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Leeds University Library
The Brotherton Library at the University of Leeds has two substantial Quaker archives, known as the Carlton Hill and the Clifford Street collections, named after their former homes in Leeds and York. Together these archives contain the records of Yorkshire General Meeting, and of six Monthly Meetings, namely Brighouse (which includes Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield, and also Leeds up to 1923), Knaresborough, Leeds (from 1924), Settle, Thirsk, and York. With the exception of Leeds Monthly Meeting all these records begin in the 17th century, and continue largely unbroken until either the present day or (in the case of Knaresborough and Thirsk) until Monthly Meeting areas were reorganised in the 19th century. Many Preparative Meeting records are also present, and these, too, often begin in the 17th century. Minute books predominate, but registers of births, deaths and burials, lists of members and attenders, accounts, records of sufferings and other documents are also plentiful. In total, the archives contain about 2,300 items. The Brotherton Library additionally holds very extensive collections of Quaker printed books, notably the Birkbeck Library (about 6000 books) and the Leeds Friends Old Library (about 850 items).
To search for further information about these collections, use the location register. To find out contact details for the repository, go to the project gateway.
