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Christopher Milward was a member of the Knowles' extended family, and held the position of Lord Mayor of York twice (1895-1897) including Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Year. This collection includes an album of newspaper cuttings relating to his work as Lord Mayor, and an order of service for his funeral.

At present this series only comprises at York Savings Bank deposit book in the name of Sarah Thompson, servant to Mr Cooper and a small black purse or card holder.

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Includes one marriage settlement, conveyance and two letters of administration.

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Various manuscript and typescript sermons and religious notes by various members of the Gray family. Includes notes on the death of Lucy Gray.

Receipted household accounts for Mr H Teasdale, solicitor, and E Robinson. Teasdale originally lived at Grove Park Avenue, Clifton, and later at The Willows, The Avenue, Clifton. The receipts are pinned together and rolled into tight bundles. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Includes copy of the will and probate of Eleanor Brown, as well as an auctioneers valuation and Inland Revenue receipts regarding the probate.

At present this collection only comprises one photograph, with a key to the men shown.

Registers of smallpox vaccinations compiled by Vaccination Officers of the York Poor Law Union using extracts from the Registrar's Registers of Births.

Some volumes include inserted correspondence relating to individual vaccination cases.

Includes registers for the City and Rural Districts of the York Poor Law Union.

Includes an agreement for sale and 28 letters between the Town Clerk of the City of Leeds and Gray, Dodsworth & Co.

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Includes a copy of the will of Emily Mary Cuthbert, trust deeds, mortgage, letters and memoranda.

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Probates of the wills of John Smith, William Agar, Lucy Wimbush and Catherine Mary Croft. Also includes draft transfer of mortgage and release from trusts. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Comprises records relating to the inspection and oversight of common lodging houses.

Includes draft bill of costs, accounts, agreements, telegrams, letters, share dealing paperwork, receipts and notes, photograph and ledger book. It is thought that the business of J P Guy was a constituent of Gray, Dodsworth and Co. Please see item and file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Papers of Methodist preacher and local bank Secretary William Camidge. The papers include an extensive collection of original manuscripts and printed copies of his writings.

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These volumes contain indexes

1. 1890-1896
2. 1896-1909

Letters from William Powell Frith to his sister Jane (Jenny) Keyworth of 6 Clifton, York.

Legal cases pursued under the Public Health Acts and bye-laws.

Contains administrative papers and promotional material, including publications and news cuttings, relating to the festival. The conductor of the York Musical Society, T. Tertius Noble, acted as the secretary for the festival.

At present this series only comprises one annual report for the year 1909-1910.

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Records concerning maintenace of poor patients at York City Fever Hospital at Yearsley Bridge

Letters and associated correspondence received by F J Munby at the point of his retirement from the business of Munby and Scott.

Order book and list of customers for J W Ruddock, Tailors.

Papers relating to the administration of the Manor of Cawood, arranged by family member rather than type of document. Arranged by date. Many of the documents relate to legal transactions. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Form of instruction from the Medical Officer of Health to the Inspector of Nuisances to visit and report on sanitary conditions of dwellings. Details recorded in the reports varies over time but typically includes name of infected person, age, occupation, disease and various details about their living conditions.
Note: not all volumes are indexed. See also Y/HEA/4

Includes probate of the will of William Richardson, and recoveyance relating to 'Cleveland.' Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Includes draft and final tenancy agreements, correspondence and other papers.

Bundles of correspondence and papers relating to the Baillie family.

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Papers relating to the administration and application of the Infectious Diseases Acts, 1890 and 1889.

Includes two annual reports for the York branch of the YMCA, and one report for the YMCA York & District Mission to the deaf and dumb (with rules and balance sheet).

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Comprises papers relating to the planning, organisation and delivery of the Royal Sanitary Institute Congress in York.

Legal papers relating to lands at Farnham in the County of York, relating to various parties, including the Oastler and Harvey families, Lawton family and Robert Gilling and others. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information.

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Annual reports published by the Yorkshire Herald Newspaper Co Ltd.

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At present this series only comprises one register of teachers attendance.

At present this collection only comprises one volume, showing lists of subscribers.

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Comprises summonses and warrants relating to criminal charges brought by the York Poor Law Union against individuals through the Police Courts; also includes inquests; and affiliation orders.

Some files include evidence statements and correspondence frrom individuals involved in the cases.

Deeds relating to various properties and occupants in Silver Street and Little Silver Street, York.

Published annual reports and balance sheets. By 1914 the Association was incorporating the Tuberculosis Crusade Committee and the Infant's Welfare Association.

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The volumes contain indexes

1 1888-94
2 1895-1910
3 1910-1914

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These letters of thanks were received from members of the armed forces from York on active service during the First World War, following the decision by the council to send each of them a present of a bar of chocolate for Christmas 1914. As a result the letters are more commonly referred to as the Chocolate Letters. The letters are individually numbered and arranged alphabetically by surname.

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Includes papers relating to the opening of new branches in Beverley and Selby.

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Papers concerning the establishment and allocation of staff salaries

Typed copies of Collectors' outgoing correspondence. Primarily comprises letters to individuals demanding payment for the maintenance of their relatives in receipt poor relief.

Various annual reports and circulars from nationwide institutions that were similar to the York Penitentiary Society. Includes more detailed documents such as meeting minutes from the York Society for the Prevention and Discouragement of Vice and Profaneness, and the York Society for the Prevention of Youthful Depravity. It appears that these reports etc were sent in answer to a circular letter from the York Penitentiary Society requesting information in connection with a demand from the York Ladies Committee to have equal representation with the gentlemen on the Executive Committee (on which they were originally not entitled to sit).

Comprises poor rate books for wards within the city area of the York Poor Law Union.

