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Includes a map of the area; chronology of Backhouse family and nurseries in Toft Green; and handwritten notes about Tanner Row and Toft Green.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Smallwood (death of Marion, wife of Councillor Derek); Slater; Spurr (chemist and druggist); Saunders; Scruton; Sherwood; Smallpage; Sessions (printers); Saunderson/Sanderson; and Scawin/Tonge.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Harwood; Harton (Arton & Hayrton); Hanson; Hill; Horsman; Hargrave; Hargrove; Hardcastle and Hodgson.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Camidge (Cammidge, Camage); Castle (Jennison) and Curran.

Notes on maps for York, Beverley, Scarborough, as well as lists of subscribers to the maps.

Handwritten research notes compiled by Hugh Murray.

Press cuttings of the arguments for and against the council selling off the Lord Mayor's car number plate. Also includes facsimile of the 'Sheppee Overseas Special' about light steam commercial vehicles.

History of number plate DN7.

Includes a list of boats with their owners, type, date and routes; newspaper cuttings, including a photocopy of the York Courant 27/5/1777; manuscript notes on re-used paper (including an invitation to a wedding); multiple copies of a York Waterworks invitation dated 1908; and a letter from Hugh Murray to the Royal Humane Society dated 1981, regarding life-saving medals.

Includes a collection of short biographies on Hudson, Meysey-Thompson, Pease, Tennant and Stephenson.

Railway press cuttings.

Includes press supplements on the closure of the carriage works and the opening of the National Railway Museum, photos and elevations of the railway offices, Station Hotel invoices and old publications.

Notes from papers of Lady Hewley's Charity held at North Yorkshire Record Office; paper on 'Quakers and Railways' by E. H. Milligan (two versions); and Hugh Murray manuscript on the 'Railway Influences on Buildings of York'.

Includes manuscript and typed notes on the railway chronology of York; letters; York station history; plans and notes of a route round the two stations and details of the railway offices.

Includes a York Press supplement; plans and notes of the Scarborough line through Clifton; Robert Bell memoir; South Yorkshire rail tour; Foss Islands branch information; British Rail Thirsk School; and plans for the site of the railway offices 1898.

Miscellaneous collection of notes, including about St. Peter's School; Fulford property; British Rail headquarters; magazine with Hugh Murray published paper; Scarborough Spa Express; mail coach times; information about the route from Darlington to Stanhope and points of interest; Signalling Training School history; and a questionnaire worksheet.

Includes papers entitled 'Servants of Business', about the Chairman and General Managers of the North Eastern Railway, as well as a manuscript together with lists, dates and accompanying notes.

Includes lecture notes, after dinner speech, retirement speech (including biographical details), and general notes on railway history.

Working papers relating to tramways, trolley buses and electric buses.

Working papers relating to tramways, trolley buses and electric buses.

Includes the York Corporation Act 1914, images of trolley vehicles, a copy of the book 'Horse Tramways of York', and associated correspondence.

Includes working documents, council papers, press cuttings, and additional materials relating to the H Murray publication 'The Horse Tramways of York'. Also includes a railway chronology of York; and City of York report of the Tramways Committee 1909.

Further draft sections and chapters of Hugh's manuscript, including sections 1 and 2, maps of York Centre including one coloured with 'original proposals', photostats of 'Some Facts and Comparisons' issued by York Independent Labour Party on the imminent vote to privatize the tramways, 'York Tramways Order 1879' as printed; 1881 draft Provisional Order, two original Provisional Orders dated 1878 and 1880, and photostat of share offer and opening of tramway extensions, including names and addresses.

Pencil manuscript of Hugh's book 'Horse Tramways of York' 1880-1909, 140 pp., wired together.

Includes genealogies, information relating to record offices, details relating to the Borthwick Institute for Archives and correspondence.

Family pedigrees for Acastre; Atkinson; Akenhead; Armitage; Archer and Aitken.

