Historic Beverley, videos

Originally deposited as a VHS video cassette. Contains amateur documentary footage relating to the history of Beverley. Duration: 1hr 57 mins Timing Action on Film (00:06) We are looking at the Medieval gateway to Beverley, the Beck. (00:14) There were two dry docks here, the last one was built in 1858. Shipbuilding was carried on by Joseph and Henry Scarr, Hunt and Sons, and Thomas Henry Harrison from the early 1800s. (00:44) Looking down the Deck at the dry dock built in 1858 and used by the Harrisons. After this Hodgsons used it to repair their fleet of barges, and it is now run by Arne Gilliam. (01:20) The Corporation had a lock built in the early 1800s so that the water level could be maintained for more adventurous shipbuilding. (01:41) Commercial use of the Beck had ceased by 1997. (01:51) The barge 'Comrade' built in New Holland in about 1930 and sailed by Captain Fred Schofield of Beverley. (02:24) Looking across to where Hunters and Sons yard was. They built and repaired mostly wooden barges. We can see their dry dock. The Hunter Family moved from Lincolnshire in 1889 and took over Thompsons's Shipyard here. (03:06) Old black and white stills from the time of Hunter's Yard, including a picture of William Hunter with Harry and Jack his sons. (03:23) Looking at the Humber Keel and Sloop Preservation Society barge 'Comrade' at the Beck end with Harrison's yard and the dry dock. (03:46) The aqueduct which carries the Beck above the Barmston Drain. This was carried out in conjunction with land drainage. (04:26) The "comrade" is the last of the Humber keels. (06:16) Pleasure boats are now built and repaired in the dry dock. (06:32) Headed stationery for Edwin and Thomas Harrison. Edwin lived in Holmechurch Lane in Beverley. (06:36) An old photograph of some Harrison employees, including the father. Another picture includes John Henry Harrison. The men in this picture are holding tools for making wooden ships. (07:00) Two old photographs of the Mariners' Sports which were held just outside the Beck on the River Hull. (07:26) Three photographs: the last launch into the Beck from Hunter's Yard, barges waiting to get out into the River Hull and the Falcon being built at Hunters. (08:07) A painting of a barge by Edwin Harrison, and a photograph of him working on a boat. (08:32) We can see the Engine House Shed for the Beck. (08:41) The Lock walkway and the Lock Man's House. (09:52) The overflow which keeps the Beck at a certain level. (09:11) The dry dock as it is now. (09:55) The lock plate which prevents flooding. (10:22) Looking towards Beverley Shipyard, with the River Hull in the background. (10:56) The peaceful western end of the Back. (11:25) Hodgson's warehouses, which were built in the 1930s for storing tanning materials. (11:46) Looking towards the Scarr Shipyards which were soon to be demolished. (12:13) This is Craig Wharf. (12:58) Here is the original part of Brigham Mill and Barkers. (14:23) The horse trough on Beckside, the Sloop public house and at the end the lodging house run for years by Nobby Clark and his sister. (14:51) The Beck's Head has been bricked out. We can also see the restored houses. (15:10) Beyond this is the Navigation Ironworks where the Scarrs built the first iron ship in Beverely in 1883. (15:30) Some black and white stills, including a picture of Cherry's pump works which they took over from Scarrs in 1884. (16:11) Some pictures taken in about the 1930s before Hodgson's warehouse was built. (16:29) We see some of the original advertising literature for Cherry's Pumps. (17:13) We see a picture of John Cherry who returned to Beverley in 1884 to set up a business as a pump manufacturer. We look at more advertising literature for pumps. (18:26) A picture of John Cherry's in 1977. (18:39) An advertisement for the Navigation Iron Works of Henry and Joseph Scarr. (19:10) The now-defunct BOCM (British Oil and Cake Mills) Paul's Mill. (20:13) Some colour photographs taken by Mr Harrison of Hodgson's gantries, warehouses and redundant boilers. (21:00) Barker's or Pauls Mill. (21:26) An old drawing of Beckside and still photographs of: (21:39) An old steam crane. (21:54) The crane being dismantled. (22:15) A crane lifting a boiler. (22:28) Dredging the Beck. (22:39) The old jail entrance gates which stood in Walkergate at the junction with Toll Gavel. (23:04) The Gas House, built in 1840s (moving film). (23:21) Thompson's Dairies building. (24:15) More Black and white photographs including: the Gas House Entrance, men carrying out maintenance work and piles of coke. (26:02) More photographs of horse-drawn tip carts. (27:23) Photograph of the Beck with it's banks being strengthened in 1985. (27:56) 1977 photograph of the boat 'Comerade'. (28:06) The Forresters Arms public house. (Moving film) (28:40) The Buck Inn. (29:00) The Sloop. (29:23) The Mariner's Arms. (29:38) The crossroads where Flemingate Bar used to stand. It was