Duncombe Place - renovation of the Red House.
Sans titreEarlsborough Terrace - sale of the Abbey Guest House.
Sans titreGroves - general history of area.
Sans titreHungate - archaeological dig and development.
Sans titreJames Street - housing development.
Sans titreJubbergate - White Rose restaurant issues.
Sans titreLeeman Road - tree demolition.
Sans titreYork and District (e.g. Elvington and Castle Howard) stained glass and medieval art - artists, designers and glass itself, including York Minster and parish churches.
Sans titreThe cuttings all relate to Roman Catholic heraldry, Papal heraldry and York Minster heraldry.
Sans titreIncludes Petergate, Piccadilly, Pump Court, Queens Staithe, Queen Street, Regent Street, Rougier Street and St Andrewgate.
Sans titreIncludes Trinity Lane, Walmgate, Wellington Row, Whipmawhopmagate and other streets.
Sans titreIncludes Micklegate Stray, Monkgate and the Mount.
Sans titreThe late Herbert Foster and J Joshnson Smith at the York Corporation Electricity Department. Their first show room was in Clifford Street, circa 1900. Herbert retired from Crompton Parkinson Ltd at the age of 79, and died 5 years later. J.J. Smith was the
Format: Black and white, 25 x 20
Provenance: Unknown
There are 3 copies of the same photograph in different sizes with different styles/finishes.
Sans titreRailway press cuttings.
Sans titreIncludes a list of boats with their owners, type, date and routes; newspaper cuttings, including a photocopy of the York Courant 27/5/1777; manuscript notes on re-used paper (including an invitation to a wedding); multiple copies of a York Waterworks invitation dated 1908; and a letter from Hugh Murray to the Royal Humane Society dated 1981, regarding life-saving medals.
Sans titrePress cuttings of the arguments for and against the council selling off the Lord Mayor's car number plate. Also includes facsimile of the 'Sheppee Overseas Special' about light steam commercial vehicles.
Sans titreHardback handwritten notebook of Public Houses in York. Includes lists of different names for pubs. Also includes a facsimile of 'A Directory of Pubs in York 1450-2003', information about pubs in Acomb, and the history of a pub.
Sans titreThe cuttings relate to the reopening of the Tap and Spile and Ackhorne pubs.
Sans titreThe records relate to the closure and reopening the pub, which was also known as the Ackhorne during its history.
Sans titreTyped lists of Goldsmith Freemen arranged alphabetically. Some numbered pages, 12 - 79 but many without numbers.
Sans titreList of Goldsmith Freemen, marked 'Old List' and folder marked 'dups'.
Sans titreIncludes list of York Goldsmiths by R.C. Hope; photocopies of duty paid at York Assay Office 1805 - 1821; lists of references to York Goldsmiths and photocopies of 'York Assay Office' and 'Marks on York Plate'.
Sans titreHugh Murray's 'A Directory of York Goldsmiths, Silversmiths and associated Craftsmen': proofs of illustrations and prelims and a link batch of manuscript notes.
Sans titreMaterial for a book on York Silver by William Lee.
Sans titreVarious documents including list of goldsmiths from 1272-1558; members of York Mercers' Guild 1420-1502; article on Yorkshire Water; the latter days of York Assay office - article; booklet on York Silver 1475-1858; YAYAS Times November 1996 and YPS annual Report 1965.
Sans titreCorrespondence and press cuttings between ABA and John Bradfield about funeral laws and practice including green burials, boundaries and public footpaths.
Sans titreIncludes plan, marked out in purchase and consercration dates; Act to amend the burial acts 25 August 1857; plans and proof of cemetery 'trails'; printed trails 2-6 (multiple copies) and additional pamphlets.
Sans titreIncludes Cemetery hall file with manuscript notes in Hugh Murray's hand; and plan of cemetery with locations of graves of York Mayors and descriptions / mini biographies.
Sans titreIncludes papers regarding individuals; list of graves and locations (with correspondence); obituaries and death announcements; and Fawkes and Hawkesworth pedigrees.
Sans titreIncludes papers on bereavement services; poverty in York; cemetery trails; graves; regulations for burial grounds 19th century; Leeds General Cemetery notes by Hugh Murray; 1941 ARP document; and offprints of articles on cemeteries by Julie Rugg and Catherine Crompton.
