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Archival description
Minute books
YCM/1 · Series · 1883-1951
Part of York City Mission records

The volumes contain details of the proceedings of committee meetings of the York City Mission. One volume relates entirely to the 'Bedern' Mission in Ogleforth.

Fanzines
YCF/2 · Series · 1983-2010
Part of York City Football Club

Contains copies of various York City FC fanzines: 'Terrace Talk', 'In the City', 'New Frontiers', 'Are You Watching Johnny Ward', 'What a Shambles', 'Ginner's Left Foot', and 'Red and Blue Through and Through'.

Match day programmes
YCF/1 · Series · 1923-2017
Part of York City Football Club

Match-day programmes, predominantly for York City FC matches, some with match reports, tickets or inserts for reprinted programmes.

Finance
YCA/3 · Series · 1886-1950
Part of York Conservative Association

Contains account books, payments and receipt books, payment books, petty cash books, subscription books, reports and miscellaneous accounts.

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Minute Books
YCA/1 · Series · 1880-1947
Part of York Conservative Association

Minutes books containing various committee minutes (eg. Central Council, Finance, Organisation, Management, Executive, Registration, Ladies Bazaar).

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Annual reports
YBA/1 · Series · 1952-1971
Part of Ouse and York River Authority

At present this collection only includes an incomplete series of annual reports.

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Additional papers
YAW/5 · Series · 20th century
Part of York Architectural workshop

Includes rough notes relating to the project, the role and policy of the Director of Housing Services, York, and cards containing references to Albert Street and Hope Street.

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Walmgate area maps
YAW/4 · Series · 20th century
Part of York Architectural workshop

Copies of earlier maps, including some held in York Reference Library. See individual item descriptions for more information.

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Papers relating to Walmgate
YAW/3 · Series · 1903-1937
Part of York Architectural workshop

Includes photocopies of items from the Department of Environmental Health collection at York City Archives.

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YAW/2 · Series · February 1851-20th century
Part of York Architectural workshop

Includes plans for various houses in Albert Street and Walmgate, as well as a list of plans orignally contained in York Reference Library.

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YAW/1 · Series · 20th century
Part of York Architectural workshop

At present this series only comprises one typescript relating to slum clearance in the Walmgate area.

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YAT News
YAT/5 · Series · September 1979-May 1985
Part of York Archaeological Trust

Newsletter of York Archaeological Trust. Incomplete series.

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Interim: Archaeology in York
YAT/2 · Series · June 1973-February 2001
Part of York Archaeological Trust

Quarterly bulletin produced by York Archaeological Trust, showcasing the work by their teams. Incomplete series.

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Correspondence
YAT/1 · Series · 26 August 1982-16 February 1984
Part of York Archaeological Trust

Correspondence relating to York Archaeological Trust and their time capsule, as well as additional paperwork. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Case files
YAM/2 · Series · c1916-1946
Part of Yorkshire Association for Mental Welfare

Files comprise correspondence and notes on individuals who came under the supervision of the Yorkshire Association of Mental Welfare. Individuals supervised were regarded as being learning impaired; having some form of mental disability,; or being at risk of developing mental health issues. Summary information for each case may be found by consulting the case cards (see YAM/1).

Photographs
YAB/1 · Series · Autumn 1927
Part of York Amateur Bowling Association

At present this collection only comprises one photograph of the team receiving a new trophy for the league championship. The trophy was given by Lord Mayor Oscar Rowntree.

Publications
YAA/1 · Series · 1960-1961
Part of York Angling Association

Includes one submission to the Inland Waterways Redevelopment Advisory Committee regarding Pocklington Canal (April 1960) and suggested plans for the canal (1961).

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General correspondence
Y/SOC/4/3 · Series · 1927
Part of York Civic Archive

At present this series only contains one offer letter for a council house, dated 1927. Please see item-level descriptions for more detailed information.

Housing Committee papers
Y/SOC/4/2 · Series · 1932-1973
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises files relating to the building and maintenance of council housing, particularly in the post-World War II period. Files consist primarily of correspondence and associated papers. .

Y/SOC/4/1 · Series · 1990-2004
Part of York Civic Archive

The home was located in Acomb, and provided both residential care and respite care. Includes deceased resident files, day / night books, patients medical administration records, respite care patients files, residents accounts and cash movement sheets. Many of the files contain sensitive personal information.

Y/SOC/3/7 · Series · 1437-1541
Part of York Civic Archive

Account rolls for St Leonard's Hospital for years 1437-1438, 1457-1458 and 1540-1541. The 1457-1458 roll only survives as a fragment and the 1540-1541 roll is incomplete.

