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Total number of records: 1906

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives1147
Books and printed items420
Indexes169
Coins72
Art items56
Textiles24
Objects12
People and organisations5

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture644
Brotherton Collection328
Liddle Collection288
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society122
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections88
Coin Collection72
English Literature55
Art and Antique Market40
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse35
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History34

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
community life420
occupations415
nature411
animals394
agriculture316
culture307
vehicles263
implements, utensils etc218
food200
english language - dialects181

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain62
England21
Cumbria12
Rome12
Appleby10
India7
Yorkshire (England)7
Bradford (England)6
Wakefield (England)6
China5

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)117
Brunk, Wille69
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)57
Fothergill, George William47
Great Britain. Army26
Barry, Michael V (1935-)22
Great Britain. Parliament21
Anonymous18
Great Britain17
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)17

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From earliest20
From 1007
From 20020
From 3005
From 4008
From 11001
From 12001
From 13007
From 14009
From 150021
From 1600133
From 1700129
From 1800220
From 19001233
From 200025

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 9920
Up to 1992
Up to 2992
Up to 39910
Up to 12992
Up to 13997
Up to 14998
Up to 159919
Up to 1699131
Up to 179985
Up to 1899228
Up to 19991245
Up to latest80

Archive Object Item

horse’s head hilt

c.1800

A carved horse's head hilt or handle in alabaster. Carved with an indent and pin hole to fit onto a dagger or similar. The nose and ears are broken off. Associated with the Mughal Empire, India.

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Print

Horses

Music, Zoran Antonio (1909-2005)

1949

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Name: Horse

Reference: Carlton Hill E3

Meeting: Leeds PM 1749-1792

Pages: and man for transport to Meeting 77

Name: Horse

Reference: Carlton Hill H1

Meeting: Settle MM 1666-1700

Pages: 208; see also Stable


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The horse

Duncan, Ronald (1914-1982)

1990

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Name: Horses

Reference: Carlton Hill C1

Meeting: Keighley PM 1730-1802

Pages: 20, 133, 141, 143-4, 148, 156-7, 160, 169-70, 333

Name: Horses

Reference: Carlton Hill B2

Meeting: Rawdon PM 1733-96

Pages: 59, 126, 129, 276a


Archive Item

Appleby Horse Fair: Showing Horses

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Horses being shown by horse dealers at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). The horses are ridden up and down a roadway at the fairground. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1608.

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Archive Item

Appleby Horse Fair: Showing Horses

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Horses being shown by horse dealers at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). The horses are ridden up and down a roadway at the fairground. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1607.

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The wooden horse

Williams, Eric (1911-1983)

1949

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Horses and Pigs
Painting

Horses and Pigs

Herring, John Frederick II (1815-1907)

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Painting

Reflected Horse

Whittaker, Malcolm (1937-)

1990

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