Includes colour coded plans of the cemetery spaces.
Sem títuloIncludes colour coded plans of the cemetery spaces.
Sem títuloIncludes details of changes in burial law, and report on the structural integrity of Lawn Memorial headstones.
Sem títuloIncludes plan, marked out in purchase and consercration dates; Act to amend the burial acts 25 August 1857; plans and proof of cemetery 'trails'; printed trails 2-6 (multiple copies) and additional pamphlets.
Sem títuloIncludes papers on the responsibility of charity trustees, papers relating to the Friends of York Cemetery, and some copies of documentation relating to deceased persons.
Sem títuloCompiled by David Poole. Section OO.
Sem títuloCompiled by David Poole. Section NN.
Sem títuloCompiled by David Poole. Sections KK, LL and MM.
Sem títuloCompiled by the City of York and District Family History Society, and revised by David Poole. Sections FF and GG.
Sem títuloCompiled by the City of York and District Family History Society and Hugh Murray. Sections NW, AA, BB, CC and DD.
Sem títuloContains newspaper coverage of relevant stories.
Sem títuloIncludes policy documents; education finding correspondence; press cuttings about public interest in cemeteries; Memorial Mason registration; Rymers press cuttings and notes on internment.
Sem títuloPapers relating to the liquidation of the cemetery company. Includes copies of correspondence, research notes and newspaper cuttings.
Sem títuloResearch notes into the history of the cemetery. Includes copies of correspondence and newspaper cuttings.
Sem títuloAlso includes typed extracts from annual reports and additional correspondence.
Sem títuloIncludes plans of the cemetery spaces. Arranged by area.
Sem títuloIncludes plans of the cemetery spaces. Arranged by area.
Sem títuloIncludes plans of the cemetery spaces. Arranged by area.
Sem títuloEntitled 'Readings by 'Sequa'. Includes notes, press cuttings and additional papers relating to many aspects of York; lectures, tours, wartime matters and the York Festival.
Sem títuloPapers relating to the York Traffic Act 1753; as well as notes, plans, brochures, press cuttings, correspondence relating to many York buildings, including Naburn Banqueting House, Middlethorpe Hall, Assembly Rooms, 25 Coney Street, St Williams College and Jacobs Well.
Sem títuloIncludes papers relating to The Retreat, Old Baile, Bar Convent, Peasholme House, St Martin's Coney Street Vicarage, Guildhall (1935-1938), George Hotel (1855), St Oswald's Fulford, Assize Courts, The Retreat, Riverside development and York Mansion House.
Sem títuloIncludes a scrapbook 1885-1985, as well as two files of notes relating to York suburbs.
Sem títuloIncludes details relating to Tanner Row and Toft Green; Coney St, Jubbergate, Mount Villas, Nessgate; St Saviourgate, St Sampsons Square; Castlegate; New Walk and Deansgate.
Sem títuloIncludes photocopies of Brierley's architect drawings: Ouse Bridge, Foss Bridge, Adventurers Hall, County Hospital, Bootham Bar, St Helen's Church and Castle Yard. Also includes details relating to other areas, including Haxby, Bulmer, Hovingham, Castle Howard, Harrogate, Sheffield, Doncaster and Kirbymoorside.
Sem títuloThe papers primarily relate to Holgate mill, as well as others in York, Skidby and Boroughbridge.
Sem títuloIncludes registers of the Bedern, York 1682-1868, transcribed by Rev N B Pace.
Sem títuloIncludes a draft document on Bedern by Julian Richards with note attached, as well as catalogue of deeds and indentures and maps and plans of the street with notes.
Sem títuloIncludes manuscript notes; newspaper cuttings; 'A Short History of Bedern Hall' by Lawrie Watson; city map; off print of a book by LP Wenham; papers relating to the possible demolition of the Bedern chapel; correspondence with Peter Hanstock and George Whipp; off prints on Bedern Hall (various); and original file with notes in manuscript.
Sem títuloIncludes Bedern rents and title deeds: manuscript notes (tied up with picture cord), as well as original file with notes in manuscript.
