Quarter Sessions of the West Riding of Yorkshire
The following source list was originally available only on paper in one of the West Yorkshire Archive Service offices. It may have been compiled many years ago and could be out of date. It was designed to act as a signpost to records of interest on a particular historical subject, but may relate only to one West Yorkshire district, or be an incomplete list of sources available.
| Ref | Description | Dates | Repository |
| QC | Committees: includes records of various committees including Visiting Justices to the West Riding Asylum and House of Correction etc | 1814-1974 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| QD1 | Clerk of the Peace: includes records of the JPs, various committees, West Riding Assizes, Acts and parliamentary papers etc | 1655-1974 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| QD2 | West Riding Treasurer: includes accounts of the Treasurer, annual accounts, county rate estreats etc | 1717-1948 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| QD3 | West Riding Surveyor: includes general accounts as well as records of bridges and public buildings such as asylums and the house of correction etc | 1797-1889 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| QD4 | West Riding Solicitor: includes records of asylums, house of correction, finance committees, police committee, riots, Registry of Deeds, various Local Government Acts, accounts and Wakefield Enclosure 1793 | 1815-1889 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| QD5 | Registry of Deeds: includes records re original memorials, registers of memorials, deposited plans and inquisitions, books of reference, Acts of parliament etc | 1703-1889 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| QE | Enrolment, Registration and Deposit: includes records re enclosure, electoral registers, land tax, public undertakings, charities etc | 1697-1950 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| QJ | Justices of the Peace: records relating to the appointment, duties and office of JP | c1655-1974 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| QL | Lord Lieutenant | 1817-1974 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| QS | The Court in Session: records of the Court including Session rolls, indictment books, calendar of prisoners and order books as well as other administrative information | 1662-1971 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| QT | Transferred records: records relating to the Liberty of Ripon and the Liberty of Cawood | 1632-1950 | WYAS: Wakefield |
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