Skip to content

The Secret Library | Leeds Libraries Heritage Blog

  • About & Contact
  • Collections & Treasures
    • Collections
      • The E.R. EDDISON Collection
      • The FRANK KIDSON Collection
      • The GASCOIGNE Collection
      • The GOTT Bequest
      • The GRIMSHAW Collection
      • The HENRY Collection
      • The LEEDS ANTIQUARIAN Collection
        • The ALF MATTISON Collection
        • The JOHN LUCAS Collection
          • Manuscript of John Lucas’ Memoranda Book (c.1712-1750)
        • The RALPH THORESBY Collection
          • Vicaria Leodiensis (1724)
        • The THOMAS WILSON Collection
          • Chartularium Kirkstallense (c.1740)
          • Liber Judiciarius: Thomas Wilson’s Dooms-Day Books for the County of Yorkshire.
          • The Annotated Ducatus Leodiensis (c.1745)
          • The First and Second Decree of the Committee of Pious-Uses in Leedes
        • The WILLIAM BOYNE COLLECTION
          • Boyne’s GRANGERISED HISTORY OF LEEDS
      • The LEODIS Image Archive
        • Leeds Playbills
      • The MARY GAWTHORPE Collection
      • The POLITICAL CARTOONS Collection
        • The 1868 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION for Leeds
      • The SANDERSON Collection
      • The WILLIE RILEY Collection
      • The WING Collection (English Civil War Tracts)
    • Treasures
      • INCUNABULA (pre-1501 books)
        • The Nuremburg Chronicle (1497)
      • The BOOK OF HOURS (c. 1480)
      • The CISTERCIAN MISSAL (1516)
      • The GLEDHOW HALL HOSPITAL SCRAPBOOK (1915-1919)
      • The LEEDS POTTERY Collection
      • The SAXTON ATLAS (1579)
  • Contribute & Newsletter
  • Discovering Leeds
  • Donate to Leeds Libraries
  • Family History
  • History of Leeds Libraries
    • John Wormald Appleyard (1831 – 1894)
    • Leeds Libraries Heritage Trail
      • Armley Library
      • Bramley
      • Pudsey
      • Farsley
      • Calverley
      • Horsforth
      • Yeadon
      • Guiseley
      • Otley
      • Holt Park
      • Headingley
      • School Library Service
      • Chapeltown
      • Chapel Allerton
      • Moor Allerton
      • Wetherby
      • Boston Spa
      • Oakwood
      • Compton Road
      • Seacroft
      • Whinmoor
      • Scholes
      • Crossgates
      • Halton
      • Garforth
      • Kippax
      • Rothwell
      • Ardsley & Tingley Library
      • Middleton
      • Morley
      • Gildersome
      • Beeston
      • Dewsbury Road
      • Hunslet
      • Mobile Library Service
      • Kirkgate Market
      • Central Library
      • Celebration
  • Local History
    • A Brief History of Leeds
    • Black History in Leeds
    • Events
    • Ghost Stories
      • A Claret Gowned Lady – A Leeds Ghost
      • A Spectral Monk – The Bolton Abbey Ghost Story
      • Dicky’s Skull
      • Ghosts of the West Riding – The Bramhope Knight & The Headless Robin
      • Owd Walter atop his Headless Steed
      • The Bramley Miser
      • The Dancing Phantoms
      • The Evil Lappet – Clothes and a Curse
      • The Ghost Dog of Leeds
      • The Gipton Wood Ghost
      • The Harehills Cobbler – Ghostly Sight Through a Window
      • The Haunted Well
      • The Jet Black Mouse – When Evil Lives Ended
      • The White Lady of Richmond Hill / Cholera Ghosts
    • Leeds Describ’d in the 20th-century
    • Leeds Heritage Trails
      • The CHILDREN’S HISTORY OF BRIGGATE trail
      • The EDIBLE LEEDS trail
      • The HIDDEN NATURE, HIDDEN HISTORY trail
      • The LEEDS CIRCUS trail
      • The LEEDS SUFFRAGETTE trail
      • The LGBT+ trail
      • The POTTS CLOCK trail
      • The POWER AND PROTEST trail
    • Leeds Jewish History
      • Jewish Family History
    • LGBT+ history in Leeds
    • Local History Societies and Archives
      • Otley Museum
    • People of Leeds
    • Sport in Leeds
    • Stories from the Stone Book
  • Past Exhibitions
    • Unearthed: The Power of Gardening
    • Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women’s Rights
      • Body
      • Mind
      • Voice
    • Voice of the Fans 
  • Research & Collection Guides

The JOHN LUCAS Collection

Manuscript of Lucas’ Memoranda Book (c.1712-1750)

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
Like Loading...

Join 662 other subscribers
sign up for our heritage newsletter
donate to leeds libraries

Categories

Archives

Recent Posts

  • James Potter Schofield (1849-1892)
  • Coasts Between
  • For Evermore – Stories of the Fallen
  • Eliza Craven Green (1803-1866) – a Leeds Poet 
  • Percy Thrower – Leeds gardener?

Recent Comments

The Modern Yorkshire… on Voices from the Past: Textiles…
Unknown's avatarPercy Thrower… on Robert Dawes of Temple Newsam
Faith And Fury: The… on Eating People is Wrong? Cannib…
Vivienne Oldham Jones's avatarVivienne Oldham Jone… on Tales from Leeds Pantomimes
Unknown's avatarLSG Volunteer of the… on The Final Whistle: Voice of th…

Meta

  • Create account
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • The Secret Library | Leeds Libraries Heritage Blog
      • Join 662 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The Secret Library | Leeds Libraries Heritage Blog
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Copy shortlink
    • Report this content
    • View post in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
%d