View from Foss Bridge. Evelyn Collection. Copyright: YAYAS. RCHME.
Format: Black and white, 22 x 17
Provenance: Unknown

2 copies, 1 is enlarged.

Black and white print, 11 x 8 cms
Provenance: None
Duplicates: Yes
Type of item: Modern copy, also large copy 25.5x20 cms

5 smaller and one larger copy of photograph. Note that the larger copy, and 3 of the smaller ones are captioned. On the smaller ones that are captioned 'Ransom' is spelt without the 'e' at the end. Larger photograph caption indicates that the pilgrimage/parade ended at the Knavesmire (Tyburn). Captions on two of the smaller copies indicate that the photograph was taken 'before 1909'.

Bill for horse hay and servant's food
Format: Black and white, 11 x 8
Provenance: Unknown

1 small and 1 larger version of same image.

The building was demolished in around 1965.
Black and white print, 18 x 13 cms
Provenance: None
Duplicates: Yes

Duplicate is identified with caption on back of photograph which reads 'Ousecliffe House- Duplicate.'
Type of item: Modern print

The image shows Fossgate, with the Electric Cinema and Scala.
Format: Black and white print, 16.5x21.5 cms
Provenance: YAYAS/Evelyn collection 5698

Includes an advert for Brasso.
Black and white print, in 3 different sizes.
Provenance: None
Duplicates: Yes
Type of item: Modern copy, see Hugh Murray 'The Horse Tramways of York', 1980, pp 2 &54; 15.5x11, 9x14 and 18x13 cms

Photographs are of the same scene, but include a close-up view showing the horse tram in more detail, and a wider view showing the street scene. Two of the photographs are captioned 'Daylight' on the back.

2 images of bill of sale from the George Inn (landlord David Winn) totalling 2 pounds, 1 shilling, 1 pence for food and drink
Format: Black and white, 11 x 8
Provenance: Unknown

1 image of bill of sale from the Golden Punch Bowl, Stonegate (landlord Richardson) for drinks and tobacco, totalling 3 shillings 2 pence.

The late Herbert Foster and J Joshnson Smith at the York Corporation Electricity Department. Their first show room was in Clifford Street, circa 1900. Herbert retired from Crompton Parkinson Ltd at the age of 79, and died 5 years later. J.J. Smith was the
Format: Black and white, 25 x 20
Provenance: Unknown

There are 3 copies of the same photograph in different sizes with different styles/finishes.

Miniature views, containing nine images 8 x 5: Micklegate Bar, Bootham Bar, Lendal Bridge, city walls with LNER office, St Marys Abbey (two) The Minster (three).
Format: Black and white prints, 8 x 5
Provenance: Tucks

Twelve photos 8 x 6 of central York streets including walkers, cars, bus at Bootham Bar.
Format: Black and white prints, 8 x 6
Provenance: Photocrom Co Ltd London & Tunbridge Wells

The majority of the images are internal views.
Format: Black and white prints, 9 x 7
Provenance: Valentines snapshots

Format: Black and white card, 10 x 6
Provenance: Thomas Spencer 51 Fossgate

Marked 30p.
Format: Black and white 10 x 6
Provenance: A Yardley 99 Nunnery Lane

Format: Black and white photo, 6 x 4
Provenance: G Fawcett 66 Gillygate

Black card with Gowland, Lendal printed in red.
Format: Black and white card, 10 x6
Provenance: Gowland

List of Duncumbe's charitable gifts, notes including a photocopy of his obituary by James Raine. Includes notes on the condition of his memorial cross; notes from Yorkshire Gazette 1858-1881; proposed plan for widening Little Blake Street to form Duncumbe Place; copy of his will and his father's will and a press cutting about York market.

The records relate to the closure and reopening the pub, which was also known as the Ackhorne during its history.

Two press cuttings.

Two press cuttings.

The letters relate to pub names and terminology.

