England)11
Wakefield (England)9
Morley (Leeds, England)7
Leeds, England5
York (England)5
Bramley (Leeds, England)4
Roundhay Park (Leeds, England)4
Bradford (England)3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Whitaker, Thomas Dunham (1759-1821)29
Thoresby, Ralph (1658-1725)24
Whitaker, Thomas Dunham17
Leeds (England)9
Wardell, James (1873)8
Plot, Robert (1640-1696)7
Robinson, C Clough7
Parson, William6
Scatcherd, Norrisson (1780-1853)6
Spence, C S6

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 170011
From 1800136
From 190071
From 20009

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 179910
Up to 1899131
Up to 199975
Up to latest11

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Religion in Leeds

Mason, Alistair Francis

1994

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A history of the town and parish of Leeds : compiled from various authors. To which are added, A history of Kirkstall abbey, and a Leeds directory, containing a list of the merchants, tradesmen, &c. in the town of Leeds

Ryley, John

[1797]

The text is dated '1st Mo. 1797'. 'A history of Kirkstall Abbey' and 'The Leeds directory for the year 1797' have separate pagination and register. With a final advertisement leaf.

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Printed maps and plans of Leeds, 1711-1900

Bonser, Kenneth John; Nichols, Harold (1921-)

1960

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Around Leeds

Young, Matthew; Payne, Dorothy M

1995

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An exhibition history of Victorian Leeds

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

2023

"Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. 'An Exhibition History of Victorian Leeds' provides a contextualised account of the ...

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"Geographia" large scale plan of Leeds, with complete index to streets

Geographia Ltd

[ca.1930]

Scale 4 inches to 1 mile.

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The biographia Leodiensis : or, Biographical sketches of the worthies of Leeds and neighbourhood, from the Norman Conquest to the present time

Taylor, Richard Vickerman

1865

Half-title: Worthies of Leeds. Edition of 658 copies. "List of... books written or published by Leeds men": pages 18-24.

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The biographia Leodiensis : or, Biographical sketches of the worthies of Leeds and neighbourhood, from the Norman Conquest to the present time

Taylor, Richard Vickerman

1865

Half-title: Worthies of Leeds. Edition of 658 copies. "List of... books written or published by Leeds men": pages 18-24.

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The biographia Leodiensis : or, Biographical sketches of the worthies of Leeds and neighbourhood, from the Norman Conquest to the present time

Taylor, Richard Vickerman

1865

Half-title: Worthies of Leeds. Edition of 658 copies. "List of... books written or published by Leeds men": pages 18-24.

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The biographia Leodiensis : or, Biographical sketches of the worthies of Leeds and neighbourhood, from the Norman Conquest to the present time

Taylor, Richard Vickerman

1865

Half-title: Worthies of Leeds. Edition of 658 copies. "List of... books written or published by Leeds men": pages 18-24.

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