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Total number of records: 923

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Archives919
Books and printed items2
Art items1
Objects1

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Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society842
Brotherton Collection32
English Literature25
Business Archives10
Medical Collections4
University Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters18
english poetry10
textile industry9
business records8
english literature4
commercial correspondence3
english drama2
diaries2
general surgery2
lecture notes2

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PlaceCount
Yorkshire24
York; Yorkshire17
Leeds; Yorkshire West Riding11
Burton Constable; West Newton; Swine; Yorkshire East Riding6
Wakefield; Yorkshire West Riding5
London4
Mirfield; Yorkshire West Riding4
Yorkshire West Riding3
Horbury; Wakefield; Yorkshire West Riding3
Knaresborough; Yorkshire West Riding3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Radcliffe Family10
Blakeston Family4
Rockley Family3
Beaumont Family3
Baker Family3
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810-1865)2
Gaskell Family2
Fitzwilliam Family2
Gascoigne Family2
Fearne Family2

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From 1800570

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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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Archive Collection

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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Archive Collection

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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Archive Collection

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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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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PRINT OF A TRACING OF THE HEADINGLEY TITHE MAP AND TRANSCRIPT OF THE AWARD

(1846)

Transcript of the award omitts acreages and tithes paid

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JOHN WARBURTON'S COLLECTION FOR THE HISTORY OF YORKSHIRE VOL.9 [PHOTOCOPY]

Early 18th century

Containing a history of Hatfield by Abraham de la Pryme and an account of the churches of Hatfield, Fishlake, and Barnby Dun by James Torre, with John Speed's map of Yorkshire, North and East Ridings...

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