Contains records created by the Streets and Buildings Committee and its sub-committees in the course of their business.
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.
North Yorkshire County Structure Plans, various stages.
At present this series only contains one offer letter for a council house, dated 1927. Please see item-level descriptions for more detailed information.
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.
City of York Council records relating to wildlife and the natural environment in York
Parochial, municipal and parliamentary registers of electors. Depending on the extent of the franchise at different periods, these may be found in seperate volumes or combined together. Registers up to and including 2006 are on open shelves in the Archives reading room and do not need to be ordered: Y/COU/6/1, Y/COU/6/2, Y/COU/6/3, Y/COU/6/4. The current electoral roll is found in series Y/COU/6/5 and Y/COU/6/6 and do need to be requested. Different access regulations appy to the edited and full versions, staff will be able to advise on which you should order.
Includes individual case files and lists of prisoners.
Both volumes are indexed.
- Records relating to licencing and oversight of alehouses, brewers and malsters.
Comprises records relating to the inspection and oversight of common lodging houses.
Wages books for members of staff of the council Education Department. Reference numbers 20 and 21 were not used.
General wages books for members of staff of the council.
Comprises correspondence and associated papers of the Health Committee. An alphabetical index to the files is included in first box. Files have been weeded prior to deposit in the archive.
Copies of printed committee resolutions and proceedings, and minutes and reports of York Council. These copies were compile by the Chief Public Health Inspector and include annotations next to items that relate to public health.
General administrative papers of the Medical Officer of Health
Includes correspondence files, work permits and appointment forms. Also includes script for the Mystery Plays and some promotional materials including festival programmes.
This series currently comprises a seating plan for the festival and a plan of the proposed layout of the Museum Gardens.
This series currently comprises a plan for the access gantry at the rear of St Mary's Abbey, seating plan and proposed layout of the Museum Gardens.
Two copies.
Bound copy of act
Bound copy of act
Bound copy of act
Bound copy of act
Constitution of City of York Council explaining the structure and workings of City of York Council, including all the rules and procedures under which the Council operates. It sets out who makes decisions and how they are made, and the rights of citizens to obtain information and to influence decisions.
Renamed Youth Employment Sub-Commttee from 1949.
Zonder titelTown 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).
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.
Brochure detailing the history of York Mansion House. Also contains images
Zonder titelIncludes 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.
Zonder titelIncludes records relating to York Mansion House as a tourist or business venue.
Zonder titelCopies of York Where to Stay magazine for the years 1972,1973, 1975-1982, 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1993
The collection comprises school magazines.
Zonder titelThe collection comprises school magazines.
The collection comprises photographs of the school only.
Records of the Jospeph Rowntree Senior School
Records of the Joseph Rowntree Modern School
Notebooks containing street names and house numbers
Reports related to maintenance and restoriation of City of York council owned properties.
The volumes contain indexes
1 1948-52
2 1952-57
3 1957-62
4 1962-65
5 1965-70
Comprises papers relating to the testing and regulation of fertilisers and feeding stuffs.
Comprises notifications and regulations relating to import and export of food.
Correspondence, circulars and associated papers relating to outbreaks of animal diseases.
Comprises papers relating to the oversight and inspection of meat, slaughterhouses and abattoirs.
Papers relating to the planning and opening of the York Municipal Aerodrome at Clifton. Includes maps, designs and compulsory purchase agreements.
Includes documents regarding the future of the aerodrome after the Second World War, as well as documents regarding trespassers on the site.
This extensive collection includes volumes detailing the registration of canals using the lock, as well as other traffic passing through and the monies owed. Also includes wages books for staff operating the lock, correspondence files to and from the lock keeper, and extensives notes on river levels and soundings. .
Published reports and plans for the Ouse and Foss Navigation Company. See Y/ENV/1/5 for more papers regarding the company.
Records relating to water pollution levels in York's waterways and drains.
At present this series only comprises Palatine Flood gauge sheets from 1935 to 1977.
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Includes drainage papers, matron's reports, and correspondence files.
Records names and addresses of patients with infectious diseases.
Records of cases and sources of infection and transmissions.
Bound volumes of specifications for contracts to tender, arranged chronologically, and covering all forms of civic maintenance.
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Reports related to road accidents in York
Zonder titelThis 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.
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.
Volumes listing brief descriptions of planning applications
E86: Assessment made April 1596 for York's contribution to Ship of War to set forth from Hull.
