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This series contains records relating to the deeds and leases of the York Central Conservative Club premises.

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These deeds had been separated from the remainder.

Annual desk diaries used by a member of staff working at Naburn Lock.

Incomplete set of annual diaries with handwritten notes by Frederick Adolphus Camidge.

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Diaries of people who held the position of Lord Mayor of York for the period of their term of 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.

Alphabetical lists of theatre actors and the roles they played in various productions. Also includes three sheets of notes dating from the early 20th century about the contents of the dictionaries themselves.

Includes Microsoft Word documents detailing the project background, minutes from a meeting, and results. The 'Permissions' folder contains the donor's gift agreement in PDF format.

The date range for these records (2017-2020) spans from the earliest creation date to the last-modified date. The last-modified dates were inadvertently altered by preservation actions but the original last-modified dates were recovered and are recorded at file level.

Nine colour digital photographs showing work on a site in Spurriergate, on the corner of High Ousegate. The images were taken prior to redevelopment of the site. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this subseries. Covering dates are from the date the photograph was taken to the last modified date.

Eleven colour digital photographs showing building work on the site of the old Victoria House on Micklegate, York. The images were take as the building was being constructed, most likely in around 2001 (the existing building was demolished in 2001). Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this subseries. Covering dates are from the date the photograph was likely to be taken to the last modified date.

Large collection of colour digital photographs showing the exterior and interior of the Ebenezer Chapel, when the premises was occupied by Borders bookshop. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this subseries.

Thirty-six colour digital scans of photographs showing the site of the excavations at Hungate in June 2007. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this subseries. Covering dates are from the date the photograph was taken to the last modified date.

Seven colour digital scans of photographs showing flooding in North Street, Ouse Bridge, St George's Field and Tower Street. The exact date for the floods is unknown, however it is thought probably that the subject matter is the Winter 1982 floods. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this subseries. Covering dates are from the date the photograph was taken to the last modified date.

Large collection of York war memorials (First and Second World War) taken by archives volunteer Linda Haywood as part of her work on the UK War Memorials database. Some images appear to be digital scans of pre-existing photographs. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this subseries. The titles of the images have been taken from a database created by Linda Haywood as part of the indexing process. This Access database can be obtained from archivists on request and is located in the electronic accessions file.

Information recorded includes personal details of each patient, possible source of infection, and living conditions. Note that these cards are samples only of total cases.

Includes papers relating to election results, nominations, ballots, proxy lists, letters, forms, absent voters, staff, premises and election expenses.

Records medical relief delivered to paupers by the District Medical Officer/s of the York Poor Law Union and later the Public Assistance Committee.

Includes name of pauper; residence; nature of disease; date of relief; and days attended by the medical officer. Also notes if patients were ordered into institutions such as the Workhouse Infirmary or Fever Hospital.

Items collected by William Camidge, most likely in the course of his research and Methodist career.

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Includes marriage settlements, probates of the wills of Louisa Lumley and Sarah Kirk, inventory of household goods of Louisa Lumley, release from George Snowdon to Benjamin Lumley, and probate of the will of Benjamin Lumley, with associated papers.

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Draft minutes of meetings of the City Commissioners

Draft and rough general accounts for the York Poor Law Union

Rough, unapproved minutes

Rough, unapproved minutes of the Board of Guardians of the York Poor Law Union

Extensive notes about performances of plays, mostly at the Theatre Royal, York. Information includes the title of the play, the theatre company performing it, the theatre where it was performed, dates of performances, a brief summary of the run of the production elsewhere, character lists, lists of other performers taking part in the production (e.g. chorus singers), summaries of the plays act by act, and personal observations on performances.

Details recorded include: number in rate book; address; name and address of owner or agent; name of responsible tenant; names of other tenants or sub-tenants; number of persons normally sleeping in rooms; size and use of rooms; and number of persons allowed per room. Note that the information recorded varies from sheet to sheet.

At present this collection comprises one job file regarding work carried out.

