Covers 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 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 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 notes on Kemp arms including photocopies of a bookplate for Charles Eamer Kempe. The name sometimes appears as Kemp and at other times Kempe.
Folder labelled 'Kemp', containing family trees and notes on genealogy; four page typed paper on Charles Eamer Kempe; Hugh Murrays application to join the Kempe Society; and letters about Charles Eamer Kempe folded within photocopies of obituaries.
Folder labelled 'Kempe' with a few notes on family trees.
Copies of the 'Wheatsheaf' newsletter of the Kempe Society. Bundle of editions from numbers 1 to 83 (79 is missing). Also includes latin texts in Kempe windows by Paul Sharpling 1994, service of thanksgiving for Kempe, 1989; and Hugh Murray's membership cards
Includes 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 on the history of York Minster, including a booklet of 'Notes for Teachers' regarding St William's College.
Research notes York Minster, St Crux and other parish churches.
Research notes on the monuments in York Minster.
Papers relating to Kirkham Priory. Includes some correspondence.
Research notes on the Unitarian Chapel at St Saviourgate and other York parish churches. Most parish churches are represented in the notes.
Research notes on York graveyards, arranged by graveyard.
Text of 'The York Graveyard Scene'.
Research notes on the history of York Minster, as well as accompanying correspondence.
Research notes on the history of York Minster, as well as accompanying correspondence. Also includes extracts from published works about the Minster.
The work was to be published by Hugh Murray. Includes correspondence.
Research notes on the history of York Minster, as well as the Scrope tapestry. Includes correspondence.
Research notes on the clock at St Martin's, Coney Street, produced by Cooke, Troughton and Sims.
Research notes on Holy Trinity Goodramgate, St Helen's, St Crux and St Sampson's, amongst others.
Research notes relating to Methodism.
Research notes relating to York Church Commission.
Copies of Burdekin's Almanac, relating to the York area and published annually. Incomplete series.
Sans titreNotes on: Cabmen's shelters; Clifton; Elm Bank; Monkgate, Huntington Road; Malton Road (including Stockton Lane and the road to Dringhouses.
Notes on: Queen Street to Leeman Road; unseen and unmentioned (lamp posts, letter boxes, bus shelters etc.) and pubs of York.
Research notes relating to Lord Mayors of York.
Handwritten research notes relating to York civic officials.
Handwritten research notes relating to York civic officials.
Includes meeting minutes, agendas, financial papers and project papers.
Includes meeting minutes, agendas, financial papers and project papers.
Includes meeting minutes, agendas, financial papers and project papers. Also includes papers relating to the Sheldon Memorial Trust and the Bishophill Action Plan.
Research notes and newspaper cuttings relating to public houses, schools and postcards relating to York.
Research notes and newspaper cuttings relating to public houses, schools and postcards relating to York.
Research notes and newspaper cuttings relating to public houses, schools and postcards relating to York.
Handwritten research notes and newspaper cuttings relating to bellmen and bellringers in York.
Handwritten research notes and newspaper cuttings relating to bellmen and bellringers in York.
Research notes on street lighting, including a copy of the City of York Council Urban Lightin Group papers.
Research notes on swords and macebearers used in York.
The research notes appear to be the basis of either lectures or walks carried out by Hugh Murray.
Topics include John Cossins, artists, Nathaniel Whittocks volume on York, Diary of a Young Man and the York Pageant. The research notes appear to be the basis of either lectures or walks carried out by Hugh Murray.
Research notes into the chains used by the York Waits.
The chairs were purchased by York Civic Trust. Includes newspaper cuttings.
Research notes and newspaper cuttings relating to bomb attacks and blasts in York.
Research notes on the history and provenance of the notebook.
Research notes and newspapers cuttings relating to blazes and fires in York.
Includes research notes and press cuttings.
Research notes and newspapers cuttings.
Research notes on the Salvation Army, including newspaper cuttings.
The printed work was created as part of the work into the Historic Towns Atlas.
Papers relating to the Friends of York City Archives.
Primarily consists of maps and plans relating to canals and waterways, most commonly in Europe.
Research pack issued by the Borthwick Institute, University of York, and compiled by Ann Rycraft.
Copies of the published Shannon guides.
Family history papers, including original birth, marriage and death information, relating to the Powell family. Also includes the Golden Jubilee edition of the Austin magazine. See also HMU/29/26 and HMU/29/27.
Includes correspondence relating to the genealogy of Clement Powell. See also HMU/29/25 and HMU/29/27.
Includes research notes, photographs relating to the family and a plaque presented to W Powell from the York Rugby Union & Society of Referees. See also HMU/29/25 and HMU/29/26.
Includes research notes, press cuttings and photocopies of documents relating to markets in York. Also includes an original notice for improvements for the market in Pavement, November 1832.
Includes photocopies of plans.
Research notes on shopping, including newspaper cuttings.
Includes one copy of a publication on the Blue Coat and Grey Coat schools, list of calendars produced by the Borthwick Institute and photocopies of legal deeds.
Papers relating to the appeal to purchase the Carr-Brierley Archive for the city of York. Includes some correspondence and lists of donors.
Bundle of papers relating to a variety of different subjects, including a dissertation on lead rainwater goods, papers relating to the Hurworth family history, volume of air pollution history in York, images of lay subsidies records and pedigree of the Camidge family. Includes correspondence.
Research notes on plaques on buildings, including newspaper cuttings.
Research notes on the York Pageant of 1909, including newspaper cuttings.
Typescript copy of what appears to be a dissertation or essay.
The printed lists appear to be of files created by Hugh Murray. Please note these are lists of files rather than the contents of those files.
Includes handwritten research notes on the Dennison family, theatre and high profile occupants of York houses in the 18th and 19th centuries. Please note, these notes have been taken on the reverse of correspondence, which contains personal data.
Research notes on advertising, pubs and shopping.