Information recorded for each rateable property may include: name of occupier; name of owner; description of property (e.g. house, garden, public house); name and situation of property; rateable value of property; amount of rate; amount of rate collected.

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Includes probate of the wills of Matthew Beal and Emily Stork, marriage settlement for the two families and details of the appointment of trustees for the marriage settlement.

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Includes legal documents, assurance papers, mortgages, releases and conveyances relating to the Cayley's settlement and settled estates. Also includes details for the appointment of new trustees.

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Customer files arranged by family, comprising primarily 20th century legal documents. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Includes one photograph of Robert Benton with his wife and eldest son (father of the depositor), one photograph of Robert Benton with officers from his regiment, two photographs of him recovering from injuries sustained in 1918 and one photograph taken after the First World War. Digital copies of all these items also exist.

Includes abstracts of title, leases, releases and conveyances relating to the ownership of the property in Minster Yard.

Includes one form entitled 'Recommendation Return', one discharge certificate and one postcard from a prisoner of war in Munster. Also includes discharge certificate from the end of the First World War and a notebook of lecture notes.

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This collection includes personal documents relating to J W Knowles, including ration cards, accounts book, letter book, prescriptions and banns certificate.

Housekeeper's store books

Great war notes and lists of men for Roll of Honour 1918
List of ex Prisoners of War from York incarcerated during the First World War

List of York men killed 1914 - 1918 and some correspondence from next of kin.

List of ex-Prisoners of War 1914 - 1919

List of repatriated Prisoners of War

Notes by City of York & District Family History Society on the York World War I Index

Photographs of Sydney John Holmes, particularly during his war service. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Letters sent by Sydney John Holmes to his mother, father and sister whilst he was on active duty in Ypres in the First World War. Also includes a published book based on the letters.

Cash Books including information on balance and expenditure for household goods, sundries, food staff wages and accounts.

Includes two certified copies of a certificate of birth, one discharge certificate, and a digitised copy of the medical notes of Robert Benton prior to his discharge. Digital copies of all these items also exist. Please note that the medical records are held in digital copy only.

From c.1885 the name of the school changes to Hungate Mission School. The collection includes four minute books, one receipt for a tea delivery, one class register and one notice of a general meeting.

Includes bundles of household receipts and account books. The receipts were arranged into annual bundles, most likely by the depositor. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Approved bound minutes of Hodgson's Charity.

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Includes contract of sale for Kirby Hall, contract of sale for hereditaments at Marton-cum-Grafton and papers relating to the sale.

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Includes assignment of property, mortgage of Thomas Marsh, deed of covenant of Henry Bellerby, probate of the will of Emma Hall, appointment of trustees to wills, letters of administration for Mary Agnes Dodsworth and probate of the will of Henry Blain.

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Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series. Includes correspondence, genealogical notes and papers and artefacts relating to the family.

Includes papers relating to the execution of the will and probate of Elizabeth Brown of York. Includes papers regarding her property and investments.

Incomplete series. Currently the series only comprises issues one and two of the City of York YMCA journal.

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Promotional materials produced by the City of York YMCA to advertise their mission and services. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Files relating to a variety of different subjects in which Harold Bloor was working.

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Many of the photographs include a list of team members.

The volumes are minutes of the (Parliamentary) Estimates committee, of which Marriott was chairman.

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Includes the epitome of the marriage settlement, copy of the will of Matilda Emily Webber, accounts of the settled and will fund, and correspondence with the Inland Revenue.

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Books of transits observed including details such as date, star or planet observed, telescope wire, mean passage, clocks error and daily rate. Also includes additional notes and remarks on the findings.

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Legal papers relating to land purchase for school areas, and additional purchases and abstracts of title.

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Includes probate of the will of Matilda Emily Webber, estate duty relating to the Transvaal and estate accounts.

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Matilda Emily Webber died on 18 July 1917. This series includes marriage settlements, copies of deeds, authority to pay income, draft appointments, notice to trustees, correspondence from Lloyds Bank Ltd, sale of stock details, appointment of trust funds.

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Scrapbooks and loose items relating to the York Assembly Rooms.

Log books for Rufforth Undenominational School. The log books include information about school attendance, upkeep of the buildings, the absences of particular pupils and the names of those admitted to or leaving the school. In some cases the schoolmaster states why the pupil is leaving and where they are moving on to. The schoolmaster from January 1881-October 1882 was J. Thomas Conyers Robson; he returned to the school in April 1883 after an absence of 5 months, during which time James Whitworth was master.

Includes probate of the will of Evelyn Selina Fairfax of Bilbrough, and a bundle of additional legal documents.

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Matilda Emily Webber died on 18 July 1917. This series includes Inland Revenue accounts and correspondence, copy of the will of Matilda Emily Webber, license, death certificate, valuation of jewellery, lists of trustees.

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Mounted formal team photographs with names of members listed along the bottom.

Includes legal paperwork, transactions and leases relating to property owned by the Nicholson and Cawood families. Also includes probate of the will of Elizabeth Nicholson and associated paperwork.

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This series comprises 7 bound volumes, the diaries of Cuthbert Joseph Kleiser (1855-1929). They mainly focus on events in York, particularly associated with the theatre and dramatic arts. They are handwritten.

Includes letters regarding their marriage settlement, schedule of securities and associated correspondence.

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Includes probate of the will of The Right Reverend Robert Jarratt Crosthwaite of Bolton Percy, legal correspondence and vacation of a pension. Please see file and item level descriptions for more information about the contents of this series.

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Various published material relating to and collected by the Gray family including memoirs, notes and press cuttings.

At present this collection only comprises one copy of an agreement between the National Union of Clerks and Rowntree & Co.

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