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Total number of records: 38081

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society16970
Brotherton Collection4637
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive3669
Quaker Collection2339
Art and Antique Market1740
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History1732
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection1504
Business Archives1389
English Literature1120
Joseph Wood Collections620

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters654
letter539
letter writing507
pre-raphaelites440
poets, english440
family245
drawing243
hymns, english212
genealogy208
english poetry208

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy275
London, United Kingdom274
Italy55
Yorkshire48
Verona (Italy)32
Nice, France32
York; Yorkshire28
Beckenham, United Kingdom21
Rome, Italy21
Florence, Italy19

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)1279
Sala, George Augustus427
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)227
Rossetti, William Michael (1829-1919)137
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)105
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria66
Sala, Bessie (Mrs George Sala)46
Cowden Clarke, Charles34
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred29
Dibdin, Charles (1745-1814)29

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From 16006545
From 17008376
From 180021138
From 19004
From 200032

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Up to 15991619
Up to 16996009
Up to 17997595
Up to 189922851

Archive Collection

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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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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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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