Statement of Account – Middle-Level Drainage Bill (1844)
Statement of Account from H.H. Fulton to Sir John Rennie regarding Middle-Level Draining Bill, 1844 – this is an account…
Thesis: David Michael Riley, ‘Families and their property in early modern England: a study of four communities on the Yorkshire Ouse, 1660-1760 (1990)
Riley’s thesis focuses upon four parishes, Cawood, Riccall, Selby and Wistow during the period 1660-1760. His second chapter includes an…
Boats on the River Ouse at Cawood c.1700
This image highlights the long tradition of the use of the River Ouse as a mode of commercial transport.
NCB Research Papers – Operational Research Executive
The National Coal Mining Museum for England holds a number of papers generated around 1975 considering how the new complex…
Interview with David Price – Selby Miner
David’s interview covers 40 years in the industry in the UK and abroad. To hear the interview click on…
The Flying Scotsman
This item is taken from the National Railway Museum’s website, www.railwaymuseum.org.uk . More information can be found on http://www.flyingscotsman.org.uk/ and…
Railway Land Plans and Sections, 1863-1864, York and Doncaster
Original land plans and sections created in 1863 – 1864 by the railway company surveyor for the proposed line from…
How to Speculate on the Railways
National Railway Museum Archive Printed pamphlet entitled ‘A Short and Sure guide to Railway Speculation. A Few Plain Rules how…
1865 Petition
This item refers to a petition signed by 71 citizens of York supporting a Bill to permit further railway development…
Methley Joint Railway Committee Minutes
Methley Joint Committee Minutes of Meetings from 1864 to 1885, documents assembled by R.R. Nelson, Secretary, West Yorkshire Railway, 1864-1865,…