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    WEST YORKSHIRE DIRECTORY

    May 03, 2022 2 minutes

    ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES

    BORTHWICK INSTITUTE FOR ARCHIVES

    a University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD

    t 01904 321166

    e borthwick-institute@york. ac.uk

    w york.ac.uk/borthwick

    The institute holds probate records for the majority of Yorkshire, as well as Methodist records for the York Circuit, and Archdeaconry of York parish registers available via Findmypast

    (findmypast.co.uk).

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