Name: | Bristol Record Office |
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Notes: | Now has Records from Merchant Venturers of Bristol (2006). |
Postal address: | 'B' Bond Warehouse Smeaton Road None Bristol None BS1 6XN |
Telephone: | 01179 224 224 |
Web address: | http://www.bristol.gov.uk/recordoffice |
Documents: 430
37980 | Records of P. & A. Campbell Ltd, steamship company, 1888-1967 [also see 40140] | 1888 -1967 | Shipping |
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40095 | Records of C.J. King and Sons (Holdings), Ltd, 1850s-, see below for details | 1850 -1860 | None |
36075 | records of Albion dockyard, 1814-1918 | 1814 -1918 | Ports |
38087 | Records of the National Nautical School, 1869-1982, including, NS/A4, NS/X4/15, the Polly; NS/X2/2&3 & NS/X4/5, newspaper cuttings, report and photograph concerning the training ship Cornwall, 1935, 1938, 1946; NS/A6-7, entr | 1869 -1982 | education training |
38032 | Logbook of Nicholas Pocock, Captain of the Lloyd, of four voyages between Bristol and Dominica via Madeira, the Canaries and the West Indies, 7 January 1771-2, highly illustrated throughout with views of the Lloyd, a decorated chart o | 1771 -1772 | Travel Pictures |
37885/5-8 | Records of the Port of Bristol Employer's Association, 1914-67 | 1914 -1967 | labour |
19588 | Official handbook The Port of Bristol Authority, 1904 | 1904 -1904 | shipping government |
40256 | Piece of ribbon broken by yacht of Edward VII at opening ceremony of Royal Edward dock, 1908, with covering letter | 1908 -1908 | ports shipping royalty |
39213/6 | Misc. documents relating to Town and Mayor's Dues, including see cat. | None | government administration |
35033(3) | Insurance plan of Sharpness New Docks, 1891 | 1891 -1891 | ports shipping |
40194/B/11 | Dock labour scheme at Sharpness, 1941 | 1941 -1941 | docks |
13847(64-5) |
Bristol Quadrilles composed in commemoration of Free Port Day and print of procession in honour of Free Port Day, 1848 |
1848 -1848 | dance south-west |
33416(1-32) | 37 volumes of Reports including those of the Port Medical Officer of Health, 1875-1973 | 1875 -1973 | administration medicine |
08996-9000 | Minute book, ledger and Treasurers' Book and accounts of the Port Sanitary Authority, 1896-1926 | 1896 -1926 | administration funds finances |
04884 | Health Committee records, including Port-Sanitary Sub-Committee Minutes, 1898-1921 | 1898 -1921 | administration |
09398 | Includes minutes of the Port Sanitary Sub-Committee, 1927-9 | 1927 -1929 | administration |
03769 | 'Proposals for laying the ships at the quay at Bristol constantly afloat', by John Smeaton, 1765 | 1765 -1765 | ports shipping |
39900 | Ms volume relating to records of prize cargoes at the port of Bristol, 1915-17 | 1915 -1917 | shipping |
32173 | Records of Port of Bristol Authority, 1695-1971 | 1695 -1971 | administration |
11371 | Plan of the design for improving the harbour of Bristol, by William Jessop, civil engineer, W. White, surveyor, 1803; report of Mr John Wolfe Barry to the Docks Committee of the Corporation, 1896 | 1803 -1896 | ports engineering surveying |
09458(28) | Printed map of the harbour of Bristol, n.d. (?nineteenth century) | 1800 -1900 | ports |
08533 | Council minutes regarding the acquisition of docks, 1880-4 | 1880 -1884 | administration ports |
09354 | Photograph, possibly of a model, of new dock at Avonmouth, n.d. | None | ports |
177 | Film of Bristol docks presented by the Docks Office staff, 24 May 1933 | 1933 -1933 | ports |
39290/FW/LN/16 | Notes regarding industrial relations, 1911 | 1911 -1911 | labour |
40129/1a-b | Register of marine stores, 1908-74 | 1908 -1974 | None |
39290/FW/LN/22, 24 | Notes and cuttings regarding New Cut | None | None |
40084/NC/30 | Article on plans for Portbury Dock | None | development locks |
04388 | Papers regarding the visit of King Edward ?? and
Queen Alexandra to the Royal Edward Dock, 1908 |
1908 -1908 | state visit |
07648 | Official programme of the opening of Royal Edward Dock, 9 July 1908 | 1908 -1908 | Avonmouth locks |
01129(1-3) | Haven Masters' reports of the departures and
arrivals at the Port of Bristol, 1847 |
1847 -1847 | shipping commerce |
04156 | Haven Masters' Account, 1895-1914 | 1895 -1914 | ports shipping docks |