demolished in the 1770s. (29:48) The Time and Motion Shop, Owned by Peter Lancaster. This is on the site where Mr Floyd's butchers shop used to be. (30:26) New flats built by the Beverley builder Bob Stone. (30:51) A drawing of the same row of houses pre 1960s. (31:10) A 1950/60s photo of Potter Hill before the houses were demolished to widen the road. (32:17) We go into the Time and Motion shop, which sells clocks. [Sarah Herd] shows us around. (37:40) Looking at old photographs of [Buggs] the shoemakers, a lodging house and the blacksmiths. (38:19) An old photograph looking down West Terrace. (38:28) A drawing of Flemingate Bar in the 1770s. (38:41) Moving film - the Mariner's Arms and Flemingate Methodist Church. (39:12) Looking down Spark Mill Terrace we can see the windmill. (39:53) The Old St Nicholas School. Then we see an old picture of the interior of the school with all the pupils in 1910. (40:06) The Reading Room on Flemingate, one of two given by Admiral Walker. (40:14) The brickwork of an old house on Flemingate, dating from about 1500. (41:01) Old Denton house built in the 1700s. (42:58) The war memorial for Richard Hodgson and Sons employees. This has since been moved to Hengate. (44:48) Looking down Flemingate to where Greens and Sons used to have their haulage business. (45:06) The Museum of Army Transport. In the background we can see the Blackburn Beverley heavy transport aircraft, which was built at Brough. (46:09) Richard Hodgson's house, which pre-dates Denton House. (46:37) At the top of Flemingate is the Sun Inn. (46:55) The flats on the opposite corner are on the site of a medieval house. (46:56) A photograph of the older building. (47:17) Two other views of the medieval house. (48:26) Moving film of the Flemingate Level Crossing with two gateman's cottages which were soon to be demolished. (48:53) Beverley Friary. (49:40) Covered stairs across the line at Beverley Station, and the level crossing. (49:51) Chantry Lane. (50:09) Hodgson's Chemical Works. (51:38) Hodgson's ballroom (exterior view). (52:34) The glue works on St Nicholas Road. (53:53) Photo of glue works in about 1984. (53:15) The 'new' St Nicholas school, which moved from Beckside in 1914. (53:46) St Nicholas Church, built in the 1870s. (59:19) Inside the church. (58:58) The font, which came from an earlier St Nicholas Church. (59:45) The Grovehill Hotel in Holmchruch Lane. (1:00:04) The Halls Barton Ropery Company which is now Bridon Fishing Limited. (1:00:39) Donnington Cottage. (1:00:55) We meet Mike Cansfield at the ropery. He shows us around. (1:23:22) Old photographs of the ropery taken by Tommy Hollingsworth in the 1960s. (1:25:00) Some colour film of the ropery, taken by Les Hendy, the former manager. (1:37:42) Joseph Scarr's house in Swinemoor Lane. (1:38:21) Old photographs of the Shepherd Memorial Congregational Church, built in 1906, which once stood on Grovehill Road. Also a picture of Rev. Abba. (1:38:46) Old photographs of two houses built about 1820, with the entrance to Dean's Light Alloys between them. (1:39:15) Old photograph of the farmhouse originally on the Dean's site. (1:39:46) A photograph of Craythorne's Flour Mill, Grovehill Road. (1:40:20) An old picture of the mill, possibly during the fire there. (1:40:47) Cook Welton and Gemmell's new offices. (1:41:20) On the site of the large building in the centre of the picture is where Thompson's wheelwrights and joiners was located. (1:41:43) Canteen built during the war for Dean's and the shipyard workers. (1:42:37) Scarr's cottages. (1:43:17) New business on the old shipyard site. (1:43:54) At one end Keith Marin still runs a small shipyard. (1:44:55) The Weel Bridge. (1:46:06) Some houseboats on the river. (1:47:21) A drawing of the old Joseph Scarr Swing Bridge. (1:48:46) An old picture of the bridge with a broken back. (1:48:55) Old photographs of ship launches. (1:49:01) Old picture of temporary ferry used to cross the river until the new bridge was built. (1:49:13) Photograph of the 'Yorkshire Belle' in for alterations in 1949-50. (1:49:18) Old photograph of Scarr's shipyard. (1:49:32) The last days of the shipyard, with Phoenix shipbuilders. (1:49:40) Photograph of the 'Novena' the only stern fishing boat built at Cook Welton and Gemmell. (1:50:56) Photograph of the floating pontoon used for painting a ship after it had been launched. (1:51;25) More photographs of the 'Novena'. (1:52:25) An old picture of the Weel Bridge with a sailing boat behind it. (1:52:31) A Cook, Welton and Gemmell advertisement. (1:52:51) Photographs of trawlers being launched, and of Weel Bridge. (1:53:28) Photograph of the last launch into Beverley Back. (1:54:00) Old photograph of boat built in 1903 at Cook Welton and Gemmell. (1:54:11) Some film taken in 1963 of the launch of the Lady Elsie, the last launch at Cook Welton and Gemell. (1:56:39) Old photographs of the shipyard in the 1880s. Public access copy available in Audio-Visual Room.

