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Total number of records: 157186

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items102914
Archives29555
People and organisations13965
Indexes9370
Textiles479
Coins440
Art items347
Objects115

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection33066
English Literature12317
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society11149
Letters Database6030
Quaker Collection5941
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive3669
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse3439
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society2416
Cookery Collection1894
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History1760

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
sermons, english1170
english poetry809
society of friends737
english language683
letters650
natural history579
letter539
poets, english518
law reports, digests, etc517
cooking, english514

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain4218
France2198
England932
Europe612
Rome586
Greece492
Yorkshire (England)359
Italy359
United States318
Scotland315

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Church of England1646
Great Britain1486
Anonymous1453
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)1279
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)960
Great Britain. Parliament747
Catholic Church744
Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)604
Society of Friends599
Cecil Betsalel Roth538

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From 180096698
From 19006
From 200083

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Archive Art Collection:
ART 090
1735-1873
Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Two sets depicting Kabuki plays: 'Chushingura' by Utagawa Hiroshige and 'The Sugawara Tragedy' by Utagawa Sadahide. Also a singular print: 'View of a Dramatic Perfor...
Archive Collection:
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:
YAS/MD285/10
1795
1. Annie Davison Bland and others 2. Charles Smith of Scolcoates and John Clayton of Kippax
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS10
1716-1723
Microfilm copy available.
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS100
1800-1819
Comprising several pedigrees of the Beaumont family, tricks and quarterings of arms with a number of original letters to Radcliffe from R H and J Beaumont of Whitley Hall, Kirkheaton
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1000
c1810-1885
The original watercolours for the images published as engravings in 'The Costume of Yorkshire' 1814 in one volume, a volume of engravings from the first edition and an edition of 'The Costume of Yorks...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1001
Early 18th century
Also includes pamphlets, 18th century, correspondence, and transcripts 20th century
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS101
1808-1811
Comprising a volume of copies of Inquisitions relating to the Roos, Salvain and Aldburgh families, (Edward I to Henry VI 1306-1443), original letters from Robert Surtees, pedigrees of Hilton, Conyer...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS102
nd [19th century]
Comprising a volume of pedigrees of Ashton, Sherwood, Rockley, Saville, Gascoigne and Blakeston some with branches. Index in volume, but the last 10 pedigrees are missing.
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1027
(1846)
Transcript of the award omitts acreages and tithes paid
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1029
Early 18th century
Containing a history of Hatfield by Abraham de la Pryme and an account of the churches of Hatfield, Fishlake, and Barnby Dun by James Torre, with John Speed's map of Yorkshire, North and East Ridings...