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Shows a man cycling past.
Format: Black and white print, 25 x 20
Provenance: probably duplicate

Format: Black and white print, 29 x 19
Provenance: From wadge of paper labelled 'known York photographers'

Photocopied articles, house plans and extracts from street directories for Elm Bank House on the Mount. Also includes press cuttings.

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

Includes notes on Lingcroft Lodge, Naburn (now called Persimmon House), based on a query letter from the company and then a series of research notes. Also includes letters about the will of Edward Lloyd (died 1863), owner of the house, and pedigree of the Lloyd family; and typed letter from Persimmon Limited, dated 17 August 1984 about Persimmon House, Fulford (which is Lingcroft Lodge, Naburn) and its heraldry.

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 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.

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.'

Typed lists of Goldsmith Freemen arranged alphabetically. Some numbered pages, 12 - 79 but many without numbers.

List of Goldsmith Freemen, marked 'Old List' and folder marked 'dups'.

Includes 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'.

Hugh Murray's 'A Directory of York Goldsmiths, Silversmiths and associated Craftsmen': proofs of illustrations and prelims and a link batch of manuscript notes.

Photocopy of 'Old English Plate' pp. 101-127; list of Goldsmith Freemen (arranged chronologically); photocopy of 'The Plate of the City Companies of York' by Charles Oman.

Photocopies of documents relating to English Plate, Acts of Pariament and York Memorandum Books re quality control. Includes a list of marks on York plate.

Notes on the wills of goldsmiths, arranged alphabetically.

Papers grouped by Hugh Murray: notes and photocopies of Huntington Collection, York, silverware by Mrs E.M. Sessions; Sessions correspondence regarding York silver booklist; list of Freemen Goldsmiths; photocopy of 'Notes on printers and printing'; and typed list of York Silversmiths.

Material for a book on York Silver by William Lee.

Various 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.

List of jewellers and goldsmiths, under the jurisdiction of York Dean and Chapter, as well as passages from York House Books regarding goldsmiths and associated correspondence.

York Goldsmiths and Silversmiths: A first alphabetical check list compiled by Hugh Murray.

Directory of York Goldsmiths and Silversmiths by H. Murray, as well as an article on Christopher Harrington, York 1614. Includes a list of names.

Research notes relating to public houses, schools and postcards relating to York.

Includes details of the Kempe / Kemp arms, details of the family history and newsletters relating to the Kempe Society.

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.

Includes bundles relating to Castle Howard, churches and merchants, Whitby and Leeds.

Covers 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.

The pub was the Flying Dutchman bar and sold Tetley Ales.
Format: Black and white print, 15 x 10
Provenance:

View from Foss Bridge. Evelyn Collection. Copyright: YAYAS. RCHME.
Format: Black and white, 22 x 17
Provenance: Unknown

2 copies, 1 is enlarged.

Includes meeting papers 2008-2010; FOYC News; leaflet on the herb garden; and City of York Council leaflet on 'Funding for Voluntary and Community Organisations 2002/4'.

Includes education service leaflets; guided tour information 1997-1998; balance sheets 1993-2001 (incomplete set) and meeting papers (incomplete set).

Editions of the 'The Last Post' newsletter.

Includes minutes and papers of meetings of the Friends of York Minster, as well as accounts and a letter to Hugh Murray thanking him for his service on the committee.

Photocopies of Court Rolls, 1447, 1700 and 1852, as well as photocopies of maps of Water Fulford 1745 and 1860-1870.

Includes pedigrees and handwritten notes for many families in York. See individual file descriptions for which surnames are included in each file. The files have been arranged alphabetically.

Handwritten and typed letters to and from Val Portas.

Two handwritten sets of notes on Gilling Castle, including a copy of Sir William Fairfax Books of Arms of Yorkshire and correspondence relating to 'The Great Chamber of Gilling Castle' by Hugh Murray.

Includes Gilling pedigrees and illustrations; drafts and notes relating to 'The Great Chamber at Gilling Castle' booklet; and illustrations of St. Donat's College, Wales.

Includes Christies catalogue of antiquarian books 1995; newspaper and magazine articles relating to research at Gilling Castle; illustrations and descriptions of armorial bearings at Gilling Castle; first floor plan of Gate House, Sheriff Hutton; and a map of the wapentakes of the North Riding.

