Various documents and notes created for events, lectures, courses and talks held by the Society regarding the history of Acomb and Holgate.
Includes lecture attendance register and correspondence with members regarding the lecture series.
York Society of EngineersAt present this series only comprises one general ledger.
Includes two ledgers - one Sundries Ledger (number 2) and one Sold Ledger (number 3). Both ledgers are made from red leather and green cloth.
At present this collection comprises one bought ledger (marked No 14) and one sundries ledger (marked No 1).
Letters, notes etc relating to the Leeman and connected families (not including wills and probate). Includes:
-Note describing elements of the Earle family
-Copy of burial notice of Mary Pape 1825
-Copy of certificate of burial of Mra Faith Gray 27.12.1826 (copy dated 07.09.1837)
-Extract from baptisms register of Thorganby-cum-Cottingwith - Christenings of John Waite 1755 and Richard Waite 1763, sons of Henry Waite (copy dated 29.03.1836)
-Declaration by John Donaldson of firsthand information about the Wilson family, including family tree 05.10.1847
-Copy of death certificate of John Johnson 15.02.1876
-Copy of entry into register of deaths for John Johnson 15.02.1876
Legal cases pursued under the Public Health Acts and bye-laws.
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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Grays solicitorsInsurance documents, licences for privilege to moor and land agreements for Fulford land in relating to the Club.
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Includes copy marriage settlement, lease and release, copy of common recovery, mortgage, note regarding the will of Jerom Dring, surrender and schedules of title deeds. Many of the documents relate to property in Thorpe Green and Little Ouseburn. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
Grays solicitorsIncludes feoffment, leases and releases and agreement, all relating to land at Little Ouseburn and Thorp Green. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
Grays solicitorsIncludes release, copy release, declaration of trust, lease and conveyance and deed of convenant. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
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Grays solicitorsIncludes transfer of mortgage, agreement regarding tithes, release and lease and release, relating to property in Haxby. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
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Grays solicitorsIncludes deeds, bonds, counsel opinion, covenants, releases, settlements and other legal papers, relating to various parties who were clients of Teasdale solicitors. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
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Bonds, contracts, cases, leases and purchases involving the City Commissioners
At present this collection only comprises one bundle of title deeds and associated documents relating to the Hardings premises at 26 and 27 High Ousegate, and 18 Coppergate.
Hardings Linen DrapersIncludes conveyances, abstracts of title, deeds, mortgages and other legal papers relating to the hall and its owners.
There does not appear to be a particular reason why these documents were filed together. See file and item level descriptions for more detailed information.
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Grays solicitorsIncludes receipted accounts, stationary, charges, promissory notes and receipts, a draft tenancy agreement, plan of a railway line, correspondence and court orders. The original order of these files has been retained, and items have been catalogued as found. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
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Includes two deeds which were co-located with the collection, presumably relating to lands owned later by the Weatherill family.
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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 leases and releases, indentures, recovery, deed, probate documentation, abstract of title, correspondence and bond of indemnity. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
Grays solicitorsIncludes correspondence of Robert D Ker with his solicitor W Gray of York, and copied extract from correspondence between Glyn, Mills & Co and National Bank of Scotland. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
Grays solicitorsIncludes grant of administration of the estate of William Moore, settlement by William Moore in favour of his daughter, deed of release, release of legacies and abstract of title. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
Grays solicitorsIncludes probate of the wills of Mann Horsfield and Edmund Robinson, burial certificate of Edmund Robinson, lease and release of estates belonging to Mann Horsfield, deed of arrangement and Inland Revenue account. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
Grays solicitorsIncludes the will of William Bolton, letter regarding the proving of the will, and receipts for tithes. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
Grays solicitorsMemorandum and Articles of Association and Ordinary Resolution for Robert Dent & Sons, Builders and Joiners.
General letter books for the business, arranged chronologically. Volumes for 1952 and 1974 are missing.
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Copy letterbook containing primarily personal correspondence.
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.
Letters to family members from Nellie Batttrick in India, including details of current events. See item-level descriptions for more information.
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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.
This collection consists almost entirely of letters about the affairs of the Yorkshire Association not previously printed, though it includes a very few which were included by Wyvill in his political papers, and also a few draft paragraphs which appeared in print in York newspapers. There is considerable correspondence about the collection of signatures to the petition for economical reform and to the Association in 1780, and to the petition for parliamentary reform in 1783. Many letters of Wyvill to William Gray, the clerk to the Committee of the Association, illustrate Wyvill’s organization of propaganda in the York newspapers, and can be connected with paragraphs appearing in the Chronicle and in the Courant; some of them throw light on his opinion at different times of the progress of the campaign for reform.
Wyvill; Christopher (1740-1822)Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series, including a synopsis of each letter.
