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Total number of records: 17

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Archives	9
Books and printed items	8

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	4
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections	4
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	2
Liddle Collection	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
genealogy	17
architecture, domestic	4
architecture, renaissance	4
atlases	4
gypsies	4
historic buildings	4
landscape architecture	4
palaces	4
portraits	4
seals	4

Count of Place

Place	Count
England	6
Waddington (Lancashire)	2
Great Britain	1
Scotland	1
United States	1
Wales	1
West Yorkshire	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Blaeu, Joan	4
Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673)	4
Jansson, Jan	4
Jansson, Jan (1588-1664)	4
Kip, Johannes	4
Kip, Johannes (1653-1722)	4
Knyff, Leonard	4
Knyff, Leonard (1650-1721)	4
Browsholme Hall	2
Federation of Family History Societies	2

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1500	2
From 1600	1
From 1700	6
From 1800	3
From 1900	4
From 2000	1

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1699	1
Up to 1799	4
Up to 1899	3
Up to 1999	6
Up to latest	3

Archive Collection

Romany Collection

Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)

c.1551 - c.2007

Archive and print items referencing the history, culture and representation of Gypsies, Travellers and Roma in the UK, Europe and worldwide. Consists of three sub-collections; 1) Romany 1: The col...

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Archive Collection

Rev George Hall Collection

Hall, Rev George

1908-1918

Correspondence, notebooks, diaries and reports/loose notes documenting Hall's research and information gathering.Mainly concerned with (UK) Gypsy and Traveller biographies and genealogical details.

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Archive Collection

Robert M.Dawson Collection

Dawson, Robert (1944-)

c.1947-1970

Press cuttings and card indexes relating to Gypsies and Travellers.

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Archive Collection

Miscellaneous papers collected by W. T. Freemantle

Freemantle, W T

c.1775-c.1925

Includes papers on local history and music compiled and written by W. T. Freemantle. There are many music scores.

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Archive Collection

Sir Angus (McKay) Fraser Collection

Fraser, Angus M

1562 - 2001

Personal papers, printed works, manuscripts, correspondence and research material referencing Gypsies, Travellers and Roma in UK and Europe as collected by Sir Angus (McKay) Fraser in the course of h...

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Archive File

Liber A: notes collected by Charles Fairfax, including items relating to Yorkshire and the Fairfax family

Fairfax, Charles Colonel (1597-1673)

16--

Loose sheets bound together, with modern pencil numeration, 1-306. Written by various hands. Old brown leather binding

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Archive File

Album relating to the history of Wensleydale and Coverdale

19--?

Comprises a collection of notes, pedigrees, and photographs

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Archive Print Item

Words from wills and other probate records 1500-1800 : a glossary

Raymond, Stuart A (1945-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Federation of Family History Societies

2004

Includes bibliographical references (pages 7-11).

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Nouveau theatre de la Grande Bretagne, ou, Description exacte des palais de la reine et des maisons les plus considerables des seigneurs & des gentilshommes de la Grande Bretagne : le tout dessiné sur les lieux, & gravé sur 80 planches où l'on voit aussi les armes des seigneurs & des gentilshommes (v.1, pt.2)

Kip, Johannes (1653-1722); Knyff, Leonard (1650-1721); Jansson, Jan (1588-1664); Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673)

1708-1717

Vol.1 is dated 1708, vol.2 1713, vol.3 1715, and vol.3, pt.2 1717. Vol.3, pt.2: Atlas Anglois, ou description generale de l'Angleterre, contenant une description geographique de chaque province, ave...

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