Sem títuloBedern scale measurements, including measure from 1852 map 1:1056 (5ft: 1 miles). Also includes drawings and photocopied maps (1852 map).
Sem títuloIncludes details from street directories (York) 1851, 1872, 1876, 1893, 1949-50 (sections only) as well as manuscript notes and photocopies.
Sem títuloPapers relating to the bank in Coney St. Swann Clough & Co, Coney St, existed till 1879 and was taken over by Beckett's. The site was bought in 1746 and a house built on it. It was later sold in 1771 to Samuel Compton of Derby and used as bank known successively (1771-1802) as Crompton's, Garforth's and Raper's, or (accounts differ) Willoughby, Raper & Co., including Clough & Swann as partners.
Sem títuloPapers relating to the bank in Coney St. Swann Clough & Co, Coney St, existed till 1879 and was taken over by Beckett's. The site was bought in 1746 and a house built on it. It was later sold in 1771 to Samuel Compton of Derby and used as bank known successively (1771-1802) as Crompton's, Garforth's and Raper's, or (accounts differ) Willoughby, Raper & Co., including Clough & Swann as partners.
Sem títuloBank book of John Young Esq., in account with Beckett & Co., (following on from Swann Clough & Co).
Sem títuloTyped manuscript document titled 'Heslington Hall and its owners during the past four centuries'. Numbered paged 1-52. Includes handwritten corrections and one inserted page of notes by John Bowes Morrell.
Sem títuloA series of eight handwritten notes or copied sources relating to Heslington Hall. Includes an article from Country Life dated 2nd September 1971; reprint from Historic Houses of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire by G.J.M. FitzJohn entitled 'Heslington Hall'; geneaological notes of the Reresby family; copy of Heslington - A Rural Poem; and an Old Peterite dinner invitation 1983.
Sem títuloSeries of original and copy letters by Hugh Murray to the Deramore family and others, including the architect Francis Johnson and including geneaological details.
Sem títuloA series of six handwritten notes or copied sources on Heslington Hall including undated sale document; notes on the Eynns family; York Civic Trust Plans for the a 'Folk Park' in the grounds of Heslington Hall; and press cuttings from the York Evening Press dated 14 July 1981 about the RAF in Heslington.
Sem títuloIncludes notes on Lingcroft Lodge, Naburn (now called Persimmon House), based on a query letter from the company and then a series of research notes. Also includes letters about the will of Edward Lloyd (died 1863), owner of the house, and pedigree of the Lloyd family; and typed letter from Persimmon Limited, dated 17 August 1984 about Persimmon House, Fulford (which is Lingcroft Lodge, Naburn) and its heraldry.
Sem títuloHandwritten notes on Heslington Hall, including a wallet of notes with extracts from a number of books.
Sem títuloPhotocopied sources and handwritten notes on the heraldry of Heslington Hall.
Sem títuloPedigrees of owners of Heslington Hall. Includes handwritten notes and press cuttings. The families mentioned are Greame, Lloyd, Bateson, Eymes, Yarburgh, Hesketh, Neville. Also includes a copy of the Heslington Hall chapter from Wheater's Historic Mansion of Yorkshire, 1866.
Sem títuloFull size copy of Country Life article on Heslington Hall from 19 July 1913. Also includes a short document describing the proposed site for the University of York.
Sem títuloTwo handwritten sets of notes on Gilling Castle, including a copy of Sir William Fairfax Books of Arms of Yorkshire and correspondence relating to 'The Great Chamber of Gilling Castle' by Hugh Murray.
Sem títuloIncludes Christies catalogue of antiquarian books 1995; newspaper and magazine articles relating to research at Gilling Castle; illustrations and descriptions of armorial bearings at Gilling Castle; first floor plan of Gate House, Sheriff Hutton; and a map of the wapentakes of the North Riding.
Sem títuloIncludes notes and newspaper cuttings relating to Gilling Castle research, including the Sotheby sale of Elizabeth panelling and glass 1929, notes and correspondence relating to the sale, book about the armorial glass of the Inns of Court and a booklet entitled 'A Knaresborough Tercentenary'.
