Includes press cuttings relating to the electrification of railways, transport to London, National Railway Museum and Leeds trams and trolleys.
Sans titreGeneral newspaper cuttings on 'York Past and Present'.
Sans titreIncludes cuttings on York from the air; the birth of Jorvik and the 60th anniversary of the Baedeker Raid.
Sans titreIncludes cuttings on the LUI Banquet (response to criticism from Manchester); Coney Street, archive of York bridges and an article on horse trams by Hugh Murray.
Sans titreArticles relating to books published on York's history, buildings and families.
Sans titreIncludes cuttings relating to the York Mystery Plays and Festival.
Sans titreIncludes press cuttings on the restoration of York Minster.
Sans titreNewspaper cuttings relating to Royal visits and commemorations.
Sans titreNewspaper cuttings relating to Dringhouses; Moor Lane Youth Centre; Dringhouses Pond; Captain W. Duncan-Jones; Dringhouses status in the 1940s; Pinfold repair; Toll House; and Moor Lane lakeside lodges.
Sans titreIncludes cuttings on Esher and the ring road traffic management; cars in York; York 2000 campaign; envelope containing 'Esher's Aldwark' conservation questions; 1971 ring road plans; foot streets; outer ring road plans; Copmanthorpe flyover plans; A19 straightening; Deangate closure; Bootham bus lane; ring road blight; central area traffic management; Exhibition Square fountain and use as bus terminus; car parks; Esher's York; and preservation of historic buildings. Includes some duplicate material.
Sans titreNewspaper cuttings relating to Freemen and strays. Topics include Hob Moor; John Shannon; Rowntree Park; Freemen of England banquet; Freedom Casket; Micklegate Stray; Freemen's rights over city strays; Walmgate Stray; strays and the common land question; freemen's oath; freewomen; and Monk Stray.
Sans titreNewspaper cuttings relating to Clifton. Includes cuttings on churches, buildings, demolitions, hospital, the Burton Stone, Clifton Green, Clifton Bridge, parish minute book found, house sale adverts, Clifton Court leet, Homestead Park, Ouse Lea, RSPCA dog's home, St Peter's footbridge, trees, footpaths, individuals, Skelton Street demolition, Cross's fish shop, YWCA, bridges and demolitions for the inner ring road.
Sans titreNewspaper cuttings relating to Civic Trust plaques and other plaques: Herbert House, George Hudson, Garforth House (photo of John Shannon), observatory, Abbey Wall, King's Square, Dick Turpin; Mansion House; Richard III; BR Eastern Region HQ; Jewish massacre; York Station (including a photo of Nikolaus Pevsner) and York Minster Gates.
Sans titreCuttings relating to defences, Clifford's Tower and York Castle and prison. Topics include bars; city walls; posterns; E Ridsdale Tate's 15th century York; manuscript notes; Peter Addyman's article on Baile Hill; Exhibition Square; 1644 siege; portcullis' lowering; Lendal Arch; wall and bar repairs and the tourism budget.
Sans titreNewspaper cuttings relating to people and characters, from local and national newspapers. Includes many obituary notices, cuttings with York or Yorkshire connections, and others of significance to Hugh's interests (e.g. Heraldry, or Colditz). Includes a mixture of recent people (e.g. Eric Gee) and historical (George Hudson).
Sans titreCuttings relating to almshouses, abbattoir, canals and assizes.
Sans titreAcomb, Holgate; talk on Backhouse Nurseries by Judity Pinder; talk on Acomb by George Benson (report of) 1922 and letter from Robin Blake regarding Fothergills of York, 2002.
Sans titreChurches, Chapels (York and non-York), Salvation Army, convents, monasteries, abbeys and synagogues - mostly cuttings plus a few leaflets, almost entirely relating to York.
Sans titreYork bridges and rivers - Ouse, Foss, old bridges and new including Naburn Lock photo 1888. Also includes a photo of the opening of Skeldergate Bridge 1881, the Ouse Ferry, flood defences, barges, riverside walks, Hill's boatyard, new by-pass and ring road, engraving of collapsed Lendal Bridge 1861 and York Waterworks.
Sans titreBooks published on York's history, buildings and families, including news reviews and details of books of photos.
Sans titreAlwark - mostly Esher report and redevelopment.
Sans titreBedern - Esher report and redevelopment and restoration of Bedern Hall.
Sans titreBishophill District - archeaological dig at Buckingham House and general redevelopment initiatives.
Sans titreBishopthorpe Road - layout of shops and development issues.
Sans titreBlake Street - historic locations (mostly Assembly Room issues).
Sans titreBlossom Street - building developments; financial problems of Bar Convent; issues related to No. 40 Blossom Street.
Sans titreHistorical buildings in Bootham - notes by Hugh Murray and correspondence regarding specific sites.
Sans titrePictures of Radio York in Bootham Row.
Sans titreBridge Street - redevelopment of shops, closure of Boyes and erosion issues.
Sans titreBurton Stone Lane shop development.