Y/SOC/3/3 · Series · 1592-1620
Part of York Civic Archive

Account rolls for St Anthony's hospital for years 1592-1595, 1611-1614, 1617-1620.
Four account rolls belonging to one of the hospital (which exactly is unclear): One 1540, one fifteenth century and 2 undated.

Poor Relief (post-1834)
Y/SOC/2/2 · Series · 1930s-1940s
Part of York Civic Archive

Records relating to poor relief after the Poor Law Amendment Act,1834. For records of the York Poor Law Union [1837-1930] and Public Assistance Committee [1930-1948] see reference: PLU

Comprises records of the Yorkshire Casual Poor Assistance Authority.

Poor Relief (pre-1834)
Y/SOC/2/1 · Series · 1500s-1800s
Part of York Civic Archive

Records relating to poor relief prior to the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834. Further historical and modern records will be added to this section as they are catalogued.

Includes minutes; accounts and relief assessments.

See ref: PLU for poor relief records relating to the York Poor Law Union and the Public Assistance Committtee (1837-1960s).

Y/SOC/1/1 · Series · 1940s-1970s
Part of York Civic Archive

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).

Archaeological reports
Y/PPT/5/1 · Series · 1991-October 2011
Part of York Civic Archive

This series contains archaeological reports relating to excavations within the City of York Council area. It is believed that the reports were commissioned by the City Archaeologist as part of the planning process. Work on the excavations was carried out by a number of third party contract archaeologists.

York Inner Ring Road
Y/PPT/3/8 · Series · 1967-1972
Part of York Civic Archive

Reports, studies and development opportunities related toYork Inner Ring Road

Taxation department / Motor taxation department
Road Accidents
Y/PPT/3/7 · Series · 20th century
Part of York Civic Archive

Reports related to road accidents in York

Taxation department / Motor taxation department
Vehicle licensing records
Y/PPT/3/1 · Series · 1904-1974
Part of York Civic Archive

Records of vehicle licensing and registration, including motor cars and motorcycles, and heavy vehicles. Some registers combine cars and motorcycles, whilst others contain just one or the other, so more than one volume may need to be consulted to cover the same licence plate or year range. Registers occasionally include cancellation and transfer dates, plus occasional inserted correspondence.

We are able to provide certified copies of entries for a fee, please see our website or contact us for futher details.

Four of the 28 volumes are restricted under the Data Protection Act (Y/PPT/3/1/9, Y/PPT/3/1/21 to 23 covering the period 1948-1959) Researchers may consult these volumes after filling in a Data Protection Researcher Exemption form. This form may take up to 48 hours to be authorised so please contact us in advance if you wish to see these volumes.

Taxation department / Motor taxation department
Conservation
Y/PPT/2/9 · Series · 1969-2004
Part of York Civic Archive

Files created by City of York Council related to conservation of buildings and areas.

Development
Y/PPT/2/7 · Series · 1978-2003
Part of York Civic Archive

Files created by City of York Council related to development in York

Street improvements
Y/PPT/2/3 · Series · 19th-20th century
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises papers relating to the building, widening, paving and general improvement of York's streets. Includes street renumbering records; and street improvement papers for the following areas: Castlegate and Water Lanes; Jubbergate; Spurriergate and Coney Street; Little Blake Street (Duncombe Place); Heslington Road; Gillygate, Skeldergate and Holgate Road; Monkgate and Layerthorpe.
Note only street improvements undertaken prior to the establishment of the Streets and Buildings Committee (i.e. up to c1890) have been catalogued. Later records relating to street improvements are currently uncatalogued.

Local Plans
Y/PPT/2/10 · Series · 1994-2005
Part of York Civic Archive

Files created by City of York Council related to Local Plans.

Y/PPT/2/1/15/25/9 · Series · 1930s
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes plans of the improvement area; schedules of required works; Bye-Law for preventing overcrowding; summaries of area (including houses to be demolished and level of overcrowding); correspondence; reports to the Unhealthy Areas Sub-Committees; summaries of overcrowded houses (including size of bedrooms and numbers of occupants); letters to establish owners; Layerthorpe Clearance Area: reports of the Medical Officer of Health and the Chief Sanitary Inspector used at an Enquiry [8-9 Mar 1932}]; papers concerning various properties in Layerthorpe and Bilton Street belonging to one owner; also draft summaries and notes/

Y/PPT/2/1/15/25/8 · Series · 1930s
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises house inspection records for Layerthorpe; Hallfield Road; Hallfield Terrace; Duke of York Street; Hart's Terrace; Kidd's Terrace; St Cuthbert's Road; Chicory Yard; and Redeness Street.