Originally deposited as a VHS video cassette. Timing Action on film (00:00) The Latimer Memorial Church on Grovehill Road. This replaced the 'Tin Mission' or Shepherd Memorial Congregational Church which was further down Grovehill Road. Some old photographs: (00:30) The 'Tin Mission' and of the Reverend Abba, its first minister. (00:43) Albion House on Swinemoor Lane Corner, owned by the man who ran Crathornes Flour Mill. (00:50) The first council houses, built in 1922 and film of how they look now. (01:12) Photographs of a cycle shop which has been in existence for 70 or 80 years. (01:53) Contemporary footage of a detached house built for one of the Elwell family. (02:11) Contemporary footage of Beverley Railway Station, built in 1846 by the Hull and Selby Railway Company. (02:57) Looking down towards Railway Street towards where the Station Master's House once stood. (03:11) Modern view down the railway line, and the interior of the station. (03:48) The clock in Station Square and the Telegraph Hotel. (04:10) Railway Street, built by architects Edgar Page and his brother. It was originally called Albert Street. (04:53) The part of Station Square where the Station Master's House once stood. (05:44) The Telegraph Hotel, which stood on Station Square at the time this film was made. (06:04) The top floor of the next-door building was once Fred Elwell's studio. (07:15) Old photograph of the Railway Station in the late nineteenth century. (08:11) Photograph of Armstrong's Works being demolished. (08:38) Old photograph of the Station Master's Garden. (08:49) Photograph of what was Collinson's Instruments, and is now the Catholic Club. (08:55) Old photograph of the Station Gardens. (09:37) Photograph of the Goods Yard. (09:59) Photograph of the Station with a canopy. (10:13) Photograph of Victorian cabbies standing in front of their lobby at Beverley Railway Station. (10:35) Modern film of in and around Wednesday Market. (11:00) The large white building was once Wells the plumbers. (11:36) Film of the supermarket in Butchers Row, the site of the Marble Arch Cinema. (11:48) Looking towards the Queen's Head public house (12:04) Old photographs of the Boyes site on Wednesday Market, before Lord Roberts Road was built. (12:33) Another view of Wednesday Market including Witty's shop and the Chapel, which both stood on the site of the present Boyes store. (13:01) The Olde Pork Shoppe which was originally a butchers and a public house. (13:35) Edwardian crowds in Wednesday Market. (14:40) Photograph of the Empire Boot and Shoe Company at No 4 Wednesday Market, in around 1908. (14:53) A photograph of Radio by Wire, with their van parked outside their premises on Wednesday Market. (15:19) The Crystal Garage which was on the site of the Chapel on Wednesday Market. Boyes stands on this site now. (15:40) An old photograph of Well Lane End in Butcher Row, the site of the Marble Arch Cinema, which was built in 1913. (16:35) A photograph looking down Butchers Row towards where the Marble Arch Cinema was set back from the street. (16:49) A photograph of the Marble Arch Cinema. (17:08) Greswells furniture store, which was next door to the cinema. (17:05) Wednesday Market in the early 1900s, with the tall Crosskill's chimney in the background. The large house on the left is Leconfield House. (18:52) Modern film of the Wesleyan Chapel on Trinity Lane, which became the Masonic Hall, and Oddfellows Public House on the corner. (19:45) Some earlier colour film footage of Armstrong's offices on Eastgate c.1950s-1960s. (21:32) Footage of the Friary Gateway being moved to the other side of Eastgate in 1964. This was filmed by Mr Howard Hunter. (26:01) Some old photographs of Highgate, including the Osgodby coach and carriage works. (27:27) Ernie Teal talks about when he lived at 6 Highgate. (31:59) Ernie describes living in part of Beverley Friary. (36:50) Old colour pictures of Beverley Friary, including some of skeletons found during archaeological excavations, and a well in the garden. (42:09) Film of the sun-dial on the Minster and various views of the Minster. (47:04) Reg explains about the chimes of the Great Clock at Beverley Minster, and discusses the exterior of the building. (57:11) View of the statues on the exterior of the Minster, which Reg identifies for us. These were added between 1881 and 1921. (59:58) Reg names the statues above the west portal. These were all carved by Robert Smith. (1:05:26) We look at the carving on the West Doors inside the Minster. (1:07:38) The statues above the Great West Door. (1:09:25) Looking down the nave and around the Minster, including the altar screen and the font. (1:14:18) The Percy Tomb. (1:16:31) Wood carving by James Holmes, who worked for James Elwell. (1:18:41) The part of the Minster ceiling which opens for the hoist. (1:24:53) Minstrel carvings. (1:25:32) Some old postcards showing views of the Minster from Long Lane, featuring Hall Garth Farm and the Minster with a wall around it. (1:27:08) Postcards of Long Lane before the houses were built there and various other views around the Minster. (1:29:07) The corner of Long Lane and Keldgate in the 1880s. (1:30:02) Ann Routh's hospital on Keldgate. (1:30:19) The cottages next to Keldgate Manor. (1:30:41) At the time of filming, Keldgate Manor was an old people's home. (1:31:20) The coat of arms attached to Anne Routh's hospital, with information about the endowment of the building. (1:32:27) The back garden of Keldgate Manor. (1:33:43) Looking down to where the Beehive pub was on Keldgate. (1:33:55) The house on Keldgate built for the Constable family. It was used as the Grammar School and schoolmaster's house at one time. (1:34:29) Some drawings of the house in an earlier period, drawn by Bonfrey Burton. (1:35:09) Keldgate House, which was built in the 1700s. (1:35:49) The back of a house once owned by the Melrose Tannery. (1:36:26) A group photograph of the Melrose Tannery Staff. (1:36:40) Houses on the site of the Tanners Arms pub. (1:36:46) Old photographs of the Tanners Arms. Through an arch in the building was [Hinds]Yard which contained terraced houses. (1:37:36) Old photographs of Lairgate, including the old Beehive public house. (1:38:09) Modern houses on the site. (1:38:55) When this film was made, there was still an industrial building originally built for Thompson's Dairies at the top of Kitchen Lane. (1:39:16) Old photographs of Kitchen Lane, and also of a chapel which once stood near the end of Lairgate. (1:40:05) Old and modern images of a Keldgate shop with an arch at the side. (1:41:24) Some old cottages on Keldgate, possibly estate cottages belonging to Lairgate Hall at the time when Admiral Walker was the owner. (1:41:58) A photograph of the Reading Room which once stood next to the cottages. (1:43:17) An old picture of the wall around Admiral Walker's house. (1:43:44) A drawing of Keldgate Bar. (1:43:49) An old photograph of Queensgate. (1:43:54) A photograph of Victoria Barracks, where Morrisons now stands. (1:44:32) An aerial photograph of the barracks. (1:43:12) Beverley Grammar School. Reg lists all the sites where the Grammar School has stood. (1:45:28) Looking at the small [Victorian] building on Queensgate which once housed the Grammar School. (1:46:27) View of the interior of the old Grammar School building. (1:46:35) The stone laid in 1936 for the new Grammar School. Some views of the school, including the grounds and the cricket pavilion. (1:48:32) Grosvenor Place and Cartwright Lane. Public access copy available in Audio-Visual Room.