Sans titreCarr Lane (picture of the lane).
Sans titreCastlegate - development of Fairfax House, work of the Civic Trust, other historic buildings, and notes of Hugh Murray.
Sans titreChapter House Street - copies dated 1993 in Treasurers House to Hugh Murray from Lewis, and cuttings of Treasurers House.
Sans titreClarence Street cuttings, including Mrs Shaw planting a memorial tree.
Sans titreClementhorpe - redevelopment of the Terry's site, and river views with buildings.
Sans titre21 Copies of The York Citizen, including articles on the introduction of the Yorkcard, opening of the Barbican Leisure centre and Duchess of Kent received Freedom of the City of York.
Sans titreClifford Street - development of Technical College and history of Water Lane.
Sans titreCoffee Yard - renovation of Barley Hall and the history of Coffee Yard.
Sans titreCollege Street - history of Sir Williams College, numerous pictures of the site and restoration issues.
Sans titreColliergate - historic buildings and account of the fire of 1839.
Sans titreConey Street - buildings and shop adverts, archaeological digs and finds, notes of Hugh Murray and papers relating to the Baedeker Raid.
Sans titreCoppergate - development issues, and 'Duttons for Buttons' building.
Sans titreCoppergate - phase 2, showing controversies over plans for future development.
Sans titreDalton Terrace - funeral of Emily Houden, and letters from Hugh Murray to York Evening Press regarding naming Dalton Terrace.
Sans titreDavygate shopping arcade, development of property.
Sans titreDeangate - traffic congestion and issues near to York Minster.
Sans titreDetailed index cards compiled by Hugh Murray during the course of his research. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
Sans titreCard index arranged alphabetically by surname.
Sans titreCovers Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes; Vehicle Registration Numbers; Friendly Societies; Horse Tram Staff; NER Constituent Companies and Goldsmiths C to Y.
Sans titreCovers pubs in the city of York.
Sans titreCard index arranged alphabetically by surname. It would appear that this index relates to authors of articles relating to York.
Sans titreCovers clockmakers, watchmakers, money makers, chairman and York pubs.
Sans titreCovers York streets. Arranged alphabetically. A-T only.
Sans titreCovers details of 18th and 19th century families.
Sans titreCovers heraldic bookplates, general, A-Z. Armorial, A-Z including York City, York churches, York Minster.
Sans titreCovers introduction. King's Square to Scaurius Railway Hotel. York Coat of Arms. Armed Services personnel. Outside Micklegate Bar (OMB). York Arms. Heraldry at Bishopthorpe Palace. Exhibition Square to Petergate. Lost Heraldry of York Minster. Ecclesiastical Heraldry. Arms of 4 Archepiscopal Sees. Arms of the See of York. St. WIlliam's College, Bootham Bar, etc. Bedern area. Tanners Moat, York Cemetery, etc. 'York'. Arms and Oxford Colleges. Confluence of Ouse and Foss.
Sans titreCovers heraldry and what appears to be prominent families.
Sans titreFiles relating to the history of the Pearson room at Leeds Metropolitan University.
Sans titreDetails the Pearson connection between Leeds Metropolitan University, School of Built Environment and the firm of S. Pearson and Son Ltd (Public Works Contractors). Includes stained glass illustrations and photographs.
Sans titreNotes on the history of the Pearson firm. Includes a fact sheet on the Parliament Street buildings, House of Commons; notes on Pearson firm's building projects and dates; and detailed notes on the Parliament Street Building, London.
Sans titreBiography of Weetman Dickinson Pearson. Also includes brief pedigrees of other members of the family; history of the Buckendon Estate, Hertfordshire; correspondence and notes relating to the preservation of the Pearson Glass and three CD-ROMs of Pearson talks.
Sans titreResearch notes relating to the history of the police in York and North Yorkshire. See file-level descriptions for more detailed information.
Sans titreIncludes photographs of Police Officers, offence details, convictions and incident details. Also includes a booklet entitled 'First Hundred Years of North Riding Constabulary', which chronicles the first hundred years of York Police Force, as well as a memorandum entitled 'Keeping Peace in the City' and press cuttings and notes on Police organisation.
Sans titreSeveral issues of 'Police Gazette', 19th century, as well as occurrence reports 1845-1847; discipline reports 1845-1847; press cuttings and miscellaneous notes on Police matters; list of deaths in Kidcote (?) prison and burials in St John's, Ousebridge, and history of York City Police.
Sans titreIncludes papers on street life in Medieval England; Special Constables during the Chartist period; a 'York Four Days Stage Coach' notice; 'Keeping Peace in the City' typescript and a poster.
Sans titreList of Duncumbe's charitable gifts, notes including a photocopy of his obituary by James Raine. Includes notes on the condition of his memorial cross; notes from Yorkshire Gazette 1858-1881; proposed plan for widening Little Blake Street to form Duncumbe Place; copy of his will and his father's will and a press cutting about York market.
Sans titreIncludes details of the Kempe / Kemp arms, details of the family history and newsletters relating to the Kempe Society.
