Records relating to water pollution levels in York's waterways and drains.
Correspondence and newspaper articles tracking pollution in the River Foss.
Relief lists record the amounts of out-relief (i.e. welfare payments in money or in kind) granted to individiuals on a weekly basis. Lists were kept by the Relieving Officers of the York Poor Law Union. Note that these lists record payments to individuals who were not in the workhouse.
Comprises weekly outdoor relief lists; abstracts of outdoor relief lists; and index of persons appearing in outdoor relief lists.
Comprises 20L, 10L, 5L and 2L fuel can measures; 2 boxes of pipettes; 56 LB weight; and 2 inspectors' scales (one labelled 'York' and one labelled 'Hull')
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The volumes contain indexes
1 1948-52
2 1952-57
3 1957-62
4 1962-65
5 1965-70
Town Clerks correspondence files relating to welfare matters. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence and any associated papers such as reports, printed literature and minutes. Index to files included with first file (ref: Y/SOC/1/1/1).
Primarily includes legal papers, including marriage settlements and property deeds.
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Various letters, official and personal documents relating to the Whitehead, or Whytehead, family as well as additional records relating to Thomas Bowman.
Information on the wildlife and river management of the River Foss.
Includes the will of John Burdett, judgement against John Hodgson and his wife Dorothy and lease and release by Nicholas Blanshard.
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Grays solicitorsLetters between William Etty and Thomas Bodley on various subjects.
Dated letters to and from William Etty on various subjects.
Etty; William (1787-1849)Undated letters to and from William Etty on various subjects.
Etty; William (1787-1849)Includes typescript pages, list of Peckitt works, notes relating to the genealogy of Peckitt and Fenton, papers by Brighton and photocopied articles.
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)Letters from William Powell Frith to his sister Jane (Jenny) Keyworth of 6 Clifton, York.
A collection of volumes with handwritten copies of various wills from Richmond, Yorkshire and Durham.
Includes release of annuity, probate of the will of Elizabeth Wilson, assignment of lease, probate of the will and codicil of Alicia Maria Lloyd and draft appointment of new trustees. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
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Grays solicitorsIncludes copies of wills, probate documents, abstract of title, release of leasehold, assignment, extract of a will and codicil, leases and letters and dilapidations.
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Grays solicitorsIncludes probates for wills, letters of administration, papers relating to residuary accounts, deeds of settlements, deeds of appointment and releases relating to a number of individuals. Please see item and file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
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Grays solicitorsBundles of wills, marriage settlements and probate documents, most likely lodged by clients of Gray, Dodsworth & Co. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
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Grays solicitorsMinute books details the operations and actions of the Women's section of the York Labour Party.
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Papers relating to the work of the Juniper Charity, including reports and accounts, registers of members, policies and procedures and correspondence.
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Newsletter of York Archaeological Trust. Incomplete series.
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Includes one file of North Yorkshire East Federation year books, and two examples of East Yorkshire Federation year books.
At present this collection only comprises one incomplete series of year books for the charity.
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Annual publications including contact details of key members of the committee and information on events attended and held over the previous year. Incomplete series - editions for 2013-2017 are missing.
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At present this series only comprises one annual report for the year 1909-1910.
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The yearbooks include photographs and additional ephemeral material relating to the work of the Society. Arranged by Presidential year, they appear to have been discontinued from 2008.
Incomplete series - includes 1957, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1986 and 1988 only. Includes details of members.
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Contains correspondence and printed information booklets.
Includes minutes and reports, membership documentation, correspondence files, financial papers, York branch files, papers on the regrading of roles and the personal protection of pay, Local Charter and conditions of service, copy of Ebor Digest, papers of the Health, Safety and Welfare policy, NALGO branch rules, sports and social clubs accounts, papers regarding a staff social lub and staff training file.
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Day to day account of activities of the prison Chaplain, including a list of duties, visiting individual prisoners (including before execution), morning prayers, basic religious instruction.
- Aug 1833-Jan 1859
- Feb 1859-Oct 1867
Day to day accounts of gaoler's activities at York Castle prison including attendance at quarter sessions, births in the prison, suicide attempts, disciplinary issues and punishments, arrivals and departures of prisoners including executions. From 1838 city felons were sent to the Castle prison, rather than the city prison.
Includes records relating to York Castle Museum
York School of DesignIncludes files relating to the history and development of York Cemetery, such as plans and memorial information, as well as papers regarding the liquidation of the cemetery. Also includes details of monumental inscriptions.
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)Published annual reports and accounts.
Research 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.
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)Minute books for the Committee as well as the Finance and Administration sub-committees.
Papers relating to the operational activities of the Committee including reparations to victims of the Zeppelin Raids in York and relief for families of men in the forces. Also includes papers on the sub-committees and other funds such as the National Food Fund and establishment of other social services.
Includes meeting minutes of staff meetings, general correspondence files, files relating to publications, curator's research files, papers relating to the re-branding of the Art Gallery and papers relating to a theft from the Art Gallery.
York School of DesignComprises papers relating to stock and equipment at Clifford Street Dispensary.
