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Total number of records: 693400
Count of Record type
Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 104079 |
| Quaker Collection | 53780 |
| English Literature | 35241 |
| Liddle Collection | 34060 |
| Letters Database | 32454 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 24873 |
| Leeds Russian Archive | 20456 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 17409 |
| University Archive | 13957 |
| Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive | 12770 |
Top 10: Subject
Top 10: Place
Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) | 5517 |
| Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927) | 4527 |
| Anonymous | 2650 |
| Great Britain | 2436 |
| Shorter, Clement King | 2146 |
| Church of England | 2145 |
| Stoner, Edmund Clifton, 1899-1968 | 2062 |
| Gosse, Edmund | 1758 |
| Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | 1716 |
| Crossley-Holland, Kevin | 1534 |
Count of Earliest date
| Earliest date | Count |
|---|---|
| From earliest | 1253 |
| From 100 | 731 |
| From 200 | 1131 |
| From 300 | 950 |
| From 400 | 114 |
| From 500 | 215 |
| From 600 | 144 |
| From 700 | 47 |
| From 800 | 50 |
| From 900 | 163 |
| From 1000 | 330 |
| From 1100 | 595 |
| From 1200 | 929 |
| From 1300 | 1541 |
| From 1400 | 3826 |
| From 1500 | 7879 |
| From 1600 | 32032 |
| From 1700 | 61025 |
| From 1800 | 131851 |
| From 1900 | 275820 |
| From 2000 | 16801 |
Count of Latest date
| Latest date | Count |
|---|---|
| Up to 99 | 1140 |
| Up to 199 | 650 |
| Up to 299 | 1302 |
| Up to 399 | 939 |
| Up to 499 | 102 |
| Up to 599 | 237 |
| Up to 699 | 130 |
| Up to 799 | 31 |
| Up to 899 | 49 |
| Up to 999 | 103 |
| Up to 1099 | 275 |
| Up to 1199 | 324 |
| Up to 1299 | 820 |
| Up to 1399 | 1446 |
| Up to 1499 | 2944 |
| Up to 1599 | 6628 |
| Up to 1699 | 29549 |
| Up to 1799 | 54300 |
| Up to 1899 | 110330 |
| Up to 1999 | 275088 |
| Up to latest | 42304 |
Japanese prints
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...
Ripon Cathedral (Dean and Chapter) Archive
Ripon Cathedral Dean and Chapter
12th century - 21st century
The greater part of their accumulated archives was very generously deposited recently in the Brotherton Library of the University of Leeds by the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. It is hoped that by this ar...
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 ...
CARTULARIUM ACASTRENSE VOLUME 1
1282-1518
A collection of charters bound together in a case. They relate principally to lands, etc., in Acaster Malbis, but there is a deed relating to Chevermunt, and another to Bishopthorpe. Four of the chart...
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...
COPY LETTERS FROM RALPH THORESBY TO VARIOUS CORRESPONDENTS
1695-1724
Also includes a list of books, and a copy of the "Answer to Priestcraft" written by Thoresby's friend Richard Thornton (see Ducatus Leodiensis p536).
Stone heads index
1960s-1970s
Card index of approximately 1000 individual photographic recordings of stone heads, mainly from the West Riding of Yorkshire. Each recording generally consists of the event date (eg of finding or reco...