At present this collection only comprises research notes on the Mills family of Thornton le Clay, farming in Strensall, listed buildings in Strensall and the old school. Also includes a transcript of 'Strensall: a History'.
Architectural drawings of Hudson House, York. The building was previously used for Network Rail, but was dismantled in Summer 2018. See individual item descriptions for more detailed information about each plan.
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Comprises minutes of the meetings of the Board of Guardians of the York Poor Law Union (also known as Union minutes); and from 1929 the minutes of the Public Assistance Committee.
See also Flaxton Out-Relief Union, Board of Guardians minutes PLU/1/12; and York Out-Relief Union, Board of Guardians minutes PLU/1/13
Approved minutes of the York Union Finance Committee. Includes two volumes of combined minutes of the York Union Finance Committee and the York Out-Relief Union Finance Committee.
Approved bound minutes of the Nuisance Removal Committee and the York Rural Sanitary Authority
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.
Sans titre3 volumes.
E78: unknown date
E78A: 1790, 1793, 1795, 1796, 1798, 1812, 1818, 1828-1831
E79: 1836-1849
Bundle of property deeds, most likely relating to property subsequently owned by the Swann family.
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The files were contained in a wrapper entitled 'Mr Campey, Deeds relating to the Manor and Lands at Askham from 1697 to 1714 both inclusive'.
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Primarily includes legal deeds relating to property.
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Primarily includes legal papers, including marriage settlements and property deeds.
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Includes nomination forms, accounts, reports and associated papers relating to committee meetings and annual general meetings.
Sans titreIncludes papers relating to the formation of the constitution of the Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers, and later correspondence regarding constitutional changes.
Sans titreIncludes sample letters and general correspondence received by the association committee.
Sans titreVarious items relating to the history of St. Mary's Abbey.
Sans titreDocuments containing information on botany and flowers.
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The Acts and bills relate to the railways in north east England primarily. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
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Includes receipted accounts, stationary, charges, promissory notes and receipts, a draft tenancy agreement, plan of a railway line, correspondence and court orders. The original order of these files has been retained, and items have been catalogued as found. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
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Includes two bundles of accounts for Messrs Ridsdale and Craddock, in account with Messrs Smithson & Teasdale, and one agency account with Messrs Emmet Son and Stubbs. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
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Correspondence relating to the boarding out of children in foster homes and the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933
See also minutes of the Children's/Boarding Out Committee ref PLU/1/6
This collection consists almost entirely of letters about the affairs of the Yorkshire Association not previously printed, though it includes a very few which were included by Wyvill in his political papers, and also a few draft paragraphs which appeared in print in York newspapers. There is considerable correspondence about the collection of signatures to the petition for economical reform and to the Association in 1780, and to the petition for parliamentary reform in 1783. Many letters of Wyvill to William Gray, the clerk to the Committee of the Association, illustrate Wyvill’s organization of propaganda in the York newspapers, and can be connected with paragraphs appearing in the Chronicle and in the Courant; some of them throw light on his opinion at different times of the progress of the campaign for reform.
Sans titreIncludes details of rooms hired, printing costs, postal services, advertising of meetings and expenses for travelling to London.
Includes two deeds which were co-located with the collection, presumably relating to lands owned later by the Weatherill family.
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Photographs of York and the surrounding area, primarily gifted to the Archives as small accessions. Please see the individual descriptions for more information. The items in this series were received at various dates but were all catalogued during 2018.
Photographs of York and the surrounding area, primarily gifted to the Archives as small accessions. Please see the individual descriptions for more information. The items in this series were received at various dates but were all catalogued during 2019.
Includes organisational materials for the festival, as well as promotion items (tickets, invitations to events, event programmes etc). Also includes some publicity material, including newspaper cuttings.
Includes organisational materials for the festival, as well as promotion items (tickets, invitations to events, event programmes etc). Also includes some publicity material and copies of play books for the Mystery Plays.
Includes organisational materials for the festival, as well as promotion items (tickets, invitations to events, event programmes etc). Also includes some publicity material.
This series currently comprises a seating plan for the festival.
This series currently comprises a festival poster and photographs of events.
Various items related to Queen Elizabeth II silver jubilee celebrations around the city and surrounding areas. Includes programmes, correspondence, posters
It is likely that these records relate to either St Thomas' Hospital or St Anthony's Hospital. One 1540, one fifteenth century and 2 undated.
Papers concerning the establishment of the Public Assistance Committee and the transfer of responsibilities from the York Poor Law Union to York Council.
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.
Sans titreIncludes notes on York goldsmiths and silversmiths, including details of wills, and copies of secondary source material.
Sans titreIncludes 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.
Sans titreFiles of press cuttings relating to various aspects of York history, and the history of further afield. See file level descriptions for more detailed information. Also includes additional papers where these were originally stored with the newspaper cuttings files.
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 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 titrePapers 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.
Sans titreResearch notes relating to public houses, schools and postcards relating to York.
Sans titreSeries 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.
Sans titreResearch notes on stained glass painters and stained glass windows. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
Sans titreIncludes tradesmen's bills and correspondence of H A Hudson.
Sans titrePublished river charts relating to the navigation of rivers in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Sans titreTwo bundles of photocopied maps and plans of York and the surrounding area.
Sans titreTwo British Library microfilms and one from North Yorkshire County Record Office. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
Sans titreThis series includes photographic prints collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.