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Information recorded includes personal details of each patient, possible source of infection, and living conditions. Note that these cards are samples only of total cases.

Correspondence, minutes and reports relating to the management of Brandesburton Hall for the Mentally Defective in East Yorkshire. Contains some references to patients/cases.

Election notices and notification for election of City(Improvement) Commissioners.

Papers relating to the death and estate of Eliza Mary Croft, including letters of administration.

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Includes correspondence and related papers regarding feeding the population of York in an emergency and providing communal feeding facilities (British Restaurants).

Includes preparations for emergency feeding in the event of a nuclear attack.

File of correspondence relating to employees of the business and staffing matters. Also includes some partner correspondence - business and personal - and papers relating to a private carriageway between Newland Park Drive and Green Dykes Lane.

Papers for an enquiry by the Inspector of Nuisances regarding the erection of a public slaughterhouse in York. Includes correspondence with, and replies from other towns; a Report on the Sanitary Conditions of Slaughterhouses in York; and a Royal Commission Report on the danger to man of tuberculosis from animal food.

Includes one circular, papers regarding mobilisation and deployment and a report by Marshall and Pengilley.

Includes administration files and details of which local departments were responsible for particular types of incidents.

Volumes detailing expenditure for the York Cemetery Company. Also includes details of expenditure as part of the liquidation process of the Company before becoming a Trust.

Various technical plans relating to the land, factory and interior floor plans of the Glassworks. These plans are copies of originals and many contain copies of the planning application required to make alterations to the site.

Records relating to the upkeep and management of the factory including the updating and monitoring of features such as the sprinker systems, factory noise and expansion works.

Includes general administration files.

Includes general administration files.

Indexes and lists of Civil Defence files.

Documents relating to various financial and business matters of the York Penitentiray Society Ladies Committee.

Includes financial returns and paperwork regarding the expenditure of the Civil Defence Association in York.

Includes cash books, bank books, cheque books, financial papers and financial reports.

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Includes receipts, invoices and cheque stubs arranged chronologically. Incomplete series. The collection is not thought to represent all the financial transactions accrued by the Company during this period. Some later files also include correspondence and press cuttings.

Please note that receipt stubs are usually contained in five year bundles, but filed with the records of the first year concerned. The records up until 1890 correspond with the entries in BUT/2/1. These files were originally contained in a metal deed box. See BUT/4 for the deed box itself, which has also been retained.

Includes receipts for purchases and personal investments, Midland Bank statements and one household cash book. Please see file-level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Summary financial statements recording total receipts and expenditure by the Guardians of the York Out-Relief Union.

Statements are completed for each half-year ending in March and September.

Summary financial statements recording total receipts and expenditure.
Includes statements for the Guardians of the York Union and the York Union Assessment Committee.

For Sir L Ropner. At present this collection comprises one job file for the work carried out.

Includes correspondence files regarding access to water for fire fighting equipment, the repair of equipment including hydrants and mains valves, one fire watcher's log and attendance book, agreements regarding the British Sugar Corporation and parade ord

Includes papers relating to the management of the Fire Service in York.

Papers relating to first aid courses, competitions and services.

Details recorded include: name and address of owner or agent; number of families in the house; name of responsible tenant; names of other tenants or sub-tenants; number of persons normally sleeping in rooms; size and use of rooms; and number of persons allowed per room. Note that the information recorded varies from sheet to sheet.

Includes a letter sent to Mrs Simpson from Jules le Messurier, sent by balloon during a siege, as well as lecture notes regarding French history, newspaper cuttings and published booklets.

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Volume 2 numbers 1-16.

Papers relating to the gas lighting of York's streets

General correspondence files relating to the work of the Civil Defence organisation, covering a wide variety of topics. See individual descriptions for more detailed information about contents.

Includes correspondence received from members of the public in relation to the activities of the Art Gallery. Arranged semi-chronologically, the correspondence has been grouped together by theme or by correspondant.