Y/PPT/2/1/15/25/7 · Series · 1930s
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises house inspection records for Bilton Street, Duke of York Street, Cross Court, Hallfield Road (no. 15 only)and Redeness Street (no. 56 only). Records include house inspection sheets; notifications of drain inspections; correspondence; recommended works and notices to execute works; and small scale-plans for some properties.

Y/PPT/2/1/13/31 · Series · 1961-1962
Part of York Civic Archive

House inspection records for the Nunnery Lane Area. Include records for the following streets: Nunnery Lane; Cygnet Street; Dove Street; Caroline Street; Drake Street; and Spencer Street. Includes small, scale plans of properties.

Y/PPT/2/1 · Series · 1900s-1980s
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises records of the Health Department and Town Clerk relating to housing clearances and improvements in York. Includes overcrowding surveys; surveys of underground room; registers of Housing Inspectors' reports and register of unfit houses; general administrative papers relating to clearances and improvements; clearances papers (many of which include plans); improvement papers; house inspection records; clearance photographs; and papers relating to the improvement of rental properties.

Contracts for maintenance
Y/PPT/1/5/2 · Series · 23 March 1961-25 April 1961
Part of York Civic Archive

Contracts for maintenance work in council buildings. Includes plans and correspondence where appropriate.

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Y/PPT/1/5/1 · Series · 1959-1967
Part of York Civic Archive

Bound volumes of specifications for contracts to tender, arranged chronologically, and covering all forms of civic maintenance.

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Civic Buildings
Y/PPT/1/4 · Series · February 1974
Part of York Civic Archive

Reports related to maintenance and restoriation of City of York council owned properties.

York Court of Record
Y/ORD/5/4 · Series · 19th Century
Part of York Civic Archive

Records relating to the York Court of Record. Includes Cash Books, Appearance Book, Judgement Rolls Court Registers, Account Book etc.

Y/ORD/5/2 · Series · 1499-1971
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes minutes; plaint books; court books and papers; declarations, pleadings and other documents; recognizances; calendars of prisoners; and judgement papers

York Quarter Sessions
Y/ORD/4/7 · Series · 1946-1986
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes accommodation clearance registers, papers regarding billeting, annual reports, papers relating to atomic warfare, civil defence handbooks, general preparations for a nuclear attack, papers relating to the British Association, circulars, York Civil Defence Association, Civil Defence committee minutes, civil protection, competitions, conference papers, papers regarding Control Centres, correspondence files of Arthur Cooke (Civil Defence officer), general correspondence files, demonstration and protest papers, papers regarding Civil Defence equipment, evacuations scheme, exercises and training courses, mass experiments, financial papers (including insurance files), papers relating to the Fire Service, emergency feeding plans, Home Defence papers and correspondence, Head Office files, hospital organisation files, papers relating to Civil Defence in industry and infrastructure, inspection files, membership lists, copies of the Civil Defence Acts, year books, copies of the Civil Defence Officers Journal, Ministry of Health papers, minutes of the Civil Defence committee, papers of the Association of Municipal Corporations, reports and pamphlets relating to the nuclear threat, papers regarding nuclear tests, observations papers, premises files, publicity and recruitment files, papers regarding Hungarian refugees in York, remembrance files, staff resignation and transfer files, papers relating to the Scientific Intelligence Officers and Sector Controllers, shelter files, siren installation, staff papers, technical reconnaisance papers, correspondence with the Town Clerk, papers regarding Civil Defence vehicles, warden's files, the role of the Women's Voluntary Service, and the role of the Yorkshire Yeomanry.

Y/ORD/4/6 · Series · 1939-1949
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes civil defence publications, papers relating to wardens, ARP Emergency Committee agendas and minutes, Air Raid Precautions (ARP) correspondence, shelter files, instructions to civilians and papers regarding the welfare of citizens, fire service and fire prevention files, papers relating to the Women's Voluntary Service, papers regarding the billeting of workers, Ministry of Health files, papers regarding air raids and resultant war damage, papers regarding the Halifax bomber crash in York, staff registers, papers regarding training exercises, casualty lists, invasion committee papers, Operations Regional Comissioner correspondence, A.R.P Control Headquarters register of permits and papers relating to German chemical warfare explorations.