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York Minster Archives
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The Old Palace
Dean's Park
York
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Businesses (7)
- Feilden & Mawson, architects Norwich, Norfolk
- Field Archaeology Specialists Ltd York, Yorkshire
- John Todd, bookseller York, Yorkshire
- Low Moor Co Ltd, coal and iron masters Bradford, Yorkshire
- Mrs Punshon, pony stud Ingleby Arncliffe, Yorkshire
- Notary York, Yorkshire
- Shepherd Building Group Ltd York, Yorkshire
Organisations (56)
- Acomb Highway Committee Acomb, Yorkshire
- All Saints Pavement parish, York York, Yorkshire
- Archbishop Holgate Grammar School, Hemsworth Hemsworth, Yorkshire;Barnsley, Yorkshire
- Bradford Literary and Philosophical Society Bradford, Yorkshire
- Bradford parish Bradford, Yorkshire
- British Red Cross Society: 44th Yorkshire (North Riding) VA detachment Yorkshire, North Riding
- Byland Abbey Byland, Yorkshire;Asby, Westmorland
- Centenary Methodist Circuit, York York, Yorkshire
- Charles Sylvester, Messenger in Ordinary to the Home Department and Foreign Department
- Doctor's Club, York York, Yorkshire
- East Riding Antiquarian Society Yorkshire, East Riding
- Ely Cathedral Priory (formerly Abbey) Ely, Cambridgeshire
- Friends of York Minster York, Yorkshire
- Full Sutton parish Full Sutton, Yorkshire East Riding
- Girls Friendly Society: York diocesan council York, Yorkshire
- Gomersal Rubric Club Gomersal, Yorkshire
- Guisborough Priory Guisborough, Yorkshire
- Haltemprice Priory Haltemprice, Yorkshire
- HMS Nymphe (1866)
- Horse Fair School, York York, Yorkshire
- Kirkstall Abbey Kirkstall, Yorkshire
- Liberty of St Peter York, Justices of the Peace York, Yorkshire
- Ludham Chantry Ludham, Norfolk
- Marrick Priory (Benedictine) Marrick, Yorkshire
- Marton Priory Marton cum Grafton, Yorkshire
- Mount Grace Priory (Carthusian) Mount Grace Priory, Yorkshire
- Nun Appleton Priory (Cistercian) Nun Appleton, Yorkshire;Holme-on-the-Wolds, Yorkshire
- Oxford University: The Queen's College Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Purey-Cust Nursing Home, York York, Yorkshire
- Richmond Archdeaconry
- Riddlesden with Morton Inclosure Commissioners Riddlesden, Yorkshire
- Rievaulx Abbey Rievaulx, Yorkshire
- Soroptimist International: Malton and District Malton, Yorkshire
- St Leonard's (formerly St Peter's) Hospital, York York, Yorkshire
- St Mary's Abbey, York York, Yorkshire
- St Michael le Belfrey parish, York York, Yorkshire
- St Peter's School, York York, Yorkshire
- St Wilfrid parish, York York, Yorkshire
- St William's College, York York, Yorkshire
- United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, York Women's fellowship York, Yorkshire
- Victor Emmanuel, hellenic ship
- West Riding of Yorkshire Quarter Sessions Yorkshire, West Riding
- York Archaeological Trust York, Yorkshire
- York archdiocese registry York, Yorkshire
- York Assay Office York, Yorkshire
- York chantries York, Yorkshire
- York charities York, Yorkshire
- York Dean and Chapter York, Yorkshire
- York Minster parish York, Yorkshire
- York Minster Song School York, Yorkshire
- York Minster Staff Association York, Yorkshire
- York Minster Vicars Choral York, Yorkshire
- York province: Convocation
- Yorkshire Association of Change Ringers Yorkshire and the Humber
- Yorkshire elections Yorkshire and the Humber
- Yorkshire Philosophical Society York, Yorkshire
Persons (79)
- Abbs, Edward Cooper, (1844-1873), Lieuntenant, Royal Navy Cleadon, Durham;Malta;Greece;Hong Kong
- Addleshaw, George William Outram, (1906-1982), Dean of Chester
- Argles, George Marsham, (1841-1920), Anglican clergyman
- Bate, Herbert Newell, (1871-1941), Dean of York
- Beckwith, Thomas, (d 1786), painter and antiquary
- Blanch, Stuart Yarmouth, (1918-1994), Baron Blanch of Bishopsthorpe, Archbishop of York
- Cholmley, Sir Hugh, (1600-1657), 1st Baronet MP Royalist
- Cole, John, (1792-1848), bookseller and antiquary Scarborough, Yorkshire
- Collins, Francis, (1832-1925), surgeon, antiquary
- Comber, Thomas, (1645-1699), Dean of Durham
- Cooper, Thomas Parsons, (fl 1897-1935), antiquary
- Cryer, John, (fl 1811-1863), bookseller and antiquary
- Davenant, John, (1576-1641), Bishop of Salisbury
- Davies, Robert, (1793-1875), York Antiquary
- Dawes, Sir Darcy, (d 1772), 4th Baronet
- Dawes, Sir William, (1671-1724), Knight Archbishop of York
- Drake, Francis, (1696-1771), Antiquary
- Fairbank, Frederick Royston, (d 1913), physician and antiquary