Sans titreIncludes papers relating to railways, horse trams, trolleybuses and electrobuses, boats and the Sheppee Steam Company.
Sans titreIncludes tramways amendments (possibly notes for Hugh Murray's book, plus 'list of plans and illustrations' and sections redrafted. Also includes photostats of 1878 initial proposals for tramways in York, photocopies of two articles on the history of tranways by George Jackson, and a photostat of the Tramway Orders Confirmation Act 1879.
Sans titreWorking papers relating to tramways, trolley buses and electric buses.
Sans titreIncludes lecture notes, after dinner speech, retirement speech (including biographical details), and general notes on railway history.
Sans titreIncludes papers entitled 'Servants of Business', about the Chairman and General Managers of the North Eastern Railway, as well as a manuscript together with lists, dates and accompanying notes.
Sans titreMiscellaneous collection of notes, including about St. Peter's School; Fulford property; British Rail headquarters; magazine with Hugh Murray published paper; Scarborough Spa Express; mail coach times; information about the route from Darlington to Stanhope and points of interest; Signalling Training School history; and a questionnaire worksheet.
Sans titreIncludes a York Press supplement; plans and notes of the Scarborough line through Clifton; Robert Bell memoir; South Yorkshire rail tour; Foss Islands branch information; British Rail Thirsk School; and plans for the site of the railway offices 1898.
Sans titreIncludes manuscript and typed notes on the railway chronology of York; letters; York station history; plans and notes of a route round the two stations and details of the railway offices.
Sans titreNotes from papers of Lady Hewley's Charity held at North Yorkshire Record Office; paper on 'Quakers and Railways' by E. H. Milligan (two versions); and Hugh Murray manuscript on the 'Railway Influences on Buildings of York'.
Sans titreIncludes press supplements on the closure of the carriage works and the opening of the National Railway Museum, photos and elevations of the railway offices, Station Hotel invoices and old publications.
Sans titreRailway press cuttings.
Sans titreIncludes details of the Light Railways Act 1896 and Tramway Act 1870, folded plan 1:500 of Micklegate area (c.1960), correspondence with Town Clerk 1879-1980, Hugh's scribbled notes, and additional pieces of correspondence.
Sans titreIncludes a collection of short biographies on Hudson, Meysey-Thompson, Pease, Tennant and Stephenson.
Sans titreIncludes a list of boats with their owners, type, date and routes; newspaper cuttings, including a photocopy of the York Courant 27/5/1777; manuscript notes on re-used paper (including an invitation to a wedding); multiple copies of a York Waterworks invitation dated 1908; and a letter from Hugh Murray to the Royal Humane Society dated 1981, regarding life-saving medals.
Sans titreHistory of number plate DN7.
Sans titrePress cuttings of the arguments for and against the council selling off the Lord Mayor's car number plate. Also includes facsimile of the 'Sheppee Overseas Special' about light steam commercial vehicles.
Sans titreHandwritten research notes compiled by Hugh Murray.
Sans titreIncludes Hugh Murray's manuscript with paste-ups of draft pages, sections 1A and 1A2; correspondence regarding source booklets and photos of public notices regarding tramways 1878-1902.
Sans titreIncludes Hugh Murray's manuscript with paste-ups, sections 3 - 4, (numbered in red) plus notes, manuscript timetables (c 1900), figures regarding tracks, expenses and receipts and population information. Also includes negotiations between York Corporation and the Tramways Company (1899-1906) plus report dated 1907 of agreement to sell the undertaking to the Corporation, memorandum on the position of the Tramways Company and proposals, poll of owners and ratepayers, and article from 'Modern Tramway' Magazine entitled 'Perspectives of Modern Tramways 1978.'
Sans titrePencil manuscript of Hugh's book 'Horse Tramways of York' 1880-1909, 140 pp., wired together.
Sans titreFurther draft sections and chapters of Hugh's manuscript, including sections 1 and 2, maps of York Centre including one coloured with 'original proposals', photostats of 'Some Facts and Comparisons' issued by York Independent Labour Party on the imminent vote to privatize the tramways, 'York Tramways Order 1879' as printed; 1881 draft Provisional Order, two original Provisional Orders dated 1878 and 1880, and photostat of share offer and opening of tramway extensions, including names and addresses.
Sans titreIncludes working documents, council papers, press cuttings, and additional materials relating to the H Murray publication 'The Horse Tramways of York'. Also includes a railway chronology of York; and City of York report of the Tramways Committee 1909.
Sans titreIncludes the York Corporation Act 1914, images of trolley vehicles, a copy of the book 'Horse Tramways of York', and associated correspondence.
Sans titreWorking papers relating to tramways, trolley buses and electric buses.
Sans titreResearch notes compiled by Hugh Murray on various churches and York Minster, as well as church graveyards. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
Sans titreCopies of Burdekin's Almanac, relating to the York area and published annually. Incomplete series.
Sans titreFiles of papers relating to classes taught by Hugh Murray over the course of his career.
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