William Hayes
William Hayes (1871–1940) was a Victorian photographer in York. He moved to the small village of Hutton-le-Hole in the North York Moors in 1911, and his studio is now erected there in the Ryedale Folk Museum. The Hayes photographs include some of the family in the studio, which was built of corrugated aluminium with large glass windows.
William Hayes

William Hayes · Public domain
- Born
- 1871
- Died
- 1940
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- photographer
- Languages
- English
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William Hayes (1871–1940) was a Victorian photographer in York. He moved to the small village of Hutton-le-Hole in the North York Moors in 1911, and his studio is now erected there in the Ryedale Folk Museum. The Hayes photographs include some of the family in the studio, which was built of corrugated aluminium with large glass windows.
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Many other photographs are of farm workers around Hutton-le-Hole.
• Illustration — Members of Layerthorpe Adult school pictured at Easingwold in 1907 • Illustration — North-Eastern Railway Company Offices on Station Rise, York, c.1906. • Illustration — Children playing near Monk Bridge, York, c.1900s.

William Hayes York City Archives North-Eastern Railway Company Offices on Station Rise cca 1906
William Hayes

William Hayes York City Archives Members of Layerthorpe Adult school cca 1907 Title:These are the members of Layerthorpe Adult school, pictured at Easingwold in 1907. This school was on Redeness Street and was newly built in 1904. It's first stones were laid on top of a bottle containing coins of the realm and newspapers from the day.
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1871
William Hayes born.
1940
William Hayes died.
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- 1.Buchanan, Terry (1986) William Hayes, 1871-1940: York Photographic Artist. Beverley: Hutton Press,
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