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| Place | Count |
|---|---|
| Yorkshire | 4 |
| Birdforth Wapentake; Yorkshire North Riding | 2 |
| Arden; Hawnby; Yorkshire North Riding | 1 |
| Aysgarth; Yorkshire North Riding | 1 |
| Birstall; Yorkshire West Riding | 1 |
| Healaugh; Yorkshire West Riding | 1 |
| Meaux Abbey; Meaux; Wawne; Yorkshire East Riding | 1 |
| Mexborough; Yorkshire West Riding | 1 |
| Monk Bretton; Royston; Yorkshire West Riding | 1 |
| Skyrack Wapentake; Yorkshire West Riding | 1 |
Top 10: People and organisations
Marshall and Company, Business Archive
1788-1886
The firm was founded in 1788 by John (1765 - 1845), son of a Leeds draper, to take advantage of recent developments in the spinning of flax by machine. He set up a partnership with Samuel Fenton and R...
WENTWORTH OF WOOLLEY HALL PAPERS
[15th century]-19th century
Includes deeds etc relating to Darton, Wistow and Woolley 16th-18th century; papers relating to the tithes of Hickleton, Notton, Royston and Woolley [15th]-19th century; papers relating to the church,...
DEEDS AND DOCUMENTS RELATING MAINLY TO WENSLEYDALE
17th century-19th century
Relating to Aysgarth, Burton [township of Aysgarth], Middleham, Newbiggin [township of Askrigg], Thornton Rust and Northallerton. Many relate to talks, fairs and markets
WILLIAM PAVER MANUSCRIPTS: PEDIGREES INDEX
17th century-19th century
Comprising an index of the names in the pedigrees in Book "A" of Pavers genealogical collections. Also pedigree of Yorkshire families from the visitation of 1612.
PHOTOSTAT COPY OF BOND OF JOSEPH NUSSEE OF RIDINGS [PARISH OF BIRSTALL]
(2 Oct 1732)
1. Joseph Nusee of Rydings, dyer 2. Hannah Nusee of Ridings Bond on the penalty of £400
John Crabtree and Sons Limited, Business Archive
John Crabtree and Sons Limited
1882-1940
One volume contains a few newspaper cuttings from November 1887 about the death of John Crabtree to 1940, the centenary of the company. Manuscript notes on the history of Bradford written in 1882 ha...
John Braine Archive
Braine, John (1922-1986)
1943-1995
The literary archive of John Braine, comprising over 200 manuscript notebooks, 22 boxes of manuscript and typescript drafts and associated material. The collection is divided into 3 distinct series: ...
Encyclopaedias
Multilingual collection, mainly spanning the years 1750-1950. It consists of some two dozen titles, all but a few of which contain many volumes. The largest is the mighty Encyclopédie méthodique (th...
Aylmer Maude correspondence and papers
Maude, Aylmer (1858-1938)
1901-1914
This handlist records over 200 letters and other documents mainly from Aylmer Maude (1858-1938), English translator, biographer and publicist of Tolstoy, to George Herbert Perris (1866-1920) and to Ch...
Brut Chronicle
Wolhouse, Anthony (1533-1587); Speed, W; Phillips, Sir Thomas (1792-1872); Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921); Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961); Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998); Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor
After 1430
Manuscript in Middle English in several Anglicana bookhands on parchment containing the text of the Brut Chronicle (Prose Brut). Contemporary scribal additions in Anglicana bookhand correcting omissio...