04931(1-9) | Papers of the Joint Sub-Committee of Estates & General Purposes Docks Committee to consider the appointment of a Haven Master, 1922; papers regarding the Estates & Docks Committee, 1922 | 1922 -1922 | government ports administration |
28049(26)d | Free Port Day, 1848 |
1848 -1848 | None |
39213/8 | Kingston-upon-Hull dock company, rates, 1842 |
1842 -1842 | commerce |
39213/7 | London Dock Company, 1839-41 |
1839 -1841 | commerce ports |
37885/1 | Report on Ports and Harbours of United Kingdom, 1915 |
1915 -1915 | administration |
28797 | Medical officer of Health's reports, urban and
port, 1927-30 |
1927 -1930 | administration medicine |
35033(1) | Avonmouth plans, from 1890 | 1890 | ports docks locks development |
11170/1-2, 6 | Avonmouth docks, cutting first sod, 1902; opening Royal Edward Dock, 1908; opening of extension, 1928 see cat. | 1908 -1928 | development ports locks |
39683(1) | Royal Edward Dock, Avonmouth, opening 1908 | 1908 -1908 | ports |
39213/10 | Birkinhead Docks, extension to, 1846 |
1846 -1846 | development |
32173/166-9 | Bridgehead City Docks, 1957-60 |
1957 -1960 | None |
35447 | Title to lands in Bedminster from 1679, Bristol Dock Company | 1679 | assets |
40145/Ph/9(1) | Plan showing limits of port and harbour of Bristol, 1932 |
1932 -1932 | None |
40194 | Dock employees including registers, 1916-89 |
1916 -1989 | labour records |
39290/FW/LN/15 |
Plan of city docks, c.1913 |
1913 -1913 | None |
12147(49) | Receipts for shares, etc of Bristol Docks, 1824-34 |
1824 -1834 | finances |
39213/9 | Rates for Cardiff (Bute) docks, 1846 |
1846 -1846 | commerce |
36075(33) | Chatham wharf, 1898 |
1898 -1898 | ports harbours |
08973 | Ledger of the Bristol Dock Borough Rate, 1855-94 |
1855 -1894 | None |
12774(2) |
Revised report of a speech at a meeting of the Town Council made by Alderman Proctor Baker on the Extended Dock Accomodation at the port of Bristol, 14 June 1898 |
1898 -1898 | development |
09335(2)a.1-2,(3)a-b | Papers regarding the report of the Docks Engineer on Frome
Floods Prevention, 1895-7 |
1895 -1897 | None |
32173/666 | Docks and Inland Waterways Executive (South Western
Division), 1953 |
1953 -1953 | canals transport government |
40525 | National Dock Labour Board minutes, 1952-89 |
1952 -1989 | unions employers |
08340 |
Dock sanctions of the Board of Trade & Ministry of Transport, 6 January 1912 - 12 January 1927 |
1912 -1927 | government ports administration |
07756(1-2) |
Minute book of docks undertaking special committee, 15 December 1908 - 8 December 1910 |
1908 -1910 | ports |
04069(1-6) | Cash Accounts and Rates of the Crane Master for
goods landed and shipped by crane at the Quays of the Port of Bristol, 1837-56 |
1837 -1856 | commerce |
00352(1-19) |
Wharfage dock dues |
None | ports commerce |
04282(1-3) | Dock dues |
None | ports |
04941 |
Dock dues |
None | ports |
04282(3) |
Cranage dues |
None | ports commerce |
09703(1-2) |
Two photographs of first and last pages of address of welcome to HRH the Prince of Wales at his visit on the occasion of the opening of the Dock Extension, Avonmouth, 23 May 1928 |
1928 -1928 | opening ceremony royalty |
742 |
Fire Insurance Deed containing insurances, including policies for Portishead Docks & Tobacco Warehouses, for five year period, 28 September 1934 |
1934 -1939 | ports commerce |
745 |
Deed for dock insurance for five years including Portishead Docks & Tobacco Warehouses, 28 September 1934 |
1934 -1939 | ports commerce |
17106 |
Plans |
None | None |
36292(1-4) | Plans | None | None |
01032(1-7) |
Deed of transfer of the Bristol Docks to the Corporation, 28 August 1848 |
1848 -1848 | administration |
07782(1-37) | Dock plans, Bristol, 1882-1907 |
1882 -1907 | ports development |
07783(1-60) |
Misc. plans and docks, 1864-1924. Note, some in this collection were destroyed in 1964. |
1864 -1924 | miscellaneous |
07786-9 | Four parcels of plans probably belonging to the Sanitary
Committee, 1832-1907 |
1832 -1907 | health administration |
11168(1-76) |
Documents relating to proposals for improving the harbour of Bristol, 1766-1828 see cat. |
1766 -1828 | ports development |
11168/2(a) | Bristol channel disbursements regarding Hungroad, 1782-95 |
1782 -1795 | anchorage |
