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Total number of records: 1265
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Top 10: Place
| Place | Count |
|---|---|
| Yorkshire | 31 |
| Burton Constable; West Newton; Swine; Yorkshire East Riding | 16 |
| York; Yorkshire | 13 |
| England | 7 |
| Mirfield; Yorkshire West Riding | 4 |
| Fountains Abbey; Markington; Ripon; Yorkshire West Riding | 3 |
| Oxford; Oxfordshire | 3 |
| Acaster Malbis; Yorkshire West Riding | 2 |
| Birdforth Wapentake; Yorkshire North Riding | 2 |
| Calton; Kirkby Malham; Yorkshire West Riding | 2 |
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Romany Collection (Brotherton Collection)
One of the outstanding resources in the United Kingdom for the study of Gypsies and Travellers. Originally assembled by Lord Brotherton's niece-in-law, Dorothy Una Ratcliffe (Mrs McGrigor Phillips), a...
WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: RADCLIFFE'S COLLECTIONS
19th century
Comprising a volume lettered "Radcliffe's Collections", it contains, extracts from the chartularies of Monk Bretton and Pontefract then in the possession of Mr. Godfrey Wentworth of Woolley. Also extr...
WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: YORKSHIRE COLLECTIONS
1827
Comprising a small book lettered "Radcliffe, Yorkshire Collections". It contains a number of extracts from Dodsworth's mss, monumental inscriptions in Featherstone Church and extracts from the pari...
THOMAS BECKWITH MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: COLLECTION OF ARMS
1746
Comprising "A collection of Arms", by Beckwith Arms Painter of York, begun in 1746 at Wakefield (alphabetical, various families and counties), descriptive only, without tricks
Civil War and Commonwealth Collection (Brotherton Collection)
Collection of political tracts published between the years 1639 and 1660. Places of publication include both London and the regions; several were printed in York and Hull. The tracts include petitions...
OLDROYD COLLECTION
1882-1975
Notes and letters of correspondence from Brother Oldroyd for compiling a history of Mirfield
STRINGER COLLECTION
16th century-17th century
Comprising account book and commonplace book of Francis Stringer, with notes by his son Thomas Stringer. Contains information on wages, prices and recipes.
COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS
1780s
Including Rentals and other papers regarding estates of Robert Shuttleworth in Forcett, Carkin, Eppleby, Middleton Tyas, Moulton and Caldwell, North Yorkshire, papers regarding Sutton Holland, also an...
GRANTLEY COLLECTION
14th - 19th century
Papers of the Norton family, Barons Grantley 14th-19th century; consists of deeds relating mainly to Yorkshire, notably Crigglestone, Eavestone, Grantley, Sandal Magna and Sawley; also to Cheshire, De...
COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS
Early 19th century
'Howell wood or the Raby hunt in Yorkshire' by Martin Hawke, 1812, with a shorter, printed version, 1803, and a collection of tradesmen's bills, early 19th century