Sans titreNewspaper cuttings regarding the cemetery and cremation reports of Cemetery Committee 1910, 1911 and 1913; as well as Hugh Murray's handwritten notes.
Sans titreFriends of York Cemetery agendas and meeting papers.
Sans titreNotes, photocopies and pedigrees for Berry; Burton; Barclay; Blackburn; Bathurst; Brearley; Benson; Broxup; Birch; Baines (see Graham); Barber; Bwye; and Balmford.
Sans titreWorking papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Croft; Chapman; Coates and Chicken (Richard).
Sans titreWorking papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Cobb; Close; Creed; Cattle and Cabry.
Sans titreWorking papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Camidge (Cammidge, Camage); Castle (Jennison) and Curran.
Sans titreWorking papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Duke; de Lom; Dobbie; Dodsworth; Davies; Downe (Viscountess, obituary); and Dealtry of York, Judges Lodgings.
Sans titreWorking papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Etty.
Sans titreWorking papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Edward Nathanial Green (1847 copy); Galamoor; Giles; Goodson; Gowland; Gray; Goldie; Gutch; Hewley; Graham; Greenwood and Galloway.
Sans titreWorking papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Hesketh; Halliday; Horsley; Hardman; Hebblethwaite; Hey; Hunt; Hearon and Hutchenson (intermarried).
Sans titreWorking papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Harwood; Harton (Arton & Hayrton); Hanson; Hill; Horsman; Hargrave; Hargrove; Hardcastle and Hodgson.
Sans titreWorking papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Kilby (including Page); Kaye; Kay family and correspondence with Willian Kaye Sessions); Key and Kirk.
Sans titreWorking papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Linfoot; Lyth and Laverach.
Sans titreWorking papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Leeman - grouped seperately from HMU/1/32 by Hugh Murray. Includes photocopies regarding Leeman memorial including Murray's papers, notes on George Leeman, notes and photocopies regarding a proposed st
Sans titreBill for horse hay and servant's food
Format: Black and white, 11 x 8
Provenance: Unknown
1 small and 1 larger version of same image.
Sans titreWorking papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Nickson; Noble; Noton and Noyes; Oates; Oloman; Oldfield and Oliver.
Sans titreWorking papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Rowntree (two files entitled 'old inf.' and 'others').
Sans titreWorking papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Rotherford; Robinson; Roper; Rowlerson; Ralphs; Rowel; Rougier and Reilly.
Sans titreWorking papers relating to tramways, trolley buses and electric buses.
Sans titreIncludes a York Press supplement; plans and notes of the Scarborough line through Clifton; Robert Bell memoir; South Yorkshire rail tour; Foss Islands branch information; British Rail Thirsk School; and plans for the site of the railway offices 1898.
Sans titreNotes from papers of Lady Hewley's Charity held at North Yorkshire Record Office; paper on 'Quakers and Railways' by E. H. Milligan (two versions); and Hugh Murray manuscript on the 'Railway Influences on Buildings of York'.
Sans titreBlack card with Gowland, Lendal printed in red.
Format: Black and white card, 10 x6
Provenance: Gowland
Format: Black and white card, 10 x 6
Provenance: Thomas Spencer 51 Fossgate
Marked 30p.
Format: Black and white 10 x 6
Provenance: A Yardley 99 Nunnery Lane
Miniature views, containing nine images 8 x 5: Micklegate Bar, Bootham Bar, Lendal Bridge, city walls with LNER office, St Marys Abbey (two) The Minster (three).
Format: Black and white prints, 8 x 5
Provenance: Tucks
Twelve photos 8 x 6 of central York streets including walkers, cars, bus at Bootham Bar.
Format: Black and white prints, 8 x 6
Provenance: Photocrom Co Ltd London & Tunbridge Wells
The majority of the images are internal views.
Format: Black and white prints, 9 x 7
Provenance: Valentines snapshots
Covers details of 18th and 19th century families.
Sans titreCovers heraldic bookplates, general, A-Z. Armorial, A-Z including York City, York churches, York Minster.