The cuttings relate to the reopening of the Tap and Spile and Ackhorne pubs.

The cuttings relate to the closure of the Tap and Spile and Ackhorne pubs.

The cuttings relate to the launch of Hugh Murray's book on historic pubs in and around York.

Complete booklet entitled 'The Last Two Centuries of Brewing in York' with printer's quotes. Also includes copies of the York 'Ale License' 1822 to 1828.

Handwritten notes on the reverse of personal correspondence. Includes coloured maps of York with some sort of referencing to pubs, pubs in York listed by A to Z of street names, list of Licensed Premises in the City of York (January 1969), History of Starre Inn, and an article entitled 'A Genuine and Superior Article: The Last Two Centuries of Brewing in York'.

Includes an A to Z list of York pubs, computer matrix of pubs with landlords, list of licenses and licensing laws from the 13th century to the 20th century, letter against proposals for Monks Cross, and Church Recorders (NADFAS) literature.

Hardback handwritten notebook of Public Houses in York. Includes lists of different names for pubs. Also includes a facsimile of 'A Directory of Pubs in York 1450-2003', information about pubs in Acomb, and the history of a pub.

Includes Hugh Murray's manuscript with paste-ups, sections 3 - 4, (numbered in red) plus notes, manuscript timetables (c 1900), figures regarding tracks, expenses and receipts and population information. Also includes negotiations between York Corporation and the Tramways Company (1899-1906) plus report dated 1907 of agreement to sell the undertaking to the Corporation, memorandum on the position of the Tramways Company and proposals, poll of owners and ratepayers, and article from 'Modern Tramway' Magazine entitled 'Perspectives of Modern Tramways 1978.'

Includes Hugh Murray's manuscript with paste-ups of draft pages, sections 1A and 1A2; correspondence regarding source booklets and photos of public notices regarding tramways 1878-1902.

Includes details of the Light Railways Act 1896 and Tramway Act 1870, folded plan 1:500 of Micklegate area (c.1960), correspondence with Town Clerk 1879-1980, Hugh's scribbled notes, and additional pieces of correspondence.

Includes tramways amendments (possibly notes for Hugh Murray's book, plus 'list of plans and illustrations' and sections redrafted. Also includes photostats of 1878 initial proposals for tramways in York, photocopies of two articles on the history of tranways by George Jackson, and a photostat of the Tramway Orders Confirmation Act 1879.

Pedigrees of various families, including some in the Yorkshire area.

Published pedigrees of many York families.The items in this box have been arranged chronologically by Hugh Murray.

The genealogies relate to Freemen of York.

Handwritten and typed letters to and from Val Portas.

Various Pedigree charts for Cosser family with handwritten notes.

Original birth, death, burial records with various handwritten notes relating to the Cosser, Nixon & Edmonson families.

Handwritten correspondence, family trees and pedigree charts. Also includes two identity cards in an envelope.

Original records of John Murray, including correspondence, railway service record, and a speech to the tutorial class at Llangorse, 18 March 1944 on 'The development of Railways in Wales in the 19th century.

Includes various handwritten notes and census sheets.

Includes pedigrees for Vavasour and Hazelwood; Washington; Talbot; Skelbrooke; the descent of Fountains Abbey; Grey; Upsall; Osgodby; and various notes on less well known families.

Notes and Pedigrees on various York architects and craftsmen.

Includes papers relating to the descent of the Mauleys of Mulgrave Castle, as well as seven black and white photographs from the Wallace Collection of the gilt bronze band around the top of the horn; letters to and from the Master of the Armouries and Dr. Gee relating to the horn; and various coats of arms and notes on the Cap of Maintenance.

Includes family trees and associated papers of Dudley; Brown; Haughton; Treasurer's House and Gray's Court families and on reverse Questa; Wilson.

The correspondence is with the Friends Meeting Houses in York and London.

