Wages books for members of staff of the council's Health Department.
1 1944-49
2 1949-55
3 1955-57 Including Youth Grants Sub-Committee
4 1958-61
5 1961-64
6 1964-70
7 1970-74 Including Youth Grants Sub-Committee (1965-1969) and Youth Planning and Training Sub-Cttee (1969-73)
1945 - 1953
1 1953 - 1957
2 1957 - 1962
3 1962 - 1966
4 1966 - 1968
Renamed Youth Employment Sub-Commttee from 1949.
Zonder titelIncludes the Provision of Meals Sub-Commttee & Maintenance Grants and Meals Sub-Commttee, 1912-18 and 1922-32, and the Provision of Meals Sub-Committee 1932-34.
Zonder titelIncludes paperwork and applications for various civic posts, including Town Clerk, Parks Superintendant, herdsmen of the Knavesmire, Market Superintendant, engineers, Chief Constable, Medical Officer of Health and coroner.
Zonder titelThese volumes contain indexes
Includes books for the following dates: 1478-9 and 1497
Zonder titelFull version of the Electoral rolls. Contains all voters names and addresses.
See access provisions below.
These volumes contain indexes.
1 1836-47
2 1847-57
3 1857-68
4 1868-77
5 1877-84
6 1884-87
7 1887-90
8 1890-94
9 1894-97
10 1897-1900
11 1900-02
12 1902-05
13 1905-06
14 1906-08
15 1908-10
16 1910-13
17 1913-17
18 1917-21
19 1921-25
20 1925-31
Minutes, agendas and papers of the City of York Council Education Committee
Zonder titelThe volumes contain indexes
1 1948-52
2 1952-57
3 1957-62
4 1962-65
5 1965-70
Renamed A.R.P Emergency Commttee from 1939
Zonder titelDispute with Corporation papers concerning nomination of pasturemasters, and wardmotes courts post-1835. A map of each stray from 1772, by John Lund.
Zonder titelIncludes petitions, dispute papers, deeds and property transactions.
Zonder titelIncludes petitions, dispute and judgment papers, meeting minutes, inclosure papers, deeds and property transactions, pasturemaster accounts.
Zonder titelEdited/open version of the electoral roll. This is the version that may be bought from the council and used for marketing. If you would like your details removed from this version please contact Electoral Services at the City of York Council.
Account books for individual prisoners held in York debtors prison, as well as books and invoices of small businesses. The account books often have the trial date at York Castle written on the cover. The final box in the series contains account books which are currently unidentified, although professions have been noted. Please note that this collection does not include account books for all debtors held in the prison.
The books are arranged alphabetically by surname, and include:
John James Anderson; William Armitage; James Barra; William Barwick; Henry Bell; Thomas Belt; Thomas Benn; James Binnington; David Brocklebank; John Cariss; Joseph Cole; Right Honorable John Dales (Lord Mayor); George Dalton; William Darbyshire; Austin Dawson; John Dawson; William Dobson; Thomas Dove; Thomas Fisher; John Harrison; Joseph Hepworth; John Heslington; Thomas Hesp; John Hick; Henry Holmes; George Hustwick (the elder); Henry Inglis; James Jackson; John Jackson; R Johnson; Marcy Kemp; HC (or Frances) Kilby / Kirby; John Robson Lambert; Charles Linfoot;
Thomas Luckhurst; William Mangles; John Masser(?); John Morton; Thomas Musgrave; George Nicholson; Robert Oake(s); James Oates; Richard Palfreyman; William Foster Percevell; R Perkins; George Pinder; George Pulleyn; John Rippon; Frances Robwson; Thomas Scowby; William Shiletto; Benjamin Sivres; Nathaniel Smith; Thomas Spaven; James Stone; John Stephenson; William Stoker; Thomas Taylor; W Turner; Robert Walker; William Whitwell(?); and James Wilson.
Ouse Navigation Cttee Minute Books
1837-1846
1846-1870
1870-1883
1883-1888
1888-1895
1895-1902
1902-1907
1907-1914
1914-1923
1923-1938
1938-1957
1957-1968
Ouse & Foss Navigation Minute Book
1968-1974
Zonder titelVolume is indexed.
These volumes contain indexes.
21 1931-36
22 1936-41
23 1941-46
24 1946-49
25 1949-52
26 1952-54
27 1954-57
28 1957-60
29 1960-62
30 1962-64
31 1964-66
32 1966-68
33 1968-71
- 1971-74
Finance and General Purposes Hospitality sub-committee minute book
10a 1957-1966
Finance and General Purposes Mansion House sub-committee minute book
10b 1966-1973
Volumes 92.1, 92.2, 92.4, 92.5 and 92.6 are indexed. Volume 92.3 is not.
Volumes 89.1, 89.4, and 89.5 are indexed, volumes 89.2 and 89.3 are not.
Both volumes are indexed.
All four volumes are indexed.
1 1962-64
2 1964-74
These volumes contain indexes
1 1952-62
2 1963-74
Also contains loose minutes:
1947-1950
1955-1958
1959-1965
1966-1974
1974-1978
These volumes contain indexes.