Sans titreCovers introduction. King's Square to Scaurius Railway Hotel. York Coat of Arms. Armed Services personnel. Outside Micklegate Bar (OMB). York Arms. Heraldry at Bishopthorpe Palace. Exhibition Square to Petergate. Lost Heraldry of York Minster. Ecclesiastical Heraldry. Arms of 4 Archepiscopal Sees. Arms of the See of York. St. WIlliam's College, Bootham Bar, etc. Bedern area. Tanners Moat, York Cemetery, etc. 'York'. Arms and Oxford Colleges. Confluence of Ouse and Foss.
Sans titreHandwritten notes and photocopies of photographs.
Sans titreCorrespondence and invoices regarding 'This Garden of Death' by Hugh Murray.
Sans titreCopies of legal documents (including probate) relating to the Johnson family, as well as correspondence and notes.
Sans titreCorrespondence with Entrust, the Environmental Trust Scheme regulatory body.
Sans titreHandwritten exercise book listing mainly graves in 'Children's Corner'.
Sans titreIncludes details of trustee responsibilities; grave maintenance service; interview documents for an admin assistant; plans of York Cemetery Gatehouse; glossary of words used on epitaphs; and papers for the Past Generations pack.
Sans titreIncludes education service leaflets; guided tour information 1997-1998; balance sheets 1993-2001 (incomplete set) and meeting papers (incomplete set).
Sans titreCity of York Council planning application for the restoration of the Chapel, 1990 and Ronald G. Sims architect's drawing of the restoration of the cemetery gatehouse.
Sans titreIncludes early correspondence and legal documents; as well as regulations; licences for removal of human remains and reburial.
Sans titreDetails of monumental inscriptions 'H-T'.
Sans titreIncludes original plans of the cemetery spaces.
Sans titreIncludes original plans of the cemetery spaces.
Sans titreCompiled by the City of York and District Family History Society, and revised by David Poole. Sections FF and GG.
Sans titreCompiled by the City of York and District Family History Society and Hugh Murray. Sections NW, AA, BB, CC and DD.
Sans titreIncludes plans of the cemetery spaces. Arranged by area.
Sans titreIncludes 'Old York' (possibly list of slides shown in a talk); notes for the talk 'Servicing the Suburbs' (as they developed); Hungate; Victorian York; development of suburbs; 19th century York; Acomb, Clifton, Haxby Road, Huntington Road, Heworth, Bishopthorpe Road, Fulford and Dringhouses. Each talk note has a list of numbered and named slides.
Sans titreIncludes Lendal Bridge and the Minster; the Bridges of York; River Ouse; bridges and the Foss.
Sans titreIncludes details of seven separate talks, with information about the compilation of slides, evidently to quiz the audience and test their awareness of York.
Sans titreIncludes a scrapbook 1885-1985, as well as two files of notes relating to York suburbs.
Sans titreHandwritten notes on Heslington Hall, including a wallet of notes with extracts from a number of books.
Sans titreFull size copy of Country Life article on Heslington Hall from 19 July 1913. Also includes a short document describing the proposed site for the University of York.
Sans titreA number of documents about the early activity in the Assembly Rooms. Includes a photocopy of the 1729 list and account of interest and arrears with Subscription list of 1777, listing the 190 original subscribers and the present proprietors. Also includes a List of Nobility and Gentry appearing at the Assembly Rooms in the Race Week of 1776.
Sans titreBundle of notes extracted from undefined sources (M23/1) with extracts from the records of the Assembly Rooms. The notes start in 1730 with the purchase of Mr George Gibson's house on Finkle Street to enable a passage to be built for drains. Ends 1773 (marked as p155 of the original source).
Sans titreBook entitled 'The King's Manor' reprinted from Royal Commission on Historial Monuments 'City of York' vol IV. Also includes a letter from John West-Taylor dated 22 January 1985 from the University of York to York Civic Trust entitled 'An appeal to restore the fabric of the King's Manor'.
Sans titreA detailed list of firectories of York and Yorkshire (which include York) from 1781 to 1975. Also list of Yorkshire Directories 1781-1940 from the North Yorkshire County Libraries Holdings. Some duplicate copies.
Sans titreResearch notes and photographs relating to numbers 19, 30 and 32 Goodramgate.
Sans titreResearch notes and photographs about the history of Skeldergate.
Sans titreArticles relating to almshouses, abbatoirs, canals and assizes.
Sans titre