Sem títuloNotes for a walk around the Bishophill area to the Knavesmire; as well as St George's Field, Fishergate, Fulford Rd and side streets, barracks, Fulford High Street, Naburn; Walmgate Bar, Lawrence St, Hull Rd to the Beeswing pub, Hull Road, Nunnery Lane, Victoria Bar, Dove St, Terry Avenue, Nunthorpe Rd., Bishopthorpe Rd., Rowntree Park, Nunthorpe Hall and school and the Terry's factory.
Sem títuloIncludes Gilling pedigrees and illustrations; drafts and notes relating to 'The Great Chamber at Gilling Castle' booklet; and illustrations of St. Donat's College, Wales.
Sem títuloA collection of copied documents and notes on the Old Nunthorpe estate off the Bishopthorpe Road, including details of the 1902 sale, with maps, and Hugh Murray's notes on residents taken from street directories. The residents mentioned include George Lawton, William Lawton, Sir Wilfred Forbes Home Thompson, Bart., T.F. Wood and J.W. Proctor.
Sem títuloA number of documents about the early activity in the Assembly Rooms. Includes a photocopy of the 1729 list and account of interest and arrears with Subscription list of 1777, listing the 190 original subscribers and the present proprietors. Also includes a List of Nobility and Gentry appearing at the Assembly Rooms in the Race Week of 1776.
Sem títuloBundle of notes extracted from undefined sources (M23/1) with extracts from the records of the Assembly Rooms. The notes start in 1730 with the purchase of Mr George Gibson's house on Finkle Street to enable a passage to be built for drains. Ends 1773 (marked as p155 of the original source).
Sem títuloTwo typed letters from Chessingham Estates (The White House, Bishopthorpe), signed Michael Hammill BSc ARICS, to S. Heppell Esq., 29 Broadway West, Fulford Road, enquiring about houses on the corner of Lawrence Street and Foss Island Road and the Ideal Laundry Site on Trinity Lane.
Sem títuloBook entitled 'The King's Manor' reprinted from Royal Commission on Historial Monuments 'City of York' vol IV. Also includes a letter from John West-Taylor dated 22 January 1985 from the University of York to York Civic Trust entitled 'An appeal to restore the fabric of the King's Manor'.
Sem títuloA number of documents concerning specific York buildings including Estate Agent particulars for 42 and 44 Burton Stone Lane and the Old Rectory, 7a Tanner Row (with an enclosed letter from Edward Waterton asking Hugh Murray if he know about potential buyers) and the Old Manor House, Clifton. Also includes an article on the Tudor House, Stonegate; documents on St Oswald's Hall, Fulford, the Guildhall and a folder of copied photographs from the York Historian of building styles, as well as a bundle of documents and sources about 78 Bootham from 1990 assembled by Hugh Murray to help prevent modification of the house by a developer.
Sem títuloSeries of letters and documents relating to the York Housing Association developments of Walmgate. Includes a large Architect's plan of the area and details and photos of 114 Walmgate.
Sem títuloPhotocopied articles, house plans and extracts from street directories for Elm Bank House on the Mount. Also includes press cuttings.
Sem títuloIncludes 'Old York' (possibly list of slides shown in a talk); notes for the talk 'Servicing the Suburbs' (as they developed); Hungate; Victorian York; development of suburbs; 19th century York; Acomb, Clifton, Haxby Road, Huntington Road, Heworth, Bishopthorpe Road, Fulford and Dringhouses. Each talk note has a list of numbered and named slides.
Sem títuloFile of newspaper articles relating to prominent York buildings.
Sem títuloDissertation on the development and decline of the adult school 1908-1981 by June M. Boaden.
Sem títuloA detailed list of firectories of York and Yorkshire (which include York) from 1781 to 1975. Also list of Yorkshire Directories 1781-1940 from the North Yorkshire County Libraries Holdings. Some duplicate copies.
Sem títuloNotes and press cuttings relating to Rowntrees, Sessions, Rymers, Cookes, Commerce House football team, Barnitts, Waterworks, Bettys, Maxiprint, Stubbs and York Gas Company.
Sem títuloPhotocopies of adverts and press cuttings relating to York Dispensary and Langleys Solicitors. Also includes a manuscript index of businesses.