Includes correspondence, circulars, minutes, and other associated papers related to the housing and care of those with learning disabilities following the introduction of the Mental Deficiency Act of 1913. Includes correspondence regarding specific patients and cases. The earlier files from 1914 to the early 1920s are in rough chronological order only.

Correspondence and associated papers related to the establishment and management of additional nurseries during World War II.

Comprises general correspondence sent by the Public Assistance Officer of the Public Assistance Committee.

The correspondence concerns the general administration of the Poor Law by the York Public Assistance Committee. Included in this correspondence are letters concerning individuals who have applied for, or are receiving relief.

All files are indexed.

Comprises general outgoing correspondence of Flaxton, Bishopthorpe and Escrick Out-Relief Unions. Each out-relief union also acted as their respective rural district council.

Comprises general correspondence sent by the Clerk of the York Poor Law Union, and, from 1930, the Public Assistance Officer of the Public Assistance Committee.

The correspondence concerns the general administration and application of the New Poor Law by the York Poor Law Union and Public Assistance Committee. Included in this correspondence are letters concerning individuals who applied for, or were receiving relief.

The letters are handwritten up to 1903, and typed from 1903 onwards.

A series of numbered pieces of correspondence and bundles of correspondence organised by subject. Includes correspondence, circulars, minutes and other associated papers related to the housing and care of those with learning disabilities following the introduction of the Mental Deficiency Act of 1913. Contains information on patients/cases. There is an index to this correspondence filed in the front of Y/HEA/6/2/4/1 . Note, there are gaps in this series.

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).

Ledgers containing summary accounts for the York Out-Relief Union.

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.

Ledgers containing summary accounts for the York Poor Law Union.

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.

Volumes prior to 1849 include summary parochial accounts which record amounts spent on relief in each parish. Parochial accounts from 1849 onwards are recorded in separate parochial ledgers (see PLU/12/3/1).

Contain summary accounts for the York Rural Sanitary Authority.

Papers relating to various topics handled by NALGO.

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Includes files relating to planning in the event of a nuclear attack, essential service routes, awards, radiological defence instruments and fallout and contamination.

Includes lecture notes, newspaper cuttings and handwritten notes regarding the history of Germany, including the rise of Hitler, war preparations and German debts. Some papers also relate to the persecution of Jews in Germany, and international relations.

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Includes correspondence; conveyances; plans; arbitration papers; valuations and other legal papers relating to the improvement of Gillygate.

Includes correspondence; provisional orders; plans of improvements; book of reference; lists of properties and owners/occupier; and a copy of the improvement notice in the London Gazette.

Includes images of the School Medical Clinic, Fishergate Creche and Knavesmire School.

Files of sketches, blueprints and measured drawings for glass product designs prepared for a wide range of customers and filed by product type.

General files of design specifications and sketches for clients and glass designs created by the company.

Glass product design specifications, sketches and drawings some with covering notes realting to different clients and designs created by the company.

At present this collection comprises one job file for the work carried out.

Volumes of certificates which were completed as and when members of the public bought plots in the cemetery. Includes names addresses of the purchasers, some of which have been annotated with updated contact details.

Contains number of grave, name of purchaser and sum paid.

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Volumes recording the sales of headstones and other monuments. York Cemetery Company later took over the business of monumental masons in other places.

Includes newspaper cuttings relating to the Greek monarchy.

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Greetings cards and invitations to events hosted by Frederick Adolphus Camidge whilst Sheriff of York, and postcards depicting a variety of local subjects.

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At present this collection comprises one job file for the work carried out.

Records receipt of payments by relatives or organisations towards the cost of maintaining people in receipt of out-relief, in a York Poor Law institution or in an asylum.

Includes name of person/organisation; from whom payment received; purpose of payment; amount; and record of payments transferred to the Treasurer of the York Union.

Includes correspondence files regarding the crash, as well as newspaper clippings and official casualty lists. The bomber crasher in Nunthorpe Grove.

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.

Comprises correspondence and associated papers concerning regulation, licensing, humane slaughter, public abattoir, and condemned meat.