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Total number of records: 130

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Archives128
Books and printed items2

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture45
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society45
Business Archives10
Brotherton Collection4
English Literature4
Leeds General Cemetery1
Leeds Russian Archive1
Liddle Collection1
Medical Collections1

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nature21
animals20
occupations20
agriculture18
community life18
food17
culture11
wealth11
business records10
food crops10

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Yorkshire4
Burley In Wharfedale; Otley; Yorkshire West Riding2
Ackworth; Yorkshire West Riding1
Bedale; Yorkshire North Riding1
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Bradford; Yorkshire West Riding1
Eastrington; Yorkshire East Riding1
Gateforth; Brayton; Yorkshire West Riding1
Great Ayton; Yorkshire North Riding1
Halifax; Yorkshire West Riding1

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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)15
William6
Wright, John T5
Barry, Michael V (1935-)4
Bill4
Wakelin, Martyn F4
Kylstra, Henk E3
Orchard, Bill3
Swarbrick, Robert3
Tyler, William (1893-1893)3

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Archive Item

Transcript: Nixon, William

Blackmore, Pete

2022-2023

Transcript of oral history interview conducted with named interviewee (see item title) as part of National Lottery Heritage funded, "Dialect and Heritage" Project.

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WILLIAM BRIGG MANUSCRIPTS

16th century-19th century

Comprising (a) Material for the history of the Brigg family including abstracts of wills. (b) Brigg wills proved in the Prerogative Courts of Canterbury, with index. (c and e) Index of Brigg wills fro...

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WILLIAM BRIGG MANUSCRIPTS

16th century-19th century

Comprising (a) Correspondence (b) Card index to wills, mostly Yorkshire. (c) Notes on Brigg of Halifax, Brigg and Briggs of Sowerby, Shropshire, Norfolk, Westmorland and Sussex, Henry Brigg the mathm...

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Notebook of Sir William Henry Bragg, with associated material
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Notebook of Sir William Henry Bragg and Sir William Lawrence Bragg

Bragg, Sir William Henry (1862-1942); Bragg, Sir William Lawrence (1890-1971)

1913

Contains manuscript notes on experiments made for research into X-ray spectra and crystal analysis, carried out by Sir William Henry Bragg and his son, Sir William Lawrence Bragg. The experiments were...

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Archive Sub-collection

William Thomas Astbury correspondence and papers

1898-2000

This is accrual was received in 2022. It contains various documents relating to Astbury's professional and personal life. There are also family photographs and glass plate negatives of family and rel...

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William Rhodes Limited, Business Archive

1845-1937

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

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WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: YORKSHIRE COLLECTIONS

1827

Comprising a small book lettered "Radcliffe, Yorkshire Collections". It contains a number of extracts from Dodsworth's mss, monumental inscriptions in Featherstone Church and extracts from the pari...

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WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: FAMILY EVIDENCES

1807-1825

Comprising a book lettered "Radcliffe's family evidences". Principal contents include the following extracts, evidences at Kirklees Hall made in 1809, evidences of Joseph Armytage of Outwood Lodge, ...

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Archive Collection

Rev. William and Elizabeth Pierce Commonplace Book

Pierce, Mrs Elizabeth (c1862)

c1840 - 1880

Scrapbook or commonplace book compiled by the Rev. William Matthews Pierce and his wife Elizabeth (nee Rockcliffe). Later owned by the Rev. Walter Currer Holliwell. William Pierce was appointed Perpet...

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William Ackroyd, Otley Mills, Business Archive

William Ackroyd Limited

1817-1963

Comprises various ledgers, notebooks, legal documents, cash and wages books, and books concerning stock balances. -------

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William Lupton and Company Limited, Business Archive

William Lupton and Company Limited

1694-1958

Comprises: (1) Ledgers containing nominal, private, and various personal accounts, 1748-1919; (2) Creditors ledgers and purchase data, 1790-1882; (3) Debtors ledgers and sales data, 1790-1888; (4) Day...

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