Includes notes and newspaper cuttings relating to Gilling Castle research, including the Sotheby sale of Elizabeth panelling and glass 1929, notes and correspondence relating to the sale, book about the armorial glass of the Inns of Court and a booklet entitled 'A Knaresborough Tercentenary'.

Includes large format colour slides, and glass plate negatives.

The image shows the south side of the street, including numbers 87 to 89. The image is annotated York S/S Goodram YO09 Return to Robert Beaumont.
Format: Black and white print, 29 x 19
Provenance: From wadge of paper labelled 'known York photographers'

Format: Black and white card, 10 x 6
Provenance: Gowland

Format: Black and white card, 10 x 6
Provenance: Gowland

Dotted street showing the cutting across the water lands up to the gates. Probably a preview of Clifford Street. Darker square looks like a putative market hall.
Format: Black and white print, 18 x 13
Provenance:

The map shows White House Buildings, Cundalls Buildings and the Yorkshire Hussar.
Format: Black and white print, 14 x 9
Provenance:

Taken by Debenham & Co, 5 Clifford Street, York.
Format: Black and white card, 10 x 6
Provenance: Debenham & Co

Format: Black and white photo, 6 x 4
Provenance: G Fawcett 66 Gillygate

Format: Black and white card, 10 x 6
Provenance: G Fawcett 66 Gillygate

Taken by W Eskett, Artist and Photographer, Lendal, York. It is stated that the studio is next door to the General Post Office. Neg no 87379.
Format: Black and white card, 10 x 6
Provenance: W Eskett

Files relating to heraldry in York and elsewhere. Includes transcripts of a series of lectures carried out by Hugh Murray on the subject, and details of ecclesiastical heraldry. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Pedigrees of owners of Heslington Hall. Includes handwritten notes and press cuttings. The families mentioned are Greame, Lloyd, Bateson, Eymes, Yarburgh, Hesketh, Neville. Also includes a copy of the Heslington Hall chapter from Wheater's Historic Mansion of Yorkshire, 1866.

Typed manuscript document titled 'Heslington Hall and its owners during the past four centuries'. Numbered paged 1-52. Includes handwritten corrections and one inserted page of notes by John Bowes Morrell.

A series of six handwritten notes or copied sources on Heslington Hall including undated sale document; notes on the Eynns family; York Civic Trust Plans for the a 'Folk Park' in the grounds of Heslington Hall; and press cuttings from the York Evening Press dated 14 July 1981 about the RAF in Heslington.

Handwritten notes on Heslington Hall, including a wallet of notes with extracts from a number of books.

Full 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.

A series of eight handwritten notes or copied sources relating to Heslington Hall. Includes an article from Country Life dated 2nd September 1971; reprint from Historic Houses of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire by G.J.M. FitzJohn entitled 'Heslington Hall'; geneaological notes of the Reresby family; copy of Heslington - A Rural Poem; and an Old Peterite dinner invitation 1983.

Series of original and copy letters by Hugh Murray to the Deramore family and others, including the architect Francis Johnson and including geneaological details.

Photocopied sources and handwritten notes on the heraldry of Heslington Hall.

Includes a map of the area; chronology of Backhouse family and nurseries in Toft Green; and handwritten notes about Tanner Row and Toft Green.

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.

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 Hugh Murray's manuscript with paste-ups of draft pages, sections 1A and 1A2; correspondence regarding source booklets and photos of public notices regarding tramways 1878-1902.

Further draft sections and chapters of Hugh's manuscript, including sections 1 and 2, maps of York Centre including one coloured with 'original proposals', photostats of 'Some Facts and Comparisons' issued by York Independent Labour Party on the imminent vote to privatize the tramways, 'York Tramways Order 1879' as printed; 1881 draft Provisional Order, two original Provisional Orders dated 1878 and 1880, and photostat of share offer and opening of tramway extensions, including names and addresses.

Includes tramways amendments (possibly notes for Hugh Murray's book, plus 'list of plans and illustrations' and sections redrafted. Also includes photostats of 1878 initial proposals for tramways in York, photocopies of two articles on the history of tranways by George Jackson, and a photostat of the Tramway Orders Confirmation Act 1879.

Includes Hugh Murray's manuscript with paste-ups, sections 3 - 4, (numbered in red) plus notes, manuscript timetables (c 1900), figures regarding tracks, expenses and receipts and population information. Also includes negotiations between York Corporation and the Tramways Company (1899-1906) plus report dated 1907 of agreement to sell the undertaking to the Corporation, memorandum on the position of the Tramways Company and proposals, poll of owners and ratepayers, and article from 'Modern Tramway' Magazine entitled 'Perspectives of Modern Tramways 1978.'

