Includes index.
Contains information relating to a draft agreement for improvements to the River Foss.
Plan showing land on Foss Islands opposite Electricity Generating Station, showing limits of land to be acquired, including Book of Reference to plans - Drawing type: Plan and section
Drawing number (if any):
Scale: 1 inch:10 feet
Size: Large
Names: Henry Craven, Town Clerk
Sharpe Pritchard &
Co., Parliamentary Agents
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Comprises plan and associated correspondence. Plan includes front elevation, section and floor plans.
Includes notice to execute improvements, closing order, and a plan.
Includes correspondence; closing orders; and plans of the area.
Includes correspondence; house inspection records; lists of cases of infectious diseases; lists of recommended works; closing orders; plans of the area; and plan (elevation) of the buildings.
Comprises public notices, newspapers and correspondence relating to the application and extension of the Infectious Diseases Act, 1889
Contains a report of the Foss navigation.
Includes closing orders, house inspection records and list of necessary works.
Includes general programmes and special event programmes; sample tickets for events and invitation cards; guides to York for conference attendees; lists of hotels and apartments in York; two copies of the journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute [May 1912 and July 1912]; and proofs of papers delivered. Also includes a set of printed materials for the congress collected by the Medical Officer of Health and an invitation and guidebook of York sent to the Town Clerk.
Papers relating to the organisation of the Royal Sanitary Institute Congress in York. Includes general correspondence; replies to delegate invitations; subscription lists; lists of delegates; lists of committee members; newspapers and plans.
Includes excursion accounts, receipt books; the Local Committee's expenses and final balance of expenses.
Index Plan of Cobble Streets Proposed to be Coated with Tar Macadam, Plan of Cobble Streets to be Coated with Tar Macadam Included in the Contract with Henry Ellison Ltd, Plan Shewing Street Repaired 1911-1912, Roads Made Up in Tar Macadam March 1907-March 1909, Roads MADE Up in Tar Macadam March 1907-March 1908, Roads Made Up in Tar Macadam March 1907-January 1910
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Includes house inspection reports, correspondence, closing orders and plans.
Grove's Yard, Watson Street and Thompson's Yard, Holgate Road. Includes correspondence; inspections records; required improvements; closing order; demolition order; newspaper cuttings; and plans of the yards.
Nunnery Lane Sheet 1 Railway 1A &
1
Bishopthorpe Road Sheet 2 Railway 1
Bishopthorpe Road Sheet 3 Railway 1
Bishopthorpe Road Sheet 4 Railway 1
Queen Victoria Street Sheet 5 Railway 1
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Extension routes for Lawrence Street and Hull Road. Haxby Road at Rowntree's Factory. Plans and owners of land and utilities - Drawing type: Plans and Sections
Drawing number (if any):
Scale: No scale
Size: Large
Names: F.W. Spurr City Engineer
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Folder of correspondence concerning Wharfe mouth improvements.
Comprises house inspection reports; reports of necessary improvements; closing orders and closing orders determined; plans of the area and correspondence. Includes records for the following streets: Lower School Street; St Margaret's Terrace; Kelly's Yard; Britannia (or Alexandra) Yard; and Hope Street.
Includes correspondence; closing orders; required improvements; reports of the Housing Sub-Committee and plans of the area.
Comprises house inspection records, closing orders and correspondence.
Detail of convenience structure and street layout - Drawing type: Sections and plans
Drawing number (if any):
Scale: 1 inch: 4 foot
1/500
Size: Small
Names: City Engineer Guildhall York
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Contains information relating to correspondence of the Town Clerk regarding Foss improvements.
6 Plans Relating to York Corporation Light Railways - Drawing type: Street Plans
Drawing number (if any):
Scale: 41.66 feet:1 inch
Size: Large
Names: F.W. Spurr City Engineer
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Elevations towards Monkgate and Goodramgate with a street plan for Monk Bar - Drawing type: Elevations
street plan
Drawing number (if any):
Scale: 8 feet: 1 inch
Size: Medium
Names: F W Spurr and York City Engineers
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The papers relate to Coppergate and Walmgate Bar.
Comprises summaries of condition of houses, closing order, report of obstructive buildings, report on necessary improvements, and correspondence.
Comprises reports of necessary improvements and correspondence
Includes correspondence, closing order, notes, and recommendations of works to be carried out.
