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Total number of records: 24
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009) | 3 |
| Beechcroft Family, Fl 19th - 20th Century | 1 |
| Dunster, Mr Fred | 1 |
| Edward Ripley and Son | 1 |
| Elsworth Family, 19th - 20th Century | 1 |
| Greene, Graham (1904-1991) | 1 |
| Jones, Sydney | 1 |
| Lumley Family, Fl 19th - 20th Century | 1 |
| Mann Family, Fl 19th - 20th Century | 1 |
| Mills, Mr Jot | 1 |
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Papers of the Leeds White Cloth Hall
1749-1897
The papers in this collection consist largely of legal documents and correspondence, of which very many are copies or drafts. No attempt has been made to describe the latter more closely than as 'draf...
Additional papers of the Leeds White Cloth Hall
1756-1897
The Leeds White Cloth Hall papers (MS 283) were listed in Handlist 2, now supplemented by the list on pp 484-517 of The West Riding Cloth industry : a catalogue of business records, compiled by Patric...
Wiltshire Response Books
Wright, John T
1957
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Wiltshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were rec...
PAPERS OF WINTER FAMILY OF THORNER
17th century-20th century
Including deeds, correspondence 19th-20th century, probate papers, photographs, family tree, 19th-20th century. Other families mentioned include Mann, Elsworth, Beecroft, White and Lumley.
PAPERS OF W PICKLES
1900-1996
Mainly relating to Wheelwright Grammar School and Dewsbury. Also including local history in Garforth and district, local transport systems including tramways, traction engines, maps and plans, chimney...
Photographs of Leeds Playhouse / West Yorkshire Playhouse productions
1978-2007
27 ring binders of photography of Leeds Playhouse / West Yorkshire Playhouse productions, 1978 to 2007, by Simon Warner. Each binder contains strips of negatives and contact sheets for several shows. ...
Letter from Branwell Brontë to Joseph Bentley Leyland
10 August 1842
Letter to Joseph Leyland requesting that he send John Brown materials for blacking white marble. Also comments on the reaction in Haworth to Leyland’s monument (for Thomas Andrews), and asks that L...
WILLS AND DEEDS RELATING TO DEWSBURY, ROTHERHAM AND ELSEWHERE
18th century-19th century
Includes: administration of Dr W George, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, probate of will of Catharine George of Windsor 1790, copy will of Edward Finch, canon resident of York and rector of Eyam...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Cradley, Herefordshire
12 Dec 1955
[Side 1] Sidney tells series of anecdotes, describes getting up early one morning to milk cows and returning home to realise it was 3am, recalls falling asleep as young lad while minding waggon and wa...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Earl's Croome, Worcestershire
12 Dec 1955
[Side 1] George talks about farm workers' daily intake of cider during haymaking in past, recalls farmer making 30 or 40 'hogshead' [= cask] each year and carrying two buckets on yoke and half-pint 'h...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Threlkeld, Cumberland
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
29 Jun 1954
[Side 1] Mrs. Mills describes traditional method of baking bread, crumble yeast into bread tin, add lukewarm water and flour, knead mixture adding warm water, flour bottom of tin and cover for hour an...