| Description | Includes
Inside cover, notice and application form for shares - Beverley Coffee Tavern Company Ltd (Incorporated 1862-1880); newspaper cutting relating to shares in Yorkshire Steam Trawling and Fishing Company Ltd, 1881
Fly leaf, circular letter from Rev Francis G Pelham, the vicarage, Beverley regarding his acceptance of the living of Halesowen, Worcestershire, 27 Jul 1881; public address regarding a warning against French invasion and advising an attack on France, c.1805
newscuttings unless otherwise stated:
page 1 death and will of Lord Wenlock, 8 Nov 1880
page 4 death of Mr I'Anson of Norton, 10 Jan 1881
page 5 wedding of eldest daughter of Colonel Haworth Booth of Hull Bank House, Hull, 19 Jan 1881
page 6 sale of late Mr I'Anson's stud, and his will, 13 Mar 1881
page 8,9 and 13 anti-Gladstone pamphlets
page 12 obituary of alderman C R Lambert of Hull, 1 May 1881, will of Thomas William Palmer JP late of Castle Hill, Brough, 28 Jun 1881
page 14 'Rise of Hull Shipping Trade', 3 Jun 1881
page 17 opening of the new Graving Dock at Hull, 17 Jun 1881
page 19 pamphlet for order of service for the opening of the organ at Beverley Minster, 14 Apr 1885
page 22 form of application for shares in and prospectus relating to Beverley Waterworks Company, 1881
page 23 diversion of the River Hull. Construction of a floating harbour, 25 Aug 1881
page 25 notice of sale of toll houses, building materials, weigh engines, toll gates, implements etc. at Kexby Bridge Toll Bar, Wilberforce Side Bar, Barmby Moor Toll Bar, Sunderlandwick Toll Bar, Cranswick Toll Bar, Molescroft Side Bar (Pighill Lane), Molescroft Toll Bar, Side Bar at Dog Kennel Lane and Bishop Buton Toll Bar, 10-11 Nov 1881; election notice (Beverley), 1 Nov 1881, price of gas in Beverley, 1881, the policy of the Hull and Barnsley Railway and Dock Company, 1881
page 26 proposed railway line from Leeds to Hull, 9 Nov 1881, statement of accounts relating to the Turnpike Trust Roads from Beverley to Kexby Bridge; Beverley to Kendall House and Molescroft to Bainton Balk, 1881
page 28 sale of manuscript of Poulson's 'Beverlac', 1895; proposed presentation to Christopher Sykes on his retirement from parliament, Nov 1889
page 29 death of George Leeman of York (clerk of Peace for the East Riding), 27 Feb 1882; death of Alfred Shepherd (Governor of East Riding House of Correction), 1882; John Bickersteth appointed Clerk of Peace of the East Riding, 1882; 'New Dock Works at Hull', 22 May 1882
page 32 election of East Riding Registrar of Deeds, 28 Apr 1882
page 34-35,38 murder of William Papper on board the fishing smack 'Rising Sun' of Hull, 1882
page 37 copy of lists of Yorkshire Commissions of War Taxes during times of William and Mary, Queen Anne and George II, 25 Nov 1880
page 38 East Riding Quarter Sessions, 30 Jun 1882
page 39 fire at Beverley Minster, 27 Nov (1882?)
page 43 rearrangement of Hull into wards, 23 Aug 1882; appointment of Charitable Trustees at Beverley , 1882
page 44 death of Sir James Alderson surgeon, son of Dr John Alderson of Hull, 16 Sep 1882
page 45 scale of charges of Beverley Waterworks, 1882
page 45,46,50,51 and 53 Mr Broadley's retirement from parliament and subsequent representative for East Riding, 1882
page 53 notice of Hull Dock Company intention to bring a Bill, 1882
page 54 notice of Hull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company, 18 Nov 1882
page 55 notice of Hull and Lincoln Railway for an Act, 18 Nov 1882
page 56 notice for North Eastern Railway,
page 57 sale of Spaldington Estate, 22 Nov 1882
page 57-58 death of Lieutenant Colonel J W Pease of Hesslewood, 22 Nov 1882
page 58 murder of the cook of the 'Gleaner' of Hull, 28 Nov 1882
page 60 'Yorkshire MP's in the House of Commons - Mr Broadley', on his retirement, 2 Dec 1882
page 64 death of Rev W T Sandys former vicar of St Mary's Beverley, 1882
page 66 polling on adoption of Public Library Act at Hull, Dec 1882
page 67 will of Sir James Walker, The Hall, Beverley, 1884
page 68 photograph of 'The Old Altar Rails-Beverley Minster', 1883
page 69 notice of sale by auction of a pony carriage at Driffield, 23 Jan 1883
page 71 notice relating to £20 reward for Henry Robert Luscombe, a clerk in the East Riding Bank at Beverley who is wanted for embezzlement, 29 Feb 1884,
page 76 'Reminiscences of Elections at Beverley, by an old Freeman of the Borough', Jul 1883
page 77 'Chronicles of Beverley', by an Old Freeman of the Borough, 20 Aug 1883
page 79 concerning Christopher Sykes' hunting party at Brantingham Thorpe, 1883
page 80 opening of the Hull New Borough Asylum, 10 Dec 1883
page 81 'Chronicles of Beverley' by an Old Freeman of the Borough, 10 Dec 1883
page 82 Welham Hall destroyed by fire, 18 Jan 1884; report of Hull and Barnsley Railway and Dock Company's half-yearly meeting, 18 Jan 1884
page 84-85 report of Hull and Barnsley Railway and Dock Company and an adjourned meeting, 5 Mar 1884
page 86 report of Hull and Barnsley Railway and Dock Company and London Shareholders' Committee, 12 Apr 1884
