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York Cemetery Company
CEM · Fonds · 1641-1980

Collection mainly contains financial and operational records including burial registers, grave plan books, ledgers, cash books and various accounts books as well as day books and diaries of interments. Also includes correspondence, plans and title deeds leading up to the company's liquidation in 1966 and the subsequent development and ongoing management of the Cemetery by York Cemetery Trust and the Friends of York Cemetery.

A paid research service to assist researchers in indentifying names and graves is available via the database held by York Cemetery Trust. See their website for further details - www.yorkcemetery.org.uk

Meeting Minutes
CEM/1/2 · File · -21725
Part of York Cemetery Company

Minutes of meeting held in York Savings Bank where new committee was appointed and the annual report was accepted. Annual account up to 25 June 1840.

CEM/1 · Series · 1836-1996
Part of York Cemetery Company

Meeting minutes and annual reports from the York Cemetery Co. Ltd and following the liquidation of the company York Cemetery Trust and the Friends of York Cemetery Trust.

CEM/1/25 · File · 1988-1989
Part of York Cemetery Company

Various meeting minutes for the Cemetery Trust with associated reports and correspondence. Also includes some reports on the Eborienteers Orienteering Club to which some members of the Cemetery Trust were affiliated.

Accounts & Finance
CEM/2 · Series · 1836-1974
Part of York Cemetery Company

Financial ledgers and documents relating to the management of the York Cemetery Company including account books, grave memorial ledgers, details of shares and annual returns. These papers run from the Company, through it's liquidation and it becoming York Cemetery Trust. Also includes some financial information from the Friends of York Cemetery Trust.

Daily Ledgers
CEM/2/1 · Sub-series · 1859-1962
Part of York Cemetery Company

Ledgers for the York Cemetery including name of deceased and amounts paid for various different services such as public graves and stonework.

Expenditure Book
CEM/2/4/6 · Item · 1957-1960
Part of York Cemetery Company

There is a gap in the sequence between 1918-1957.

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Cash Receipt Books
CEM/2/3 · Sub-series · 1885-1987
Part of York Cemetery Company

Receipt books for financial activites by the York Cemetery Company. Includes transactions during the liquidation of the Company and formation of York Cemetery Trust.

Expenditure Books
CEM/2/4 · Sub-series · 1885-1969
Part of York Cemetery Company

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.

Wage Books
CEM/2/6 · Sub-series · 1856-1974
Part of York Cemetery Company

Books detailing wages for various paid positions at the York Cemetery Company. Includes details of memebrs of staff and salaries paid for different roles.

Bank Books
CEM/2/5 · Sub-series · 1836-1907
Part of York Cemetery Company

Bank books for an account with the York City and County Banking Company.

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Wage Book
CEM/2/6/23 · Item · 1924-1964
Part of York Cemetery Company

Details of wages and holidays taken for individual Cemetery staff. Note that most of this volume is blank.