Includes pedigrees for Tancred, Fairfax, Constable of Wasand, Constable of Flamborough, Clare, Wilberforce, Hamilton, Manners, Lords of Tanfield, Mulgrave, Parker, de Portington, de Rythre, Scrope, Shireburn, Vavasour, Rokeby, Danby, Kilton and Skelton, Strickland and Lascelles.

Alphabetical list of 158 pedigrees. Also includes notes on Caultey, Dinsdale, Ramsey, Sessions, Dove, Marsh, Burdekin, Hearon, Cobb, Taylor, Beckett, Czech Graves in York Cemetery, Keswick (Builder) and other York stonemasons: Had, Thompson, Hebden Todd, Jakeman, Bellerby, Kilvington, Bowman, Hepp, Heppell, Whipp, Booth, Heppell, Barnes, Leeman, Birch, Simpson, Charlton, Chepplow, Horsley, Husband, Thallon, Bentley, Barly, Knipe, Benson, Rowntree, Wheadley, Heppell and Bell. Also includes a copy of the Hungate Area 1881 census.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Yeomans and Yorke.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Walker; Wightman; Wilde; Waddington; Wentworth; Wilson H.A. (St. Olave's School); Wilkinson; Wright; Ware; Wood; Whitworth; Watson; Whip(p); Weadley and Wilson (Harold Wilson, Prime Minister).

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Wolstenholme; Worthington; Weatherly; Waudby; Williams; Wormeley; Warrill; Wharton/Walton; Wood; Wilkinson; Whytehead; Waddington and Whittington.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Vyner; Waite; Ward; Wintringham; Wormald; Wood; Waller; Wilberforce; Wright; Willsdon; Walker; Warren; Wyman; Wellbeloved; Woodhouse and Wragge.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Varvill and Varvills of Norfolk and Durham.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Terry; Telford; Turner; Tate; Thame and Thompson (grocer in Goodramgate).

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Thomas; Tittensor; Tuke; Temple and Todd.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Taylor (two batches seperately grouped by Hugh Murray); Thistleton and Thompson.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Shannon (family of John Shannon); Shaw; Skelton; Simcoe; Smith (bellfounder); Smales; Shepherd (builders); Sampson (printer); Scobey; Summers and Fraser; Stockdale (of Old Malton); Stephenson (plumbing

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Rotherford; Robinson; Roper; Rowlerson; Ralphs; Rowel; Rougier and Reilly.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Rieveley; Raper; Richardson; Robinson; Rigg; Rymer and Russell.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Rowntree (two files entitled 'old inf.' and 'others').

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Procter; Penty; Philipson; Pulleyn; Patterson; Purnell; Pumphrey; Piercy; Peacock and Pedlar.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Pepperdine; Palphramand; Percival and Spence; Prest; Poad; Peckitt; Pier(re)point (two letters to Hugh); Potter; Pritchett and Plows.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Nickson; Noble; Noton and Noyes; Oates; Oloman; Oldfield and Oliver.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: McKay; Moiser (Moyser); Mann; Milward and Milburn.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: McAndrew; Marsh; Meek; Myers and Morrell.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Monkhouse; Munby; Mahalski and Melrose.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Mangy; Morine; Meadley; Moody; Moore; Mills; Matthews; Morris; Mouncer; Meyer; Morritt and Milling.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Lyndley; Linton; Lund; Leak; Loadman and Lloyd.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Leeman - grouped seperately from HMU/1/32 by Hugh Murray. Includes photocopies regarding Leeman memorial including Murray's papers, notes on George Leeman, notes and photocopies regarding a proposed st

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Land; Lawton; Leaf and Leng.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Linfoot; Lyth and Laverach.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Leetham (including documents and birth certificate, press cuttings) and Lacy.

Working papers, documents, letters and pedigrees for: Leeman, including correspondence with Reg and Andrea Leeman, photocopies of wills, indenture, conveyance, several birth marriage and death certificates, letters fromPhilip and Walter Leeman, press cutt