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Total number of records: 5120

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items3517
Indexes663
Archives586
People and organisations352
Art items2

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection1851
Letters Database590
English Literature558
Incunabula267
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society194
Liddle Collection100
Business Archives90
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse71
Herbert Read Collection66
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society49

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
world war, 1914-191871
zoology55
law reports, digests, etc42
judges34
manuscripts, english31
letters28
paleontology26
law25
world war, 1939-194523
poets, english21

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain384
France93
Europe29
Burgundy (France)24
Yorkshire (England)20
India19
Rome19
Greece18
England16
London (England)13

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron (1788-1824)340
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)270
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton236
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824210
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson Baron (1809-1892)202
Borthwick, Algernon, 1st Baron Glenesk131
Cuvier, Georges Baron (1769-1832)116
Great Britain105
Montesquieu, Charles De Secondat Baron De (1689-1755)93
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-189282

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 12001
From 13003
From 1400276
From 150047
From 1600442
From 1700782
From 18002183
From 19001360
From 200025

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 13992
Up to 1499271
Up to 159932
Up to 1699423
Up to 1799689
Up to 18992080
Up to 19991540
Up to latest50

Archive Collection

Alec Baron, archive compiled by Baron relating to theatrical life in Leeds from the late 1920s to the 1950s, principally Leeds Unity Theatre, supplemented by material relating to Leeds Film Theatre and world cinema.

Baron, Alec (1913-1991)

1928-1991

Archive compiled by Alec Baron relating to theatrical life in Leeds from the late 1920s to the 1950s, principally Leeds Unity Theatre, supplemented by material relating to Leeds Film Theatre and world...

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Archive Collection

Frederick William Rolfe, (Baron Corvo), collection

Rolfe, Frederick William (1860-1913)

1881-2011

Includes works and letters by Frederick Rolfe and the papers of Donald Weeks' who wrote and researched extensively on Rolfe.

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Archive Collection

Court Baron, Manor of Shelley

26 Oct 1786

The Court Baron of the Reverend Samuel Kirshaw, Doctor of Divinity.

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Archive Sub-collection

Court Baron and estreat roll

7 Oct 1619

Cavelton (A) View of Frankpledge and Court Baron of Robert Barton Esq. and William Rosse gent, lords of various manors, held by their agreement. Names of free tenants, tenants at will and jurors. Off...

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Archive Sub-collection

Court Baron and estreat roll

16 Oct 1639

Cawton. (A) View of Frankpledge with Court Baron of Ralph Salven Esq. Names of free tenants, tenants at will, residents and jurors. Offences. (B) Estreat Roll for the same court.

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