1 1940-54
2 1954-62
3 1963-74
These volumes have indexes.
Strays Committee - becomes Parks and Smallholdings Committee in 1913
51.1 1907-21
52.1 1921-28
2 1928-35
3 1935-43
4 1943-49
5 1949-53
6 1953-57
plus draft Parks and Smallholdings Committee minutes
52a 1951-1952
Zonder titel8 1961-64
9 1964-72
10 1972-74
These volumes contain indexes.
Known as Commercial Development Committee between 1907-1909
- 1907-1928
- 1929-1944
Two of these volumes contain indexes (excluding 1961-1973)
Tramways Committee minutes
1923-29
Tramways and Motors Committee (from 1925) minutes
1929-60
Transport Committee minutes
1961-73
The volumes contain indexes
1 1888-94
2 1895-1910
3 1910-1914
1 1884-89
2 1889-94
3 1894-1905
4 1905-13
5 1913-23
6 1923-1930
7 1930-40
8 1940-49
9 1949-53
10 1953-57
11 1957-63
12 1963-74
Includes indexes.
1 1886-89
2 1889-91
3 1891-94
4 1894-96
5 1896-99
6 1899-1901 (Became Health Committee in 1900)
Includes index.
- 1888-1898
- 1898-1917
- 1917-1948
This is a selection of the civic archive containing the records which are currently available for access only. Further historical and modern records will be added to this section as they are catalogued.
This volume is part indexed
18 1953-56
These three volumes are indexed
19 1956-59
20 1959-62
21 1962-65
These volumes are indexed.
1 1836-48
2 1849-60
3 1860-72
4 1872-79
5 1879-86
6 1886-92
7 1892-98
8 1898-1904
9 1904-08
10 1908-15
.11 1915-21
12 1921-27
13 1927-32
14 1932-38
15 1938-43
16 1943-48
17 1948-52
These volumes contain indexes.
6.1 1836-38
6.2 1838-64
6.3 1864-71
General committee and committee appointed for the management of the revenues of the corporation
1 1805-1811
E77 1816-1828
E77a 1828-1835
E93: 1718-1755
E94: 1755-1782
E95: 1782-1802
E96: 1802-1815
E97: 1815-1827
E98: 1827-1866
These volumes contain indexes
Emergency Feeding Committee
1941-46
Civic Restaurant Committee
1946-51
Renamed Civil Defence Committee from 1950. These volumes contain indexes.
1 1943-59
2 1960-72
Stores Committee minutes
1 1920-34
2 1935-55
Stores & Purchasing Committee minutes
3 1955-63
4 1963-73
These volumes contain indexes.
1 1961-62
2 1963-74
Smallholdings and Allotments Committee to 1922, Allotments Committee from 1922
1 1908-24
2 1924-49
3 1949-61
Volumes 2, 4-8 contain indexes. For committee name changes see linked authority files,
- 1897
- 1897-1907
- 1907-15
- 1915-21
- 1921-27
- 1927-36
- 1936-46
- 1946-48
These volumes include indexes.
Public Library Committee,
1 1909-26
2 1926-42
3 1942-53
Library and Publicity Committee from 1949
4 1953-62
5 1962-73
These volumes contain indexes
- 1890-1896
- 1896-1909
Volumes listed below
1 Markets Cttee (Cattle Fair Cttee) with accounts 1827-31
2 1836-65
3 1865-85
4 1885-95
5 1895-1907
6 1907-19
7 1919-30
8 1931-46
9 1946-53
10 1953-58
11 1958-1963
12 1963-73
Complete series of minute books of the corporation, traditionally known as "house books". The first series started in a different format before municipal reform in 1835.
1 (1835-1837)
2 (1838-1842)
3 (1842-1850)
4 (1850-1853)
5 (1854-1855)
6 (1855-1859)
7 (1859-1862)
8 (1862-1864)
9 (1864-1866)
10 (1866-1867)
11 (1868-1869)
12 (1870-1872)
13 (1872-1873)
14 (1873-1874)
15 (1875-1876)
16 (1876-1877)
17 (1877-1879)
18 (1879-1880)
19 (1880-1882)
20 (1882-1883)
21 (1883-1885)
22 (1885-1886)
23 (1886-1887)
24 (1887-1889)
25 (1889-1892)
26 (1892-1895)
27 (1895-1899)
28 (1899-1902)
29 (1802-1904)
30 (1904-1906)
31 (1906-1908)
32 (1908-1909)
33 (1909-1911)
34 (1911-1912)
35 (1912-1914)
36 (1914-1916)
37 (1916-1918)
38 (1918-1920)
39 (1920-1922)
40 (1922-1923)
41 (1923-1925)
42 (1925-1927)
43 (1927-1929)
44 (1929-1931)
45 (1931-1934)
46 (1934-1937)
47 (1937-1944)
48 (1944-1949)
49 (1950-1953)
50 (1953-1957)
51 (1957-1960)
52 (1960-1964)
53 (1964-1966)
54 (1966-1969)
55 (1969-1971)
56 (1971-1973)
57 (1973-1974)
58 (1977-1978)
59 (1978-1979)
60 (1979-1980)
61 (1980-1981)
62 (1981-1982)
63 (1982-1983)
64 (1983-1984)
65 (1984-1985)
66 (1985-1986)
67 (1986-1987)
68 (1987-1988)
69 (1988-1989)
70 (1989-1990)
71 (1990-1991)
72 (1991-1992)
73 (1992-1993)
74 (1993-1994)
75 (1994-1995)
76 (1995-1996)
77 (1996-1997)
78 (1997-1998)
79 (1998-1999)
80 (1999-2000)
81 (2000-2001)
82 (2001-2002)
83 (2002-2003)
84 (2003-2004)
85 (2004-2005)
86 (2005-2006)
87 (2006-2007)
88 (2007-2008)
90 (2009-2010)
91 (2010-2011)
92 (2011-2012)
Original published lists of felons convicted at the York Assizes and moved to York Castle for their sentences to be carried out. The lists include names, ages, details of their crimes and the sentence passed. All lists are numbered and arranged by date of the offence.
