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Date(s)
- 1982-2017 (Creation)
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2 files
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Administrative history
In 1980, a steering group was formed by members of some of York's surviving guilds, to discuss the possibility of using the building as a new guild hall. Shortly afterwards the Company of Cordwainers, the Gild of Freemen and the York Guild of Building formed the Bedern Hall Company. The company raised the funds to add further facilities to complement the Hall, and a modern annexe was added to ensure that the building was equipped for the needs of future generations. Among the most striking of the modern additions are the stained glass panels in the windows, commemorating Guild members.
Since restoration, the Hall has been used by a variety of organisations as a venue for dinners, meetings and conferences. In 2005, it was licensed for civil wedding celebrations. It is also used as a meeting venue and events space.
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Scope and content
File of administrative papers, including reports, minutes, correspondence, and associated ephemera such as newscuttings, probably compiled by the company secretary, Ted Howland. Much of the correspondence is addressed to Ted Howland.
Papers include: annual reports/Director’s reports and unaudited financial statements, 2012, 2014-2017; Memorandum and articles of association, 1982; an information booklet containing governance and historical information; reports, papers, and correspondence relating to the history of Bedern Hall and the Bedern Hall Company; papers relating to staffing matters; a schedule of company directors and secretaries; financial papers, including income and expenditure; papers relating to company and Bedern Hall Foundation dinners; a list of the historical records of the company; papers concerning guild dinners and the Bedern Hall Company Award; papers concerning planning applications, structural surveys, and the lease of Bedern Hall; papers concerning the restoration of fixtures and fittings; correspondence concerning the work of the company and administrative issues; an agreement between the Bedern Hall Company and Time and Place Caterers, 1999; a fire risk assessment, with associated papers; newcuttings relating to the work of the company and associated events, with photographs and greetings cards; and other administrative papers.
Photographs include: four colour photographs showing the Bedern Hall Cup, c 1990s-2000s; one colour photograph showing an artist’s impression of Aldwark, c1980s-1990s; four colour photographs showing the laying of a foundation stone outside Bedern Hall, 1983, and a ceremonial trowel; one colour photograph showing the interior of Bedern Hall, c. 1980s; and one colour photograph showing a large wooden bench [inside Bedern Hall], c1990s-2000s; and printed out [digital] photographs showing groups of people [inside Bedern Hall], one of which is printed on the reverse of a paper about the York Guild of Building logo.
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Originally organised as one file of material.
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Language of material
- English