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Total number of records: 419
Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 342 |
| 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 |
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Top 10: Place
| Place | Count |
|---|---|
| Leeds; Yorkshire West Riding | 8 |
| Yorkshire | 8 |
| Wakefield; Yorkshire West Riding | 5 |
| Aysgarth; Yorkshire North Riding | 3 |
| Kirkby Malzeard; Yorkshire West Riding | 3 |
| Burstwick; Yorkshire East Riding | 2 |
| Batley; Yorkshire West Riding | 2 |
| Harrogate; Bilton; Knaresborough; Yorkshire West Riding | 2 |
| Great Ayton; Yorkshire North Riding | 2 |
| Halifax; Yorkshire West Riding | 2 |
Top 10: People and organisations
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Carlton Hill Collection
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 ...
PAPERS RELATING TO ELLAND AND HALIFAX, MOSTLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE CROSSLEY AND WHEELWRIGHT FAMILIES
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...
Lancashire Cotton Districts Relief Fund, Leeds, Archive
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...
Glenesk-Bathurst correspondence and papers
Glenesk, Algernon Borthwick (1830-1908)
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...
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...
PAPERS OF B W J KENT: PAPERS OF KENT FAMILY OF TATEFIELD HALL
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...
DEEDS RELATING TO HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE AND TO CATTLE GATES ON THE MOOR
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...
NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF THE CRAWSHAW FAMILY OF DEWSBURY AREA, YORK AREA, WOOLLEY, ROYSTON, SHEFFIELD, HALIFAX, NORTH LINCOLSHIRE AND HULL AREAS
c1970
With full references to relevant documents and printed sources including parish registers, wills, Wakefield court rolls, directories and Yorkshire fines.
DEEDS RELATING MAINLY TO RAWMARSH AND ROTHERHAM
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
PHOTOCOPIES OF REPORTS BY THE NORTH YORKSHIRE AND CLEVELAND VERNACULAR BUILDINGS STUDY GROUP
Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group
1969-1974
DEEDS MAINLY RELATING TO ASENBY
1720-1818
Also included deeds relating to Barnby, Bowes, Hardwick, Liverton, Leeds, Sigston, Topcliffe