- 1785-99
- 1800-1819
- 1820-1841
- 1842-51
These records are retrived as binders, not individual items.
Records relating to poor relief after the Poor Law Amendment Act,1834. For records of the York Poor Law Union [1837-1930] and Public Assistance Committee [1930-1948] see reference: PLU
Comprises records of the Yorkshire Casual Poor Assistance Authority.
Third triennial report of the work of the City of York School Board
Copies of York Where to Stay magazine for the years 1972,1973, 1975-1982, 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1993
Parochial, municipal and parliamentary registers of electors. Depending on the extent of the franchise at different periods, these may be found in seperate volumes or combined together. Registers up to and including 2006 are on open shelves in the Archives reading room and do not need to be ordered: Y/COU/6/1, Y/COU/6/2, Y/COU/6/3, Y/COU/6/4. The current electoral roll is found in series Y/COU/6/5 and Y/COU/6/6 and do need to be requested. Different access regulations appy to the edited and full versions, staff will be able to advise on which you should order.
Files created by City of York Council related to development in York
Includes Ordnance Survey maps of York and neighbouring areas, some with locations of schools marked on. Also includes 'Geographia' maps with schools marked on and OS maps showing different wards in and around York.
Files created by City of York Council related to town planning.
3 volumes.
E78: unknown date
E78A: 1790, 1793, 1795, 1796, 1798, 1812, 1818, 1828-1831
E79: 1836-1849
Details recorded include surname and address of patient; obstetric history of mother; nature of confinement; progress of infant; and age, work, and health of mother.
E64: Names of able bodied and their arms and horses (c. 1509-1547)
E41: Muster roll of 102 soldiers sent to aid in war against Scotland (1543) and list of able bodied in the City and Ainsty and their arms.
E47: Names of persons, horses, weapons, armour in City and Ainsty plus deer parks and horse breeding (1573)
E41A: Muster roll of men chosen to be soldiers in 1584 and 1587 plus an assessment upon the Ainsty towards the cost of two light horseman to serve in Ireland 1578
E47A: Names of persons in Ainsty with weapons (1666)
E87: Names of soldiers appointed by ordinance of 23 May 1648
E41C: Names of men enlisted to serve in land and marine forces 1708-1711
E125: Commissioners for York and Ainsty minutes re: apprehension of men for army and Navy 1744-1745.
E41B: Minutes, accounts, etc connected to raising militia against Scotland 1745
E42: Minutes of Lieutenancy re: raising additional militia pursuant to 1797 Act.
E42A: Names of ballot in pursuance of Militia Act 1806.
E43: Minutes of Lieutenacy re: cavalry pursuant to 1797 Act.
E92: Raising of forces for defence of city in 1745, orders relating to vagrants, carriages impressed for royal service 1805
Zonder titelCollections of memoranda on a wide variety of subjects such as elections, courts, orders, measures. Detailed information on the contents can be found in the Giles Catalogue (1909). When ordering please state the E number in addition to the reference number.
E32. Vol 1. (c.1461-1509)
E33. Vol 2. Titled: 'Ouse bridge presidents 1' (c.1600s)
E34. Vol 3. Titled: 'Ouse bridge presidents 2' - Contains index (c.1600s).
E35. Vol 4. Titled: 'Ouse bridge presidents 3' (c.1600s)
E36. Vol 5. Includes copies of judgments and resolutions (c.1489-1610)
E37. Vol 6. Precedent book (c.1600-1700s)
E38. Vol 7. Predecent book (c. 1603-1625)
E39. Vol 8. Precedent book (c. 1461-1471)
E40. Vol 9. (1484-1834)
E40A. Vol 10. (unknown)
E40B. Vol 11. (unknown)
E40C. Vol 12. (unknown)
Includes records relating to York Mansion House as a tourist or business venue.
Zonder titelPromotional brochure detailing the history of York Mansion House. Created for commerical purposes, advertising York Mansion House as a venue for occasions and events. Also contains images.
Zonder titelBrochure detailing the history of York Mansion House. Also contains images
Zonder titelComprises files relating to the building and maintenance of council housing, particularly in the post-World War II period. Files consist primarily of correspondence and associated papers. .