Opening of the New Yorkshire Evening Press building by Princess Alexandra.
Sans titreGuide to the colour printing of Yorkshire Evening Press (112 pages).
Sans titrePreview of the York Festival and Freemen's service.
Sans titreYorkshire Evening Press review linked to York's 1900th Anniversary.
Sans titreArticles relating to churches and chapels, mostly York.
Sans titrePictorial Souvenir of the Queen's visit (28 June 1971).
Sans titreProgramme summary (15 June-8 July).
Sans titreYorkshire Evening Press historical summary of York AD71-1971.
Sans titreRelates to the Knavesmire Tattoo 13-18 September 1971.
Sans titreExtension of the Coney Street site of the Yorkshire Evening Press.
Sans titreSupplement for Local Newspaper Week.
Sans titreArticles relating to bridges and rivers.
Sans titreCelebration of 500 Years of York Minster.
Sans titreSpecial Edition also featuring four facsimiles of 1945 editions.
Sans titreCommemoration of 238 Years in York.
Sans titreIncludes hospitals and medicine: Bootham, County, Retreat, Hospitals. St Mary's Convent; Nunthorpe Hall; Clifford St; St John's College in WW1; St Leonard's Hospital (photocopy); Purey Cust; Naburn closure; St Leonard's Hospice; Military Hospital; Poppleton Gate; District Hospital; Yearsley Bridge; Fairfield; Nine hospital closures; County Hospital; Medevac helicopter; District Hospital plans 1961; York Medical School; York Dispensary; Clifton Hospital and York Medical Society anniversary.
Sans titreIncludes press cuttings on left handedness: individuals, devices, shops for; Library: York Central Library Museum St, and Clifford St.
Sans titreIncludes press cuttings relating to the electrification of railways, transport to London, National Railway Museum and Leeds trams and trolleys.
Sans titreGeneral newspaper cuttings on 'York Past and Present'.
Sans titreIncludes cuttings on York from the air; the birth of Jorvik and the 60th anniversary of the Baedeker Raid.
Sans titreIncludes cuttings on the LUI Banquet (response to criticism from Manchester); Coney Street, archive of York bridges and an article on horse trams by Hugh Murray.
Sans titreArticles relating to books published on York's history, buildings and families.
Sans titreIncludes cuttings relating to the York Mystery Plays and Festival.
Sans titreIncludes press cuttings on the restoration of York Minster.
Sans titreNewspaper cuttings relating to Royal visits and commemorations.
Sans titreNewspaper 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.
Sans titreIncludes 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.
Sans titreNewspaper 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.
Sans titreNewspaper 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.
Sans titreNewspaper cuttings relating to Civic Trust plaques and other plaques: Herbert House, George Hudson, Garforth House (photo of John Shannon), observatory, Abbey Wall, King's Square, Dick Turpin; Mansion House; Richard III; BR Eastern Region HQ; Jewish massacre; York Station (including a photo of Nikolaus Pevsner) and York Minster Gates.
Sans titreCuttings relating to defences, Clifford's Tower and York Castle and prison. Topics include bars; city walls; posterns; E Ridsdale Tate's 15th century York; manuscript notes; Peter Addyman's article on Baile Hill; Exhibition Square; 1644 siege; portcullis' lowering; Lendal Arch; wall and bar repairs and the tourism budget.
Sans titreNewspaper cuttings relating to people and characters, from local and national newspapers. Includes many obituary notices, cuttings with York or Yorkshire connections, and others of significance to Hugh's interests (e.g. Heraldry, or Colditz). Includes a mixture of recent people (e.g. Eric Gee) and historical (George Hudson).
Sans titreCuttings relating to almshouses, abbattoir, canals and assizes.
Sans titreAcomb, 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.
Sans titreChurches, Chapels (York and non-York), Salvation Army, convents, monasteries, abbeys and synagogues - mostly cuttings plus a few leaflets, almost entirely relating to York.
Sans titreYork 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.
Sans titreBooks published on York's history, buildings and families, including news reviews and details of books of photos.
Sans titreAlwark - mostly Esher report and redevelopment.
Sans titreBedern - Esher report and redevelopment and restoration of Bedern Hall.
Sans titreBishophill District - archeaological dig at Buckingham House and general redevelopment initiatives.
Sans titreBishopthorpe Road - layout of shops and development issues.
Sans titreBlake Street - historic locations (mostly Assembly Room issues).
Sans titreBlossom Street - building developments; financial problems of Bar Convent; issues related to No. 40 Blossom Street.
Sans titreHistorical buildings in Bootham - notes by Hugh Murray and correspondence regarding specific sites.
Sans titrePictures of Radio York in Bootham Row.
Sans titreBridge Street - redevelopment of shops, closure of Boyes and erosion issues.
Sans titreBurton Stone Lane shop development.
Sans titreCarr Lane (picture of the lane).
Sans titreCastlegate - development of Fairfax House, work of the Civic Trust, other historic buildings, and notes of Hugh Murray.
