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Total number of records: 184678

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection26051
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society19992
University Archive13756
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive12770
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman11884
Liddle Collection11853
South Bank Show Production Archive9646
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture9593
English Literature7279
Business Archives6536

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
culture3258
occupations2581
english language - dialects1987
community life1840
nature1661
letters1568
popular music1555
letter writing1470
agriculture1233
literature (prose)1186

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England3670
London, United Kingdom1345
Yorkshire431
Leeds, United Kingdom326
Genoa, Italy293
Lincolnshire170
Essex167
Lancashire158
Somerset149
Norfolk148

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)4527
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1532
English National Opera North1496
Opera North1496
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)1198
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)822
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)675
National Women'S Aid Federation607
Wright, John T571
Women'S Aid535

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 14001445
From 15002044
From 16006811
From 17008761
From 180032625
From 1900120737
From 200012221

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 1991
Up to 5994
Up to 10992
Up to 14991114
Up to 15991876
Up to 16996032
Up to 17997610
Up to 189922875
Up to 1999112940
Up to latest32190

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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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...

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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).

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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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1 in 4 Collection

c1986 - 1998

The collection contains organisational papers including journals, minute books, correspondence, training information, legal guidelines and associated material. Files also include extensive reference m...

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Association of Engineers, Leeds, Archive

1865-1999

Comprises: 1) Minutes of the various council, open, special and annual general meetings of the Association, 1865-1997, with printed notices of these forthcoming meetings pasted into the volumes at the...

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Yorkshire Land and Warping Company, Business Archive

1875-1947

Comprises: (1) Many bundles of legal documents drawn up between the Warping Company and various other companies and individuals during the late nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentiet...

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Lancashire Cotton Districts Relief Fund, Leeds, Archive

1862-1866

Papers relating to the fund raised in Leeds for relief of distress in the Lancashire cotton districts caused by the American civil war In the autumn of 1862, the American Civil War began to affect t...

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