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Total number of records: 151056

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection22438
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society19180
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive12770
Liddle Collection11839
University Archive11621
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture9577
Business Archives6532
English Literature6087
Leeds Russian Archive5169
South Bank Show Production Archive5001

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
culture3209
occupations2581
english language - dialects1985
community life1829
nature1661
letters1521
letter writing1457
agriculture1233
buildings1158
animals1124

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England3574
London, United Kingdom1332
Yorkshire430
Leeds, United Kingdom320
Genoa, Italy292
Lincolnshire170
Essex167
Lancashire158
Somerset148
Norfolk148

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)4527
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1531
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)1198
Opera North983
English National Opera North983
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)682
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)671
Wright, John T571
Sala, George Augustus502
Wright, Peter445

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 15002040
From 16006746
From 17008716
From 180031732
From 1900101756
From 200062

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 1991
Up to 5994
Up to 10992
Up to 15991619
Up to 16996009
Up to 17997595
Up to 189922852
Up to 1999112974

Archive Collection

RALPH THORESBY'S CORRESPONDENCE, VOLUME 5

1716-1723

Microfilm copy available.

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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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WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: PEDIGREES

1800-1819

Comprising several pedigrees of the Beaumont family, tricks and quarterings of arms with a number of original letters to Radcliffe from R H and J Beaumont of Whitley Hall, Kirkheaton

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George Walker's The Costume of Yorkshire

c1810-1885

The original watercolours for the images published as engravings in 'The Costume of Yorkshire' 1814 in one volume, a volume of engravings from the first edition and an edition of 'The Costume of Yorks...

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COPIES OF SATIRICAL POEMS BY GEORGE PLAXTON, RECTOR OF BARWICK IN ELMET

Early 18th century

Also includes pamphlets, 18th century, correspondence, and transcripts 20th century

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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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PAPERS OF B W J KENT: PLANS AND ELEVATIONS OF AN UNIDENTIFIED BUILDING AT BECKWITHSHAW

20th century

Probably a conjectural reconstruction of Tatefield Hall

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