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Archival description
Claims to the Freedom
Y/COU/3/12/237 · Sub-series · 1995
Part of York Civic Archive

Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only. Y/COU/3/12/237/117 was not used.

Claims to the Freedom
Y/COU/3/12/243 · Sub-series · 2001
Part of York Civic Archive

Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only. Y/COU/3/12/243/5 was not used.

Clearance photographs
Y/PPT/2/1/10 · Sub-series · 1930s-1970s
Part of York Civic Archive

Photographs of clearance streets and properties taken by City of York council and predecessor bodies

Y/ENV/1/1/8 · Sub-series · 1891-1960
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes reports to the Markets, Ouse and Foss Watch Committee, Ouse and Foss Committee reports and River Manager report books.

River Manager, Naburn Lock
Control Centres
Y/ORD/4/7/17 · Sub-series · 1952-1967
Part of York Civic Archive

Papers relating to the management of Civil Defence control centres,

Correspondence files
Y/CUL/3/1/13 · Sub-series · 1848-1891
Part of York Civic Archive

General correspondence files relating to the work of the School of Art.

York School of Design
Y/ORD/4/7/18 · Sub-series · 1949-1967
Part of York Civic Archive

Arthur Cooke was a Civil Defence Officer in York in the 1950s and 1960s. These files form his personal collection of correspondence created in the course of this duties.

Y/ORD/4/7/93 · Sub-series · 1946-1973
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes correspondence relating to an accident involving a local resident, negotiations for use of a building for the York Civil Defence Services club, general correspondence with the Town Clerk and a letter of complaint regarding the air raid shelter on

Council Elections
Y/COU/4/2/6 · Sub-series · 1973
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes forms, pamphlets, papers relating to candidates, correspondence, proxy lists, absent voter paperwork, election expenses, appointment of Deputy County Officer, polling premises, results, staff and accounts.

Crash Plan files
Y/ORD/4/7/130 · Sub-series · 1952-1962
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes papers and additional correspondence relating to the Crash Plan.

Cremitt monies
Y/SOC/3/6 · Sub-series · 1651-1836
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes:
E83: Book containing receipts and payments in respect of cremitt monies, 1651-1660;
E84: Register book of persons entitled to 'cremitt' money and other charities; also extracts from wills, together with the names of persons in St Catherine's and St Thomas's Hospitals etc, 1719-1836.

St Anthony's Hospital
Day / night report books
Y/SOC/4/1/2 · Sub-series · January 1993-February 1994
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes details of medication for residents amd issues experienced by the home. Arranged chronologically.

Desk Diaries
Y/ENV/1/1/32 · Sub-series · 1944-1959
Part of York Civic Archive

Annual desk diaries used by a member of staff working at Naburn Lock.

Y/HEA/4/18/2 · Sub-series · 1942; 1946-1951
Part of York Civic Archive

Information recorded includes personal details of each patient, possible source of infection, and living conditions. Note that these cards are samples only of total cases.

District Elections
Y/COU/4/2/5 · Sub-series · 1973
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes papers relating to election results, nominations, ballots, proxy lists, letters, forms, absent voters, staff, premises and election expenses.

Y/PPT/2/1/2 · Sub-series · 1936-1938
Part of York Civic Archive

Details recorded include: number in rate book; address; name and address of owner or agent; name of responsible tenant; names of other tenants or sub-tenants; number of persons normally sleeping in rooms; size and use of rooms; and number of persons allowed per room. Note that the information recorded varies from sheet to sheet.

Y/HEA/4/18/4 · Sub-series · 1942-1951
Part of York Civic Archive

Information recorded includes personal details of each patient, possible source of infection, and living conditions. Note that these cards are samples only of total cases.

Emergency feeding
Y/ORD/4/7/29 · Sub-series · 1950-3 February 1971
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes preparations for emergency feeding in the event of a nuclear attack.

Y/ENV/2/3/3 · Sub-series · 1898
Part of York Civic Archive

Papers for an enquiry by the Inspector of Nuisances regarding the erection of a public slaughterhouse in York. Includes correspondence with, and replies from other towns; a Report on the Sanitary Conditions of Slaughterhouses in York; and a Royal Commission Report on the danger to man of tuberculosis from animal food.

Financial papers
Y/ORD/4/7/27 · Sub-series · 1949-1971
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes financial returns and paperwork regarding the expenditure of the Civil Defence Association in York.

Y/ORD/4/6/7 · Sub-series · 1940-1944
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes correspondence files regarding access to water for fire fighting equipment, the repair of equipment including hydrants and mains valves, one fire watcher's log and attendance book, agreements regarding the British Sugar Corporation and parade ord

First Aid files
Y/ORD/4/7/140 · Sub-series · 1953-1968
Part of York Civic Archive

Papers relating to first aid courses, competitions and services.

Y/PPT/2/1/1 · Sub-series · c1936-1938
Part of York Civic Archive

Details recorded include: name and address of owner or agent; number of families in the house; name of responsible tenant; names of other tenants or sub-tenants; number of persons normally sleeping in rooms; size and use of rooms; and number of persons allowed per room. Note that the information recorded varies from sheet to sheet.

