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Research notes into the history of the cemetery. Includes copies of correspondence and newspaper cuttings.

Correspondence regarding an indemnity agreement and cemetery liquidation.

Issues of the York Evening Press, relating to fires and flooding in York.

Prints from the York Cemetery website, including Shona's funeral order of service, Kath Hamer's funeral, 1979 Conveyance of Liquidation of York Cemetery company; Guide to best practice: Burial plans and memorials; list of organisations and diocese and Hugh Murray notes on catacombs.

History of Royal Visits to York.

James Street - housing development.

Foss Bank development issues.

Programme summary (15 June-8 July).

Celebration of 500 Years of York Minster.

Action report for York Civic Trust on Bishophill May 1972.

Pictorial Souvenir of the Queen's visit (28 June 1971).

Yorkshire Evening Press historical summary of York AD71-1971.

Includes press cuttings relating to the electrification of railways, transport to London, National Railway Museum and Leeds trams and trolleys.

Newspaper cuttings relating to Royal visits and commemorations.

In four parts.

Relates to the Knavesmire Tattoo 13-18 September 1971.

Yorkshire Evening Press review linked to York's 1900th Anniversary.

Finkle Street - closure of Jersey Creamery.

Scrapbooks relating to York buildings and weather, and places of interest.

Two press cuttings.

Papers relating to the liquidation of the cemetery company. Includes copies of correspondence, research notes and newspaper cuttings.

Incomplete series.

Articles relating to books published on York's history, buildings and families.

Books published on York's history, buildings and families, including news reviews and details of books of photos.

Old York' - large miscellaneous bundle, including school groups, transport, individuals, incidents, sports teams, war damage and shops.

Extension of the Coney Street site of the Yorkshire Evening Press.

Includes cuttings relating to the York Mystery Plays and Festival.

Includes Driffield Memorial Company accounts December 1952-December 1955, including sheets of accounts of York Cemetery Company and Memorandum of Association June 1952-December 1955. Also includes correspondence and printed accounts.

Preview of the York Festival and Freemen's service.

Includes newspaper cuttings relating to the police, Post Office, and prisons - Askham Grange.

Four copies of the monochrome photograph, including three monochrome photographic prints and one printed our copy of the image. The image showing houses in The Bedern and Bedern Hall before their demolition in 1883.

Captions on the back of one of the prints indicates that the images show the North side of Bedern, and that they are copies from a 1925 publication by George Benson 'York from the Reformation to the year 1925'. Captions also include a photographer's stamp for P.W. Hanstock.

Monochrome photographic print showing a drawing 'Old Houses in Bedern' by William Chapman. Captions on the back of the image include references 'R61 (W284)' and 'Copyright York City Art Gallery'.

Monochrome photographic print showing a drawing of the South side of Bedern, by Nicholson 1827. The front of the photograph has been marked to show the location of 'Poorhouse', 'Heppell', and 'Public House'. Captions include a photographer's stamp for P.W. Hanstock.

The papers primarily relate to Holgate mill, as well as others in York, Skidby and Boroughbridge.

The image appears to be a former main line double track that has become disused except for colliery traffic. There is a (colliery) shunting diesel engine shed on the right and a lorry in the right middle distance.
Format: Black and white print, 15 x 10
Provenance:

Monochrome photographic print of an earlier drawing showing a view of York including the city walls and a bar gate.

Markings on the back of the print include 'NW24 (Bedern)', 'IMII(5)', and a photographer's stamp for P.W. Hanstock.

York and District (e.g. Elvington and Castle Howard) stained glass and medieval art - artists, designers and glass itself, including York Minster and parish churches.

Articles relating to almshouses, abbatoirs, canals and assizes.

Cuttings relating to almshouses, abbattoir, canals and assizes.

York bridges and rivers - Ouse, Foss, old bridges and new including Naburn Lock photo 1888. Also includes a photo of the opening of Skeldergate Bridge 1881, the Ouse Ferry, flood defences, barges, riverside walks, Hill's boatyard, new by-pass and ring road, engraving of collapsed Lendal Bridge 1861 and York Waterworks.

