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Total number of records: 388
Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 312 |
| Business Archives | 26 |
| Brotherton Collection | 13 |
| English Literature | 10 |
| Quaker Collection | 2 |
| South Bank Show Production Archive | 1 |
| Womens Aid Federation of England Archive | 1 |
| Novello Cowden Clarke Collection | 1 |
| Leeds Poetry | 1 |
| Leeds General Cemetery | 1 |
Top 10: Subject
Top 10: Place
| Place | Count |
|---|---|
| Leeds; Yorkshire West Riding | 8 |
| Yorkshire | 7 |
| Wakefield; Yorkshire West Riding | 5 |
| Kirkby Malzeard; Yorkshire West Riding | 3 |
| Burstwick; Yorkshire East Riding | 2 |
| Ossett; Dewsbury; Yorkshire West Riding | 2 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 2 |
| Baildon; Otley; Yorkshire West Riding | 2 |
| Halifax; Yorkshire West Riding | 2 |
| Great Ayton; Yorkshire North Riding | 2 |
Top 10: People and organisations
Count of Earliest date
Archive Collection:
MS/DEP/1979/1
MS/DEP/1979/1
17th-20th century
The Carlton Hill collection of archives contains records of meetings of the Society of Friends for the mid-part of the old West Riding of Yorkshire (now divided between West and North Yorkshire), and ...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MD476 (Add1)
YAS/MD476 (Add1)
19th-20th century
Includes family papers relating to the Crossley family including correspondence, valuations, insurance, wills etc.
Papers relating to the Wheelwright Family.
Papers relating to Mearclough Mill.
Pap...
Archive Collection:
MS Dep. 1973/1
MS Dep. 1973/1
1862-1866
Papers relating to the fund raised in Leeds for relief of distress in the Lancashire cotton districts caused by the American civil war
In the autumn of 1862, the American Civil War began to affect t...
Archive Collection:
MS Dep. 1990/1
MS Dep. 1990/1
1801-2000
The Glenesk-Bathurst papers revolve around the Morning Post, an influential Conservative newspaper which eventually merged with the Daily Telegraph, and relate mainly to the Edwardian period though th...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1010
YAS/MS1010
18th century-20th century
Including: farm account books of Isaac Denison of Dunkeswick and others 1809-1893 and diary of a farmer recording the weather, events on the farm, payments 1855-1893 (back of diary records accounts re...
Archive Collection:
YAS/DD104
YAS/DD104
1572-1861
Includes inventory of Oswald Clark of Horton 16th century; enclosure award for Horton [Selside, Shaw Park and Lamb Pasture] 1791; steward's account book, Thomas Heselden for the Rev Dr Thomas Wilson o...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1054
YAS/MS1054
c1970
With full references to relevant documents and printed sources including parish registers, wills, Wakefield court rolls, directories and Yorkshire fines.
Archive Collection:
YAS/DD106
YAS/DD106
17th century-18th century
Includes nine deeds relating to Lamb Close, Rawmarsh 1783-1798 and probate of will of Mary Beale of Rotherham, 23 Feb 1714/5 and will of Francis Denner of Rawmarsh, 27 Aug 1770
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1077
YAS/MS1077
1969-1974
Archive Collection:
YAS/DD11
YAS/DD11
1720-1818
Also included deeds relating to Barnby, Bowes, Hardwick, Liverton, Leeds, Sigston, Topcliffe
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1104
YAS/MS1104
20th century
Files, presscuttings, journal reviews, articles and private study notes relating to Europe, Africa, Far East, India, Anglo-Saxon Britain, pottery, querns, vikings