Diary of Christopher Ware

This material is held atExplore York Archives

Scope and Content

Diary containing a variety of recipes, stories and poems, records of births, marriages and deaths of the Ware family and other individuals including members of the Royal Family, newspaper cuttings, some financial records (mostly receipts and notes of purchases and payments made or received by Ware), accounts of journeys, and papers and notes relating to various legal and business matters, some of which Ware was involved in himself.

Access Information

Open

Material is available subject to the usual terms and conditions of access to Archives and Local History collections.

Other Finding Aids

There is an extensive legacy Word list detailing individual items in this diary.