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Total number of records: 11997

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items7177
Archives4817
Art items2
Objects1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Quaker Collection11997
Joseph Wood Collections627
Brotherton Collection1
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
society of friends1764
quakers343
quaker church buildings270
tithes158
christian life117
persecution90
freedom of religion60
dissenters, religious59
churches, quaker55
conduct of life54

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain84
United States21
Pennsylvania14
New England9
London (England)7
Germany7
Ireland7
Philadelphia (Pa.)5
Soviet Union5
Australia5

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Society of Friends697
Fox, George (1624-1691)311
Penn, William (1644-1718)269
Society of Friends. London Yearly Meeting213
Whitehead, George (1636?-1723)163
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)110
Burrough, Edward (1633-1663)110
Penington, Isaac (1616-1679)106
Barclay, Robert (1648-1690)89
Naylor, James (1617?-1660)84

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 15005
From 16002937
From 17002633
From 18003866
From 19002357
From 2000199

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 15994
Up to 16992618
Up to 17992357
Up to 18993737
Up to 19992810
Up to latest471

Archive Collection

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 ...

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Society of Friends Peace Committee related papers and other peace movements collected by Joseph Sturge

Sturge, Joseph (1818-1874)

1850-1927

Comprises letters, reports, press cuttings, pamphlets and other material concerned with peace movements in Britain from before the outbreak of the First World War until the 1920s

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Joseph Wood Archive

Wood, Joseph (1750-1821); Ashbridge, Elizabeth (1713-1755)

23 Mar 1661-1840

The collection includes 100 notebooks written by Wood from 1767-1821. There are 63 large notebooks and 37 small ones. In his notebooks Wood recorded his ministry and copied his letters. A prolific ...

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Clifford Street Collection

17th century-21st century

The Clifford Street, York, collection of archives contains records of the meetings of the Society of Friends in Yorkshire at two levels. First, Records of the county-wide Quarterly Meeting (since 1...

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Ford and Pease Family Manuscripts

Ford Family; Pease Family

1827-1963

Manuscript items relating to the Ford and Pease families, including photographs, portraits, scrapbooks, accounts, drawings, misellaneous verse and letters.

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Adel

19th century-21st century

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Ackworth

1816-1978

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Airton

1624-21st century

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Askwith

1666-2015

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Bentham

1652-2015

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Bradford

1650-21st century

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Bingley

1960-1978

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