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Total number of records: 1023
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Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 142 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 109 |
| Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture | 90 |
| Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society | 77 |
| Quaker Collection | 56 |
| Liddle Collection | 44 |
| University Archive | 31 |
| Business Archives | 22 |
| John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History | 21 |
| Art and Antique Market | 21 |
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Society of Friends | 54 |
| Independent Labour Party (Great Britain) | 22 |
| Coale, Josiah (1632?-1668) | 21 |
| Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009) | 19 |
| Great Britain | 16 |
| Fox, George (1624-1691) | 15 |
| Woodward, Henry (1832-1921) | 11 |
| Whitehead, George (1636?-1723) | 11 |
| Miners' Federation of Great Britain | 10 |
| Binney, Edward William (1812-1881) | 8 |
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West Yorkshire Coal Owners' Association
Joint Board of the West Yorkshire Coal Owners' Association and the Yorkshire Mineworkers' Association
1890-1955
Contains three accessions MS 841, 964, 148. Collection includes minutes, financial records, membership records. The collection is not complete and descriptions of specific accessions should be consult...
Coal mining papers compiled by Sir Andrew Bryan
Bryan, Sir Andrew
c.1901-1990
Comprises reports, articles, photographs, press cuttings, pamphlets, periodicals, and books on coal mining.
Coal Papers
1806-1815
Accounts of Matthew Watson and others, and papers relating to the coal mines on Fountains Fell at Malham, with some references to other minerals: zinc, ochre and calamine including carriage of timber,...
DEEDS AND PAPERS RELATING TO COAL MINES AT INGLETON AND BENTHAM
17th century-18th century
Contains several leases (17th-18th century), legal papers in various law suits, act for enclosing Bentham Moor (1767), copies of decrees in Chancery (16th-17th century) concerning the custom of the te...