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Archives20
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Brotherton Collection1015
Quaker Collection371
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections218
English Literature149
Ripon Cathedral139
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society121
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture15
Medieval Manuscripts5
Herbert Read Collection3
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churches, quaker54
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persecution18
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Great Britain116
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Society of Friends274
Fox, George (1624-1691)125
Burrough, Edward (1634-1662)65
Glover, Stephen (1813-1870)61
Great Britain46
Nelson, S (1800-1862)45
Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)45
Church of England40
Great Britain. Parliament36
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)36

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Tulips (fol. 188v)
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Tulips (fol. 188v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

The border is decorated with yellow tulips, campanulas and curved acanthus leaves. 2-line initials 'E' in blue and red on gold grounds, and 1-line intials 'A' in gold on blue and red grounds. Line-fil...

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Foliate initial (fol. 77v)
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Foliate initial (fol. 77v)

[ca. 1100-1150]

5-line initial 'S' composed of foliage, in black outline, touched in red, on a blue and green background.

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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Kersey Response Book]
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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Kersey Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Dec 1958 - July 1959

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the house and housekeeping.

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Archive Print part

The cracker, and other explosions, which have gone off during the election

1832

Seven issues of "The cracker" (reprinted?) with general title page and preface, dated December 1832. The issues are numbered: Crack 1-7 and dated: Nov.29, Dec.1,4,6,8,10,21 1832.

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To Thomas B. Macaulay, Esq. A candidate for the representation of the borough of Leeds

Bull, George Stringer (1799-1865); Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron (1800-1859)

[1832?]

Signed at end: G.S. Bull... December 8th, 1832.

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Reply to the Leeds Mercury's remarks on the letter of the Rev. G.S. Bull to T.B. Macaulay, Esq

Bull, George Stringer (1799-1865); Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron (1800-1859)

[1832?]

Signed at end: G.S. Bull... December 8th, 1832.

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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Tuddenham Response Book]
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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Tuddenham Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

16 Sep 1959 - 23 Sep 1959

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the house and housekeeping.

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Book I: The Farm [Kersey Response Book]
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Book I: The Farm [Kersey Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Dec 1958 - July 1959

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Bert Jarvis recorded by fieldworker Stanley Ellis in the International P...

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Notes [Kersey Response Book]
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Notes [Kersey Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Dec 1958 - July 1959

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

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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Wibsey Response Book]
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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Wibsey Response Book]

Wright, Peter

15 Feb 1952 - 20 Feb 1952

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the house and housekeeping. The answers of informant Walter Gray recorded by fieldworker Peter Wright in th...

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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Mendlesham Response Book]
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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Mendlesham Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

21 Sep 1959 - 25 Sep 1959

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the house and housekeeping.

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