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Total number of records: 7774

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives6118
Books and printed items1629
Art items26
Objects1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
antiquities46
auction catalogs44
travel41
poor laws41
education39
poor39
heraldry38
charity laws and legislation38
english literature29
classical antiquities21

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England249
Great Britain233
Yorkshire (England)108
York (England)27
Leeds (England)20
Scarborough (England)17
Yorkshire16
Wales15
Leeds; Yorkshire West Riding14
Scotland13

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed To Inquire Into the Education of the Poor38
Sotheby & Co. (London, England)36
Cole, John (1792-1848)29
Great Britain29
Dodsworth, Roger (1585-1654)22
Great Britain. Record Commission21
York Minster21
Whitaker, Thomas Dunham (1759-1821)20
Church of England19
Great Britain. Parliament18

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 18005541
From 19002119
From 200085

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 18995144
Up to 19992450
Up to latest150

Archive Collection

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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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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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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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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