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Includes minutes, reports and accounts of the committee, on which Canon Purvis was a member, as well as a small amount of associated correspondence.
Papers relating to York Civic Trust, including meeting minutes, agendas, financial papers and project papers. Also includes papers relating to the Sheldon Memorial Trust Awards and Bishophill Action Plan 1972, which were co-located with the Civic Trust papers.
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)Incomplete set. Indexed listing of voluntary organisations in York, and other local agencies.
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These files are the original transcripts and evidence supplied in the course of investigations by the York coroners office.
York CoronerThese files are the original transcripts and evidence supplied in the course of investigations by the York coroners office.
York CoronerThese files are the original transcripts and evidence supplied in the course of investigations by the York coroners office.
York CoronerThese volumes contain very basic summary information about coroners inquests held in York in the period, including name, date of inquest and cause of death. In cases where we do not have a surviving inquest file for a death, the individual entries are listed in this series.
York CoronerThese volumes contain very basic summary information about coroners inquests held in York in the period, including name, date of death, date of inquest and cause of death. They are the only surviving evidence for inquests between 1935 and 1971, in the absence of any case files.
York CoronerThese volumes contain very summary information for bodies released with no inquest following post mortem. These forms ('Pink Form - form 100B') were sent to the registrar stating the cause of death.
York CoronerRecords relating to the York Court of Record. Includes Cash Books, Appearance Book, Judgement Rolls Court Registers, Account Book etc.
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.
Includes reports created by Canon Purvis in his role as Diocesan Archivist, papers regarding the establishment of the York Diocesan Registry, correspondence relating to the employment of an Assistant Archivist and press cuttings.
Volume is indexed.
Collection of papers relating to the YFCL Group, including documents about the YFCL constitution, annual reports, correspondence and a collection of newsletters
York Fanteakwa Community LinkIncludes stage directions, correspondence, sponsorship information and other publicity materials.
Volumes 89.1, 89.4, and 89.5 are indexed, volumes 89.2 and 89.3 are not.
Letters, press cuttings, and programs concerning the York festival
Includes details of the House of Commons session 1936, minutes of proceedings and copies of the bill.
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Grays solicitorsIncludes notes on York goldsmiths and silversmiths, including details of wills, and copies of secondary source material.
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)Bound committee minutes.
York Hospitals Joint Advisory CommitteeNotices and papers relating to the enactment and amendment of the York Improvement Act 1825
Includes bills and receipts for services and goods bought by the City Commissioners under the York Improvement Act.
Reports, studies and development opportunities related toYork Inner Ring Road
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Indexed Petty Sessions court books for Ouse & Derwent division, including details of each person tried, the charge and the verdict in the case.
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Includes records relating to York Mansion House as a tourist or business venue.
York School of DesignGeneral administrative papers relating to the operation and maintenance of the York Maternity Hospital.
Photographs documenting progress on construction of York Outer Ring Road
Includes approved minutes and draft minutes of the York Out-Relief Union Boards of Guardians and Relief Committees Nos 1,2, and 3.
See PLU/1/3/4-5 for combined mintues of the York Union and York Out-Relief Union Finance Committee minutes; and PLU/1/4/1-8 for combined minutes of the York Union and York Out-Relief Union Collecting Committee.
York Out-Relief Union, Relief Committees Nos 1, 2 and 3 (1907-1930)Files of handwritten notes, photocopied documents, newspaper cuttings and typescripts relating to photographs of York, early photographers and their work. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)Includes minutes of all committees connected to the administration and maintenance of the York Union Workhouse (later the City Institution and then The Grange)
Includes specific information on many individual York pubs, as well as more general information on the history of pubs in the city and the history of beer.
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)Inspections and reports on drains, sanitary facilities and food hygiene.
Includes minutes of proceedings, annual reports, financial papers, subscription papers, lists of subscribers and correspondence files.
York School of DesignThese volumes contain newspaper cuttings and handwritten notes by J W Knowles about Yorkshire events and personalities, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire churches, saints and local politics. Arranged chronologically by date. There are no surviving scrapbooks for the years 1928 to 1933.
Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)Includes some talks and research notes. Many streets in York are covered, so please see individuals file descriptions for more detailed information. Please note reference number HMU/8/49 was not used in cataloguing.
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)Includes programmes, reports and accounts and other associated papers (including press cuttings) for the York Summer School of Archives and Historical Research.
Series of talks, and research notes for talks, compiled by Hugh Murray during the course of his work as a local historian. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)Includes colour photographs of drawings and paintings, believed to have been used in the work 'York Through the Eyes of the Artist.'
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)Report on a central area traffic scheme
Copies of York Where to Stay magazine for the years 1972,1973, 1975-1982, 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1993
Incomplete series of newsletters.
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Incomplete series. Editions 2, 3, 4, 17, 19 and 20 only.
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These volumes contain indexes.
1 1961-62
2 1963-74
Includes tickets, programmes, information sheets, and other associated papers produced for the Yorkshire Musical Festival, held in 1825, 1828, 1833 and 1835. Also includes some papers relating to the Yorkshire Amateur Musical Meeting in 1872.
Incomplete series.
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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)