Includes five Wave Sound files, three Windows Media Player files and transcription of the interview in Word and PDF formats.
Includes one CD audio track, seven Wave Sound files, three Windows Media files and transcriptions of the interviews in Word and PDF formats.
Registers of electors eligible to vote in municipal elections. Please note, these items are a duplicate set of registers - our full set of registers can be found in the Archives Reading Room.
Files containing receipted accounts of people who held the position of Lord Mayor of York
Correspondence files created by the office of the Lord Mayor of York.
Files of correspondence relating to the organisation of the festivities that took place on the occassion of Lord Mayor's Day when Edna Annie Crichton took office.
Files of correspondence relating to the organisation of the festivities that took place on the occassion of Lord Mayor's Day when William Thompson took office.
Documents relating to the organisation of the festivities that took place on the occassion of Lord Mayor's Day, when AldermanWilliam Dobbie took office.
Diaries maintained by the Lord Mayor's Secretary for Alderman Ivy Gladys Wrightman and Alderman Wilfred Ward, then Lord Mayor of York, during the period of his term of office.
Diaries maintained by the Lord Mayor's Secretary for Alderman Archibald Kirk and Councillor Stanley Palphramand, then Lord Mayors of York, during the period of their terms of office.
Correspondence files created by the office of the Lord Mayor of York.
Correspondence files created by the office of the Lord Mayor of York.
Correspondence files created by the office of the Lord Mayor of York.
File containing receipted accounts of Alderman Fred Brown during his term of office as Lord Mayor of York.
File containing receipted accounts of Alderman Vincent Albert Bosworth during his term of office as Lord Mayor of York. Also includes a sample of blue velvet. n
Papers concerning a legal dispute between North Eastern Railway [NER] and the York Poor Law Union regarding valuation and rating of NER railway property for the purposes of the poor rate.
This material has not been listed to item level but the following summary box list provides an indication of content:
Box 1 [c 1899-1901]
Printed copies of arbitration between North Eastern Railway and York Poor Law Union
Box 2 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: extracts of rate books, surveyors' reports and proofs, notice of appeal to the York Assessment Committee, sketch of NER lines, documents concerning related cases.
Box 3 [c 1899-1900]
Includes: notices of objections to valuation lists, notices of Assessment Committee meetings, correspondence, agreements, contracts, notices of appeal against the poor rate.
Box 4 [c 1899-1903]
Includes: correspondence, rating estimates and valuations, documents concerning related cases
Box 5 [c 1900-1903]
Includes: correspondence and related papers regarding contracts with York Union.
Box 6 [c 1900-1901]
Includes: rating assessments, statements, rating valuations and estimates, proofs of reports from engineers, building particulars and valuations, correspondence.
Box 7[c 1899-1902]
Includes: correspondence regarding inspections by expert witnesses, proofs of reports from experts, building valuation, papers for related cases, estimates and valuations.
Box 8 [c 1901-1902]
Includes: rating appeals, instructions to counsel, papers relating to plaintiff accounts and claims, briefs to counsel, correspondence, proofs of reports from experts
Box 9 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: brief to counsel and respondents, correspondence, proofs of reports from experts, documents for related cases
Box 10 [c 1900-1903]
Includes: Notice of objections to valuation list, appeals against the poor rate, correspondence, proofs of reports from experts.
Box 11 [c 1899-1901]
Includes: correspondence, rating appeals, legal opinions and other papers.
Box 12 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: rating appeals, briefs for respondents, valuation and building particulars.
Box 13 [c 1900-1901]
Includes: NER timetables for 1901, briefs for respondents and counsel, valuations, documents for related case.
Box 14 [c 1898-1903]
Includes: correspondence, extracts from rate books, valuations
Box 15 [c 1898-1900]
Includes: passenger train alterations 1900-1901, briefs to counsel, correspondence, proofs of reports from experts, instructions to counsel.
Box 16 [c 1900-1903]
Includes: brief for defendants, analysis of plaintiff's accounts, assessments and valuations, correspondence.
Box 17 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: list of legal fees, correspondence, rating appeals, documents for related cases.
Box 18 [c 1899-1901]
Includes: correspondence, notices of appeal against the poor rate, valuations, documents for related cases.
Box 19 [c 1898-1900]
Includes: proofs of reports from experts, valuation lists, correspondence, notices of appeal against the poor rate, briefs for respondents.
Box 20 [c 1898-1900]
Includes: correspondence, notices of appeal against the poor rate, valuation lists, proofs of reports from experts.
Box 21 [c 1897-1902]
Includes: extracts from rate books, correspondence, briefs for respondents, accounts of plaintiff.
Box 22 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: correspondence, extracts from rate books, briefs to counsel, notices of appeal against the poor rate, valuations.