Pencil manuscript of Hugh's book 'Horse Tramways of York' 1880-1909, 140 pp., wired together.

Taken by Winter & Son, Photographers, Beverley, noted as Exhibitors at the Paris Exhibition 1867. The house includes sash windows, shutters, ivy and railings, with a man pcitured outside and a woman at the middle upstairs window.
Format: Black and white card, 10 x 6
Provenance: Winter

This archive includes the research notes, photographs, card indexes, negatives and 35mm slides collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

During the course of this listing work, the paper files have been re-arranged into thematic series, however the original order of all other categories of material has been maintained. The remaining items are arranged by format and have been item-level listed in the order they were originally stored.

Family pedigrees for Acastre; Atkinson; Akenhead; Armitage; Archer and Aitken.

Family pedigrees for Agar.

Family pedigrees for Anderson (including Yorkshire Herald cutting from 28 August 1913 reporting the death of Dr. Tempest Anderson); Angel. Also includes secondary source material and articles on the history of Tempest Anderson.

Notes, photocopies and pedigrees for: Bacon; Barstow; Bartram; Bourchier; Britton; Bass; Barton; Brunskill; Braund; Bosworth; Booth; Brett; Bloom; Bridge; Birks; Bowes; Barrington and Bootland.

Notes, photocopies and pedigrees for: Brown (including York Department Store Brown's); Brownbridge; Bellerby; Bearbark; Blanshard; Hewley and Baines (sic); Britton and Browne.

Notes, photocopies and pedigrees for Berry; Burton; Barclay; Blackburn; Bathurst; Brearley; Benson; Broxup; Birch; Baines (see Graham); Barber; Bwye; and Balmford.

Notes, photocopies and pedigrees for: Burkill; Boulton; Bushell; Busby; Balmford; Barstow; Boddy; Barlow; Burke; Border; Butterworth; Benson; Backhouse; Brown and Brook.

Notes, photocopies and pedigrees for: Baker; Brown; Bentley; Bromley; Banwell; Booth; Bohun; Bentley; Barnett; Burdekin; and Barra.

Notes, photocopies and pedigrees for: Bowman.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Camidge; Coningsby; Clayon; Cave; Calvert; Crichton; Cartwright; Clayton; Chelery; Cotsworth; Copperthwaite and Carter.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Craven; Cooper (including Lord Mayor T P Cooper and Robson and Cooper Saddlers); Chapman; De Burgh; Clifford (Clifford's Tower); Conning and Crombie.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Cole; Clarke; Chapman; Cave; Clarke (Seymour) and Charlton.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Croft; Chapman; Coates and Chicken (Richard).

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Cobb; Close; Creed; Cattle and Cabry.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Camidge (Cammidge, Camage); Castle (Jennison) and Curran.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Duke; de Lom; Dobbie; Dodsworth; Davies; Downe (Viscountess, obituary); and Dealtry of York, Judges Lodgings.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Daniel; Dacre; Dixon; Driffield; Ditmas; Dove; Duke; Dillon; Daley; Dean; Dibb and Dealtry.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Etty.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Ellis; Elcock; and Ellison.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Eadon (brief note only); Foster; Fox; and Ferguson/Towers.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Faulkner; Fairclough; Fleming; Fairfax; Flower and Fisher.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Edward Nathanial Green (1847 copy); Galamoor; Giles; Goodson; Gowland; Gray; Goldie; Gutch; Hewley; Graham; Greenwood and Galloway.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Gibbs; Gaines; Gibson; Guy; Gilyot; Green and John Goodricke (article in Sky & Telescope November 1978). Also includes William Garforth of Askham Bryan and Wigginthorpe.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Hesketh; Halliday; Horsley; Hardman; Hebblethwaite; Hey; Hunt; Hearon and Hutchenson (intermarried).

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Harwood; Harton (Arton & Hayrton); Hanson; Hill; Horsman; Hargrave; Hargrove; Hardcastle and Hodgson.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Harton; Hurworth; Heselwood; Howard/Hornsey; Hartley; Geo. Hudson; Hemmens; Hutchinson; Hick; Hebden; Hibbert; Hayes; Husband; Hansom; Harrowell; Hassard; Halfpenny; House; Heaton; Hollow; Harker; Hawt