Originally deposited as a VHS video cassette. Timing: Action on film (00:32) A look at the exterior of the Rose and Crown at North Bar Within, and at St Johns Catholic church. (00:59) The first Roman Catholic church in Beverley was established in 1846. A basket weaver's workshop. The present church was built in 1896. (01:36) Looking at the presbytery next door and at Aragon House. (01:45) Father Scott the parish priest, stood outside the 1846 church building. (02:15) Father Scott explains how they knocked down the school at the front of the building, and built a new church at the side. (02:58) Inside the 1846 church building. It was used as a school when it ceased to be a church. (04:00) The foundation stone of the 1897 church. (04:05) The interior of the present church. Father Scott says that it was opened during Christmas 1898. (04:32) Father Scott points out some recent changes to the interior of the present church. (07:08) All the original decoration was removed about 25 years ago. (07:32) The church organ was only six or seven years old. (08:19) A close-up of the organ which was built by Kenneth Tickell of Northampton. (08:34) Back out into New Walk, looking towards Oak House with Pinewood further down. (08:43) A close-up of the chimney stack and carving of Oak House, which was built in 1886 for James Elwell. Pinewood was built for his son, [Fred Elwell]. (13:13) Some later houses on New Walk. The Chestnuts were built by [Smith and Broderick] of Hull for themselves. (15:11) Georgian and Victorian houses in New Walk. (16:23) Houses on Norfolk Street, overlooking the Sessions House and the House of Correction. (17:47) The statue on top of the Sessions House. (19:05) Mr Tony Froggatt of Tickton, about to show us around Sessions House. (19:22) In the courtroom. Mr Froggatt says the building was built between 1805 and 1810 by Charles Watson, an architect from Wakefield. The Court was connected to the House of Correction. Nearby Gallows Lane was connected to the courts. (20:18) The courtroom was still furnished for its original purpose at this time. Mr Froggatt describes who sat where during a trial. (21:10) The Jury Retiring Room. Some of the chairs were donated by the East Riding Yeomanry. (22:02) Court number 1. On the wall is a drawing of the treadmill which was part of the House of Correction. (24:04) The cell passage from the dock. (24:31) The holding cells. (26:58) The room where the judge waited after summing up during a trial. (27:34) The smaller courtroom. (30:10) A separate room used for waiting defence witnesses. (30:24) A cast iron urinal in the grounds of the Sessions House. It is listed. (32:35) A Victorian post box on New Walk. (33:29) Some houses dating from the 1700s. (33:45) A house which once belonged to the Sykes family and is now owned by the Marrs who own a shipbuilding business. (33:51) Some cottages on North Bar Without which may have been for gardeners and grooms. Next door is the stables and coach house, probably belonging to the Red House. (34:47) The Red House at 56 New Walk, once owned by the [Baintons]. (35:10) The House once owned by Mr Neville Hobson, founder of the Boys Brigade in Beverley. (36:08) Osborne House, on the corner of Seven Corners Lane. (37:27) The North Bar Hotel and Harper's Garage. (38:06) Looking into the yard of Harper's garage which is now residential housing. (39:01) Aragon House, which has an arch leading through to Peel Place. (40:09) Amphion House beside North Bar. It was built by [William] Middleton. (40:30) Looking at the wood carvings on James Elwell's house, including the red devil on the roof. (42:35) An old photograph of the original Roman Catholic church. (43:12) An old photograph of North Bar Within before Wylie's Road was knocked through. (43:38) An old photograph of St John's [Catholic] Church and of the shops in front of the Rose and Crown pub at one time. (43:53) Wylies House, which was later the Conservative Club. This was destroyed by fire and demolished to make way for Wylies Road. (44:50) Wylies Road under construction. (45:05) New Walk and North Bar in old photographs. (46:51) One of the gatehouses onto the Westwood. (47:16) A development of modern houses on the site of the racing stables on York Road. (47:29) An old photograph of the gatehouse mentioned earlier. Taken on a snowy day, with the gates in place. (47:40) The Westwood in old photographs, including one of the great flood of 1912. (48:20) Old and new images of Beverley racecourse. (53:30) The Golf Club on the Westwood, in a 1913 photograph. (53:52) The Black Mill and the original Golf Club in 1898. (54:13) Old photograph of the Black Mill with sails attached, long before the Golf Club. (54:51) A print of the Union Mill which was built in 1799. Public access copy available in Audio-Visual Room.

