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Total number of records: 188653

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items118555
Archives36099
People and organisations19057
Indexes12933
Coins1044
Textiles498
Art items353
Objects113

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection42803
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society17005
English Literature14774
Quaker Collection8711
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse7062
Letters Database6053
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive3669
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society2428
Cookery Collection2132
Ripon Cathedral2002

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
society of friends1748
sermons, english1384
english poetry942
english language755
letters664
natural history631
law reports, digests, etc568
theology559
cooking, english546
letter539

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain5591
France2355
England967
Rome697
Europe691
Greece524
Italy410
Yorkshire (England)402
Scotland350
Ireland321

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Anonymous2618
Church of England1997
Great Britain1786
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)1466
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)1279
Great Britain. Parliament1131
Catholic Church1090
Society of Friends1032
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)974
רות, בצלאל656

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
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
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Up to 15995
Up to 169926214
Up to 179953030
Up to 1899109338

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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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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