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Total number of records: 8315

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Books and printed items8275
Archives40

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
sermons, english465
english poetry162
hymns, english126
english language70
concert programs69
theater programs66
temperance60
dialect literature, english60
poor laws50
clergy47

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Sheffield (England)309
Yorkshire (England)136
Great Britain115
Leeds (England)65
Rotherham (England)37
England34
Pontefract (England)33
York (England)31
Bradford (England)28
Derbyshire (England)27

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Church of England205
Montgomery, James (1771-1854)199
Hofland, Mrs (1770-1844)141
Roberts, Samuel (1763-1848)124
Wesleyan Methodist Church106
Holland, John (1794-1872)100
Great Britain95
Best, Thomas (1787-1865)74
Bywater, Abel (1795-1873)74
Catholic Church73

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From 1700285
From 18005916
From 19001286
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Up to 1799221
Up to 18995710
Up to 19991553
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Archive Print Collection

Archive Collection

Yorkshire (Brotherton Collection)

1416-1834

The series comprises documents relating to land and property in Yorkshire. It includes surveys, rentals, leases, letters and accounts. The majority of the material dates from the mid to late 17th cen...

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Leeds Playhouse Archive

Leeds Playhouse; West Yorkshire Playhouse

1964-2022

The Leeds Playhouse archive is the collection of the Leeds Playhouse and the West Yorkshire Playhouse. It contains extensive documentation for staged plays, musicals and dance in particular. There i...

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Yorkshire in olden times

Andrews, William (1848-1908)

1890

Limited edition of 400 copies printed.

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Bygone Yorkshire

Andrews, William (1848-1908)

1892

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The Manor of Gilling

Etton, Sir John; Etton, George de; Wharton, Humphrey (1626-1694)

c.1400-1673

Comprises indentures and rentals: 1) Indenture executed by John Etton regarding Gillng and Holme, with partial seal attached c.1400. 2) Particular of the Manor of Gilling, c.1670. 3) Particular of ...

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The Manor of Malton - William Lord Eure

Eure, Sir William (1633-1652)

c.1655

Comprises: 1) document outlining the ownership of the Manor after the death of William Eure, 5th Baron Eure, in 1652. 2) rental for New Malton, Also labelled Mrs Danby's particular of lands at Mal...

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Middleton and the Manor of Hilton

1651-1653

Comprises: 1) survey of lands in Hutton Rudby. Yorkshire, 1651. Ten pages. 2) survey of lands in Potto in Hutton Rudby, Yorkshire, 1651. Four sheets of paper. Includes an abstract of routes in Pot...

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The Lordships of East and West Bolton - Emanuel, Earl of Sunderland

Howe, John Grobham (1625-1679)

1652

Comprises an indenture between Lady Mary Carey of the first part, Thomas Lord Savage and his wife, Elizabeth, on the second and John Grobham Howe and his wife Annabella on the third regarding the lord...

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The Manor of Colton

1654

Comprises an indenture between Richard Elmhirst of Houndhill, near Barnsley, and Nathan Tilson and Joshua Wilson of London and Anne Young of East Greenwich regarding the sale of the Manor of Colton, d...

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Ledsham Deed

Wentworth, William 2nd Earl of Strafford (1626-1695)

18 Jan 1654

Comprises: 1) an indenture between William Earl of Strafford and Sir George Radcliffe and Thomas Edmunds of Wentworth Woodhouse, 18 January 1654. Stamped 'Clayton manuscripts'. Four sheets.

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