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Total number of records: 4014

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Record typeCount
Books and printed items4003
Archives10
Art items1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection1316
Quaker Collection604
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society228
Ripon Cathedral220
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections218
English Literature200
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society28
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture8
Herbert Read Collection2
Medieval Manuscripts1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
churches, quaker74
socialism72
world war, 1914-191865
operas47
sermons, english47
conduct of life28
christian life26
persecution25
popish plot, 167822
anarchism21

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PlaceCount
Great Britain139
England8
London (England)8
Germany7
Warwickshire7
Ireland6
France5
Iceland5
Scotland4
Soviet Union4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Society of Friends359
Fox, George (1624-1691)143
Great Britain79
Burrough, Edward (1634-1662)70
Church of England65
Glover, Stephen (1813-1870)61
Herschel, Sir John F W (1792-1871)54
Great Britain. Parliament50
Independent Labour Party (Great Britain)50
Nelson, S (1800-1862)45

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From 1600902
From 1700833
From 18001740
From 1900498

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Up to 1699890
Up to 1799421
Up to 18991961
Up to 1999700
Up to latest1
Funeral service (fol. 141r)
Archive Piece

Funeral service (fol. 141r)

[ca. 1480-1500]

The miniature shows a priest clad in a decorative cloak and holding a candle, while chaplains hold a bowl, a book and a cross. Mourners on the right are dressed in black. The coffin is covered with a ...

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Nether Whitacre Response Book - 17Wa1
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Notes [Nether Whitacre Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

23 Oct 1956 - 7 Nov 1955

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.

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Notes [Gargrave Response Book]
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Notes [Gargrave Response Book]

Wright, Peter

13 Dec 1951 - 19 Dec 1951

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes general conversation phonetic notes on George Bradley. Includes drawings and diagrams. Includes phonetic notes on the dialect of the lo...

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Hockley Heath Response Book - 17Wa2
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Notes [Hockley Heath Response Book]

Wright, Peter

12 Jun 1951 - 16 Jun 1951

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes general conversation phonetic notes on Thomas Davies. Includes biographical information on Thomas Davies.

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Stoneleigh Response Book - 17Wa3
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Notes [Stoneleigh Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

30 Oct 1956 - 6 Nov 1956

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.

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Napton-on-the-Hill Response Book - 17Wa4
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Notes [Napton-on-the-Hill Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

9 Jul 1957 - 18 Jul 1956

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants.

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Aston Cantlow Response Book - 17Wa5
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Notes [Aston Cantlow Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

12 Nov 1956 - 15 Nov 1956

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.

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Lighthorne Response Book - 17Wa6
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Notes [Lighthorne Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

19 Nov 1956 - 23 Nov 1956

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.

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Notes [Shipston-on-Stour Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

3 Dec 1956 - 6 Dec 1956

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality. Includes phonetic notes on the dialect of the locality. ...

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Archive Art Piece

"Shave." Redmire.1921

Frederick Lawson

23/Sept/1921

Mounted crayon drawing of a scene outside a Gypsy Traveller wagon of a man and boy with a shaving bowl.

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Archive Print part

Notting Hill sound systems

Stevens, Brian David; Café Royal Books

Edition of 150.

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Archive Print part

Glasgow 1974-1978

Hood, Hugh (1928-); Brown, Allan (1967-); Café Royal Books

Title from cover. 17 photographs.

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