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Total number of records: 174

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items170
Archives4

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection5
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections4
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History4
English Literature1
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1
Liddle Collection1
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1

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SubjectCount
atlases, british36
industries8
banks and banking (british)7
roads7
furniture6
historic buildings4
bosworth field, battle of, england, 14853
cartography3
military topography3
soccer players3

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PlaceCount
Wales174
England133
Great Britain16
London (England)5
England and Wales4
Scotland4
Monmouthshire (Wales)3
England, Monmouthshire2
United States2
Anglesey1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)32
Cary, John (1754-1835)13
Kitchin, Thomas (1718-1784)7
Bartholomew, John (1831-1893)6
Leigh, Samuel6
Bartholomew, John5
Hall, Sidney5
Hall, Sidney (1860-)5
Lewis, Samuel (1865)5
Ogilby, John (1600-1676)5

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From 16005
From 170031
From 180093
From 190034
From 20008

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Up to 179928
Up to 189995
Up to 199934
Up to latest9

Archive Collection

Rev George Hall Collection

Hall, Rev George

1908-1918

Correspondence, notebooks, diaries and reports/loose notes documenting Hall's research and information gathering.Mainly concerned with (UK) Gypsy and Traveller biographies and genealogical details.

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Guide to the collection illustrating the prehistory of Wales

Grimes, W F; National Museum of Wales

1939

Second ed. published in 1951 under title: The prehistory of Wales. At head of title: Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru. National Museum of Wales. Bibliography: p. 237-240.

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T.W. Thompson Collection (Gypsy and Traveller related tales and research material)

Thompson, Thomas William

c.1890 -1964

Manuscript and research notes made by T. W Thompson of tales recounted by Gypsies and Travellers and information gathered during these encounters, (notes on language, customs, familial connections, bi...

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The collection of works of art, pictures, furniture, silver, china, &c. at Tredegar House, Monmouthshire

Magmal, Hollingworth; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1916

Compiled by Hollingworth Magmal at the wish of Courtenay Charles Evan, 3rd Baron Tredegar.

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Excavations on the site of the Roman fort of Kanovium at Caerhun, Caernavonshire : Collected reports on the excavations of the years 1926-1929 and on the pottery and other objects found

Reynolds, P K Baillie (1896-1973); Kanovium Excavation Committee

1938

"The reports on the work of 1926 and 1927 were rewritten in 1937; the remainder are reprinted as published in Archaeologia Cambrensis." Reports written by P.K. Baillie Reynolds.

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An historical account of the ancient and modern state of the principality of Wales, dutchy of Cornwall, and earldom of Chester. Collected out of the records of the Tower of London, and divers ancient authors

Doddridge, Sir John (1555-1628)

1714

1st edition pub. under title: The history of the ancient and moderne estate of the principality of Wales, dutchy of Cornewall, and earldome of Chester (OCLC, ESTC). Considerable misnumbering of page...

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E. "Noah Lock’s tales" and letter

Aug/1914

Collection of tales (8 and fragment) told at Rhosneigr, Anglesey collected August1914 whilst, "camping with E.O.W [Eric Otto Winstedt]. With biographical notes.

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England delineated, or, A geographical description of every county in England and Wales : with a concise account of its most important products, natural and artificial : for the use of young persons : with outline maps of all the counties

Aikin, John (1747-1822)

1795

Maps in outline, showing only the town and rivers, and are without scales, borders, or any other information. Preface dated 1788, and signed: John Aikin. Includes index.

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