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Total number of records: 526
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| Place | Count |
|---|---|
| Yorkshire | 21 |
| York; Yorkshire | 5 |
| Fountains Abbey; Markington; Ripon; Yorkshire West Riding | 3 |
| Lincolnshire | 3 |
| Mirfield; Yorkshire West Riding | 3 |
| Almondbury; Yorkshire West Riding | 2 |
| Birdforth Wapentake; Yorkshire North Riding | 2 |
| Bradford; Yorkshire West Riding | 2 |
| Burley In Wharfedale; Otley; Yorkshire West Riding | 2 |
| France | 2 |
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Elizabeth Williams Collection
1800-1950
Elizabeth Williams (1938-2012) studied at Bedford College, London, and came to Leeds as an assistant lecturer in English Language and Medieval English Literature in 1965, after working for a year in t...
William Boyne folios
Boyne, William (1893)
mid 19th century
Ten volumes of lithographs, engravings, photographs and original drawings of the exteriors and interiors of buildings and of views in the Yorkshire Ridings. The volumes were compiled by William Boyne...
WILLIAM BRIGG MANUSCRIPTS
16th century-19th century
Comprising (a) Material for the history of the Brigg family including abstracts of wills. (b) Brigg wills proved in the Prerogative Courts of Canterbury, with index. (c and e) Index of Brigg wills fro...
WILLIAM BRIGG MANUSCRIPTS
16th century-19th century
Comprising (a) Correspondence (b) Card index to wills, mostly Yorkshire. (c) Notes on Brigg of Halifax, Brigg and Briggs of Sowerby, Shropshire, Norfolk, Westmorland and Sussex, Henry Brigg the mathm...
WILLIAM PAVER MANUSCRIPTS
c1832
Collected pedigrees of numerous Yorkshire families recorded in the visitations of 1530, 1584 and 1612, with some additions, indexes and descriptions of arms
William Blake Collection
Books and periodicals relating to William Blake, the English Romantic poet, painter and engraver, including those collected by the poetical critic Ruthven Todd. The texts themselves date from between ...
John William Jacob papers
Jacob, John William
c.1880-1930
Comprises manuscript notes and press cuttings, mostly on history and education-related subjects
Correspondence of William Holman Hunt
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910)
1857-1909
Includes correspondence from William Holman Hunt to: (1) Mrs Margaret Hunt (8 letters); (2) Alfred Hunt (3 letters); (3) Ford Madox Brown (3 letters); (4) Edward Clodd (15 letters); (5) Leslie Stephen...
WILLIAM PAVER MANUSCRIPTS: WILL ABSTRACTS
1836
'Genealogical Abstracts of Wills made from the originals or from Registered copies preserved in the Archiepiscopal Registry at York' by William Paver. Comprising a volume of abstracts of wills proved...
WILLIAM PAVER MANUSCRIPTS: WILL ABSTRACTS
1837
'Miscellaneous Genealogical Extracts from Wills chiefly of members of Yorkshire families' Comprising a volume of abstracts of York wills, some of later date than MS195. The extreme dates are 1389-162...