Local authority of the City of York, England

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Saint Paulinus of York baptizes Edwin king of Northumbria. Engraving by W. Walker after S. Wale.

Description of the Retreat, an institution near York, for insane persons of the Society of Friends : containing an account of its origin and progress, the modes of treatment, and a statement of cases / By Samuel Tuke. With an elevation and plans of the building.

Reform in the treatment of the insane : early history of The Retreat, York, its objects and influence, with a report of the celebrations of its centenary / by D. Hack Tuke.

In December 1765, there were in York, a young man ad woman, twins, of a surprising stature : they were not quite 17 years of age. The brother was 7ft 3 in.: the sister 7ft 2 in. in height : annual register.

Mrs. Hopwell.

Ann Groves : of Bromsgrove, in Worcestershire.

Keep dry : per : carriage paid through : Messrs. Bleasdale, Ltd., Wholesale Druggists, York / from Francis Cupiss Ltd., The Wilderness, Diss.

York, England: nurses and patient in the operating theatre of the York County Hospital. Photographic postcard, ca. 1915.

Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at York, 1844, with vignettes of its officers. Wood engraving, 1844.

Clocks: the mechanism of a large clock. Engraving, c.1861.

The devil's own : scenes from the farce of life, or facts are stubborn thing, exposing a few only of the secret doings of those cursed human vultures called lawyers.

[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, York City.

[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, York City.

State of an institution near York, called the Retreat, for persons afflicted with disorders of the mind : forty-sixth report.

The one-hundred-and-sixtieth annual report of the physician superintendent for the year 1956 / The Retreat, York, a registered hospital for the treatment of mental and nervous and illnesses.

[Report 1902] / Medical Officer of Health, York City.

The state of the poll for Members in Parliament to represent the City of York. Begun at the Guildhall the 31st Day of March, and finally closed on the 6th of April, 1784. Lord John Cavendish, Sir William Milner, Bart. Rt. Hon. Lord Viscount Gallway, Richa

The poll for the election of members to serve in Parliament for the city of York, begun Wednesday, May 13th, 1741; before John Raper, Gent. Thomas Matthews, Gent. Sheriffs. Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart. Godfrey Wentworth, Esq; Edward Thompson, Esq; Sir Will

Bedale races. On Wednesday the fourth of October, will be run at Bedale, in Yorkshire, a plate of 20l. by any horse, &c. that was no more than three years old the first of February last, ..

The poll for a Member in Parliament for the city of York. Begun ... the 1st of December, 1758. William Thornton, Esq ; Robert Lane, Esq ; candidates. ..

A list, or Catalogue Of All The Mayors, and Bayliffs, Lord Mayors, and Sheriffs, Of the most Ancient, Honourable, Noble, and Loyal City of York, From the Time of King Edward I. To the Year, 1664. being the 16th. Year of the most happy Reign of King Charle

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The state of the poll for Members in Parliament to represent the City of York. Begun at the Guildhall the 31st Day of March, and finally closed on the 6th of April, 1784. Lord John Cavendish, Sir William Milner, Bart. Rt. Hon. Lord Viscount Gallway, Richa

The poll for the election of members to serve in Parliament for the city of York, begun Wednesday, May 13th, 1741; before John Raper, Gent. Thomas Matthews, Gent. Sheriffs. Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart. Godfrey Wentworth, Esq; Edward Thompson, Esq; Sir Will

Bedale races. On Wednesday the fourth of October, will be run at Bedale, in Yorkshire, a plate of 20l. by any horse, &c. that was no more than three years old the first of February last, ..

The poll for a Member in Parliament for the city of York. Begun ... the 1st of December, 1758. William Thornton, Esq ; Robert Lane, Esq ; candidates. ..

A list, or Catalogue Of All The Mayors, and Bayliffs, Lord Mayors, and Sheriffs, Of the most Ancient, Honourable, Noble, and Loyal City of York, From the Time of King Edward I. To the Year, 1664. being the 16th. Year of the most happy Reign of King Charle

City of York Council

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The state of the poll for Members in Parliament to represent the City of York. Begun at the Guildhall the 31st Day of March, and finally closed on the 6th of April, 1784. Lord John Cavendish, Sir William Milner, Bart. Rt. Hon. Lord Viscount Gallway, Richa

The poll for the election of members to serve in Parliament for the city of York, begun Wednesday, May 13th, 1741; before John Raper, Gent. Thomas Matthews, Gent. Sheriffs. Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart. Godfrey Wentworth, Esq; Edward Thompson, Esq; Sir Will

Bedale races. On Wednesday the fourth of October, will be run at Bedale, in Yorkshire, a plate of 20l. by any horse, &c. that was no more than three years old the first of February last, ..

The poll for a Member in Parliament for the city of York. Begun ... the 1st of December, 1758. William Thornton, Esq ; Robert Lane, Esq ; candidates. ..

A list, or Catalogue Of All The Mayors, and Bayliffs, Lord Mayors, and Sheriffs, Of the most Ancient, Honourable, Noble, and Loyal City of York, From the Time of King Edward I. To the Year, 1664. being the 16th. Year of the most happy Reign of King Charle

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