Letters written by William Etty and bequeathed to Explore York Archives by William Dixon-Smith, researcher and author. One letter is signed and dated 20th August 1838, and the other is unsigned but written at Brighton, c.1847.
Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series, including a synopsis of each letter. The bundle includes a note written by F J M at Whixley, Nov 1882.
‘These are preserved as a memoir of my godmother of whom I knew too little though enough to assure one that she now rests among the Blessed Dead. The eldest of 3 daughters deprived at about 14 of her widowed mother, she always leaned with much affection on her eldest brother Joseph. Yet she did not lean unduly: of natural ability she had no small share, and this with purity of mind and patience, displayed in her letters, prove her worthy of her Mother and of the useful position of a maiden Aunt. She was buried, 2 Feb 1861 in Rosebank Cemetery Leith.’
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All the letters were sent from Ockbrook.
The cover contains notes on these three and two other letters.
The first five are from his schools at Gainsborough and Blackheath (1833-1837), all being sent to Cambridge, except the last in 1837. The last five are from and to various locations and destinations (1840-1844). For Robert’s clerical appointments, see note to HEY/9/10: it was at Robert’s house at Belper that his father, the Revd. Samuel Hey died in 1852.
Rebecca took charge at Ockbrook Vicarage on the death of William's mother in 1826. The first letter is to William at Silk Willoughby, followed by four to Sherborne School and one only to Cambridge in 1832.
Letters of John Goodricke and Nathaniel and Edward Pigott. Includes:
-Goodricke's Communications to the Royal Society 1783-1785
-Goodricke's Other Letters 1783-1784
-Letters and Memoranda of Nathaniel and Edward Pigott 1774-1812
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At this time he was in residence at Allestree Hall near Derby.
Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series, including a synopsis of each letter. Includes three letters, one list of attendees at a dance party, and a copy of the dance programme.
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All were written from her school, Alders, Tamworth to William at Cambridge 1831-1833. Margaret, although physically weak, settled well and enjoyed her schooling. In HEY/8/1 the friend of the Grays was undoubtedly Mr. Brodrick, the London Solicitor who had been articled at York to Margaret's grandfather at the same time as her uncle Jonathan Gray. Cholera is mentioned in letters HEY/8/3 and HEY/8/4. In HEY/8/5, brother Samuel's failure to write was doubtless the result of his having an extremely full curriculum at Leeds Medical School and the Infirmary, which he went to in August 1831. He had written to her in the autumn of 1832 (HEY/8/4). Cousin Samuel was the Rev. Samuel Hey later called 'Sam Hey of Sawley': he never married and died in 1893 aged 87.
Some of the matters described in these letters are also contained in letters written by their father (HEY/1) and other members of the family. Apart from HEY/5/4 and HEY/5/6, these were written at Ockbrook, and all were sent to William Hey at Silk Willoughby Rectory. All give in great detail accounts of church services and other ecclesiastical affairs, plus family and social news. Lucy was only eleven when she started writing to her brother. Their father has added a P.S. to HEY/5/4, which Lucy wrote at Ilkley when accompanied by Fanny (the nurse) and her brother Samuel, two years her junior. The P.S. conveys anxiety about their mother's illness; she died at the end of the following January. The journey to Ilkley is described by Lucy and an excursion to Leeds to see Aunt Rebecca and other relations there; also the visit from Grandpapa (Gray) and Aunt Mary (Mrs. Jonathan Gray). The William at Malton mentioned in the P.S. is the famous missionary, William Jowett (1787-1855) - see DNB, a brother of Rev. Joseph Jowett of Silk Willoughby. HEY/5/6 emanated from Quorndon (or Quorn) near Loughborough, where some of the children had gone for their health, Lucy preferring Kedleston water to Chalybeate(?). Owing to the cross-writing, much of this last letter is very difficult to read. Lucy was said to be suffering from cholera morbus. This child died on 27th Nov 1826, aged 13.
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Published lists of members, including names and contact details. In some cases personal addresses are given rather than business ones.
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Documents also include Duncombe Place. Includes leases and releases for various properties, as well as assignment in trust, grant of annuity, conveyances, conveyances in fee and surrender of a lease. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
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Grays solicitorsLocal Board of Health papers relating to the outbreak of cholera in York in 1832
Bound committee minutes
Local Board of Health CommitteeFiles created by City of York Council related to Local Plans.
Contains reports, studies and literature related to traffic, public transport and parking in York.
Taxation department / Motor taxation departmentLog books of the club, primarily giving details of walks undertaken.
Log books, reports and financial documents relating to the governance and activities of the Settlement.
Includes one framed logo of the Society, and one vinyl with the logo on it.
St Andrew's Society of YorkResearch notes compiled by Hugh Murray relating to Lord Mayors of York and other civic officials. Please see file level descriptions for more details information about the contents of this series.