Originally deposited as a VHS video cassette. Timing. Action on film: (00:15) Old photographs of Saturday Market and the Market Cross. (00:22) Other views of the Market Cross. One shows a chimney near St Mary's Church. This was Johnson's Ladygate Brewery. (00:25) The Market with Jepson's meat stall in the foreground. (01:33) Various [Edwardian] views of Saturday Market. (01:52) Photographs of buses parked on the market, and charabancs from earlier times. (02:32) Very early views of Saturday Market, c1870s, with wagons and stalls. (02:41) Views of Saturday Market with many covered wagons and later views with motor cars. (03:38) Early 1920s picture of a house on the corner of Ladygate. (03:51) Haversnack Café and Morris's and Tiplady's shops. (04:23) A very old photograph of where Mills and Sowerbys [the Push, now the Grapes] was. (04:31) The original Corn Exchange, which pre-dates the new one built in 1886. (04:47) Martin Westerby's tallow chandlers shop. This was burnt down in a fire at one point. (04:56) The pub on the corner of Dyer Lane. (05:10) Views of Saturday Market looking towards Toll Gavel. (05:31) Clowes shop, where the TSB Bank now stands. (05:40) Richard Care, a bakers and confectioners, who also had a shop in Eastgate. (05:50) Maynard's and Zerny's shops. (05:59) Some early photographs of the market Cross and some from the 1930s. (06:31) Some views into Ladygate. (06:54) The Globe Inn which was demolished to make way for Sowhill Road. (07:18) An elephant from a travelling circus stands outside the Globe Inn. (07:27) Dyer Lane in the 1940s, when there were terraced houses on both sides. (07:50) Some modern film of Toll Gavel. (07:55) Old photographs of the Holderness Hotel. (08:09) Film of the Hotel's site on Toll Gavel in 1994. (08:43) A shop with snakes wrapped around metal pillars on either side of the door. It was originally an apothecary. (08:54) Toll Gavel United Church, before the lobby was built at the front. (09:17) The houses to the left of the Church were known as Scarr's cottages. (09:58) More old photographs, including one of the Holderness Hunt at the top of Toll Gavel. (10:43) R Appleby, a tailor and clothier, on the site of the present Thornton's shop. (11:05) Scarr's Cottages. (11:22) Road works at the junction of Toll Gavel and Cross Street. (11:37) Toll Gavel before it was closed to traffic. (11:53) Rows of small shops on what later became the Woolworth's site. The [Holderness] Hunt is coming down the street. (12:13) Looking down Butchers Row from Toll Gavel. We can see John Pape's monumental mason's shop and Stead and Simpson on the corner. (12:53) Modern film of the same sites. (13:04) Old photographs of Uriah Butters' clothier's shop, and some views of Toll Gavel. (13:27) Modern film of Anne Routh's House and of Walkergate. (14:21) Old photographs of the 1912 floods in Walkergate and Butcher Row (15:27) Over some modern film, Reg discusses the Golden Ball Brewery which was just off Walkergate. We look at some houses there, and at the Grosvenor Club and the site of Spencer Street School. (16:50) Looking down to Theatre House in Walkergate and to the Sunday School at the back of the Chapel. (18:17) Old photographs of the earlier chapel on Walkergate, with the Golden Ball Brewery in the background and houses which stood in Spencer Street, where the car park is now. (19:40) Modern film of Tymperon House, Malt Shovel Cottage which was once an inn, and Swaby's Yard. (20:34) Walkergate House, once the home of William Crosskill. (21:25) Old photographs of Walkergate House. (21:49) A photograph of the Malt Shovel Inn when it was a public house. (22:23) Some modern film of Tymperon House which was built in the 1700s as an almshouse. To the right are [Davidson's] Cottages and Dog and Duck Lane. (23:53) Some modern film of Walkergate School. (24:03) Photographs of 'old' Walkergate. Reg remembers Mrs [Hodden's] shop and a tailor's shop which once stood there. (24:56) Globe Yard, with some old buildings which have now been demolished. (25:38) Modern film of Sow Hill Road which stands on the site of Globe Yard. (25:51) Newbegin in 1995. We look at some 18th century houses and cottages. (27:19) Newbegin House. (27:54) The other Newbegin House (There are two.) This one was owned by the Warton family. (28:25) A [watercolour] of some old cottages which once stood in Newbegin. (28:44) An old photograph of Wright's shop at the corner of Westwood Road and Newbegin. (28:50) Modern film of this location. (29:12) Looking up Westwood Road towards the Woolpack Inn. (29:31) Newbegin Bar House, built in 1744. (29:42) A drawing of Newbegin Bar, which once stood near Newbegin House. The Bar was demolished in 1790. (30:09) The Woolpack Inn. (30:47) The Inn sign, painted by Kenneth Elwell, Fred Elwell's nephew. (30:58) A [postcard] of Westwood Road on the right-hand side was Westwood Hall. (31:06) An old photograph of a gatehouse on the Westwood. (31:09) Modern film of the plaque in remembrance of Robert Walker, esquire. (32:05) Almshouses on the Woodlands. (32:22) The entrance to what was once the poor house. Until recently this building was Westwood Hospital. (34:08) A new Meeting House was built in Quaker Lane in 1961. (34:37) Wood Lane from the Woodlands. (35:20) An old photograph of the same location. (35:41) A drawing of the Wood Lane Theatre. (35:56) Old photograph of local builder Mr [Calvert] of Wood Lane, with his family. (36:07) Modern film of Wood Lane looking into North Bar Within, and then looking back to Wood Lane. (36:36) North Bar Within with Barclays Bank and the Beaver Pub, which was once called the Wheatsheaf. (37:14) An old photograph of the Beverley Bank which was on the site of Barclays. (37:06) Looking back towards Saturday Market, to an area which Reg calls 'Kemp's Corner'. Some old photographs of the site after a fire. (37:41) Modern film looking down North Bar Within. Reg describes some of the buildings and their predecessors. (39:11) The Beverley Arms Hotel was originally called the Bluebell Inn in the 1700s, and was altered by William Middleton, and re-named the Beverley Arms. (39:39) Further down North Bar Within is a building which used to be the Tiger Inn, a famous coaching inn. (40:00) A drawing of