Box 23 [c 1900-1902]
Correspondence only
Box 24 [c 1898-1900]
Includes: proofs of reports from experts, valuations, statements, correspondence, documents for related case.
Box 25 [c 1898-1903]
Correspondence only
Box 26 [c 1900-1902]
Includes: proofs of reports from experts, bills of costs.
Box 27 [c 1899-1902]
Includes: instructions to counsel, reports, correspondence, documents for related case.
Box 28 [c 1900-1901]
Includes: briefs to counsel and respondents, correspondence.
Bound approved minutes
Rough, unapproved minutes
Approved bound minutes. Most volumes are indexed
York Poor Law Union | Workhouse Visiting CommitteeRest centres were established during World War II. The purpose of the centres was to house individuals who became homeless as a result of enemy action.
The correspondence in these files primarily concerns the administration of the various centres throughout York.
Correspondence in both files is indexed.
Much of this correspondence deals with wartime welfare and emergency services, and the immediate postwar reconstruction of social services and healthcare.
The correspondence was arranged in files according to subject.
Comprises combined files of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Public Assistance Committee.
Incoming correspondence from the Ministry of Health to the Clerk of the York Poor Law Union
Includes circular; lists of officers informed and availing themselves of the act; superannuation registers; certificates of service; nurses superannuation records; Registrars' declaration of fees, replies of offices and certificates of superannuated officers.
Comprises weekly and half-yearly records of wages and salaries for staff of the York Poor Law Union.
Published year books of the York Poor Law Union.
Information within the year books varies from year to year but may include: general regulations and standing orders governing the union; committees serving the Union and Out-Relief Unions; lists of elected Guardians and other officers including length of service; committees; lists of parishes within the Union; and workhouse dietaries.
Includes books and information pamphlets used in the administration of the Poor Law. These publications were consulted by officers of the York Poor Law Union and Public Assistance Committee.
Research notes, original documents and annotated copies of records relating to various buildings, land and green spaces in Acomb and Holgate.
Research notes and annotated copies of archive documents relating to poll and hearth tax in Acomb and Holgate.
Includes approved and draft minutes
Approved, bound minutes
Accounts kept by the Relieving officer of the Escrick Out-Relief Union.
Records weekly sums of money received by the Relieving Officer from the Treasurer, and total amounts of relief charged to each parish or ward.
Summary acccounts for each financial quarter are recorded in the back of each volume.
See PLU/3/5/1/5; PLU/3/5/1/7; PLU/3/5/1/9; PLU/3/5/1/11; and PLU/3/5/1/13 for pre-1897 records for the rural district York Union, which includes the area later covered by the Escrick Out-Relief Union.
The series currently comprises one letter from William Camidge to his son.
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Series of albums containing newspaper cuttings, photographs and posters related to various different subjects, including York streets and buildings and elections. It is likely that these albums were collated by William Camidge in the course of his research.
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Includes large format colour slides, and glass plate negatives.
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)The notebooks contain information on water levels, soundsing and dredging the river around Naburn Lock.
The correspondence is chiefly concerned with the war effort and defence.
Includes report of the Ouse Navigation Committee to York City Council, with a map of the river, September 1881; plan of the Ouse from York to Hull; report by Thoman Rhodes, C.E with map of River Ouse from Linton Lock to Selby, 1834; report by Thomas Rhode
Comprises papers relating to the control of outbreaks of Bovine Tuberculosis
Includes general papers and correspondence retained by Tony Neal in his roles with the Guild of Building, usually arranged by date.
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Photographs taken by Anthony (Tony) Neal during his career with the York Guild of Building. Many of the photographs were originally pinned to display boards, but have been removed from these boards by the archivist for safety.
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Includes files relating to toxic agents, features of an atomic bomb, radioactive products, a report on the British mission to Japan and the Windscale accident.
Includes papers relating to the Association of Civil Defence officers and the Civil Defence Association, as well as information about the re-organisation of Civil Defence in York in 1967.
Contains information about the equipment held by the Civil Defence Association in York. Includes details of items on loan and items retained after the Second World War.
Includes preparations for emergency feeding in the event of a nuclear attack.
Includes general correspondence about the Home Defence service in York, as well as papers for the Home Defence College.
Includes general correspondence, details of courses and the Civil Defence School at York, as well as returns as to the strength of the Civil Defence Corps.
Includes papers relating to stores and equipment, files relating to the reconstruction of a road and car park and civil defence equipment papers.
Reports on the Nevada test detonation in May 1955, and the tests in the Pacific Ocean in the 1950s.
Includes correspondence relating to contracts open for tender, the opening of a wireless station, formation of a telephone preference scheme and papers relating to electricity.
Includes details of the hierarchy of Wardens, their roles, a regional officer's study, training correspondence and papers regarding Warden numbers.
Includes reports, correspondence, the 'One in five scheme' and handbook on emergency welfare scheme.
