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Total number of records: 8037

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items6759
Archives769
Indexes313
People and organisations188
Art items5
Objects2
Coins1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Cookery Collection5175
Brotherton Collection500
Liddle Collection277
English Literature258
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture213
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society139
Ripon Cathedral95
Letters Database79
Herbert Read Collection54
Quaker Collection52

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
cooking1600
cooking, english1092
cooking, french469
food280
home economics230
cooking, british189
international cooking179
recipes170
cooking, chinese162
cooking, american146

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain60
Oceania43
England42
Yorkshire (England)31
France30
Northeast Passage21
Northwest Passage21
Italy14
Antarctica13
Germany12

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Mardon, Gisele (1930-2015)294
Cook, Sir Edward Tyas (1857-1919)68
Heath, Ambrose (1891-1969)62
Cook, James (1728-1779)56
Glasse, Hannah (1708-1770)52
Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby (1745-1828)50
Great Britain48
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)45
Patten, Marguerite43
Ruskin, John, 1819-190042

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Earliest dateCount
From earliest1
From 11002
From 12006
From 130024
From 14005
From 150031
From 1600256
From 1700916
From 18001283
From 19004914
From 2000389

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Up to 991
Up to 11991
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Up to 139924
Up to 14995
Up to 159928
Up to 1699245
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Up to 18991300
Up to 19994720
Up to latest755

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Cooke(s)

1994 - 2014

Cuttings and print outs from various auction catalogues of furniture by various makers trading under the name Cooke: Cooke and Co., Cookes and J. and W. Cookes.

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Name: Cook/Cooke, William

Reference: Carlton Hill Q1

Meeting: Brighouse MM 1688-1704

Place: Bradford

Pages: 23, 24, 146, 155, 157, 159 & wife 161

Name: Cook(e), Widow

Reference: Carlton Hill Q2

Meeting: Brighouse MM 1704-1712

Place: Bradford

Pages: object 114, 117, 121-123, 125-127, 129, 130, 132, 133, 135, 139, 141, 143, 147, 149, 151

Name: Cook(e), William

Reference: Carlton Hill Q2

Meeting: Brighouse MM 1704-1712

Place: Bradford

Pages: object 1-4, 6, 11, 12, 14, 17-19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 31-33, 35, 37-39, 41, 45, 43, 47, 50, 51, 54, 56-58, 61, 62, 64, 65, 67-71, 73-75, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 105, 106, 109; his wife 1, 2, 61, 68-71, 73, 75-77, 79, 81

Name: Cook/Cooke, Mary

Reference: Carlton Hill A21

Meeting: Knaresborough Women's MM 1694-1723

Place: Netherdale Meeting

Pages: marriage intention 83(2)


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A history of cooks and cooking

Symons, Michael (1945-)

2001

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Cooking is exciting, for the young cook

Peacock, Lady

1951

Includes index.

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The busy cook's cook book

Nichols, Sue (1954-); Campbells Soups Limited

1978

Published for Campbell's Soups Limited.

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COOK

1970-1999

(1896-) (Tape 152/Transcript). Royal Navy/ Private, Royal Engineers; Relates his experiences, particularly the construction aspects of the Regiment; Also describes bomb, shell & booby trap disposal; M...

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No Cook

02-Jul-03

Notes and research for an article on Orlando Murrin’s No Cook Book. Recipes without cooking. Copy of No Cook Book

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Cooking

Duncan, Sylvia

1966

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Cooking

Murdoch, Maud; Dease, Rosalind

1969

Originally published (B61-16218) 1961 as 'The girl's book of cooking'

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