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Total number of records: 211299

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items122878
Archives41787
People and organisations26515
Indexes13027
Coins5893
Textiles722
Art items356
Objects120

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection45561
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society21236
English Literature14803
Quaker Collection8724
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse7157
Letters Database6054
Coin Collection5887
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive3669
Ripon Cathedral3339
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society2428

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
society of friends1752
sermons, english1388
english poetry947
english language758
letters666
theology648
natural history638
law reports, digests, etc573
cooking, english547
letter540

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain5648
France2389
Rome1663
England971
Europe743
Greece531
Italy448
Yorkshire (England)403
Scotland359
Egypt345

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Anonymous2648
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)977
Roth, Cecil (1899-1970)712

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Archive Art Collection:
ART 090
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...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MD1
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...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1
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).
Archive Collection:
MS Dep. 1973/1
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...
Archive Collection:
YAS/DD10
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...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MD285/10
Lease for 20 years
1795
1. Annie Davison Bland and others 2. Charles Smith of Scolcoates and John Clayton of Kippax
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS10
RALPH THORESBY'S CORRESPONDENCE, VOLUME 5
1716-1723
Microfilm copy available.
Archive Collection:
YAS/MD100
SHERIFF'S TOURN FOR HEDON
1457-8
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS100
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
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1000
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...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1001
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
Archive Collection:
YAS/DD101
COUNTERPART LEASE FOR 21 YEARS
8 Jul 1609
1. John Towneley of Hyrstwood, Lancashire 2. John Brooke of Littlecargreene of Dalton, chapman