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Letter of Johnathan Gray and his wife Mary Gray mainly to his son William Gray. Subjects are on family matters such as travel, health as well as a discussions on local York news. Includes one letter referring to the Luddites in Huddersfield dated 7th September 1812.

That for 1837 is inscribed by C(aroline) E. M(unby) to the effect that it was the last one her mother bought. Eliz. Forth died 2 Feb 1837.

Reprint of Johnathan Gray's obituary notice from the York Chronicle and printed Sermon preached on the death of Gray by Rev. John Graham.

Black and white sketches.

15 lists and booklets containing information about flowers shrubs and trees, including (amongst others):
Genera of Evergreen and Climbing Shrubs
Ornamental planting
Limnoria Terebrans
Hardy annual flowers
Perennial flowers
A list of hardy herbaceous flowers arranged according to their height, time of flowering and colour
General catalogue of orniamental flowering shrubs
List of such of the orniamental flowering shrubs names in the London's Encyclopoedia of Hardening as are in Backhouses sale list
Genera of Deciduiys shrubs
Evergreen trees and shrubs
Deciduous trees and shrubs

[Infomation is mainly extracted from London's Encyclopedia of Gardening, with prices from Backhouse's sale list, 1887]

The plan was to house both facilities in one building. Also includes papers and a contract with the County Magistrates to lodge city prisoners in York Castle.

Dated 26th Sept 1837, by George Nicholson. 273'.
Format: Black and white print, 8.5 x 10.5 cms
Provenance: George Nicholson/Evelyn collecetion

Lease and conveyance in fee of three closes of land at Snainton by Henry Pearson of West Ayton, esquire to William Duesbury Thornton Duesbury of Beverley, esquire and trustee.

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Includes a letter.

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Comprises letter to Alderman Agar from the church warden of St Maurice's regarding the giving up of part of the churchyard for the widening of Monkgate. Includes copy of the resolution of a meeting of parishioners regarding the matter.

Includes reports on the conditions of the governors house and prisons.

From Hargoves New Guide for Strangers and Residents.
Format: Photocopy, 21.5x16.5 cms
Provenance: Hargoves guide, 1838

Includes expenditure receipts (1837), advertisements in newspapers, details of damaged bridge (1837), surveyors reports (1837), papers regarding annual leave for workers, costs of repairs (1830), company meetings minutes, expenditure (1835), plan, committ

Includes a poster advertising the auction, newspaper article advertising it, and plans of Castle Mills Lock.

Engraving after H. Cave, property of YAYAS. 'Self Size Anne Bronte.' 'Castle Museum, York Gateway, George Inn.;' 3117.
Format: Black and white, 16 x 11
Provenance: YAYAS (Evelyn collection)

Includes marriage settlement of Mr and Mrs Henlock, conditions of sale of a farm occupied by William Hawkins, appointment of a new trustee under the marriage settlement of Reverend William Preston and Miss Frances Plumer, articles of agreement upon the intended marriage of Mr William Morley Stubbs with Miss Mary Anne Henlock, will of Mrs Henlock, settlement of Mrs Stubbs' property (ahead of his marriage), notice to Stubbs' trustees and release.

Bundle of deeds relating to property in Petergate. See also GDC/352.

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Lease and conveyance upon trust to sell two sixth parts in messuages and hereditaments in Micklegate for securing £70 and interest by James Beal of the Soho Antwerp Steamer of London, seaman, to William Napier Dibb of York, gentleman.

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List of charges totalling £29-5s-3d headed Edward S Cayley, esquire MP to Alfred Simpson. Includes copy of burial certificate of Robert Piper of Pickering on 29 September 1830, aged 55.

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Mainly includes papers of the executors of the late George Whitaker. Includes copies of parish register entries for baptisms and burials of members of the Bury family.

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Two photos of illustrations depicting Monkgate, one by C. Dillon.

Conveyance of land by the Reverend Thomas Shield of Pocklington (master of the free grammar School of Pocklington) and Robert Shield of Pocklington, usher to the Great North of England Railway Company. Includes a map.

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Three documents appointing Joseph Munby, a Commissioner to take Affidavits in Yorks, Lancs, Durham, Northumberland and Cumb. York, Kingston upon Hull and Newcastle upon Tyne, concerning processes in the Courts of Queen’s Bench and Common Pleas and the Cou

Two large black and white prints of drawings of the Bar

With colour illustration of Walmgate Bar. 5 copies.

Watercolour of part of the East Window. Cut into three sections.

Manuscript newspapers titled Brafferton Gazette, St Peters Chronicle and Thirsk Chronicle with handdrawn illustrations created by and for the Gray family. Includes details of births, marriages and deaths as well as other news from family members.

Register 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.

Invitation to William Gray, to a dinner at York Guildhall to meet Prince Albert and the Lord Mayor of London, (on ornamental gilt card).

Three colour designs by John Patterson, Art Master and headmaster of the York School of Design, retained by John Ward Knowles, who was involved with the school.

Photocopy of the Proprietors register to which the index (COL/1) refers.

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Papers relating to the marriage of William Gray and Elizabeth Halton including letter from Andrew Halton consenting to his daughter's marriage.

Correspondence to Reverend B Lumley, including four receipts and one part of a seal.

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Legal documents. One relates to Micklegate in Selby.

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One item concerns the lease of printing offices and premises (1843). Other items are concerned with a parcel of ground in High Ousegate falling in the parish of All Saints' Pavement.

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Bill and receipt for £5-16-6d by James and Edward Day from the executors of the late Mrs Torre. Also attached is a receipt from Joseph Terry and Co of York.

