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ALL
YORKSHIRE:
Records for the archdiocese
of York, which include the wills admitted to probate for most of Yorkshire
from the middle ages to 1858 are held at the Borthwick Institute - see
below for contact details
Many estate and family
collections for Yorkshire are held at the Yorkshire Archaeological Society
which operates in close conjunction with the West Yorkshire Archive Service
- see below for contact details |
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NORTH
YORKSHIRE:
Records for the city of
York are held at the York City
Archives
Records for the area covered
by the boroughs of Middlesborough and Redcar & Cleveland are held
at the Teesside Archives
Records for the rest of
the North Riding of Yorkshire are held at the North
Yorkshire County Record Office |
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EAST
YORKSHIRE:
Records for the East Riding
of Yorkshire (apart from Hull) are held at the East
Riding of Yorkshire Archives
Records for the city of
Hull are held at the Hull City Archives |
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SOUTH
YORKSHIRE:
Records for the Barnsley
district are held at the Barnsley
Archives
Records for the Doncaster
district are held at the Doncaster
Archives
Records for the Rotherham
district are held at the Rotherham
Archives
Records for the city of
Sheffield and surrounding area are held at the Sheffield
Archives |
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WEST
YORKSHIRE:
Records for the Bradford
district held at the Bradford Archives
Records for the Calderdale
district are held at the Calderdale
Archives
Records for the Kirkless
district are held at the Kirklees
Archives
Records for the city of
Leeds and surrounding area are held at the
Leeds Archives
Records for the Wakefield
district are held at the Wakefield
Archives
Records for the parish
of Sedbergh (incorporated since 1974 into the new county of Cumbria) are
held at the Kendal Record Office |
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BORTHWICK
INSTITUTE |
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managed
by University of York |
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CONTACT |
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Address |
Borthwick
Institute, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD |
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Telephone
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(01904)
321166 |
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E-Mail
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bihr500@york.ac.uk |
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ACCESS |
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Opening
Hours |
see
Opening Hours within the Visiting
Us page on the institute's web site |
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Entry
Access |
staff
controlled - required to sign in on register |
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Visiting
Guide |
see
Visiting
Us page
within the institute's web site |
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Directions |
see
How
to Reach the University page
within the institutes's web site |
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Postal
Research |
fee
based research service provided - see
Borthwick
Postal Research Service page
within the institute's web site for details |
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SOURCES
HELD |
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Summary |
see
Archives
Guides page within the record office's website for index to a series
of guides (in PDF format) on the institute's main holdings |
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Online
Catalogue |
see
National Archives Access
to Archives
web site |
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Online
Indexes |
all
wills that were proved at the Prerogative Court of York (PYC) between 1389
and 1858 are held at the Institute - indexes to Prerogative and Exchequer
Courts of York Wills 1267-1500 (10,000 records), York Province Peculiar
Courts Wills 1383-1883 (25,000) and Prerogative and Exchequer Courts of
York Grants of Probate 1853-1858 (16,000) can be searched online at the
Origins Network
subscription web site |
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COPYING
DOCUMENTS |
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Photocopying |
staff
only for permitted documents - 30p
for A4 copy, 60p for A3 copy |
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Repro
Services |
digital
scanning and photographic reproduction services available - contact institute
for details |
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Own
Photos |
not
permitted |
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Microform |
microform
reader-printer available - see Reprographic
Service page for details |
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WEB
SITE |
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Access |
Home
Page |
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Content |
set
of comprehensive guides to main holdings |
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Navigation |
satisfactory |
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NEARBY
ACCOMMODATION |
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Hotels |
see
list of nearby hotels |
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Hostels |
YHA York - Victorian house in spacious grounds - ample car parking - 2.9
miles from the record office |
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Micklegate Hostel - grand Georgian mansion - 2 miles from the record office |
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University |
University
of York - ensuite rooms available during university vacations at Fairfax
House which is in the same campus as Borthwick Institute |
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YORKSHIRE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY |
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works
closely with the West Yorkshire Archive Service |
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CONTACT |
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Address |
Yorkshire
Archaeological Society, Claremont, 23 Clarendon Road, Leeds, LS2 9NZ |
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Telephone
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(0113)
245 6362 |
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E-Mail
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archive@yas.org.uk
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ACCESS |
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Opening
Hours |
see
Opening Hours within the Visitor
Information page on the society's web site |
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Entry
Access |
no
identification document required |
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Visiting
Guide |
see
Visitor
Information page
within the society's web site |
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Directions |
see
downloadable map
(in PDF format) within the society's web site |
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Postal
Research |
fee
based research service provided - see
Postal
Research Services page
within the society's web site for details |
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SOURCES
HELD |
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Summary |
see
Library, Archives and Microfiche within the
Claremont - Our
Headquarters page on the society's website |
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Online
Catalogue |
see
National Archives Access
to Archives
web site |
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COPYING
DOCUMENTS |
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Photocopying |
self
service for permitted documents
- 55p per A4 copy, 80p per A3 copy (lower charges for members) |
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Repro
Services |
professional
photographic reproduction service available - contact society for details |
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Own
Photos |
digital
cameras permitted - use of flash and tripods at discretion of society's
archivist - £17.50 charge |
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WEB
SITE |
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Access |
Home
Page |
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Content |
reasonable
level of information provided on visting the society, less so on its holdings |
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Navigation |
not
as intuitive as it could be |
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NEARBY
ACCOMMODATION |
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Hotels |
see
list of nearby hotels |
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This
page last updated: 4 December 2007 |
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