Sans titreChapter House Street - copies dated 1993 in Treasurers House to Hugh Murray from Lewis, and cuttings of Treasurers House.
Sans titreClarence Street cuttings, including Mrs Shaw planting a memorial tree.
Sans titreClementhorpe - redevelopment of the Terry's site, and river views with buildings.
Sans titre21 Copies of The York Citizen, including articles on the introduction of the Yorkcard, opening of the Barbican Leisure centre and Duchess of Kent received Freedom of the City of York.
Sans titreClifford Street - development of Technical College and history of Water Lane.
Sans titreCoffee Yard - renovation of Barley Hall and the history of Coffee Yard.
Sans titreCollege Street - history of Sir Williams College, numerous pictures of the site and restoration issues.
Sans titreColliergate - historic buildings and account of the fire of 1839.
Sans titreConey Street - buildings and shop adverts, archaeological digs and finds, notes of Hugh Murray and papers relating to the Baedeker Raid.
Sans titreCoppergate - development issues, and 'Duttons for Buttons' building.
Sans titreCoppergate - phase 2, showing controversies over plans for future development.
Sans titreDalton Terrace - funeral of Emily Houden, and letters from Hugh Murray to York Evening Press regarding naming Dalton Terrace.
Sans titreDavygate shopping arcade, development of property.
Sans titreDeangate - traffic congestion and issues near to York Minster.
Sans titreDetailed index cards compiled by Hugh Murray during the course of his research. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
Sans titreCard index arranged alphabetically by surname.
Sans titreCovers Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes; Vehicle Registration Numbers; Friendly Societies; Horse Tram Staff; NER Constituent Companies and Goldsmiths C to Y.
Sans titreCovers pubs in the city of York.
Sans titreCard index arranged alphabetically by surname. It would appear that this index relates to authors of articles relating to York.
Sans titreCovers clockmakers, watchmakers, money makers, chairman and York pubs.
Sans titreCovers York streets. Arranged alphabetically. A-T only.
Sans titreCovers 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 titreCovers heraldry and what appears to be prominent families.
Sans titreFiles relating to the history of the Pearson room at Leeds Metropolitan University.
Sans titreDetails the Pearson connection between Leeds Metropolitan University, School of Built Environment and the firm of S. Pearson and Son Ltd (Public Works Contractors). Includes stained glass illustrations and photographs.
Sans titreNotes on the history of the Pearson firm. Includes a fact sheet on the Parliament Street buildings, House of Commons; notes on Pearson firm's building projects and dates; and detailed notes on the Parliament Street Building, London.
Sans titreBiography of Weetman Dickinson Pearson. Also includes brief pedigrees of other members of the family; history of the Buckendon Estate, Hertfordshire; correspondence and notes relating to the preservation of the Pearson Glass and three CD-ROMs of Pearson talks.
Sans titreResearch notes relating to the history of the police in York and North Yorkshire. See file-level descriptions for more detailed information.
Sans titreIncludes photographs of Police Officers, offence details, convictions and incident details. Also includes a booklet entitled 'First Hundred Years of North Riding Constabulary', which chronicles the first hundred years of York Police Force, as well as a memorandum entitled 'Keeping Peace in the City' and press cuttings and notes on Police organisation.
Sans titreSeveral issues of 'Police Gazette', 19th century, as well as occurrence reports 1845-1847; discipline reports 1845-1847; press cuttings and miscellaneous notes on Police matters; list of deaths in Kidcote (?) prison and burials in St John's, Ousebridge, and history of York City Police.
Sans titreIncludes papers on street life in Medieval England; Special Constables during the Chartist period; a 'York Four Days Stage Coach' notice; 'Keeping Peace in the City' typescript and a poster.
Sans titreList of Duncumbe's charitable gifts, notes including a photocopy of his obituary by James Raine. Includes notes on the condition of his memorial cross; notes from Yorkshire Gazette 1858-1881; proposed plan for widening Little Blake Street to form Duncumbe Place; copy of his will and his father's will and a press cutting about York market.
Sans titreIncludes details of the Kempe / Kemp arms, details of the family history and newsletters relating to the Kempe Society.
Sans titreIncludes notes on Kemp arms including photocopies of a bookplate for Charles Eamer Kempe. The name sometimes appears as Kemp and at other times Kempe.
Folder labelled 'Kemp', containing family trees and notes on genealogy; four page typed paper on Charles Eamer Kempe; Hugh Murrays application to join the Kempe Society; and letters about Charles Eamer Kempe folded within photocopies of obituaries.
Folder labelled 'Kempe' with a few notes on family trees.
Copies of the 'Wheatsheaf' newsletter of the Kempe Society. Bundle of editions from numbers 1 to 83 (79 is missing). Also includes latin texts in Kempe windows by Paul Sharpling 1994, service of thanksgiving for Kempe, 1989; and Hugh Murray's membership cards
Includes papers relating to railways, horse trams, trolleybuses and electrobuses, boats and the Sheppee Steam Company.
Sans titreIncludes 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.
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