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Total number of records: 3990

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items3614
Archives376

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection1962
Quaker Collection415
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture363
English Literature247
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society131
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society98
Ripon Cathedral74
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections46
Cookery Collection18
Incunabula6

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SubjectCount
sermons, english57
churches, quaker40
world war, 1914-191834
conduct of life31
popish plot, 167830
quakers29
socialism27
operas24
overtures (chamber orchestra)24
persecution18

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PlaceCount
England368
Great Britain178
Yorkshire43
Lancashire40
Lincolnshire32
Cornwall22
Northamptonshire19
Somerset19
Devon17
Durham17

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)997
Society of Friends176
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)144
Church of England84
Wright, John T75
Wright, Peter68
Penn, William (1644-1718)61
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)52
Great Britain49
Great Britain. Parliament48

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William Cobbett

Cole, G D H (1889-1959); Fabian Society (Great Britain)

1925

Portrait on cover. June, 1925.

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Photograph of William Webb

c.1955

Photograph of people gathered with a caption that reads "Willie Web at work among his own people." Undated.

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An epistle to William Hogarth

Churchill, Charles (1731-1764); Hogarth, William (1697-1764)

1763

With a half-title.

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Brief memorials of William Martin

Martin, Robert (fl. 1840)

1840

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William Lovett, 1800-1877

Hammond, Barbara (1873-1962); Fabian Society (Great Britain)

1922

With a portrait on the front wrapper.

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William Morris & the communist ideal

Townshend, Emily Caroline Gibson (1849-1934); Fabian Society (Great Britain)

1912

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William Morris : craftsman--socialist

Jackson, Holbrook (1874-1948)

1908

Includes bibliographical references.

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Ode to the honourable William Pitt

Mason, William (1725-1797)

1782

With a half-title.

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Letters to William Dewsbury and others

Dewsbury, William (1621-1688); Cadbury, Henry J (1883-1974)

1948

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A tribute to the memory of the late William Forster

Ash, Edward (1797-1873)

1857

By Edward Ash.

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William T. Stead: a life for the people

Waugh, Benjamin (1839-1908)

[1885]

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William Tell : a play, in five acts

Knowles, James Sheridan (1784-1862); Daniel, George (1789-1864); Bonner, George Wilmot (1796-1836); Cruikshank, Isaac Robert (1789-1856)

[1828?]

Includes cast list for 1828 production at Drury Lane.

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