Includes two monochrome photographic prints of a photograph taken c. 1890 showing a view of Goodramgate. The original image may be in the Evelyn collection, held, by the Yorkshire Architectural and Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Caption on the back of the image reads 'Goodramgate York, showing 'The Gatehouse' leading to College Street.

Also includes a monochrome postcard containing a copy of the same image, with the caption 'Goodramgate, before the opening of Deangate, c. 1980'.

Articles relating to Acomb and Holgate.

Articles relating to bridges and rivers.

Acomb, Holgate; talk on Backhouse Nurseries by Judity Pinder; talk on Acomb by George Benson (report of) 1922 and letter from Robin Blake regarding Fothergills of York, 2002.

Railways - mainly York but a few cuttings in UK and world. Includes locomotives, buildings, George Hudson and Alne station 1937 photo.

Monochrome photographic print showing a table laden with flowers, fruits and vegetables. A woman can be seen sitting behind the table. The print is a copy of an earlier photographs.

'From Joe Murphy' has been written on the back of the print.

Format: Black and white print, 14 x 9
Provenance: Rowntrees

Churches, Chapels (York and non-York), Salvation Army, convents, monasteries, abbeys and synagogues - mostly cuttings plus a few leaflets, almost entirely relating to York.

Articles relating to churches and chapels, mostly York.

Includes table of fees and charges. 2 copies.

Photocopies of maps.

Includes printed annual reports from York's Chief Constable, papers relating to Scarborough Bridge, public health, Layerthorpe slum clearance, the Lord Mayor's Heritage Working Group and industry and pollution in York. Also includes publications issued by City of York Council.

Roman York, cuttings regarding York's 1900th anniversary, and various excavations around York featuring discoveries made.

York Schools - various primary and secondary, state and independant, some of which have subsequently closed. Includes the Blue and Greycoats, Open Air School, York College, York College of Ripon and York St John, and reorganisation of York secondary education in 1985.

Depicts the house with a car and chaffeur outside. Chaffeur is posing in a large white mackintosh and a peaked cap. Car registration is BY'1314.
Format: Black and white 15 x 10
Provenance: Unknown

The second item is a smaller version of the same image.

Includes an advert for Brasso.
Black and white print, in 3 different sizes.
Provenance: None
Duplicates: Yes
Type of item: Modern copy, see Hugh Murray 'The Horse Tramways of York', 1980, pp 2 &54; 15.5x11, 9x14 and 18x13 cms

Photographs are of the same scene, but include a close-up view showing the horse tram in more detail, and a wider view showing the street scene. Two of the photographs are captioned 'Daylight' on the back.

Handwritten exercise book listing mainly graves in 'Children's Corner'.

Format: Black and white card, 8 x4
Provenance: Globe, 3 Micklegate

The toddler is quite possibly a little boy.
Format: Black and white card, 8 x 4
Provenance: Globe, 3 Micklegate

Includes 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.

Includes the York Corporation Act 1914, images of trolley vehicles, a copy of the book 'Horse Tramways of York', and associated correspondence.

Working papers relating to tramways, trolley buses and electric buses.

Includes 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.

Includes 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.

Includes an A to Z list of York pubs, computer matrix of pubs with landlords, list of licenses and licensing laws from the 13th century to the 20th century, letter against proposals for Monks Cross, and Church Recorders (NADFAS) literature.

Complete booklet entitled 'The Last Two Centuries of Brewing in York' with printer's quotes. Also includes copies of the York 'Ale License' 1822 to 1828.

The cuttings relate to the closure of the Tap and Spile and Ackhorne pubs.

Includes John Cossius maps: nooklet with sketches of buildings and lists of subscribers. Also includes correspondence relating to Hugh Murray's book on Cossius' Town Plans.

Three drafts of Hugh Murray's book on Cossius' Town Plans, as well as a batch with individual Cossius' drawings of Leeds buildings. Also includes an extract from Defoe's Tour through Great Britain with descriptions of York and Yorkshire, and a picture of St John's Place, Leeds showing Kempley's Academy.

Includes press cuttings and copies of plans, such as Clifton and Bootham level crossing, plans and list of landowners; memories of Clifton by Derrick Dandy - photocopy; and Yorkshire Aviation Services Handbook - photocopy.