how the Tiger Inn originally appeared. It was built in 1730 and closed in 1847. (40:45) Next to this is a building which still looks like a medieval house. It later became Armstrong's Garage. (41:11) Tiger Lane, where the coaches for the Tiger Inn turned in, and on the other side, the back of what was once Armstrong's garage, which started on this site in 1909. The building was originally three cottages. (42:14) A photograph of the building c1970, when it was still in use as a garage. (42:24) 1860s photograph of North Bar. The King's Arms Hotel is on the right. (42:45) An early photograph showing two houses to the right of the North Bar. (43:01) A third photograph shows the Kings Arms Hotel and Livery Stables. (43:21) The next photographs shows the shops on the Kings Arms Site. (43:38) A drawing of North Bar Within looking towards to Saturday Market. We can see the Original Kings Arms Hotel which was built about 1808, and also the original St Mary's Manor. (44:06) A drawing of the cottages on the corner of Tiger Lane, and modern film of the same location. (44:23) North Bar, built in the early 1400s. The terraced houses leading up to the Bar were built by William Middleton. (46:35) Bar House on the left was once the home of Fred Elwell. (47:44) St Mary's Manor, rebuilt by Henry Ellison in 1808. (50:05) We meet Miss [Jennifer Rowley] who will show us around St Mary's Church. (50:11) Miss Rowley tells us the history of the church from 1120, when the original church was built. The tower over the nave collapsed in 1520, and was re-built in 1524. (51:08) The Minstrels' Pillar, with statues of minstrels (53:08) The church organ. (53:41) A 19th century alabaster pulpit. (53:59) St Michael's Chapel, built between 1325 and 1350. (55:30) The 'rabbit' statue which may have inspired Lewis Carroll's white rabbit in 'Alice in Wonderland'. (56:27) The Crypt, which has been used for meetings and the Sunday School. The floor level in the crypt is high because of the water table. This makes the ceiling very low, and many mason's marks are visible. (58:53) There are 28 misericords at St Mary's, which date from the 1500s. The elephant carving on one of them is surprisingly accurate for the period. (1:00:33) The ceiling was painted with all the Kings of England in the reign of Henry IV. In 1938 they removed one of the two mythical Kings and replace it with one of King George IV. (1:02:07) Ornate chairs used by clergy assisting in the service. (1:02:26) A memorial screen for Canon Tardrew. (1:02:55) To the right is the door to the Priest's Room, which is above St Michael's chapel. (1:03:17) In the Priest's Room we look at various items stored there: a ceiling panel which was taken down, part of a 1662 chiming clock, the town stocks, a frame for carrying coffins, a 1680 'maiden's garland' and the 'Wayfarers' Lantern'. (1:09:21) St Catherine's Chapel. (1:10:23) The South Transept. We look at a model of the church, and a display of plans which shows how St Mary's Church developed over the centuries. (1:12:12) The Warton Tomb. (1:12:21) A list of vicars dating from 1269. (1:13:09) A display about the new Church Hall. (1:13:41) Miss Rowley tell us about the collapse of the tower in 1520. (1:14:34) A carved wooden war memorial door made by Robert Thompson. (1:15:55) The exterior of St Mary's Church. (1:18:52) Hengate. (1:19:12) A plaque on the wall of St Mary's to commemorate two Danish soldiers who died in 1689. (1:19:45) Looking down from Ladygate. (1:20:17) The gates to T. Leak and Son, the Crown Brush Works, est. 1878. These were being refurbished as flats when this film was made. (1:21:17) The Remembrance Gardens in Hengate. These are on the site of a house which belonged to Major Clive Wilson. It burnt down in December 1912, and he donated the site to Beverley for the War Memorial. (1:22:12) Looking down Hengate towards Arden's Vaults and the White Horse Inn. (1:23:33) An old photograph of Hengate in 1912. (1:23:55) Another photograph, of when the Wilson house burnt down in 1912. (1:24:25) More old pictures of Hengate. (1:24:38) The Regal Cinema, which opened in 1935 and closed in 1968. (1:24:57) Norwood House, built by J. Lockwood. (1:26:18) St Mary's School on Norwood. Built in 1875. (1:26:53) Church House on the opposite side of the road, was built in the 1700s. (1:28:26) The extensions to Norwood House c1908, and some views of the back of the building. (1:30:18) Across the road is a Georgian-fronted shop and what was at the time of filming the Valiant Soldier Inn. (1:30:52) The Regal Cinema on the Corner of Norwood. (1:31:25) Some old photographs: the old Assembly Rooms, built by Middleton in the 1700s, the Valiant Soldier Inn, various photographs of Norwood, a Beverley Laundry Van outside Norwood School, a garage which stood on the site of the present supermarket, the Durham Ox Pub, a row of houses on the site of the present council flats and an old picture of Norwood in the snow. (1:33:31) Beverley cattle market. A fruit and vegetable auction and a cattle auction. (1:41:24) The Drovers Arms, and a look down Dale Road. (1:42:09) Mill Lane, with Beverley Swimming Pool which is on the site of William Crosskill's iron works. (1:42:31) Crosskill House, a modern government building. (1:42:55) A drawing of Crosskill's first works which were built in 1827, one of the 1842 works, and a plan of the 1847 works, which were built alongside the new railway line. (1:44:08) Wilbert Lane, with the former Baptist Chapel on the corner. (1:44:50) Old photographs of the Cottage Hospital which once stood on the opposite side of the road. (1:45:30) Some photographs of the Salvation Army Citadel, which was opposite the Wilbert Court flats. (1:45:53) Modern film of Trinity Lane and Railway Terrace which was built in 1847. Also of Bakers Garage and George Street. (1:47:21) The Moulder's Arms and Wilbert Court Flats. (1;48:27) The Fire Station on New Walkergate which replaced one on Albert Terrace. (1:49:14) Old photographs: the old Manor Road, North Bar Without with a castellated top and a garden in front of North Bar House. (1:50:40) North Bar Without in the 1930s and some other photographs including Wylies House, which burnt down. (1:51:59) The construction of Wylies Road, a view through the Bar, New Walk and the Rose and Crown public house. Public access copy available in Audio-Visual Room

