| Reference | Detail | Dates | Archive | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBN | papers of the Brooks family of Norton, including accounts of goods delivered, often by boat, late eighteenth - early nineteenth centuries |
1750 to 1850 | Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies Service | trade commerce shipping |
| M/L/5/1 | letter from Mayor of Dublin to Mayor of Chester regarding Chester customs and Dublin merchants, 1550 |
1550 to 1550 | Chester City Record Office | correspondence commerce trade |
| QSE/8/28, & 31-2 | examinations concerning customs charged at Liverpool, 1610 |
1610 to 1610 | Chester City Record Office | trade commerce docks |
| QSE/9/36-47 | misc. examinations relating to customs, 1610, inc. relating to cargoes of herring and on the theft of a boat |
1610 to 1610 | Chester City Record Office | trade commerce crime levies |
| A/B/4/37 & 47 | proposal for tax on goods from Chester to St David's Head, 1732, and amendment, 1733 |
1732 to 1733 | Chester City Record Office | customs levies trade |
| A/B/6/102 | paper regarding prisage of wine at Liverpool and Chester, 1836 |
1836 to 1836 | Chester City Record Office | alcohol customs prices |
| A/B/1/193-4 | request of Christopher Carlisle for support of proposed voyage to America, 1580s |
1580 to 1580 | Chester City Record Office | exploration travel |
| CR619/1-7 | photographs of HMS Chester and crew during First World War, 1917-18 |
1917 to 1918 | Chester City Record Office | ships navy battles |
| CR619/10 | photograph of crew of HMS Valient disembarking at Liverpool Docks to help in the police strike, c.1919 |
1919 to 1919 | Chester City Record Office | navy ships |
| M/B/28/32 | recognizance regarding voyage to Carrickfergus, 1600 |
1600 to 1600 | Chester City Record Office | leisure travel |
| H.S. 250 | journal by William Harrison of travels by horse in North Wales, 1808 |
1808 to 1808 | Chester City Record Office | animals transport |
| CR31/4-5 | letters regarding voyage to China, 1843 |
1843 to 1843 | Chester City Record Office | correspondence travel East |
| CR31/16 | letter with description of voyage to India, 1849 |
1849 to 1849 | Chester City Record Office | correspondence travel |
| CR656/5 | fragment of account recording receipt of five shilling guarding H.M. Yacht Mary, 20 March 1674/5 |
1674 to 1675 | Chester City Record Office | navy security prices |
| M/L/3/402 | quarantine restrictions regarding ships from plague-infected places in the United Provinces, 1664 |
1664 to 1664 | Chester City Record Office | animals health welfare disease |
| CR675/1 | logbook kept by George Wade on board HM Temeraire, on a voyage to the West Indies, March 1761 - June 1762 |
1761 to 1762 | Chester City Record Office | navy ships colonies |
| M/L/5/7 | letter from Captain at Point of Air regarding impressment of ship for royal service, 1558 |
1558 to 1558 | Chester City Record Office | correspondence navy recruitment |
| M.L.2.277 | Ship Money assessment on Liverpool, Lancaster, Anglesey, Cardiff, Denbigh, Cumberland, Carmarthen, Cardigan, Carlisle, Caernarfon, Flint, Newport, Glamorgan, Pembroke, 1635 |
1635 to 1635 | Chester City Record Office | accounts finances |
| M/L/5/30-1 | report on pirates in Irish Sea, 1581 |
1581 to 1581 | Chester City Record Office | piracy |
| QSE/3/60-85 | examinations of sailors, 1585-8, inc. relating to piracy, the Armada |
1585 to 1588 | Chester City Record Office | pirates navy fleet |