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Archive Collection

Stone heads index

1960s-1970s

Card index of approximately 1000 individual photographic recordings of stone heads, mainly from the West Riding of Yorkshire. Each recording generally consists of the event date (eg of finding or reco...

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PHOTOGRAPHS AND NOTES BY SIDNEY JACKSON RELATING TO CELTIC AND OTHER STONE HEADS

1960-1979

The collection contains well over 1000 identified photographs of stone heads, mainly from the West Riding. There are also numberous examples drawn from all over the country, some belonging to muneum c...

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Archive Collection

Archive Item

Lease of Hall Ing Head

5 Apr 1659

1. James Armitstead the elder of Settle, husbandman, and Richard Armistead, bachelor, his son 2. Robert Preston of Settle

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Lease of Hall Ing Head

15 Mar 1663

1. John Relfe , husbandman John Sigswick, labourer, and others of Settle 2. Robert Preston of Settle

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Winterburn, Friar Head estate

1816

'Frier-Head' estate, the property of R.T. Parker, esquire Gives field names and names of adjacent land owners, and later notes on four areas 'Purchased in the year 1834' Scale: 4 chains: 1 inch [20 ...

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Copy of letter head

nd [17th century]

Copy of the heads of the letter sent from the Bishop to the Ministers about Conventicles.

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Note of title to property at Friar Head

[1651]

Abstract of conveyances relating to property at Friar Head sold by Sir Martin Lister to Sir Thomas Hartop, 1633-1651

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Deputation as head steward of the lordship of Spofforth

7 Jun 1571

Appointment by John, Earl of Warwick, of John Myddelton, esquire, as head steward and game-keeper of the park and manor of Spofforth

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'Dated Door Heads near Settle'

1928

Souvenir booklet of Thomas Brayshaw's talk on 'Local Scraps' published by Settle Naturalist and Antiquarian Society

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