Plan, section and book of reference for a deviation of the Rillington to Pickering branch of the York & North Midland Railway, in the vicinity of Low Marishes. This is a copy of a plan deposited with the Parliamentary Committee considering the York to Scarborough Railway Bill and the change was incorporated into the Act.

Engineer: John Robison Wright

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Letter from B Lumley at Sheriff Hutton containing his account as executor.

3 copies of the west door of York Minster. The image shows two figures and railings. The reverse of the image states 'Roger Fenton'.
Format: B/W print
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These papers primarily record the high level management of insolvent debtors held at the Debtors Prison.

Deeds for land and hereditaments.

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Includes:
Six anthems adapted from the works of Hayden Novello Webbe Ser etc and a morning and evening service composed by William Russell, 1829.
Cathedral Chants of the XVI, XVII and XVIII centuries edited by Edward F Rimbault, 1844;
Cathedral music by John Camidge, 1805.

On reverse the image states 'Roger Fenton'.
Format: B/W print
Provenance:

List of portraits of distinguished members of British Association, 1844.
35mm negatives

Includes reports for January 1840, April 1840, August 1840 and October 1844.

Includes draft copies of the reports which appear in the Committee Minute books.

General correspondence with the Government School of Art, based at Somerset House.

By E. Moore. Shows Jubbergate from Spurriergate. 293 Evelyn Collection. RCHME stamp included.
Format: Black and white, 30 x 21`
Provenance: YAYAS (Evelyn collection)

By Fox Talbot.

Format: B/W print
Provenance: Fox Talbot, Science Museum

Includes colour map showing the numbered areas of land to be sold in the 10 lots; a list of occupiers, named lands, cultivation and acreage relating to the large plan; a red notebook listing the valuation of each numbered area of land; and a red notebook.

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The catalogues relate to the sale of Clifton & Rawcliffe properties.

Committee minutes for the Association for the Protection of Property in York and its neighbourhood.

By Fox Talbot.

Two black and white photographs by Fox-Talbot. Copyright: Science Museum, London.

Two black and white photographs by Fox-Talbot. Copyright: Science Museum, London.

Two black and white photographs by Fox-Talbot. Copyright: Science Museum, London.

Letters to and from William Gray Senior to William Gray Junior, Mary Gray, Johnathan Gray and his sister Elizabeth Gray. Letters cover a variety of personal subjects such as marriage, health, education and religion.

Images of York streets, including Micklegate Bar and St Thomas's Hospital.
35mm slides

Comprising mortgages, leases, conveyances and feoffment.

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W. Fawcett, G.T. Andrews' design drawings for York Insurance Co building on St Helen's Square, detailing the present frontage and the proposed frontage. 1845'.
Format: Black and white, 18 x 13
Provenance: ??Bill Fawcett

Close-up of part of the drawing shown in HMU/P/10/240, of York Insurance Co building on St Helen's Square.
Format: Black and white, 16 x 11
Provenance: Unknown

Includes images of Micklegate, the Multangular Tower, Yorkshire Museum, and general York streets and scenes.
35mm slides

One of the south west side and one of the west door. Both images are stamped - Inquiries relating to reproduction of this print should be addressed to - The Director and Secretary, The Science Museum, London SW7.

One images of the Zouch Chapel and one of the Chapter House.

Act to enable the York and North Midland Railway Co, to extend the line of the Whitby and Pickering Railway to or near Castleton. Two copies.

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An Act to enable the York and North Midland Railway Co. to make certain branch railways in the East Riding of the County of York and for other purposes. Two copies.

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Act to enable the York and North Midland Railway Co. to make a more direct line of railway between York and Leeds. Two copies.

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The Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway County of Durham Branches Act. Two copies.

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An Act to enable the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Co. to make certain branch railways in the County of Durham and for other purposes. Two copies.

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Act to enable the Great North of England Railway Co, to lease and also to sell their railway to the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Co. and to authorize the raising of additional money by the said company. Two copies.

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Includes an examined copy of Henry Garbutt's will (St.Denys' Parish); probate of the will of Ann Beckwith; and assignment devised under the will of the late John Roper.

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This bundle of documents relates to William Grey who died 11 December 1845. Includes three notes dated 1842, 1843, 1845 showing William Grey borrowing £316, £20, £24 respectively from Jane Horner; an account of the personal estate of William Grey totaling £36,301-10s-9d dated 1846; nine legacy reciepts for various amounts of money going to different legatees and dated 1846; 18 annuity receipts for various amounts of money dated 1846; and six other recipts dated December 1845. Family names mentioned in the bundle include Gray, Hey, Scott, Dunn, Simpson and Sigsworth.

Petitions filed by named individuals held at York Debtor's Prison and heard by one of His Majesty's Comissioners.

Acts for a railway from Church Fenton and Harrogate branch to Knaresborough and Boroughbridge. Two copies.

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Copies of the full newspaper.

Release from the children of the marriage of John Perfect and Elizabeth Crowder to the trustees under the settlement executed on such marriage, on a final division of the trust property. The file includes a bundle of 21 receipts and a list of the 11 children and their dates of birth.

Assignment of shares by Henry Willoughby of Settrington, esquire to Gilbert Crompton of York, esquire & others. Includes three letters dated 1845, 1846, 1847.

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Deed of Settlement on the marriage of Ann Lockwood with Thomas Laycock Esq. 'Bond and Disposition on Security by Thomas Laycock in favour of The Trustees under his marriage Settlement' registered in Edinburgh in January 1871.

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Photocopies of council minutes relating to a proposed visit to York by Prince Albert.