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Total number of records: 569

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items485
Archives84

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Cookery Collection464
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture58
Brotherton Collection13
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History2
Liddle Collection2
English Literature1
Herbert Read Collection1
Leeds Animation Workshop1
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society1
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
home economics569
cooking108
cooking, english94
recipes66
home60
occupations35
food33
community life24
implements, utensils etc23
agriculture20

Count of Place

PlaceCount
England12
Great Britain10
Grande-Bretagne1
Kelantan1
Paris (France)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby (1745-1828)32
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)23
Hammerton, John Alexander14
Hammerton, Sir John Alexander (1871-1949)14
Beeton, Mrs (1836-1865)11
Bradley, Martha10
Hodgkin, John (Bibliographer)9
Philp, Robert Kemp (1819-1882)9
Slinn, Gillian A9
Markham, Gervase (1568?-1637)8

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Earliest dateCount
From 15002
From 160021
From 170033
From 1800202
From 1900308
From 20001

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Up to 15992
Up to 169917
Up to 179933
Up to 1899173
Up to 1999338
Up to latest4

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The country house kitchen 1650-1900: skills and equipment for food provisioning

Sambrook, Pamela; Brears, Peter C D; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Wilson, C Anne; National Trust

[1996]

"Based on papers from the eighth Leeds Symposium on Food History, April 1993, and the ninth, April 1994, with several additional chapters. This is the eighth volume in the series 'Food and society', p...

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Memoires for my grand-son

Evelyn, John (1620-1706); Keynes, Sir Geoffrey (1887-1982); Johnson, John de Monins (1882-1956); Nonesuch Press

1926

"Of this the first edition of John Evelyn's 'Memoires for my Grand-son' 1250 copies have been printed for sale in England and America by John Johnson Printer to the university at the Oxford University...

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Two centuries of family history : a study in social development

Thomson, Gladys Scott

1930

The genealogical table is illustrated with coats of arms.

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Bibliographie gastronomique

Vicaire, Georges (1853-1921); Ginisty, Paul (1855-1932)

1890

"Tiré à 50 exemplaires sur papier de Hollande; 450 sur beau papier velin."

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The ms. account and memorandum book of a Yorkshire lady two centuries ago

Worsley, Mary; Foljambe, Cecil George Savile (1846-1907)

1901

"Paper reprinted from the Transactions of the East Riding Antiquarian Society, vol. IX., 1901". Errata et corrigenda -- leaf preceeding p.[1].

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Digitised copy available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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