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Total number of records: 196385

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items121417
Archives38081
People and organisations21791
Indexes13019
Coins1092
Textiles514
Art items356
Objects114

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection43439
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society18721
English Literature14798
Quaker Collection8716
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse7149
Letters Database6054
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive3669
Ripon Cathedral3150
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society2428
Cookery Collection2240

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
society of friends1748
sermons, english1388
english poetry944
english language758
letters666
theology640
natural history636
law reports, digests, etc573
cooking, english547
letter539

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain5647
France2388
England970
Rome735
Europe710
Greece529
Italy438
Yorkshire (England)402
Scotland358
Ireland322

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Anonymous2647
Church of England2015
Great Britain1794
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)1466
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)1279
Catholic Church1190
Great Britain. Parliament1135
Society of Friends1032
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)975
Cecil Betsalel Roth712

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 15007732
From 160031603
From 170060351
From 180096597
From 19006
From 200083

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 996
Up to 1991
Up to 29941
Up to 3991
Up to 59911
Up to 8992
Up to 9991
Up to 10992
Up to 13991
Up to 15995128
Up to 169928558
Up to 179953205
Up to 1899109428

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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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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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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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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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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GRANT AND PRECEPT

28 Aug 1599-17th century

1. John Hyndesley of Foggthorpe and his son John 2. John Clarke of Warter and his son Robert

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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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