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Total number of records: 3151
Count of Record type
Top 10: Collection group
Top 10: Subject
Top 10: Place
| Place | Count |
|---|---|
| Yorkshire | 59 |
| York; Yorkshire | 32 |
| Leeds; Yorkshire West Riding | 29 |
| Burton Constable; West Newton; Swine; Yorkshire East Riding | 16 |
| Wakefield; Yorkshire West Riding | 14 |
| Yorkshire West Riding | 6 |
| Doncaster; Yorkshire West Riding | 6 |
| Mirfield; Yorkshire West Riding | 6 |
| Dewsbury; Yorkshire West Riding | 6 |
| Halifax; Yorkshire West Riding | 6 |
Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Radcliffe Family | 10 |
| Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921) | 6 |
| Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor | 6 |
| Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961) | 6 |
| Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998) | 6 |
| Wise, Thomas James (1859-1937) | 4 |
| Blakeston Family | 4 |
| Silkin, Jon (1930-1997) | 3 |
| Shorter, Clement King (1857-1926) | 3 |
| Conyers Family | 3 |
Count of Earliest date
Artefacts collected by James Roberts Ogden
Ogden, James Roberts (1865-1940)
2000 BCE-1940
This collection includes jewellery, beads, ornaments, seals, coins, pottery, cuneiform tablets, facsimilie objects and glass slides. Many items are said to be from Ur, ancient Mesopotamian (now Iraq)...
Alan Bennett, draft of the introduction written for the dramatisation of 'The Wind in the Willows' at the National Theatre in 1991.
Bennett, Alan
1991
Comprises the typescript draft of Bennett's introduction for the Faber version of the dramatisation of Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows', produced at the National Theatre in December 1991. T...
DEEDS AND COPYHOLD ADMITTANCES
15th-19th century
Deeds and copyhold admittances, mainly relating to Eggborough, Kelfield, Kellington, Sherwood and Whitley and the families of Awnby [or Anby], Girlington, Jackson, Laycock and Morritt 15th-19th centur...
Lease for 20 years
1795
1. Annie Davison Bland and others 2. Charles Smith of Scolcoates and John Clayton of Kippax
PAPERS RELATING TO THE HALL FAMILY OF DUNNINGTON, LILLING AND LEVENTHORPE
[20th century]
Mainly extracts from registers and pedigrees etc; includes copy discharge and further mortgage on property of Joseph Fisher in Cumberworth, Soyland, Lighthazles, Lockwood, Almondbury and Crosland 1729...
WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: PEDIGREES
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
George Walker's The Costume of Yorkshire
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...
COPIES OF SATIRICAL POEMS BY GEORGE PLAXTON, RECTOR OF BARWICK IN ELMET
Early 18th century
Also includes pamphlets, 18th century, correspondence, and transcripts 20th century
INCOMPLETE TRANSCRIPT OF THE REGISTER OF ARCHBISHOP [CARDINAL] WOLSEY BY A HAMILTON THOMPSON,
20th century
Original is at Borthwick Institute, York