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Comprises poor rate books for wards within the city area of the York Poor Law Union.
Information recorded for each rateable property may include: name of occupier; name of owner; description of property (e.g. house, garden, public house); name and situation of property; rateable value of property; amount of rate; amount of rate collected.
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Includes papers on the Boer War and First World War memorials in York. Please see file descriptions for more detailed information.
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)At present this series only comprises one typescript relating to slum clearance in the Walmgate area.
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Copies of earlier maps, including some held in York Reference Library. See individual item descriptions for more information.
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Includes descriptions of rambling walks by Colin Coombes, Cliff Blott and Patsy Pendegrass.
Information on walking activities arranged by the River Foss Society.
Two notebooks comprising a log of the activities of the club, including details of attendees on the walks, notes on the routes taken, and other observations, including transport and weather conditions. Each notebook includes a hand drrawn logo of the group, showing a tortoise with SLOW across the shell.
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St Leonard's Original Walkers, later St Leonard's Office Walkers, known as SLOWLists wages for individual staff members employed by R. Dent and Son, Builders and Joiners.
These cards are later referred to as wages record sheets.
Wages books for members of staff of the council Welfare department, including Children's welfare, social welfare and general welfare volumes.
Wages books for temporary members of staff of the Streets and Buildings Department of the council.
Wages books for members of staff of the Streets and Buildings Department of the council.
Wages books for members of staff of the council Public Assistance team during the Second World War.
Wages books for members of staff of the council Park and Allotments department.
Wages books for members of staff of the council Housing and Parks department.
Wages books for members of staff of the council's Health Department.
General wages books for members of staff of the council.
Wages books for members of staff of the council Education Department. Reference numbers 20 and 21 were not used.
Wages books for members of staff of the council Education Committee.
Volumes include details of staff wages, and are arranged from 1974-1975 and 1975-1976.
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The volumes contain newspaper clippings and handwritten notes on Yorkshire churches, church architecture and York Minster, whilst the additional papers include typescripts of articles written by J A Knowles and information on specific windows in York Minster and elsewhere.
Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)These numbered volumes contain newspaper clippings and handwritten notes on a variety of subjects relating to artists and the arts.
Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)These volumes include handwritten notes and newspaper cuttings compiled by J W Knowles about people and places in York, as well as additional loose handwritten notes.
Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)These articles were collected by J W Knowles and J A Knowles in the course of their work, and then used by J A Knowles to compile a series of articles.
Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)These volumes include handwritten notes and newspaper cuttings compiled by J W Knowles about music events and activities in the city of York and York-based musicians.
Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)The volumes primarily include handwritten notes by J W Knowles, and newspaper cuttings on theatrical productions, theatres, actors and actresses. The series also includes theatrical programmes for a number of theatres, including York Theatre Royal and the Grand Opera House, and theatrical magazines.
Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)Marked 'York School Board, Volume 1.'
Two volumes, dated 1930-1938 and 1951-1976.
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Visiting Books recording visits to shelters and buidlings associated with the York Penitentiary Society. Includes Case book, Matron's Report book, "Jottings book", Register of Inmates and 'shelter reports'.
York Penitentiary SocietyThe files are arranged into annual bundles and include programmes, correspondence, itineraries and additional papers. Also includes a file of correspondence relating to visits between 2005 and 2009.
York Society of EngineersAt present this collection only comprises one VHS video created by the group, entitled 'Not in Our Name.'
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Records of vehicle licensing and registration, including motor cars and motorcycles, and heavy vehicles. Some registers combine cars and motorcycles, whilst others contain just one or the other, so more than one volume may need to be consulted to cover the same licence plate or year range. Registers occasionally include cancellation and transfer dates, plus occasional inserted correspondence.
We are able to provide certified copies of entries for a fee, please see our website or contact us for futher details.
Four of the 28 volumes are restricted under the Data Protection Act (Y/PPT/3/1/9, Y/PPT/3/1/21 to 23 covering the period 1948-1959) Researchers may consult these volumes after filling in a Data Protection Researcher Exemption form. This form may take up to 48 hours to be authorised so please contact us in advance if you wish to see these volumes.
Taxation department / Motor taxation departmentIncludes marriage settlement, deed of separation and appointments. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
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Grays solicitorsIncludes indentures, leases and releases, copy will of Edward Groves, conveyance, deeds and assignment, as well as additional legal papers. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about this series.
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Grays solicitorsThis series includes a variety of items and documents which are apparently connected with the Kleiser family. it includes a lock of human hair, assorted cards and tickets, postcards, handwritten notes, cigar boxes, a book, a copy of an Act regarding playhouses, a travel brochure, an envelope, and pages from a periodical. KLE/7/11 - Kursaal Travel Brochure - is written in French.
Registers of smallpox vaccinations compiled by Vaccination Officers of the York Poor Law Union using extracts from the Registrar's Registers of Births.
Some volumes include inserted correspondence relating to individual vaccination cases.
Includes registers for the City and Rural Districts of the York Poor Law Union.
Bound committee minutes.
Urban Sanitary CommitteeVarious paper stationery items including headed letter paper, postcards and labels.
At present this collection only includes an incomplete set of magazines.