Originally deposited as a VHS video cassette. Timing: Action on Film This film consists mostly of old photographs - (00:02) An introduction to Beverley's different markets. (01:48) Some views of Ladygate. (02:08) The Globe Inn which was demolished to make way for Sowhill Road. (03:25) An elephant from a travelling circus stands outside the Globe Inn. (37:37) Papes builders and undertakers in Ladygate (04:14) John Smith's public house on the corner of Saturday Market. Also at (04:35). (05:03) Some views of the Market Cross. Also at (07:26).The tall chimney in the background belongs to the Ladygate Brewery. (07:03) A view of a pub which was until recently called the Push Inn. (07:26) More views of the Market Cross. (07:56) Saturday market with the back of Jebson's Meat Stall in view. (08:18) An 1880s view of the West Side of Saturday Market. (09:05) Early motor buses parked on Saturday Market. (09:46) Charabancs parked on Saturday Market. (10:05) Some early views of Saturday Market with covered wagons and market stalls. Also at (11:42). (11:16) Some early motor cars parked on the Market. (13:02) The north end of Saturday market with Maw's jewellers, a dairy, butchers and Smiths the grocers. (13:56) Mr [Smith] and his cat at his shop door. (14:12) H. Morris and Co, a hardware shop. To the right was the Havasnack Café. (15:07) Akrill's gun shop, a milliners and the refreshment rooms. (15:37) Mills and Sowerbys Wine and Spirit Merchants, later the Push Inn. (16:20) The Corn Exchange which was built in the 1700s.It had a butchers market at the back and later a fish market. (17:05) The new Corn Exchange, later the Beverley Playhouse. (17:39) Outside the Playhouse, looking towards Martin Westerby the tallow chandler. The next shop was a hairdresser. (18:11) The Pack Horse Inn on the corner of Dyer Lane. (18:17) Some views of Saturday Market crowded with people. (18:44) At the southern end of Saturday Market is Topless a clothier. On the right is Scales shoe shop. (19:27) The Holderness Hunt meeting in [Saturday Market]. (19:37) The Yorkshire Penny Bank on the south side of the Saturday Market. (19:40) The Westminster Bank. (19:43) Views of various shops, including Richard care, a confectioner and pastry cook. (20:43) Maynard's confectioners and Zerny's the cleaners. (20:52) A 1913 postcard of the Market Cross and other views from later periods. (22:14) The top of Toll Gavel, with Scale and Sons the boot and shoe shop. (22:50) The Holderness Hunt at the top of Toll Gavel. (22:59) Moving film of Saturday Market in the 1990s. (25:32) Explanation of how the Push Inn got its name from a fingerplate saying 'Push' on the front door. (27:03) Wednesday Market in the 1850s. (28:12) A view looking towards Highgate from Wednesday Market, before Lord Roberts Road was knocked through 1909. (29:40) Highgate House in Wednesday Market in the early 1900s with Witty's stationery shop next to it, and past that the Primitive Methodist Chapel. Beyond that is Ye Olde Pork Shoppe, which still exists. (30:48) Lord Roberts Road had been knocked through by the time of this photograph. The crowds are watching a military parade. (31:28) The Queens Head pub on the other side of Wednesday market. This has since been demolished and rebuilt. Tindall Lane can be seen in this photograph. (32:24) Highgate House, occupied by Radio by Wire. Their van can be seen outside. (32:28) The Crystal Garage, which stood on the site where Boyes Store is now. (33:39) 1906 or 1907 photograph looking towards the Eastgate and Railway Street Junction. The tall chimney on the right belongs to the Crosskill Iron Works. The Railway Tavern in front of the chimney was demolished to make the road wider. (35:30) Another view of Wednesday market shows Tanfield the [Bi]cycle Engineers Shop and next to it is Leconfield House, with Sugden's shop next to that. (36:40) Looking back into Wednesday Market from the top of Highgate. On the left of Highgate is a house dating from the 1500s, which was demolished in the 1950s or 60s. Mr Goldthorpe the chemist lived next door. (38:06) The Assembly Rooms in Norwood, built by William Middleton in the late 1700s. Ajoining it is Norwood House. The Assembly Rooms were demolished to make way for the Regal Cinema. For centuries Norwood was the main venue for the Cattle Market.There were also swine and wool markets on the Hurn on the Westwood. (39:58) The inn on the opposite side of the road was called the Valiant Soldier when this photograph was taken. (41:11) A view of Norwood, where until 1865 a cattle market was held on both sides of the road. (42:46) Another view of Norwood looking back to St Marys School. The High School was built 1908. On the corner of Hengate is a big house which was demolished to make way for the Health Centre. (44:39) On the left of the garage in this photograph is Church House, built in the 1700s. There is now a supermarket where the garage once stood. (45:52) The Durham Ox pub. This was demolished to make way for new flats. Also at (48:21). (47:12) [Barnett and Welburn's] garage on Norwood. Moving film: - (51:46) Beverley Cattle Market in the 1990s, before Tesco was built. Looking towards the Drovers Arms pub. Also at (1:01:07). Cattle in their pens. (53:32) A vegetable auction taking place in the Market Hall. (53:30) Empty stock pens, scales and the auction ring. (55:40) Pens of pigs. (56:59) Looking down a side road into Norwood. There are vegetable and plant stalls. (58:41) Cattle being auctioned. (1:05:51) The plaque on the front of Tesco stores commemorating the Cattle Market which once stood on the site. Film and Sound Archive access copy available onsite in the Audio-Visual Room

