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Total number of records: 203566

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items122862
Archives41780
People and organisations23166
Indexes13020
Coins1740
Textiles523
Art items356
Objects118

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection45551
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society21235
English Literature14800
Quaker Collection8716
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse7150
Letters Database6054
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive3669
Ripon Cathedral3339
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society2428
Cookery Collection2240

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
society of friends1748
sermons, english1388
english poetry947
english language758
letters666
theology647
natural history638
law reports, digests, etc573
cooking, english547
letter539

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain5647
France2388
England970
Rome739
Europe712
Greece530
Italy444
Yorkshire (England)403
Scotland359
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 Church1215
Great Britain. Parliament1135
Society of Friends1032
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)975
Roth, Cecil (1899-1970)712

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From 1200882
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From 15007732
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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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CARTULARIUM ACASTRENSE VOLUME 1

1282-1518

A collection of charters bound together in a case. They relate principally to lands, etc., in Acaster Malbis, but there is a deed relating to Chevermunt, and another to Bishopthorpe. Four of the chart...

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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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DEEDS AND COPYHOLD ADMITTANCES

15th-19th century

Deeds and copyhold admittances, mainly relating to Eggborough, Kelfield, Kellington, Sherwood and Whitley and the families of Awnby [or Anby], Girlington, Jackson, Laycock and Morritt 15th-19th centur...

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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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RALPH THORESBY'S CORRESPONDENCE, VOLUME 5

1716-1723

Microfilm copy available.

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SHERIFF'S TOURN FOR HEDON

1457-8

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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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