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Total number of records: 488

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items251
Archives178
Indexes34
People and organisations10
Art items7
Textiles7
Objects1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection107
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture59
Ripon Cathedral56
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society40
English Literature23
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse22
Leeds Animation Workshop11
Business Archives11
Liddle Collection9
Letters Database8

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
implements, utensils etc35
home32
house furnishings31
occupations31
food26
culture20
dairy products19
nature19
agriculture19
animals19

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England15
Great Britain8
Wales7
Wiltshire (England)6
United Kingdom2
Asia2
Indonesia2
Rome1
Pontefract (England)1
Scampton (England)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)36
Bowles, William Lisle (1762-1850)22
Scott, Mrs M. E.14
Horner, Mr M.12
Barnes, Joshua11
Bowling, Richard10
Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron (1788-1824)9
Stevenson, Sir John (1761-1833)9
Bowles, Carington (1724-1793)9
Milk Street Academy (Sheffield)8

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 14002
From 15002
From 160017
From 1700156
From 1800130
From 1900176
From 20004

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 14991
Up to 15991
Up to 169913
Up to 179993
Up to 1899184
Up to 1999170
Up to latest23

Archive Collection

John Bowling and Company Limited, Cyclops Foundry, Business Archive

1878-1954

Comprises the following records: (1) Wages books, 1886-1892; (2) Books of quarterly and annual balances, 1898-1951; (3) General ledger, 1886-1895; (4) Financial memorandum book, 1887-1896; (5) Books o...

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ASKWITH SCHOOL BOOKS OF JOHN BOWLING (1846-1903)

1854-1860

Volume one covers the period 4 December 1854 - [n.d]. Volume two covers the period 17 April 1856 - 30 March 1857. Volume three covers the period 5 May 1857 - 25 February 1859. Volume four covers the p...

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