- Fairfax, Brian, (1633-1711), politician
- Flamsteed, John, (1646-1719), astronomer
- Gale, Miles, (1647-1721), Anglican clergyman, antiquary
- Garbett, Cyril Forster, (1875-1955), Archbishop of York
- Gent, Thomas, (1693-1778), Printer and Topographer
- Gibson, Peter, (fl 1945-2010), stained glass artist York, Yorkshire
- Gill, Arthur Alfred Robert, (fl 1894-1936), Vicar of Market Weighton and Antiquary
- Gray, Thomas, (1716-1771), poet
- Hailstone, Edward, (1818-1890), Antiquary
- Hailstone, Samuel, (1768-1851), Botanist
- Hardy, John Stockdale, (1793-1849), Antiquary and Lawyer
- Harrington, James, (1644-1693), Lawyer Poet Pamphleteer
- Herring, William, (d 1774), Dean of St Asaph
- Hey, William, (1811-1882), Archdeacon of Cleveland
- Hornby, Robert William Bilton, (1821-1888), Antiquary and Clergyman
- Hunter, Joseph, (1783-1861), antiquary
- Hutton, Matthew, (1639-1711), Antiquary
- Jablonski, Daniel Ernst, (1660-1741), German Reformed Theologian
- Jackson, Francis Alan, (1917-2022), organist
- Kaye, Martin, (1919-1977), Archdeacon of Craven
- Kirshaw, John, (c 1628-1684), Rector of Ripley Yorkshire
- Lamplugh, Thomas, (1615-1691), Archbishop of York
- Lawton, George, (1779-1869), Antiquary
- Mason, William, (1724-1797), poet, canon of York
- Matthew, Tobie, (1546-1628), Archbishop of York
- Milner-White, Eric, (1884-1963), Dean of York
- Norton, Christopher, (b1955), art historian
- Parlow, John Thomas Morgan, (b 1921), Anglican clergyman
- Paver, William, (1802-1871), Genealogist
- Peck, William, (fl 1813-1822), historian of the Isle of Axholme
- Purey-Cust, Arthur Percival, (1828-1916), Dean of York
- Purvis, John Stanley, (1890-1968), Canon of York, archivist
- Raine, James, (1791-1858), antiquary and topographer
- Richardson, Richard, (1663-1741), botanist
- Selden, John, (1584-1654), Jurist MP Antiquary
- Sharp, Abraham, (1651-1742), Mathematician
- Sharp, Granville, (1735-1813), Philanthropist
- Sharp, John, (1645-1714), Archbishop of York antiquary
- Sharp, Thomas, (1693-1758), Archdeacon of Northumberland Theologian Biographer
- Skaife, Robert Hardisty, (1830-1916), antiquary York, Yorkshire;Isle of Man;Leeds, Yorkshire
- Smith, Basil Alec, (1908-1969), treasurer of York Minster
- Stell, Philip Michael, (1934-2004), Professor of Otolaryngology, medieval historian
- Stubbs, Henry, (? 1606-1678), Theologian
- Sylvester, Charles, (fl 1793-1809), Messenger to Foreign and Home Departments
- Tardrew, Thomas Hedley, (1889-1966), Precentor of York Minster
- Tate, James, (1771-1843), headmaster
- Tate, William Edward, (1902-1968), historian
- Thomson, William, (1819-1890), Archbishop of York
- Thoresby, Ralph, (1658-1725), antiquary and topographer
- Torre, James, (1649-1699), Antiquary and Genealogist
- Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, (1897-1965), Princess Royal Countess of Harewood,
- Walbran, John Richard, (1817-1869), antiquary
- Watson, John, (1725-1783), Rector of Stockport Antiquary
- Wellbeloved, Charles, (1769-1858), Unitarian minister archaeologist antiquary
- Widdrington, Sir Thomas, (d 1664), Knight, Speaker of the House of Commons
- Williams, John Foster, (1878-1971), rector of South Walsham, antiquary and archivist
- Wilson, Thomas, (1713-1789), Yorkshire Antiquary
- Wise, Francis, (1695-1767), Archaeologist
- Wood, John, (1757-1846), General
- Wrangham, Francis, (1769-1842), Archdeacon of the East Riding, classical scholar
- Zouch, Thomas, (1737-1815), clergyman, antiquary and biographer
Diaries (1)
Families (4)
- Cholmley family, baronets, of Whitby Whitby, Yorkshire
- Gossip family of Hatfield Hatfield, Yorkshire
- Hatfeild family of Thorp Arch Thorp Arch, Yorkshire
- Worsop family of Howdenshire Howdenshire, Yorkshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (9)
- NRA 26607 Cyril Forster Garbett, archbishop of York: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 16501 Roger De Clay: Yorkshire and Leicestershire account roll
- NRA 28331 Eric Milner-White, dean of York: corresp and papers link to scanned list
- NRA 12106 Archbishop John Sharp and members of his family: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 12105 Granville Sharp, abolitionist: letter-book link to online catalogue
- NRA 16500 Charles Sylvester (government messenger) accounts
- NRA 26560 York dean and chapter link to scanned list
- NRA 30444 York Minster Library: MS collections
- NRA 29501 Yorkshire parishes
Accessions
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