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Correspondence regarding those employed by the Cemetery.
Various letters requesting chaanges to gravestones and markers including changes to inscriptions and the erection of new stones. Also includes some scale drawings of proposed gravestones.
Various correspondence regarding activities by the Cemetery post liquidation largely regarding financial matters.
Various correspondence regarding the sale of land, war graves and the Chapel.
Letters complaining about the condition of graves and the Cemetery with responses from the Cemeterary company directly.
Correspondence regarding grave plots held and their ownership during the liquidation of York Cemetery Co. Ltd.
Discussions around restoring and maintaining the Cemetery including restoring the chapel and recruiting staff to maintain the grounds. Also includes discussions around funding bids to hire an education officer and on various environmental surveys.
General correspondence regarding projects and operations at the Cemetery. Also includes details of potential funding sought for the Trust.
Copies of legal records and correspondence regarding the liquidation and future of the York Cemetery including possibe sale.
Various deeds and legal documents relating to land the Cemetery is built on at Gate Fulford. Also includes information relating to shareholders of the Cemetery and papers relating to the liquidation of the Cemetery.
Relating to temporary erection of a pole and cable on a wall belonging to the cemetery. Also includes a letter relating to increase in rent.
Relating to the boundary wall of the Cemetery. 3 copies.
Includes copies of Instructions to Council (C. Slade) to advide York Cemetery Co on sheddits of its liability to maintain the cemetery. Also includes case opinion as to whether the Cememtery could be sold to a wholly owned subsidiary and further information on the payment of dividends.
Holden was Chairman of the Cemetery and the report discusses a recent conference with Counsel regarding the payment of dividends.
Regarding a conference on 3 May 1963.
Advising that the Cemetery goes into compulsary liquidation.
Copies and original documents supplied to court at the liquidation of the York Cemetery Co Ltd. Includes names and addresses of shareholders.
Various legal affadavits and supporting correspondence and papers supplied to court during the liquidation of the York Cemetery Co. Ltd.
Deeds detailing the exchange, lease and release of land at Gate Fulford to which the Cemetery now stands. Many of these documents include original wax seals.
Deeds and associated notes concerning land in Leeming and later Ogleforth owned by the Dent and Place families.
Records relating to the day to day operations of the Cemetery including burial registers, day books, grave books and plans. Also includes further operational information regarding the setting up and management of the Cemetery as York Cemetery Trust by the Friends of York Cemetery.
Available on microfilm. Volumes 1-6 have duplicate copies created at a later date, commissioned by the Cemetery to provide an additional copy to original records.
Includes burial numbers 1-5.380. Available on microfilm. Includes original and a later handwritten duplicate created by the Cemetery as a method of backing up original records.
Includes burial number 54.221-60.430. Available on microfilm.
Includes burial numbers 60.441 (sic) - 66.820. Available on microfilm.
Includes burial numbers 66.821-73.400. Available on microfilm.
Penultimate page. Includes burial numbers 73.401-79.920. Available on microfilm.
Includes burial numbers 79.921-86.440. Available on microfilm.
Includes the burial numbers 86.441-92.860. Available on microfilm.
Includes burial numbers 92.861-99.240. Available on microfilm.
Includes burial numbers 99.241-105.600. Available on microfilm.
Includes burial numbers 105.601-111.960. Available on microfilm.
Includes burial numbers 111.961-118.360. Available on microfilm.
Includes burial number 5.381-11.080. Also available on microfilm. 2 copies.
Includes burial numbers 11.081-16.780. Available on microfilm. Includes original and a later handwritten duplicate created by the Cemetery as a method of backing up original records.
Available on microfilm. Includes original and a later handwritten duplicate created by the Cemetery as a method of backing up original records.
York Public Cemetery CompanyIncludes burial numbers 23.421-29.320. Available on microfilm.
Includes burial numbers 29.321-35.120. Available on microfilm. Includes original and a later handwritten duplicate created by the Cemetery as a method of backing up original records.
Includes burial numbers 35.121-41.100. Also available on microfilm. 2 copies.
Available on microfilm.
Includes burial numbers 47.581-54.220. Available on microfilm.
See plan book 15.
Plan showing pipes in areas of the Cemetery. Part of an originally larger plan that has not survived.
Penty Architects, York.
Scale 1/2500.
Scale 1/2500.
Scale 1/2500
Scale 1/500
Said to be a copy of a plan attached to an Instrument of the Ministry of Health.
Information sheet and booklet detailing the costs of public graves, vaults and memorials. Also includes details of prohibited activities.
Reports on various projects ran by the Friends of York Cemetery including Scented Walk Project and Trust Fund. Also includes a report on the business plan for the Cemetery moving forward.
Reports and documentation relating to the setting up and proposed management of York Cemetery by the newly established York Cemetery Trust. Includes copies of the Declaration of the Trust, report from The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, Survey of Flora of York's Victorian Cemetery, A Future for York's Victorian Cemetery by Friends of York Cemetery and the Bereaved Relatives' Association, A Strategy for York Cemetery and a report on planned building works to The Cemetery Chapel.
Various operational records relating to the Orienteering Club to which some members of the Cemetery Trust were affiliated.
Reports of the Education officer including details of school visits and other engagement activities.
Education pack titled ' Economic and Social Change in York' taking examples from the Cemetery.
Questionnaire asking people who visited the Cemetery to determine how it is used by the public.
Applications and correspondence regarding applications for funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, City of York Council and The Millennium Commission.
Correspondence and flyers regarding the open day at the Cemetery, hosted by York Cemetery Trust.
Survey regarding the land of the Cemetery created by the Department of Electronics, University of York.
Reports by the Warden of York Cemetery regarding operational activities and the general running of the Trust.
St. Sampsons Church in 1856 and sketch of a building on the shambles, undated
Collected newsletters, leaflets and reports relating to other charity ran cemeteries including Beckett Street Cemetery in Leeds, Nunhead Cemetery in London, Undercliffe Cemetery in Bradford and Highgate West Cemetery in London.
Includes cheque books, financial papers, invoices, receipts and associated financial correspondence.
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Includes cheque books, financial papers, invoices, receipts and associated financial correspondence.
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