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Total number of records: 1233

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Archives1228
Books and printed items3
Art items1
Objects1

Count of Collection group

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Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1139
Brotherton Collection38
English Literature25
Business Archives12
Medical Collections4
University Archive1
Quaker Collection1
Joseph Wood Collections1
Cookery Collection1

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SubjectCount
letters18
english poetry10
textile industry10
business records9
english literature4
commercial correspondence3
english drama2
diaries2
lecture notes2
general surgery2

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Yorkshire42
York; Yorkshire24
Burton Constable; West Newton; Swine; Yorkshire East Riding16
Leeds; Yorkshire West Riding16
Wakefield; Yorkshire West Riding9
Yorkshire West Riding5
Kirkby Malzeard; Yorkshire West Riding4
Pontefract; Yorkshire West Riding4
Doncaster; Yorkshire West Riding4
Mirfield; Yorkshire West Riding4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Radcliffe Family10
Blakeston Family4
Beaumont Family3
Baker Family3
Rockley Family3
Fitzwilliam Family2
Fearne Family2
Aston Family2
Gascoigne Family2
Ashton Family2

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From 1600310
From 1700353
From 1800570

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Up to 1699136
Up to 1799294
Up to 1899803

Archive Art Collection

Japanese prints

1735-1873

Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Two sets depicting Kabuki plays: 'Chushingura' by Utagawa Hiroshige and 'The Sugawara Tragedy' by Utagawa Sadahide. Also a singular print: 'View of a Dramatic Perfor...

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Archive Collection

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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Archive Collection

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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Archive Collection

Lease for 20 years

1795

1. Annie Davison Bland and others 2. Charles Smith of Scolcoates and John Clayton of Kippax

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Archive Collection

RALPH THORESBY'S CORRESPONDENCE, VOLUME 5

1716-1723

Microfilm copy available.

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Archive Collection

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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Archive Collection

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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Archive Collection

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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COUNTERPART LEASE FOR 21 YEARS

8 Jul 1609

1. John Towneley of Hyrstwood, Lancashire 2. John Brooke of Littlecargreene of Dalton, chapman

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Archive Collection

WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS: INQUISITIONS

1808-1811

Comprising a volume of copies of Inquisitions relating to the Roos, Salvain and Aldburgh families, (Edward I to Henry VI 1306-1443), original letters from Robert Surtees, pedigrees of Hilton, Conyer...

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WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: PEDIGREES

nd [19th century]

Comprising a volume of pedigrees of Ashton, Sherwood, Rockley, Saville, Gascoigne and Blakeston some with branches. Index in volume, but the last 10 pedigrees are missing.

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