Sem títuloPress cuttings and notes relating to York businesses.
Sem títuloBooklets on York business histories, as well as York tradesmen's billheads and histories; miscellaneous papers on the history of York and press cuttings relating to York businesses.
Sem títuloHandwritten notes on York streets, listed alphabetically from Abbey Court to Ayre's Yard, as well as a brief bibliography of background reading.
Sem títuloHandwritten notes on York buildings.
Sem títuloIncludes documents relating to Bootham; Clifton; Holgate and Acomb; Clifton Airfield; Haxby Road; Holgate Road; Holgate and Acomb; Clifton II; The Mount and Dringhouses. Includes details of numbered slides to be shown and explanatory observations.
Sem títuloPhotographs of printed images of York streets, including Barker Tower and ferry, Toft Green, Lady Hewley's almshouse, city walls, Station Rise, railway station and buildings, Tanners Moat and key city buildings.
Sem títuloPhotographs of various York streets and buildings. Details of each building are not listed.
Sem títuloResearch notes on the Hungate slum clearance.
Sem títuloResearch notes and photographs relating to numbers 19, 30 and 32 Goodramgate.
Sem títuloResearch notes and newspaper cuttings on Skeldergate.
Sem títuloResearch notes on the history of Skeldergate.
Sem títuloResearch notes and photographs about the history of Skeldergate.
Sem títuloResearch notes and photographs about the history of Skeldergate and surrounding area.
Sem títuloResearch notes and photographs about the history of Skeldergate and surrounding area.
Sem títuloResearch notes, newspaper cuttings and photographs about the history of Skeldergate and surrounding area.
Sem títuloIncludes Lendal Bridge and the Minster; the Bridges of York; River Ouse; bridges and the Foss.
Sem títuloResearch notes, newspaper cuttings and photographs about the history of Skeldergate and surrounding area.
Sem títuloNewspaper cuttings and photographs about the history of Skeldergate and surrounding area.
Sem títuloIncludes details of seven separate talks, with information about the compilation of slides, evidently to quiz the audience and test their awareness of York.
Sem títuloIncludes 46 Burton Stone Lane planning permission documents; short guide to Bootham Park Hospital and 'York Explore' brochure.
Sem títuloIncludes an advert for Brasso.
Black and white print, in 3 different sizes.
Provenance: None
Duplicates: Yes
Type of item: Modern copy, see Hugh Murray 'The Horse Tramways of York', 1980, pp 2 &54; 15.5x11, 9x14 and 18x13 cms
Photographs are of the same scene, but include a close-up view showing the horse tram in more detail, and a wider view showing the street scene. Two of the photographs are captioned 'Daylight' on the back.
Sem títuloThe building was demolished in around 1965.
Black and white print, 18 x 13 cms
Provenance: None
Duplicates: Yes
Duplicate is identified with caption on back of photograph which reads 'Ousecliffe House- Duplicate.'
Type of item: Modern print
The image shows Fossgate, with the Electric Cinema and Scala.
Format: Black and white print, 16.5x21.5 cms
Provenance: YAYAS/Evelyn collection 5698
Marked 30p.
Format: Black and white 10 x 6
Provenance: A Yardley 99 Nunnery Lane
Miniature views, containing nine images 8 x 5: Micklegate Bar, Bootham Bar, Lendal Bridge, city walls with LNER office, St Marys Abbey (two) The Minster (three).
Format: Black and white prints, 8 x 5
Provenance: Tucks
Twelve photos 8 x 6 of central York streets including walkers, cars, bus at Bootham Bar.
Format: Black and white prints, 8 x 6
Provenance: Photocrom Co Ltd London & Tunbridge Wells
The majority of the images are internal views.
Format: Black and white prints, 9 x 7
Provenance: Valentines snapshots
Format: Black and white photo, 6 x 4
Provenance: G Fawcett 66 Gillygate
Black card with Gowland, Lendal printed in red.
Format: Black and white card, 10 x6
Provenance: Gowland
Format: Black and white card, 10 x 6
Provenance: Thomas Spencer 51 Fossgate