E63: Book containing assessments, orders, warrants and proceedings relating to the civil war for the safety and defence (c.1645-)
E89: Fines and amercements for raising money for wars against France and Ireland (c.1660-1685)
E90: Contributions to royal aid and supplies in Walmgate ward parish (c.1660-1685)
E86A: Minutes of commissioners appointed under Acts of Parliament to raise proportions payable by City and Ainsty towards ships of war and disbanding of the army (c.1673-1678)
E91: Assessments made in City and Ainsty re: royal aid land tax for 1750-1777
E75: Militia accounts between the City of York, three Ridings of Yorkshire, Durham etc (1809)
Complete series of minute books of the corporation, traditionally known as "house books". The second series continues in a different format after municipal reform in 1835.
1 (1476-1479)
2, 3, 4 (1480-1486)
5 (1483-1489 [an additional volume]
6 (1486-1490)
7 (1490-1496)
8 (1496-1503)
9 (1503-1519)
10 (1519-1527)
11 (1527-1533)
12 (1533-1534)
13 (1534-1539)
13A (1539-1549)
14 (1540-1541)
15 (1541-1543)
16 (1543-1544)
17 (1544-1546)
18 (1546-1547)
19 (1547-1549)
20 (1549-1552)
21 (1552-1555)
22 (1556-1560)
23 (1560-1565)
24 (1565-1572)
25 (1572-1574)
26 (1154-1577)
27 (1577-1580)
28 (1580-1585)
29 (1585-1587)
30 (1587-1592)
31 (1592-1598)
32 (1598-1605)
33 (1605-1612)
34 (1613-1625)
35 (1625-1637)
36 (1637-1650)
37 (1650-1663)
38 (1663-1688)
39 (1688-1700)
40 (1692-1706)
41 (1706 -1719)
42 (1720-1738)
43 (1739-1756)
44 (1756-1780)
45 (1780-1792)
46 (1793-1803)
47 (1803-1811)
48 (1812-1821)
49 (1821-1827)
50 (1827-1835)
At present this series only comprises papers regarding the Honorary Freedom bestowed on T C Benfield.
Stores Committee minutes
1 1920-34
2 1935-55
Stores & Purchasing Committee minutes
3 1955-63
4 1963-73
Smallholdings and Allotments Committee to 1922, Allotments Committee from 1922
1 1908-24
2 1924-49
3 1949-61
These volumes contain indexes.
1 1961-62
2 1963-74
Arranged chronologically into groups of years, as per the original arrangement.
Contains official publications and communications issued by City of York Education Committee
Volumes listed below
1 Markets Cttee (Cattle Fair Cttee) with accounts 1827-31
2 1836-65
3 1865-85
4 1885-95
5 1895-1907
6 1907-19
7 1919-30
8 1931-46
9 1946-53
10 1953-58
11 1958-1963
12 1963-73
Ouse Navigation Commissioners' Minute Book:
1727-78
Ouse Navigation Trustees' Minute Books:
1731-1753
1754-1778
1779-1834
1834-1837
Includes index.
- 1888-1898
- 1898-1917
- 1917-1948
The volumes contain indexes
1 1888-94
2 1895-1910
3 1910-1914
Volume is indexed.
General committee and committee appointed for the management of the revenues of the corporation
1 1805-1811
E77 1816-1828
E77a 1828-1835
These volumes contain indexes.
1 1836-47
2 1847-57
3 1857-68
4 1868-77
5 1877-84
6 1884-87
7 1887-90
8 1890-94
9 1894-97
10 1897-1900
11 1900-02
12 1902-05
13 1905-06
14 1906-08
15 1908-10
16 1910-13
17 1913-17
18 1917-21
19 1921-25
20 1925-31
These volumes are indexed.
1 1836-48
2 1849-60
3 1860-72
4 1872-79
5 1879-86
6 1886-92
7 1892-98
8 1898-1904
9 1904-08
10 1908-15
.11 1915-21
12 1921-27
13 1927-32
14 1932-38
15 1938-43
16 1943-48
17 1948-52
These volumes contain indexes
Emergency Feeding Committee
1941-46
Civic Restaurant Committee
1946-51
Reports of the Medical Officer of Health to the Urban Sanitary Committee and later the Health Committee. Reports on average were fortnightly but could be more or less regular. Incudes notifications to the Town Clerk of cases of infectious diseases.
Ad hoc reports by the Medical Officer of Health in response to particular events, primarily the outbreaks of infectious diseases.
Comprises statistical graphs.
Details recorded include surname and address of patient; obstetric history of mother; nature of confinement; condition of foetus; and age, work, and health of mother.
Details recorded include surname and address of patient; obstetric history of mother; nature of confinement; progress of infant; and age, work, and health of mother.
Comprises incoming and outgoing correspondence with the Air Raid Precautions Officer and other officials. Includes reports, notes and other associated papers.
Comprises correspondence files relating to rodent and insect control.
Comprises printed literature relating to trade regulation and commerce.
Records relating to the licensing and regulation of ice-cream sales.
Full version of the Electoral rolls. Contains all voters names and addresses.
See access provisions below.