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)Includes papers of Jane Lumley, and other members of the family, including Louisa Lumley and Sara Kirk. Please see subseries and file level descriptions for more detailed information.
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Grays solicitorsBound committee minutes of the Lunatic Asylum Visiting Committee, renamed Mental Hospital Committee from 1926
Lunatic Asylum Visiting CommitteeAt present this series only comprises an incomplete set of Faith Link magazine, covering December 2003-November 2004 and December 2005 to November 2007 only.
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Published magazines about York, including editions of City Life.
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)Records payments made by individuals toward the cost of maintaining relatives in receipt of outdoor, indoor or asylum relief.
Includes name of relative making the payment; relationship to person receiving relief; amounts and dates of payments; in most cases also indicates type of relief being granted.
See also PLU/4/4 Collectors' Ledgers
Papers relating to various individuals being admitted to property in the manor.
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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Grays solicitorsPapers relating to the management and ownership of the Manor of Cottingham Sarum.
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Grays solicitorsPapers relating to the Manor of Haxby. Includes a variety of legal documents relating to land title.
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Grays solicitorsLegal documents relating to the Manor of Strensall and its management.
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Grays solicitorsLegal papers relating to the Manor of the Prebend of Strensall, including from Straker to Wilberfoss, from Thomas Stockton to his daughter, and relating to James Earnshaw Baker. The third document in the bundle actually relates to the Manor of Haxby rather than Strensall.
Grays solicitorsIncludes call books, call roll, court books, lists of copyhold rentals, lists of copyholds, extracts from court proceedings, one notebook of fines and an act for dividing and inclosing lands in the Manor, and in the Manor of Scagglethorpe.
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Grays solicitorsCollection of papers relating to the Manors of Strensall and Kirk Deighton and Wigginton. Some of the documents are in Latin and therefore difficult to read, but most appear to be legal transactions.
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Grays solicitorsIncludes handwritten notes and lecture transcripts on a variety of different subjects, most likely compiled by Marriott during his teaching career at Oxford university. See the individual item descriptions for more detailed information about what this series contains.
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Includes typescript of an article about York Guildhall, as well as manuscripts on old windmills in York, the Unicorn in Bowes and 'topical advertising.'
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Includes typescript of an article about York Guildhall, as well as manuscripts on old windmills in York, the Unicorn in Bowes and 'topical advertising.'
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Includes manuscripts and typescripts of works created by Stuart. The collection has been arranged by work.
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Manuscripts catalogued during 2017, either from existing material and transfers from the Local History collection, or new accessions. See individual items for more detailed descriptions.
Manuscripts catalogued during 2018, either from existing material and transfers from the Local History collection, or new accessions. See individual items for more detailed descriptions.
Manuscripts catalogued during 2019, either from existing material and transfers from the Local History collection, or new accessions. See individual items for more detailed descriptions.
Manuscripts catalogued during 2020, either from existing material and transfers from the Local History collection, or new accessions. See individual items for more detailed descriptions.
Manuscripts catalogued during 2020, either from existing material and transfers from the Local History collection, or new accessions. See individual items for more detailed descriptions.
Manuscripts created by John Alder Knowles in the course of his work and covering a variety of different subjects, including glass making, books and writers.
Manuscripts created by John Ward Knowles in the course of his work. The manuscripts have subsequently been bound and cover a variety of different topics.
Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)Two bundles of photocopied maps and plans of York and the surrounding area.
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)Volumes listed below
1 Markets Cttee (Cattle Fair Cttee) with accounts 1827-31
2 1836-65
3 1865-85
4 1885-95
5 1895-1907
6 1907-19
7 1919-30
8 1931-46
9 1946-53
10 1953-58
11 1958-1963
12 1963-73
Includes copy deed of settlement, will of John Roper deceased, correspondence relating to the marriage settlement and contract notes.
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Grays solicitorsVarious marriage settlements relating to the Wynward, Lascelles, Howard, Gorham, Craven and Yorke families.
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Grays solicitorsMarriage settlements relating to the marriages of the Bell family.
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Grays solicitorsIncludes various marriage settlements, abstract of title, papers relating to land in Wistow Lane and papers relating to the Archbishop of York's estates at Kilburn. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
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Grays solicitorsDeeds relating to various properties and occupants in Marygate, York.
Includes Co-operative Society funeral account for William Mason, and papers relating to a marriage in the family. See file level descriptions for more detailed information.
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Match-day programmes, predominantly for York City FC matches, some with match reports, tickets or inserts for reprinted programmes.
Material on the history of Rowntree Park, which includes material from tours and talks about the park, and on the history of the redevelopment of the park.
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The membership documents include directories, attendance registers, and certificates awarded for membership milestones for the York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir.
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Includes programmes and other papers from various performances.