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Total number of records: 71

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives69
Art items2

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection30
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society22
University Archive9
Student Newspapers6
English Literature5
University Art Collection2
Business Archives2
Medical Collections1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters5
textile industry2
business records2
textile workers1
politicians1
lectures and lecturing1
english poetry1
commercial correspondence1
cotton trade1
drawing, english1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Yorkshire2
Pontefract; Yorkshire West Riding1
Sutton Under Whitestonecliffe; Felixkirk; Yorkshire North Riding1
Leeds; Yorkshire West Riding1
Kilnsey; Conistone; Burnsall; Yorkshire West Riding1
Ackworth; Yorkshire West Riding1
Cleckheaton; Birstall; Yorkshire West Riding1
Eshton; Gargrave; Yorkshire West Riding1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Russell, John2
Wordsworth, Mary (1770-1859)1
Ruskin, John (1819-1900)1
Ruskin, John James (1785-1864)1
Radcliffe Family1
Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)1
Marshall Family1
Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-1898)1
Arnold, Matthew (1822-1888)1
Beardsley, Ellen1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 180070
From 20001

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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WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: YORKSHIRE COLLECTIONS

1827

Comprising a small book lettered "Radcliffe, Yorkshire Collections". It contains a number of extracts from Dodsworth's mss, monumental inscriptions in Featherstone Church and extracts from the pari...

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WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: FAMILY EVIDENCES

1807-1825

Comprising a book lettered "Radcliffe's family evidences". Principal contents include the following extracts, evidences at Kirklees Hall made in 1809, evidences of Joseph Armytage of Outwood Lodge, ...

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WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: PEDIGREES VOLUME 1

1808-1825

Volume lettered "Geneal. Vari. R III"containing pedigrees. At page 165 of first volume and page 166 of the second volume are original letters from the Rev. Joseph Hunter. No index

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WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: PEDIGREES VOLUME 2

1807-1816

Pedigrees in volume lettered 'Geneal. Vari. R IV', similarly includes letter from Rev Joseph Hunter, 1815. No Index.

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LETTERS OF CLAPHAM FAMILY

1801-1869

Comprising letters of George Clapham 1801-1824 and John Clapham 1843-1869. Also a copy of Birstall tithe map, 1848, with part of schedule extracted by Barbara Clapham 1995. Also trancripts of the lett...

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THELLUSSON OF BRODSWORTH PAPERS

19th century

Further papers of the Thellusson family of Brodsworth Hall relating to the Brodsworth estate 19th century; includes papers relating to the demolition and rebuilding of the hall, 1861-1864; diaries, le...

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MAPS OF LEEDS AND AREA INCLUDING MOOR ALLERTON AND ROUNDHAY

1825-1895

Includes plan of the township of Roundhay [parish of Barwick in Elmet] showing woodlands, buildings, fields (some acreages and owner's names given), 1825

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Marshall Family, correspondence with various literary personalities

Marshall Family

c.1852-1881

Members of the Marshall Family named in the correspondence include the following:-(1) Julia O'Brien; (2) Edward O'Brien; (3) Nellie O'Brien; (4) Mary Marshall; (5) James Marshall, 1802-1873; (6) Aubre...

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