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Total number of records: 1500

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives1493
Books and printed items5
Art items1
Objects1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1398
Brotherton Collection40
English Literature25
Business Archives12
Medical Collections4
University Archive1
Quaker Collection1
Joseph Wood Collections1
Cookery Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters18
english poetry10
textile industry10
business records9
english literature4
commercial correspondence3
english drama2
diaries2
lecture notes2
general surgery2

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Yorkshire48
York; Yorkshire30
Leeds; Yorkshire West Riding16
Burton Constable; West Newton; Swine; Yorkshire East Riding16
Wakefield; Yorkshire West Riding13
Yorkshire West Riding6
Halifax; Yorkshire West Riding6
Dewsbury; Yorkshire West Riding6
Doncaster; Yorkshire West Riding5
Otley; Yorkshire West Riding5

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Radcliffe Family10
Blakeston Family4
Baker Family3
Rockley Family3
Beaumont Family3
Conyers Family3
Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998)3
Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921)3
Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961)3
Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor3

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From 130066
From 140041
From 1500160
From 1600310
From 1700353
From 1800570

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Up to 149921
Up to 159951
Up to 1699180
Up to 1799352
Up to 1899874

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

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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Archive Collection

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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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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Archive Collection

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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