Exeter Local Maritime Archives Project

Documents

Reference Detail Dates Archive Keywords
Ne C 8,990-9,018

misc. correspondence including reference to monument to Capt. Cook, 1844

1844 to 1844 University of Nottingham Archives None
Crawshay,4

household account book of RT Crawshay with R. Fennell, fishmonger, 1874

1874 to 1874 University of Wales Swansea None
John Timothy,2

diary of John Timothy, 1 January - 27 April 1864, including note of oysters caught

1864 to 1864 University of Wales Swansea journal fishing shellfish
Mumbles Railway

C, Swansea Improvements & Tramways Co. records, Mumbles Railway & Pier section, 53-69 includes ledgers, cash books, journals, 1899-1929; E, records of Mumbles Railway & Pier Co., 1888-1959; F, South Wales Transport Co. Records, Mumbles Railway & Pier Section, 13-16, ledgers, journals & cash receipt book, 1928-48

1888 to 1959 University of Wales Swansea None
Royal Institution Misc., 10

Swansea Corp. notice regarding bathing regulations in Swansea Bay, 1853 & 11, copy in Welsh

1853 to 1853 University of Wales Swansea leisure seaside
Morris, 2-3

travel diaries of Robert Morris, jun., of continental tour, 15 May 1772 - 20 February 1774 & of continent, northern England & Scotland, 20 February - 5 July 1774

1772 to 1774 University of Wales Swansea journals leisure
Dillwyn, 42

travel journal of Corsica by L.L. Dillwyn, November - December 1878

1878 to 1878 University of Wales Swansea diary Europe
Edgar Evans, 1-2

letters from Edgar Evans onboard the Terra Nova to his mother at Pilton, Rhossili, 21 January 1910 & 3 January 1911; 3, copy letter from Captain Robert Scott at `winter quarters' to Mrs Edgar Evans, October 1911; 4, copy letter from Lieut. Henry Fennell onboard the Terra Nova to Mrs Edgar Evans, 1 April 1912

 

1910 to 1912 University of Wales Swansea correspondence ships
Cartwright/5

bill from Owen Hughes & others to the county of Caernarvon for finding dead bodies floating in the river Menai, 1820

1820 to 1820 University of Wales Swansea deaths waterways
Cartwright/1

receipt by Kitty Hughes to Lieut. Kortwright, late commander of HMS Insolent, gunbrig, for £12 6s 10 1/2d in full for her husband's share in prize money from the sale of spirits seized in the Dolphin, smuggling lugger, 13 April 1805; 2, receipt by Tom Watts for £1 11s 4d from Lieut. Kortwright for wages due to him for his service onboard the Lark, cutter, c.1805; 3, promissory note for £18 1s 3d from N. Kortwright to Messrs Ames, Bright & Co. of Bristol, bankers, c.1810; 4, bills to Lieut. Kortwright for freight, clothing, ale, etc, 1810-38

1805 to 1838 University of Wales Swansea navy captains ships alcohol cargo
Grant Francis, F

files of antiquarian notes, printed sources, press cuttings, etc, including 5, harbours & docks, 1804-91

1804 to 1891 University of Wales Swansea None
Corp. of Swansea

town clerk's office papers, including H.6, correspondence regarding dispute over Swansea harbour rights, 1839-48 & J.2, brief in the case of Swansea Corp. vs. Nicholas Lumsden regarding harbour dues, 1832, includes eighteenth-century harbour plan

1832 to 1848 University of Wales Swansea ports levies duties
Gibbs, 3-4

illustrated invitation cards from South West Harbour Trustees to ceremony marking the cutting of the first sod of new dock by King Edward VII, 20 July 1904 & to the opening ceremony of the King's Dock, 23 November 1909, Glentaire, 5, statement of proposed scheme by Rosser Rosser for a floating dock in Swansea, 1894 & 34, paper regarding luggage of J.D. Jenkins shipped to Montreal, 1939

1894 to 1939 University of Wales Swansea ports
Fricker, 1

journal of a Calcutta resident, possibly an officer in the East of India Company, coastguard or pilot service, July 1828 - January 1829

1828 to 1829 University of Wales Swansea diary India
Bishopston Manor, 6

notes on the ownership of wrecks on the Gower coast manors, extracted from the Penrice & Margram Mss, c.1900

1900 to 1900 University of Wales Swansea None
Ralph Wishart, 10

account book of the Charles Bath, pilot boat, 1924-33

1924 to 1933 University of Wales Swansea None
Yorkshire Imperial Metals, A.

papers relating to the Cornish metal trade & to the history of the firm, 1785 - 1896; D. Law Papers & Correspondence, 3, draft case (with three annexed letters) for the opinion of counsel in a dispute over Swansea quay duties; S. Misc, 1, memorandum book, containing notes of vessels sheathed; trade agreements, etc., 1870

1785 to 1896 University of Wales Swansea mining harbours
Llanelli Assoc. Tin-plate company includes C

production & export records, 8, export file, 1946-7 & 12, shipping-sales invoices, July - August 1939; E, reports & misc. papers, 5 tin-plate conference papers regarding exports to Australia, etc., 1944-7

1939 to 1947 University of Wales Swansea trade commerce
WH Jones/15

ms & typed notes with misc. scraps regarding the history of Swansea, local families, shipping, etc., c.1870-1930

1870 to 1930 University of Wales Swansea None
D/D Gn/I/1228/1-45

papers of the Mackworth family & Henry John Grant including petition of the inhabitants of Aberavon for repair of Baglan sea wall, 1720, 1736

1720 to 1736 West Glamorgan Archive Service coastal erosion maintenance defence