page 87 report of Hull and Barnsley Railway and Dock Company regarding an extraordinary meeting, 21 Apr 1884
page 89-90 proposed Scarborough and East Riding Railway, 1 Feb 1884
page 90 Hull and Lincoln Railway, 14 May 1884, list of subscribers to St Mary's new church clock
page 92 Christopher Sykes' Bill for prevention of destruction of undersized crabs at Flamborough, 23 May 1884, 'A Hull Eccentric 70 years ago' relating to Tom Scatchard, 1884
page 93 report on Hull and Barnsley Railway and Dock Company half-yearly meeting, 1 Sep 1884; sale of brood mares at Market Weighton, 20 Apr 1886
page 94 costs of liquidation of the Beverley Iron and Waggon Company, Dec 1884; numbers of voters in districts of Holderness, 1884
page 95 'The Electoral boundaries of Yorkshire - East Riding', 19 Feb 1885
page 96-97 past elections in Hull, 1 Jun 1885
page 97 list of election pamphlets and cuttings concerning election, 1885
pages 98-99 notices of sales regarding North Newbald, South Newbald, Kirkella, Spaldington, part of manor of Cottingham Sarum, Hull, Filey, Scalby, Scarborough Aquarium, Cottingham, Hessle, Manor of Rimswell, Wyton, Marfleet, Preston, Hornsea, Weel, Beverley, Tibthorpe, Jervaulx Abbey, 1885
page 103 programme of festivities at Queen's Jubilee celebrations in Beverley, 1 Jun 1887; election poster giving candidates and districts for Holderness division, 3 Dec 1885
page 106-107 'Turf Celebrities - Richard Watt esq of Bishop Burton', 23 Jan 1886
page 110 letter to Editor of Beverley Guardian regarding drainage and sanitation in Beverley, 1 Jun 1886
page 111 'Clerical toleration at Beverley', 27 Feb 1886; election to parliament of Christopher Sykes, 1886; death of William George Windham of Wawne, 1887; death and funeral of Robert Hartley Bower of Welham, 1886
page 112 photographs of Corn Market and Wednesday Market, Beverley, c.1887; sale of books and manuscripts from Tixall library, 8 Nov 1899
page 113 'Mr Christopher Sykes MP at Westminster', 1887; Buckrose election, 15 Jul 1886
page 116 'The Buckrose election - Mr Christopher Sykes' petition', 16 Aug 1886; death of W H Rudston-Read of Hayton Hall, Pocklington, 16 Aug 1886
page 118-119 sale notices for Beverley, Burtonfield and Scrayingham, Kirkella, Skidby, Welham and Sutton, 1889-1890
page 121 notice of discontinuation of appropriation of pews in St Mary's church, Beverley, 1 Sep 1886
page 123 circular letter concerning salaries of corporation officials (Beverley?) nd.; 'The Buckrose Election Petition', 1886
page 125 will of Rev John Hymers of Brandesburton
page 126 'The Progress of the Pew Dispute at Beverley' 21 Jan 1887; circular letter regarding the Church Congress, Hull, 24 May 1890; series of illustrations 'Railway travelling in 1837 on the Liverpool and Manchester Line'
page 127-128 cuttings concerning 'the pew question' at St Mary's Church, Beverley
page 128 report of B S Brundell regarding Beverley Sewerage and Sewage disposal, 10 Feb 1887
page 129 Buckrose election and Christopher Sykes, 1887
page 130-131 will of Rev John Hymers; 'a form of thanksgiving and prayer...upon the completion of 63 years of Her Majesty's Reign'
page 133 death of Joseph Hind of Beverley, 1889
page 136 marriage at Anlaby of youngest daughter of late Thomas Ringrose-Voase, 1888
page 137 death of Master of Hull Charterhouse, 1888; Lady Boynton of Burton Agnes Hall, 1888
page 138 model of Percy Shrine in Beverley Minster, 1888
page 139-140 death of William Crosskill, agricultural implement manufacturer of Beverley, 9 Jul 1888
page 141 list of Mayors (of Beverley), 1836-1887; proposed railway from Beverley through Grovehill, Weel, Tickton, Hull Bridge, Eske, Stockhill, Sandholme, Wawne, Meaux, Riston, Long Riston, Arnold, Moor Town, Warley Cross Hill, Beeford and North Frodingham, 21 Nov 1888
page 143 County Council elections - Flamborough, Hilderthorpe, Walkington and Escrick divisions, 7 Aug 1889
page 144-5 Death and will of Hon Arthur Duncombe of Kilnwick Percy, 7 Feb 1889
page 147 'Beverley Jottings' (Memorial to Fred Chapman; sale of Christopher Sykes' library), 11 Aug 1888
page 149 East Riding Quarter Sessions, 10 Apr 1889; Roll of Yorkshire Magistrates, 23 Apr 1889
page 150-151 sale of Burton Constable manuscripts and library, Jun 1889, St Mary's and St Nicholas' parish magazine, Aug 1889
page 152 death of Joseph Hind (Deputy Registrar of Deeds), Beverley, 12 Oct 1889
page 153 will of Thomas Stephenson of Beverley, 22 Dec 1890
page 155 circular letter concerning proposed extension of Beverley and East Riding Railway to Little Weighton, Bridlington and Hornsea, 1890
page 158 notices of sales for Boreas Hill Estate, Molescroft, Walkington, Beverley, Holme on Spalding Moor, 1891
page 160-168 reports of Hull and Barnsley Railway Company's and Hull Dock Company's meetings, 1885-1889; timetable of Hull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway. Prospectus of company and application for shares, 1884-1885
Inside back cover, map of Hull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company |