Y/ORD/4/7/19 · Sub-series · 1946-1973
Part of York Civic Archive

General correspondence files relating to the work of the Civil Defence organisation, covering a wide variety of topics. See individual descriptions for more detailed information about contents.

General correspondence files
Y/CUL/3/2/3 · Sub-series · 1950-1980s
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes correspondence received from members of the public in relation to the activities of the Art Gallery. Arranged semi-chronologically, the correspondence has been grouped together by theme or by correspondant.

York School of Design
Y/HEA/6/2/3 · Sub-series · 1914-1948
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes correspondence, circulars, minutes, and other associated papers related to the housing and care of those with learning disabilities following the introduction of the Mental Deficiency Act of 1913. Includes correspondence regarding specific patients and cases. The earlier files from 1914 to the early 1920s are in rough chronological order only.

Y/HEA/6/2/4 · Sub-series · c1915-1920
Part of York Civic Archive

A series of numbered pieces of correspondence and bundles of correspondence organised by subject. Includes correspondence, circulars, minutes and other associated papers related to the housing and care of those with learning disabilities following the introduction of the Mental Deficiency Act of 1913. Contains information on patients/cases. There is an index to this correspondence filed in the front of Y/HEA/6/2/4/1 . Note, there are gaps in this series.

Y/ORD/4/7/8 · Sub-series · 1950-1967
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes files relating to planning in the event of a nuclear attack, essential service routes, awards, radiological defence instruments and fallout and contamination.

Gillygate Improvement papers
Y/PPT/2/3/11 · Sub-series · 1889-1891
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes correspondence; conveyances; plans; arbitration papers; valuations and other legal papers relating to the improvement of Gillygate.

Halifax Bomber crash in York
Y/ORD/4/6/13 · Sub-series · 1945
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes correspondence files regarding the crash, as well as newspaper clippings and official casualty lists. The bomber crasher in Nunthorpe Grove.

Y/ORD/4/7/32 · Sub-series · 1953-27 September 1973
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes general correspondence, details of courses and the Civil Defence School at York, as well as returns as to the strength of the Civil Defence Corps.

Health department plans
Y/PPT/2/6 · Sub-series · 19th century-20th century
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises plans relating to drainage and sanitary conditions of buildings; improvement and clearance plans; and plans of emergency and communal feeding facilities. Includes plans of Rowntree and Company Cocoa Works and Joseph Terry and Sons buildings.

Home Defence papers
Y/ORD/4/7/30 · Sub-series · 1965-1974
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes general correspondence about the Home Defence service in York, as well as papers for the Home Defence College.

Y/PPT/2/1/15/20/3 · Sub-series · c1890s-1930s
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes correspondence; a detailed statement of the Hope Street Area Improvement Scheme, including occupations of tenants; plan of the clearance area; printed resolutions of York Council committees, 1924; copy of the Hope Street Improvement Order, 1925; lists of properties and occupiers/owners; blank forms; newspapers with printed public notices of schemes; two copies of the Medical Officer of Health's 'Report on the Sanitary Conditions of Hungate, 1908'; objections; notes from interviews with Ministry of Health officials; procedures to follow to enact an order; draft copies of wording for the Hope Street Improvement Scheme; printed lists of Freemen for Micklegate Ward (1890s); rough notes on unhealthy houses; estimates of costs; summaries of housing in the area; and rough notes; and death and disease rates in the area.

Y/PPT/2/1/15/20/2 · Sub-series · 1923-1933
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises records relating to Hope Street, Albert Street and Long Close Lane.
Includes correspondence; lists of properties, owners, and required improvements; lists of premises stating numbers of occupants and occupations; plans of individual houses; and lists of removals and rehousing.

Y/PPT/2/1/15/20/1 · Sub-series · 1920-1931
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises records relating to Hope Street, Albert Street, Richard Street, George Street, and Long Close Lane.
Includes house inspection records; particulars of occupiers (including occupation, income, and rent); lists of tenants and possible tenants for Tang Hall Estate; Detailed Statement of Hope Street Area Improvement Scheme (1924); three house inspection notebooks; agenda and minutes from the Health (Unhealthy Areas Subcommittee) Committee; correspondence, lists of owners and statistical information.

Y/PPT/2/1/14 · Sub-series · 1910s-1930s
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises records of house inspections under the Housing Acts 1909 to 1925. Information recorded includes: address; name of owner and occupier; and date of inspection. May also include condition of property, sketch of property; and details of action taken. Includes records for the following streets: Aldwark; Alexandra Yard, Walmgate; Alne Terrace; Apollo Street; Bowman's Yard; Bay Horse Yard; Bishopgate Street; Bishophill; Back Butlers Buildings; Beckett's Yard; Beedham's Court; Blossom Street; Bootham Square; Bootham Row; Britton's Yard; Brunswick Row; Brunswick Terrace; Brunswick Place; Cemetery Road; Clark's Yard; Constitution Place; Clementhorpe; Carleton's Court; The Cottages, Heworth; Dale Street; Dennis Street; Dixon's Yard; Dundas Street; Ebor Court; Fetter Lane (Scrivens Court).

Y/PPT/2/1/12 · Sub-series · 1933-1938
Part of York Civic Archive

Inspection records typically record the following details: address of property; names of occupiers/owners; occupation of occupier; total number of occupations; rent; size and condition of each room in the house.