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- 2011-2018 (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.
Papers include:
Draft financial statements, annual report, and management information for the year ending 32 May 2018, and other financial papers
Minutes and agenda for a Directors’ Meeting June 2018
Correspondence concerning the Master of the Guild of Building
Bedern Hall company income and expenditure [2017]-2018 and financial deposits, with some associated financial papers
Photocopies of news cuttings and old photographs of the hall in 1959-1961
Newscuttings relating to a special trowel used at the laying of the foundation stone of an extension in 1983, and 2013
A schedule of interesting fixtures and fittings in the hall
Small colour photograph of woman’s head
Photocopy of minutes of a company meeting from 1980
Bedern hall kitchen inventory 2010
Annotated agreement between the Bedern Hall company and time and Place Caterers
Correspondence concerning insurance
Risk management report
Correspondence concerning the representation of the York Guild of Building on Bedern Hall’s Board of Directors, 2015
Correspondence concerning board meetings
Correspondence concerning the Yorkshire White Rose Awards
Correspondence concerning apprentice wages and hours, and other staffing matters
Papers concerning building maintenance and utilities
Correspondence and papers concerning York Design Awards
News cuttings concerning the Bedern Hall Foundation
Papers concerning events at Bedern Hall, including receptions and dinners, and events management
Building survey papers
A list of benefactors
A list of room hire charges
Advertisement notices for the York Mystery Plays Conference (conferences and events)
Circular letters for members
A Bedern Hall Company Update, 2011
Publicity material, including membership options
Papers concerning the relationship between Bedern Hall and the guilds, and the application of the Companies Act
Architectural drawings showing a proposed extension, 2015
Papers concerning the Bedern Hall Cup
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Originally organised as one file of material.
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Restricted access (Data Protection Act)
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Language of material
- English