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Total number of records: 2233

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives1813
Books and printed items416
Art items3
Objects1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
auction catalogs37
antiquities26
classical antiquities19
excavations (archaeology)11
romans9
archaeology8
church plate7
walls, roman7
fortification, roman6
prehistoric peoples6

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain59
England41
Yorkshire (England)37
Leeds (England)5
Egypt5
Rome5
Greece4
Yorkshire4
Wales3
York (England)3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Sotheby & Co. (London, England)35
Yorkshire Archaeological Society16
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society15
Farrer, William (1861-1924)13
Clay, Edith Margaret13
Clay, Charles Travis (1885-1978)13
Dodsworth, Roger (1585-1654)13
Lancaster, William Thomas9
Robin George6
Collingwood, R G (1889-1943)6

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 19002119
From 200085

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 19992055
Up to latest149

Archive Collection

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...

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PAPERS RELATING TO THE HALL FAMILY OF DUNNINGTON, LILLING AND LEVENTHORPE

[20th century]

Mainly extracts from registers and pedigrees etc; includes copy discharge and further mortgage on property of Joseph Fisher in Cumberworth, Soyland, Lighthazles, Lockwood, Almondbury and Crosland 1729...

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INCOMPLETE TRANSCRIPT OF THE REGISTER OF ARCHBISHOP [CARDINAL] WOLSEY BY A HAMILTON THOMPSON,

20th century

Original is at Borthwick Institute, York

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