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Returns and statistics recorded as part of an enquiry into a Typhoid Fever outbreak in York 1886
Includes typescript plays, stories and short stories. In some cases multiple versions exist for a particular title.
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Comprises receipt and payment books for the York Poor Law Union, and, after 1930, the Public Assistance Committee; the York Out-Relief Union; the Flaxton and Bishopthorpe Out-Relief Unions; and the Escrick Out-Relief Union.
Comprises treasurer's financial ledgers for the York Poor Law Union and York Out-Relief Union.
Journals & descriptions of tours by William Gray , Jonathan Gray and Margaret Gray to various national and international locations.
Gray; William (1751-1845); SolicitorIncludes papers relating to railways, horse trams, trolleybuses and electrobuses, boats and the Sheppee Steam Company.
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)Includes:
E60a: Transcriptions of City Charters, volume I;
E60b: Transcriptions of City Charters, volume II;
E60c: Transcript of a charter of King Edward VI, issued in 1547.
E60d: Translation of Two Charters relating to the Common Council of the City of York by a citizen 1662 and 1676
Includes counterpart release relating to the Manor of Cropton, and conveyance of freehold property relating to the Manor of Dalton.
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Grays solicitorsTwo of these volumes contain indexes (excluding 1961-1973)
Tramways Committee minutes
1923-29
Tramways and Motors Committee (from 1925) minutes
1929-60
Transport Committee minutes
1961-73
This series currently only comprises one volume of handwritten course notes, presumably from the 1930s.
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Some of the volumes are indexed. Includes details of goods purchased by Bleasdales in the course of their work.
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Files created by City of York Council related to town planning.
The Town Clerk's files relating to health and health services in York. Files comprise correspondence and associated papers. See also Y/HEA/1/3
Town Clerk's correspondence files concerning the Health Committee and matters of public health. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence. See also Y/HEA/1/2
Development Plan 1951, report of the survey
Development Plan. Written Statement
At present this series inclides one schedule, with match scores and a history of the club.
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Includes release, copy deed of surrender, lease, deed of appointment, deed of release, lease of the prebend of Ampleforth and copies of a printed act. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
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Grays solicitorsIncludes leases and releases, mortgages, one conveyance and one receipt, relating to properties and land in Great Ouseburn. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
Grays solicitorsIncludes mortgage between Edmund Robinson and Reverend Charles Thorp, and reconveyance of Thomas William Evans to Henry Newton.
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Grays solicitorsIncludes feoffment and marriage settlement. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
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Grays solicitorsIncludes lease and release, bond, assignment and lease and assignment. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about this series.
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Grays solicitorsThis series includes 37 programmes for theatre and operatic performances by various amateur theatrical and operatic groups, at various venues around York. There is also a menu for a dinner for the Gallery First Nighters' club. The collection was probably compiled by Cuthbert Joseph Kleiser (1855-1929) who had a keen interest in the theatre.
York Operatic AmateursIncomplete series.
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Includes probate of the will of The Right Reverend Robert Jarratt Crosthwaite of Bolton Percy, legal correspondence and vacation of a pension. Please see file and item level descriptions for more information about the contents of this series.
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Grays solicitorsPapers relating to the planning and opening of the York Municipal Aerodrome at Clifton. Includes maps, designs and compulsory purchase agreements.
The magazine includes information on the school's sports clubs, important information about the school and its pupils. Initially published four times per year, the magazine was published six-monthly from the 1970s and by 1984 began to be published annually.
St Peter's SchoolAt present this collection only comprises one file with the text of an address and a list of lantern slides. Please note, the original lantern slides were not deposited with the archives service.
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Records of the Jospeph Rowntree Senior School
Includes two leases and releases relating to the property. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
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Grays solicitorsComprises two leases relating to the property.
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Grays solicitorsFiles relating to the Bill, which was passed in the UK Parliament in 1934.
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Includes releases, indenture of fine, lease and release, sale of property, land in trust, lease and mortgage in fee and reconveyance. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
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Grays solicitorsIncludes documents regarding the future of the aerodrome after the Second World War, as well as documents regarding trespassers on the site.
Tenders from bedstead suppliers
Tenders from pharmacy suppliers
Includes draft and final tenancy agreements, correspondence and other papers.
These volumes contain indexes
- 1890-1896
- 1896-1909
Notes for talks delivered by Alan H Audin. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
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Bound copy of act
Includes paperwork for suppliers of joinery goods, roofing and tiles, cement, lime, sand, gravel, bricks, plumbing and heating, public utilities, decoration and extra and specific items.
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Two handwritten alphabetical lists of suppliers.
General outgoing correspondence of the Superintendent Registrar of the York Poor Law Union.
Most of the correspondence concerns procedural issues and irregularities in the registration of births, marriages and deaths. (See also PLU/11/1/2)
The ledgers give details of the name of each person and how many vouchers they were entitled to for food and board. Money was paid by City of York Council.
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Comprises summonses and warrants relating to criminal charges brought by the York Poor Law Union against individuals through the Police Courts; also includes inquests; and affiliation orders.
Some files include evidence statements and correspondence frrom individuals involved in the cases.
At present this collection only comprises one volume, showing lists of subscribers.
North Yorkshire County Structure Plans, various stages.
Items relating to the will and bequests of Eustachius Strickland.