Notes and some correspondence regarding the book 'Micklegate Bar Without'.

Includes old maps, press cuttings and notes, as well as Clifton letter and agendas for two meetings; 'Airspeed Ltd - its York operation' a typescript by K Hewson; Carter Jonas brochure - 17 Clifton Dale; and Traffic management in York - typescript.

Includes press cuttings on left handedness: individuals, devices, shops for; Library: York Central Library Museum St, and Clifford St.

Newspaper cuttings relating to Dringhouses; Moor Lane Youth Centre; Dringhouses Pond; Captain W. Duncan-Jones; Dringhouses status in the 1940s; Pinfold repair; Toll House; and Moor Lane lakeside lodges.

Includes cuttings on Esher and the ring road traffic management; cars in York; York 2000 campaign; envelope containing 'Esher's Aldwark' conservation questions; 1971 ring road plans; foot streets; outer ring road plans; Copmanthorpe flyover plans; A19 straightening; Deangate closure; Bootham bus lane; ring road blight; central area traffic management; Exhibition Square fountain and use as bus terminus; car parks; Esher's York; and preservation of historic buildings. Includes some duplicate material.

Newspaper cuttings relating to Freemen and strays. Topics include Hob Moor; John Shannon; Rowntree Park; Freemen of England banquet; Freedom Casket; Micklegate Stray; Freemen's rights over city strays; Walmgate Stray; strays and the common land question; freemen's oath; freewomen; and Monk Stray.

Newspaper cuttings relating to Clifton. Includes cuttings on churches, buildings, demolitions, hospital, the Burton Stone, Clifton Green, Clifton Bridge, parish minute book found, house sale adverts, Clifton Court leet, Homestead Park, Ouse Lea, RSPCA dog's home, St Peter's footbridge, trees, footpaths, individuals, Skelton Street demolition, Cross's fish shop, YWCA, bridges and demolitions for the inner ring road.

Burton Stone Lane shop development.

Davygate shopping arcade, development of property.

Fulford - tree demolition, birthplace of William Etty, military establishments and details of some historic buildings.

George Hudson Street - York's oldest staircase and renaming of the street.

Gillygate - Salvation Army, historic buildings and development and traffic issues.

Grape Lane - street images and development of the area.

Kings Square - demolition issues and development of the square.

Lady Peckitts Yard - historic development and the spelling of the name.

Entitled 'Minor Pleasures' and 'Music'.

Relating to trams, buses, road vehicles, Viking and Saxon York and York University.

Includes Lowther Street, Marygate, Merchantgate and Minster Gates.

Includes Museum Street, Nessgate, New Street, New Walk, Newgate and North Street.

Includes Nunnery Lane, Ogleforth, Ousegate and Paragon Street.

Includes exhibition catalogue entitled 'York Silver', Christopher Warner 1978, envelope of copies and notes on Lee's silver; notes by Sessions and lists for Lee's silver publication.

Miscellaneous notes mainly regarding silver. Includes several pages of the Hargrove family pedigree and correspondence from Sessions about publication of W. Lee's 'York Silver'.

Lengthy correspondence and notes about the proposed publication of W. Lee's book on York silver. The correspondence is mainly between Sessions, Lee and W.B. Morrell. Includes attempts to raise funds in 1979 and 1980.

Includes photocopies of 'Charlotte Beebe Wilbour Collection of English Silver' and 'Marks on York Plate', as well as Tennants Catalogue 1997, 'Goldsmiths' Review' 1997-8, photocopies of papers on marks, manuscript checklist of 'York Silversmiths and their works' by W. Lee, C. Warner and E.M. Sessions.

The papers relate to the publication of the 'Directory of York Goldsmiths.'

Includes York Cemetery, maps, plans, aerial photograph and isometric plan, as well as headstone and monument designs. Also includes mourning hearse, share certificates (copies) and notes in Hugh Murray's hand.

Includes historical notes; Deed of Settlement 1924; notes on the history of York Cemetery; correspondence; extracts from minute books 1952-1966; list of types of tombs and other notes; Cemetery trail leaflets and papers regarding the chronology of the cemetery.