Contains general correspondence regarding the sale of equipment and the closure of the Civil Defence Corps.
Includes administration files and details of which local departments were responsible for particular types of incidents.
Includes procedures for reconnaisance parties.
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Includes notes relating to the history of Belgium, and newspaper cuttings regarding Belgian neutrality.
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Includes newspaper cuttings relating to the Greek monarchy.
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Includes newspaper cuttings and handwritten notes relating to the Soviet Union under Stalin and Lenin, as well as Bolshevism and communism. A small amount of the series also relates to Tsarist Russia.
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Includes newspaper cuttings and reports relating to the West Indies.
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Papers relating to various topics handled by NALGO.
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Includes trade union publications and correspondence, circulars, job guides for safety representatives and reports of committees.
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Includes minutes and associated papers.
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Lists of individual members to the Club and subscriptions paid.
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Currently includes Focus newsletters from 1984 and election manifesto from 1988.
Currently includes newsletters and election materials from 1984 and 1985 only.
Currently comprises materials relating to the 1984 by-election only.
Currently includes an election manifesto for Alec Cormack only.
Documents and notes relating to various families, notes on various histories and extracts from wills.
Meeting minutes from the York Penitentiary Society Ladies Committee
York Penitentiary SocietyDocuments relating to various financial and business matters of the York Penitentiray Society Ladies Committee.
Various documents relating to the York Society for the Prevention and Discouragement of Vice and Profaneness, including annual reports, annual meeting resolutions, list of subscribers, treasurer's summary annual reports and bank statements.
Financial record of money received and paid out by the Treasurer on behalf of the Guardians of the York Poor Law Union.
Financial record of money received and paid out by the Treasurer on behalf of the Guardians of the Flaxton Out-Relief Union.
Note, one draft volume includes figures for both Flaxton and Bishopthorpe Out-Relief Unions
Includes correspondence from the Poor Law Commissioners and 1818 report of the Workhouse sub-committee regarding possible classification of paupers.
Agreements for buildign work at the Workhouse kitchen and dining hall
Comprises weekly returns and monthly statistics for numbers of persons in receipt of relief.
Ledgers containing summary accounts for the Bishopthorpe Out-Relief Union and Rural District Council.
Includes accounts from individual officers (Treasurer, Vaccination Officer, Relieving Officers and other officials) as well as general accounts relating to the administration of the Union (and Council).
Financial ledgers recording balances of accounts for each parish within the York Poor Law Union.
Accounts are recorded in two half-yearly periods ending in March and September.
Registers of smallpox vaccinations kept by the Vaccination Officers (District Medical Officers) of the York Poor Law Union.
Details for each registered child include: date of birth; place of birth; child's name; parents' names; address; and father's occupation. Further columns record the date of vaccination or whether vaccination was not carried.
Volumes PLU/8/1/1/18 -PLU/8/1/1/27 include inserted correspondence relating to individual vaccination cases. This correspondence primarily concerns notices of vaccination and/or notes from parents detailing reasons why vaccination should be delayed or is not necessary.
NOTE: volumes 8-18 are MISSING as at Nov 2016
Arranged roughly chronologically by date.
Includes correspondence; conveyances; plans; arbitration papers; valuations and other legal papers relating to the improvement of Gillygate.
Comprises records relating to Hope Street, Albert Street, Richard Street, George Street, and Long Close Lane.
Includes house inspection records; particulars of occupiers (including occupation, income, and rent); lists of tenants and possible tenants for Tang Hall Estate; Detailed Statement of Hope Street Area Improvement Scheme (1924); three house inspection notebooks; agenda and minutes from the Health (Unhealthy Areas Subcommittee) Committee; correspondence, lists of owners and statistical information.
Includes correspondence outlining the financial situation of the Civil Defence of York in 1939, a handbook outlining procedures in the event of an air raid, and appendix to the handbook.
Includes papers relating to potential gas attacks, bomb threats, air raid precautions for animals, emergency feeding and rest centres and posters produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
Includes details of the government scheme for the billeting of war workers, as well as a handbook on billeting and welfare for use by Chief Billeting Officers.
Includes a list of materials transferred from the Pumping Station to the Housing Depot, and correspondence regarding salvaged materials.
Includes correspondence regarding the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme, protocols for civilian deaths, lists of air raid casualties and mortuary protocols.
Includes paperwork relating to Prime Cost Contracts.
Comprises plans of proposed new streets and roads, street widenings, changes in street layout, street resurfacing, changes to street furniture, and slum clearances.
Comprises plans relating to public transport (including trams)
improvements to river navigation (including canals and locks)
and bridge plans (including structural drawings).
Includes name; birth year; gender; date of admission; from whom received; some volumes also include district admitted from. Note that not all fields are necessarily completed.