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Total number of records: 29691

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Archives	18655
Textiles	3514
Books and printed items	2899
Art items	2406
Coins	2193
Objects	19
Indexes	1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection group	Count
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive	12618
International Textile Collection	3514
University Art Collection	2364
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture	2329
Coin Collection	2193
Cookery Collection	1630
Brotherton Collection	1265
University Archive	903
Student Newspapers	780
Liddle Collection	691

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
occupations	1204
nature	937
culture	676
agriculture	628
buildings	627
animals	606
implements, utensils etc	501
cooking, english	398
community life	387
english language - dialects	354

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
United Kingdom	711
England	324
Japan	306
China	300
Rome	259
Alexandria, Egypt	218
Leeds	204
Indonesia	202
Antioch, Syria	194
India	179

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)	4438
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)	1123
Hartley, Marie	636
Marchini, Guido	495
Pesel, Louisa F	326
Brunk, Wille	155
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)	141
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)	136
Yorkshire Pottery	133
University of Leeds	114

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From earliest	671
From 100	522
From 200	978
From 300	14
From 400	5
From 500	14
From 600	10
From 700	4
From 800	2
From 900	5
From 1000	18
From 1100	16
From 1200	16
From 1300	22
From 1400	59
From 1500	56
From 1600	220
From 1700	771
From 1800	14156
From 1900	9645
From 2000	283

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 99	578
Up to 199	430
Up to 299	1121
Up to 399	53
Up to 499	6
Up to 599	12
Up to 699	8
Up to 799	5
Up to 899	3
Up to 999	2
Up to 1099	9
Up to 1199	10
Up to 1299	12
Up to 1399	21
Up to 1499	53
Up to 1599	61
Up to 1699	198
Up to 1799	695
Up to 1899	7206
Up to 1999	16610
Up to latest	788

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Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Garrick, David (1717-1779)

[1766?]

Bound in volume with overall title page: "The English theatre in eight volumes, containing the most valuable plays which have been acted on the London stage. Vol. VIII".

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The works of James Gillray, from the original plates : with the addition of many subjects not before collected (v.1)

Gillray, James (1756-1815); Bohn, Henry G (1796-1884)

[1851]

Vol. 1 consists of 582 copper-plate engravings; v. 2, without t.p., is supplementary and contains 45 additional engravings.

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Digitised copy available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project

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A collection of ordinances and regulations for the government of the royal household, made in divers reigns. From King Edward III. to King William and Queen Mary. Also receipts in ancient cookery

Society of Antiquaries of London

1790

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General and commercial directory of the borough of Leeds : including the out-townships of Armley, Beeston... and several of the principal neighbouring villages ... A copy of the Factories' Regulation Act, and an abstract of the Leeds and Selby Railway Act ... illustrated with a map of the borough of Leeds

Parson, William

1834

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The costume of Yorkshire : illustrated by a series of forty engravings, being fac-similes of original drawings. With descriptions in English and French

Walker, George (1781-1856)

1814

Plates inscribed: Geo. Walker del. Added t.-p.: Costumes du comté d'York, représentés dans une série de quarante planches. 40 col. aquatint pl., incl. 6 showing uniform. The plates (when dated)...

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The London mercury

Squire, Sir John Collings (1884-1958)

v.1-39, no.234 1919/20-1938/39 Edited by J.C. Squire.

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Field Wall Systems at Malham

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1962

Dry stone field wall systems at Malham (North Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card. Includes typed notes on field enclosure in the Yorkshire Dales, and reference to Arthur Raistrick, 'Pennine Walls'...

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