Relates to the acts and proceedings of the streets and buildings committee on 12 November 1912.
Comprises closing orders, orders for improvements to be carried out, and correspondence.
Comprises reports of necessary improvements, closing orders, correspondence and plans
Includes correspondence; plans of the area; notices of required works and closing orders.
Includes correspondence, notes, closing orders, report of improvements to be carried out, and a plan of the area.
Overview of routes
3 copies of route plan - Drawing type: Overview - section of OS Map
Plan
Drawing number (if any):
Scale: 6 inches:1 mile
Size: Large
Names: Frank W. Spurr City Engineer and Surveyor
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Comprises printed, annotated minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Local Legislation Committee of the House of Commons on the York Corporation Bill, 1914. Includes notes and supporting evidence for clauses provided by the Medical Officer of Health and the Chief Inspector of Nuisances.
W Glew wrote two letters from Mess 15, HMS Laurel. In the letter to the Lord Mayor he states that the gift was doubly pleasing to him coming from him and 'dear old York', his native city.
Leading Seaman Albert Joseph Hemenway wrote from HMS Grasshopper, c/o GPO Malta. He states his hope that God will spare them to bring the boxes home shortly so they can show their friends and relations what has made them cheerful. He adds that he started at 14 in the Cake Moulding room, joined the navy at 15¼, and has now served 12 years with 2 years 8 months still to do. His sister forwards the Cocoa Works Magazine and he has seen the Lord Mayor's photos in last month's. He encloses a black embroidered ribbon from the ship as a souvenir.
Includes correspondence; required improvements; notices to execute works and closing orders for properties in Garden Place, Hungate
Includes Swann Street Closing Order, 1914; correspondence; notices to execute works; and rough plan of properties.
Papers regarding the re-appraisal of staff salaries, particularly clerks, within York Corporation. Comprises minutes of the Scale of Salaries Sub-Committee, printed minutes of other committees regarding the recommendations of the Salaries Sub-Committee; correspondence; notes; and comparisons of salaries with other local authorities.
Correspondence and inspection records relating impact of the construction of a new cinema in Coney Street.
Register of electors eligible to vote in parliamentary elections. Please note, these items are a duplicate set of registers - our full set of registers can be found in the Archives Reading Room.
Includes correspondence, closing order, notice of improvements to be carried out, plan of building.
Includes correspondence, closing orders and plans of the property.
Including certificate of completion of original route and extention, and terminus shelter.
Includes papers regarding the building over sewers at Foss Island, Fulford sewage scheme, rents and outstanding matters, as well as details of sub committee meetings, letter from Rymer Brothers detailing the difficulties transporting goods across the rive
Handwritten records of stock, fiction issues, juvenile issues, issues on other subjects, total issues and percentage of fiction.
Incudes correspondence; closing orders; and required improvements. Includes some small plans of properties.
Statistics are from 1893 - 1916
Comprises analyst's certificates, correspondence, and evidence regarding cases of adulterated food.
Correspondence regarding collection of outstanding fees for treatment of a child at the Fever Hospital.
Witness statements, extract of minutes, and correspondence relating to the Local Government Enquiry into the death of a tuberculosis patient, Thomas Raftree
Comprises applications from candidates and associated correspondence. Note that there are two rounds of applications as the officer appointed after the first round resigned shortly after. Also includes copies of medical journals in which the vacancy was advertised.
Includes cuttings and sections of The Yorkshire Gazette and The Yorkshire Herald. All featuring lists of local men at war or articles on local soldiers including details of deaths and injuries.
The contents mentions the First World War, its aftermath, and its effect on the city and the library. Also includes personal correspondence between the City Librarian and Mr Doherty, who was on active service, and some general correspondence. Indexed. Also includes a blank cheque.
York Public LibraryContains information relating to the traffic and tolls on the river Ouse.
Contains information regarding engineer Alfred Creer's report of Cawood, Holgate and Kelfield Shallows.
Lists name, age and gender of all lunatics (chargeable to the York Poor Law Union) residing in workhouses in York, North Riding and East Riding. Also includes a list of out-relief lunatics residing in private accommodation.
Contains information relating to statement of traffic using the river Foss.
List of repatriated Prisoners of War, prepared by the Guildhall in anticipation of a civic entertainment for the men and their consorts on the 6 February, 1919. File contains original list, as well as one photopied version and one typed version.