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Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society7
Business Archives4
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture3
University Archive1

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agriculture3
buildings3
food3
implements, utensils etc3
occupations3
animals2
architecture2
business records2
community life2
education2

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Barry, Michael V (1935-)2
Clay, Charles Travis (1885-1978)2
Smithells, Arthur (1860-1939)2
Alice Violet Robson1
Anderton, Stanley (1876-1876)1
Bathurst, Lilias Margaret Frances1
Borthwick, Oliver (1873-1905)1
Calcutt, Mr (1878-1878)1
Clay, Edith Margaret1
Clay, Hon Alice Violet (1892-1972)1

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Archive Collection

FERRAND OF BINGLEY COLLECTION (ADDITIONAL DEPOSIT)

1580-1873

Includes abstract of title of George Lane Fox to land at Bingley 1861-1885, enclosure award for Gilstead Moor and Romels Moor in the parish of Bingley 1861, conveyances, sale catalogue for land at bin...

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John Bancroft and Company Limited, Business Archive

John Bancroft and Company Limited

1885-1938

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. -----------

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Council Minutes and Papers

25 Jul 2019

Contains: 1) 25 July 2019 Agenda 2) CL-18-81 VC's report 3) CL-18-82 SPOR 4) CL-18-83 IPE 2018-19 5) CL-18-84 Five-year financial forecast 6) CL-18-85 High Speed Rail 7) CL-18-86 Corporate Proc...

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Arthur Smithells correspondence and papers

Smithells, Arthur (1860-1939)

1875-1955

Arthur Smithells (1860-1939) was born at Bury in Lancashire. He graduated in chemistry at Owen's College, Manchester, in 1881 (BSc, London) and subsequently continued his training in Heidelberg, under...

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Textile Business Records

1804-1942

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. ----------- 1. Weavers...

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Glenesk-Bathurst correspondence and papers

Glenesk, Algernon Borthwick (1830-1908)

1801-2000

The Glenesk-Bathurst papers revolve around the Morning Post, an influential Conservative newspaper which eventually merged with the Daily Telegraph, and relate mainly to the Edwardian period though th...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Rillington, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

14 Apr 1955

[Side 1] John discusses mowing by hand, tells anecdote about local man who narrowly lost wager on how quickly he could mow 4-acre field, recalls threshing turnip seed with 'frail' [= flail] and 'fay' ...

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YORKSHIRE VERNACULAR BUILDINGS STUDY GROUP REPORTS

Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group

1980s-2022

Comprises detailed recordings of individual buildings and their architectural features.

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Sound Recordings, Warwickshire

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

July 1966

[Collector announcement]; Arthur Humphries, recorded in Lighthorne on the 28 July 1966[Swiss male also present asks some questions, possibly Eduard Kolb, or Dieter Bothe]; Mr. Humphries talks about wo...

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Eshton Hall Estate Archive

Eshton Hall

1784-1891

The collection comprises mainly financial records of the Eshton Hall Estate, near Skipton, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire belonging to the Wilson and Richardson-Currer families. The papers exten...

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Percy Fry Kendall, letters from various correspondents together with some other documents, all mainly on geological topics, 1886-1932

1886-1932

This list records a collection of 113 letters from various correspondents to Professor P F Kendall, together with a few other documents, all mainly on geological topics.

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