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Total number of records: 190

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection190
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections24
Herbert Read Collection6
English Literature1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
law13
poor laws9
public utilities7
coal trade6
world war, 1914-19186
romanies5
reconstruction (1914-1939)5
coal miners5
public health laws4
dissenters, religious4

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain12
India2
Scotland1
Sheffield (England)1
Wales1
Westminster (London, England)1
Rotherham (England)1
United States1
New Forest (England : Forest)1
Ireland1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Great Britain190
Great Britain. Parliament16
Raithby, John (1766-1826)15
Tomlins, Sir Thomas Edlyne (1762-1841)15
Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne15
Raithby, John15
Roberts, Samuel (1763-1848)8
Sheffield (England). Town Council8
Great Britain. Coal Industry Commission8
Great Britain. Ministry of Reconstruction6

Count of Earliest date

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From 1800108
From 190082

Count of Latest date

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Up to 189998
Up to 199992

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Geological survey of England and Wales [cartographic material]

Tucker, Captain; Hawkins, Captain; Yolland, Captain; Geological Survey of Great Britain; Great Britain. Ordnance Survey

1851

Shows part of Leeds, including Alwoodley, Shadwell, Chapel Allerton, Roundhay and Potternewton.

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Map of twenty miles round Sheffield

White, Francis; Great Britain. Ordnance Survey; Francis White & Co

[1861?]

The actual map is circular, measuring 54 cm in diameter. Issued with Francis White and Co.'s "General and commercial directory... of Sheffield".

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The Welsh people : chapters on their origin, history, laws, language, literature and characteristics (Name "Lascelles Abercromb)

Rhys, Sir John (1840-1915); Brynmor-Jones, Sir David (1852-); Great Britain. Royal Commission on Land in Wales and Monmouthshire

1906

"The following chapters concerning the Welsh people consist partly of extracts from the Report of the Royal commission on land in Wales and Monmouthshire, and partly of matter which we have written si...

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Bye-laws, made and ordained by the Local Board of Health, of the District of Rotherham and Kimberworth : pursuant to the Public Health Act, 1848, and confirmed by one of Her Majesty's principal secretaries of state

Rotherham (England : District). Rotherham and Kimberworth Board of Health; Great Britain

[1852]

"Made and ordained at a meeting held on Wednesday the 8th day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two for the regulation of business and duties of officers, &c."

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