The original order of this material has been maintained, and the prints have been item-level listed as they were stored.
Sans titreIncludes large format colour slides, and glass plate negatives.
Sans titreLetters written by William Etty and bequeathed to Explore York Archives by William Dixon-Smith, researcher and author. One letter is signed and dated 20th August 1838, and the other is unsigned but written at Brighton, c.1847.
Administrative records of the original York Musical Society, which operated between 1767 and c.1855. Each volume includes three main elements: minutes of meetings, largely concerning proposals and admittance of members; accounts showing balance sheets, principally relating to the payment of fines by members but also showing stock accounts; and registers of attendance at meetings, including the names of visitors brought by members.
Minutes and associated papers, including officers' report and financial information.
Includes:
Lists of singers, patrons and chorus members, c. 1930s - 1971 and 2012-2013
Rehearsal registers, 1998-99 to 2018-19
Concert calendars and rehearsal schedules, 2016-17 to 2019-20
Information and attendance cards, tickets, and booklets issued to members.
Includes notes and information sheets about the history of the York Musical Society and people involved with the society, along with copies of original documents and other research articles. Many of the copies are taken from documents elsewhere in the archive.
Some volumes are indexed.
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Includes membership application including some correspondence, material on founding members, and a performance register.
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Various notes, original records and annotated copies of original records from York City Archives (Now Explore York Libraries and Archives) and The Borthwick Institute. Research is on a wide variety of subjects relating to the Acomb area including manor court rolls, families, individuals, buildings, churches and education.
Unpublished annotated working documents and other printed works, largely created by Geoff Hodgson and David Lodge on the history of Acomb and Holgate.
Records relating to City of York School Board
Includes correspondence, draft and copy conveyances, inventory, valuation, and other papers
Includes specifications, resolutions of the Regiser Office Boardroom Committee; plans and tenders.
Comprises copy agreement and demise.
Comprises minutes, agreement, specifications, tenders and invoices
Comprises plan; papers relating to sale of land in Clifton; papers relating to finance of building; correspondence and other papers.
Comprises correspondence and copy details of sale of property
Includes draft and final tenancy agreements, correspondence and other papers.
Comprises summonses and warrants relating to criminal charges brought by the York Poor Law Union against individuals through the Police Courts; also includes inquests; and affiliation orders.
Some files include evidence statements and correspondence frrom individuals involved in the cases.
Includes staff appointment files, Guardians declaration book, superannuation records (including certificates of service), register of excepted employees, wages and salaries receipt books, and correspondence.
Receipt books for payments of the poor rate paid by property owners to the Parish Overseers.
Includes name of property owner amd amount paid.
Includes partnership agreements, sketch book, papers relating to Marriott's university career and finances, concert hall and dinner programmes and menus, tax papers and literature extracts. Also includes papers relating to Marriott's political career, such as notes on speeches; and papers relating to the Cherry Hill Estate.
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Includes examination papers, handwritten notes on the problem of the Commonwealth, and a handwritten manuscript entitled 'The Evolution of the British Empire and Commonwealth.'
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Plans and maps of various parts of Yorkshire. Retrieved as a binder, not individual items.
- 'An epitomised map of the East Riding of Yorkshire' (1709)
- William Palmer 'A map of the river Ouse' (1725)
- Francis Drake 'Roman roads in the county of York' (1736)
- J Rocque 'The North Riding of Yorkshire' (1746)
- J Rocque ' The West Riding of Yorkshire' (1746)
- W H Toms 'Map of Yorkshire North from London' (1742)
- T Kitchin 'The West Riding of Yorkshire' (1749)
- E Bowen 'An accurate map of the North Riding of Yorkshire' (1750)
- E Bowen 'An accurate map of the West Riding of Yorshire' (1750)
- T Kitchin & T Jefferys 'Map of the West Riding of Yorkshire' (1775)
- R W Seale 'The West Riding of Yorkshire' (1764)
- E Bowen 'An accurate map of the County of York' (1777)
- E Bowen 'An accurate map of the West Riding of Yorkshire' (1777)
- T Conder 'New Map of Yorkshire' (1784)
- Plan of the River Ouse at Selby (1790)
- West Riding of Yorkshire (1794)
Ordnance Survey maps of York and the surrounding area. See individual descriptions for the scales and areas covered.
Copies of MAP/4/1 to MAP/4/411 are in an open access cabinet in the Local History Room at York Explore.
MAP/4/412 to MAP/4/1947 are kept in the archives store - please ask staff about arranging an appointment to view these.
At present this series only comprises at York Savings Bank deposit book in the name of Sarah Thompson, servant to Mr Cooper and a small black purse or card holder.
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Comprises correspondence and associated papers
Includes quarterly and annual reports (and associated papers) of the Public Analyst to the Mayor and councillors of York. The reports record the number and nature food samples analysed, as well as a summary of results.
Comprises results of analyses of milk samples carried out by the Public Analyst on behalf of the City of York. Samples are only identified by number, except for 1950 where the vendors are also identified.
Comprises reports relating to the bacteriological testing of milk samples
Local Board of Health reports and information on the construction of drains in York,
Comprises papers relating to the erection of and provision of accommodation at the Fever Hospital at Yearsley Bridge.
Wages books for members of staff of the council Public Assistance team during the Second World War.
Wages books for members of staff of the council Welfare department, including Children's welfare, social welfare and general welfare volumes.
Wages books for members of staff of the council's Health Department.