Lancashire, Yorkshire and Suffolk Deeds

  • Reference
    • GB 133 RYCH/3278-3392
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1351-1819 [bulk 17th-18th cent.]
  • Physical Description
    • 31 subseries; 115 items.

Scope and Content

A collection of miscellaneous deeds and documents, dating predominantly from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. They have a wide geographical spread, but the majority relates to Lancashire and the North Riding of Yorkshire. Flixton in Lancashire (RYCH/3287-3324), Ixworth in Suffolk (RYCH/3330-3345) and Northallerton in the North Riding (RYCH/3356-3374) are particularly well represented.

Acquisition Information

Rylands accession no. R79139. Presented to the John Rylands Library by Dr Ernest Bosdin Leech in February 1938.