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Total number of records: 692833

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items258475
Archives190032
People and organisations131613
Indexes97388
Coins6124
Textiles4339
Art items3665
Objects1192

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection104079
Quaker Collection53780
English Literature35241
Liddle Collection34057
Letters Database32454
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society24873
Leeds Russian Archive20443
Herbert Read Collection17409
University Archive13949
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive12770

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
world war, 1914-19185966
culture3287
english poetry2737
occupations2592
english language - dialects1988
art1891
society of friends1880
community life1845
jews1742
agriculture1729

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain8631
England6354
France3636
Leeds3444
Rome2132
Soviet Union1994
Bradford1467
London, United Kingdom1288
Europe1287
Russia1254

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)5514
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)4527
Anonymous2650
Great Britain2436
Shorter, Clement King2146
Church of England2145
Stoner, Edmund Clifton, 1899-19682062
Gosse, Edmund1758
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)1716
Crossley-Holland, Kevin1534

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From earliest1254
From 100731
From 2001131
From 300949
From 400114
From 500215
From 600144
From 70047
From 80050
From 900163
From 1000330
From 1100595
From 1200929
From 13001541
From 14003826
From 15007879
From 160032032
From 170061023
From 1800131815
From 1900275352
From 200016786

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Latest dateCount
Up to 991141
Up to 199650
Up to 2991302
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Up to 499102
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Up to 1099275
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Up to 169929549
Up to 179954298
Up to 1899110315
Up to 1999274659
Up to latest42238