Exeter Local Maritime Archives Project

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D/SHE:13

journal of Charles K Sheridan on a voyage to Portugal & Spain, 1837, with some illustrations

1837 to 1837 Dorset History Centre travel Europe
D.RWR:F26

diary of Guy Montagu Marston as Sub-Lieutenant & Lieutenant serving in gunboats mainly in Scottish and West African stations, 1892-4

1892 to 1894 Dorset History Centre journal navy
D.432/1, 330-438

many references to shipping in transcript of  John Mowlem's diary, 1845-51

1845 to 1851 Dorset History Centre None
D/WIB:C93

letter from Thomas Honeybome on the ship Princess Amelia in the East Indies, 1809

1809 to 1809 Dorset History Centre correspondence travel
D/WIB:C94

letters from George Till on the ship Duke of York to his wife, 1820

1820 to 1820 Dorset History Centre correspondence travel
D/St/C1/2/118

copy letter from Anthony Bacon, John Preswick, Henry Bird, jun., and Richard Liddell, London to committee appointed for the Greenland fishery urging them to petition Parliament for act to promote whaling, 8 November 1753

1753 to 1753 Durham County Record Office correspondence government Laws
D/St/C1/2/119

papers relating to Jane Bowes' interest in the whale fishery, 1754-7, including accounts of dividends and insurance

1754 to 1757 Durham County Record Office whaling
D/SuF

papers of Sunderland Deep-Sea Fishing Company comprising 1-2, account books, 1877-9, 1878-9; 3, order book, 1878

1877 to 1879 Durham County Record Office None
D/Wa5/4/222

photograph of the deck of the Queen Mary, passenger liner, 1938

1938 to 1938 Durham County Record Office illustrations ships tourism travel
D/X 411/83

photograph of a ship at Blyth, n.d.

None to None Durham County Record Office illustrations
RC/Sa/2/36

photograph of Fr. Mulligan blessing a ship prior to its launch, n.d.

None to None Durham County Record Office illustrations ministers
D/Sa/C49

letter of Nathaniel Payter to Dr Prescott at York describing medicinal bathing at Scarborough, 1719

1719 to 1719 Durham County Record Office correspondence health leisure beaches
D/Pe 6/4

essay by Henry Fell Pease on his life and holidays at Brighton, c.1843

1843 to 1843 Durham County Record Office leisure tourism
D/Pe 11

travel letters of the Pease family including relating to trips to 4, Brighton, c. 1844; 6, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, 1847; 7, Torquay 1854; 8, Dover, 1854; 9, Scarborough, 1856; 11-61, trips to America, c.1845-1904, notably 25, 30-7 and 53 relating

1844 to 1904 Durham County Record Office holidays tourism leisure Europe ships
D/X 108

journal of James Brown Yeoman of South Shields of voyages to the Mediterranean, Bombay, Boston, etc. on the Cervin, Albula and James Barrass, 1877-80

1877 to 1880 Durham County Record Office travel Europe India America ships
D/X555/2 & 4

letters from Matthew John Wilson regarding life on the Eleanor Dixon voyaging to Valparaiso, 1854 and from South America requesting Mr Proctor of Liverpool to send birds and animals to his family, 1855

1854 to 1855 Durham County Record Office correspondence ships travel
D/X 332/231

letter from Francis James Raine on the Canterbury for New Zealand to his brother describing conditions, March 1865

1865 to 1865 Durham County Record Office correspondence ships
D/XD/68

diary by John Harker of a journey with his family from Darlington to New Zealand on the Rangitiki, 1883-4

1883 to 1884 Durham County Record Office travel ships voyages
D/X731/30-8

descriptions of voyages to Norway and along the Norwegian coast, 1887

1887 to 1887 Durham County Record Office travel
D/X 479/49

diary of voyage on the SS J.M. Smith to Constantinople, 1891

1891 to 1891 Durham County Record Office travel ships Turkey