Originally deposited as a VHS video cassette. Includes footage starting at Lairgate Hall, Guildhall (with Berna Moody), Cross Street, Lairgate, Saturday Market. Timing. Action on film: (0:05) The Hall, built in 1710 by the Warton family. Purchased by Sir James Pennyman in around 1750. He remodelled and extended the house. Reg describes the extent of the grounds. (01:31) The main entrance was built in the 1750s. (02:15) Looking around the entrance hall, with its cantilevered staircase. (03:45) The Chinese Room, which is believed to have been restored by the Warton family in 1802. Reg. tells us about the Walker family, particularly Admiral Charles Frances Walker. (09:54) A gavel presented to the town by Beverley in Western Australia. (10:35) Appreciation of some architectural details and a table given by the Walton family. (14:56) The Cupola. (17:11) The Memorial Hall, originally St John's Chapel. (17:42) An old photograph of Lairgate, with the great wall to the Hall on the right. Opposite was the local coachbuilders, Stephenson. (17:51) Old photographs of the Hall, and of St John's Chapel. (18:19) Photographs of vans built by Stephenson of Lairgate. (18:46) The site of the Lairgate coachworks today. (19:46) The Tiger Inn, originally the Black Bull. (20:58) Some old photographs, including the Beehive Pub and the almshouses in Lairgate. (22:43) Photographs from the early 1900s of Minster Moorgate, including the almshouses that adjoined the Warton Hospital. (24:00) A sign describing the history of the Warton Hospital. We can see from the brickwork that this was once a single-story building. (25:11) The old Infant School built in 1880. (26:23) Some black and white photographs of the school. (27:14) Old photographs of houses which once stood on Minster Moorgate. Modern flats occupy the site now. (28:18) The Monks' Walk Pub in Highgate. This was once the George and Dragon. (29:24) A building which was once the Bluecoat School. (29:59) An 1880s photograph of Highgate. (30:50) Various buildings on Wednesday Market. (31:19) An old photograph of Beverley Rifle Range which once stood in Lord Roberts Road. (31:52) An old photograph which gives an aerial view of the junction of Cross Street and Lord Roberts Road. (33:30) Mrs Berna Moody will show us around the Guildhall. This is an older, medieval building which was re-fronted in the early 1830s. (35:01) A plaque on the wall describes how an old house on this site was purchased by the Council in 1500. The original entrance is now at Beverley Friary. (36:46) We go into the entrance hall, where 19th century arches conceal the medieval timbers. (37:42) There is a re-creation of a Victorian office in a room which was originally the kitchen. (38:10) A very ancient door. Mrs Moody describes the different functions of that part of the building. (38:46) View of some original beams and an ancient staircase. (39:31) Mrs Moody shows us the Magistrates or Jury room, which was built in 1762. She describes some of the portraits, furniture and treasures in the room. (47:59) View of the wall of the 1320s house which is visible in the Guildhall Courtroom. (49:29) Mrs Moody describes the rest of the Courtroom, which dates from the Georgian period. (58:56) At the top of a Georgian staircase, with view of a bust of Fred Elwell and two of his paintings. (59:41) In the Mayor's Parlour, Mrs Moody shows us the furniture, treasures, charters and the list of Mayors. (1:13:44) View of old photographs of some of the shops in Register Square and of County Hall. (1:14:16) Some modern views of County Hall, including the staircase and reception area. (1:16:59) The Council Chamber. (1:18:54) We meet John, a caretaker. He points out the panelling and ceiling in Room 1. (1:20:17) Meeting Room 2, 'The Baltic Room'. (1:23:13) A close-up of the J. Elwell carving over the fireplace. (1:25:26) Looking at some plaques and a list of Leaders of the Council. (1:27:39) Back out in Cross Street, looking at County Hall and some other buildings. (1:29:06) Old photographs of Well Lane and Cross Street before the present chapel was built in the early 20th century. (1:29:50) Champney Road at the time of filming still had the Temperance Hall where the Magistrates' Court stands today. (1:30:52) The Record Office, built by Potts of Beverley for £4000. (1:31:50) The public library extension was built in 1928. The original library was built in 1906, and was funded by John Champney, on land given by Mrs Spencer of Spencer Street School. (1:33:30) An old photograph of the main library building. (1:33:52) Lairgate, on the site of the Lairgate Theatre which was once on this corner. It was demolished in 1844. (1:34:47) The old Congregational Chapel in an early photograph. This was built in the early 1800s. It was demolished and replaced by another chapel in the 1870s, and this was in turn demolished in the 1960s. There are now townhouses on the site. (1:35:00) Cromwell House on Lairgate. (1:35:25) The almshouses on Lairgate. (1:35:31) Some Georgian houses on Lairgate, built by William Middleton. (1:36:00) A colour photograph of the new Congregational Church which once stood on Lairgate. (1:36:34) St Mary's Infants School. (1:36:55) A building which was once [the back of] Stephenson's Rambla Café. (1:37:17) The Lairgate Hotel, which was once the Beverley Savings Bank. (1:38:19) The Windmill Inn, and what was once Arthur Watt's transport business. (1:38:56) In Saturday Market, view of the former Picture Playhouse. (1:39:57) The Market Cross, built using money from the Warton and Hotham families. (1:40:58) Looking down from Burton's first floor across the stalls of Saturday Market. (1:41:33) Akrill gunmaker's shop, at that time the longest continuously-run shop in Beverley. It was established in 1828. Michael Philips jewellery shop, which used to be the White Swan Inn. (1:43:01) The Push Inn. Reg explains how the origin of the name. (1:43:09) The Corn Exchange, which replaced an earlier Corn Exchange. Later it became a cinema, the Picture Playhouse. (1:43:48) The Green Dragon and adjacent shops. (1:44:31) The top of the Market Cross. (1:45:20) We meet some of the Akrill family in their shop. They show us some antique guns and an old poster. (1:50:05) View of a display board showing how bullets and cartridges are made and Mr Akrill explains about the different bores. (1:52:44) A group photograph of members of the Gunmakers Association in around 1930, with one of the Akrill family in it. (1:54:14) An Edwardian photograph of Henry Esau Akrill, and another old advertisement. (1:55:01) Richard Akrill explains various types of cartridge, using a display on a board. Public access copy available in Audio-Visual Room.