11168/12d | Imports from Russia and Portugal to Bristol, 1806-7 |
1806 -1807 | international commerce ports |
11168/28 | Ships from the West Indies to London, 1798-9 |
1798 -1799 | shipping |
11168/3(b), 12 (d) |
Imports to Bristol from the West Indies, 1787-8, 1806-7 |
1787 -1807 | international commerce |
11168/5(a) | Sugar vessel from Jamaica upsetting near mud
docks, 1792 |
1792 -1792 | commerce ports |
11168/7(a) | Cargo of the Hero, 1801 |
1801 -1801 | commerce |
04988 | Minutes of the Port Accommodation Committee, 1840-45 |
1840 -1845 | administration housing |
08923(5) | Ms containing 86 entries of Council ordinances including Bristol Dock Company Balance Sheet, c.1809 | 1809 -1809 | administration |
08969 | Annual accounts of the Bristol Dock Company, 1808-48 |
1808 -1848 | administration finances |
08970 | Cash book of the Improvement of the Port of Bristol Sinking
Fund, 1811-49 |
1811 -1849 | finance |
08971 | Ledger of the Improvement of the Port of Bristol Sinking
Fund, 1811-49 |
1811 -1849 | finance |
08972 | Port of Bristol Lenders' letters and vouchers, 1811-49 |
1811 -1849 | funds |
7946 | Annual accounts of the Bristol Dock Company, 1849-74 |
1849 -1874 | finance |
3862(7)a |
Release in fee of the Directors of the Bristol Dock Company to Samuel Hewlett of two pieces of land, Redcliffe, 29 January 1812 |
1812 -1812 | None |
33795(1-2) | Harbour Improvement, 1793 |
1793 -1793 | ports development |
17121 |
Share certificate |
None | None |
26167(2) | Bristol dock scheme drawings, 1885-92 |
1885 -1892 | ports development |
17105 |
Book of reference, listing owners and occupiers affected by proposed improvement of the navigation of the river Avon and river Frome by a new cut, 30 September 1802 |
1802 -1802 | development |
28049(26)c |
Improvement |
None | development |
08265 | Plan showing the limits of the Port &
Harbour of Bristol, 1930 |
1930 -1930 | None |
39290/FW/PC/6(f) |
Postcard, Old Harbour, Bristol, n.d. |
None | ports |
04062(1-3) | Mayor's Dues (on ships), 1791-1835 |
1791 -1835 | tax administration customs |
04063(1-3) | Quay Wardens' receipts, 1803-46 |
1803 -1846 | ports docks finance |
04064 | Water Bailiff receipts, 1828-47 |
1828 -1847 | finance |
04066 | Mayor's Dues (on ships), 1840-7 |
1840 -1847 | tax administration customs finance |
04065 | Mayor's Dues (on ships), 1837-47 |
1837 -1847 | tax administration customs finance |
04067 | Quay Wardens' fees, 1842-6 |
1842 -1846 | finance docks |
04068 | Quay Wardens' receipts, 1833-46 |
1833 -1846 | finance docks |
20534 |
Trinity |
None | ship |
4005 | Poems written onboard the White Eagle, 1861 |
1861 -1861 | poetry |
19590(3) | Tyger | None | ship |
19590(4) | Severn Galley | None | ship |
12162 |
Shipping account book of the Snow Fanny, including to the Baltic and Barbadoes, April 1777 - November 1791 |
1777 -1791 | finance trade |
16073 | Sally | None | ship |
08840(8) a-c | Receipts of Samuel Hartnell regarding the Sarah, 1700-1 |
1700 -1701 | finance ship |
08840(8)d | Probate will of Samuel Hartness with mention of
shipping, 1715 |
1715 -1715 | None |
08840(18)a-b |
Papers regarding Sea Mills Dock, 1726, n.d. (eighteenth century) |
1726 -1726 | shipping |
08847(1) |
Assignment of a messuage or inn near Sea Mills Dock, Westbury, 26 March 1746 |
1746 -1746 | development |
35036 |
Records of Poole Brothers Galbraith and Company, Ltd, sand, gravel and coal merchants, 1845-1966, including: 104-18, papers and plans regarding Poole's Wharf, including, 108, papers regarding Royal visit and access to SS Camerton, 19 |
1845 -1966 | commerce development shipping |
40183/P/1 | Diary of a voyage of the True
Briton, 1870 |
1870 -1870 | travel literature |
40279/1 |
Mervin |
1776 -1776 | ship |
32173(77)S | Mountjoy, 1898 |
1898 -1898 | ship |
39654(2) | Swift, 1759-60 |
1759 -1760 | ship |
39654(3) | Triton, 1770-1803 | 1770 -1803 | ship |
39654 (1)S | Ruby, 1758-72 |
1758 -1772 | ship |
39654 (2)S | Nevis Planter, 1770-5, Sally, 1767-72 | 1767 -1775 | ship |
39654 (4)S | Druid, 1790-1803 |
1790 -1803 | ship |
40272 |
Orion |
None | ship |
P/XCH/D23 | Postboy | 1738 -1738 | ship |
29747(1)o | Queen Mary | None | ship |
11109(11)S | Queen Mary | 1733 -1733 | ship |
37980/A1S | Logbooks of PS Ravenswood, 1948-53 |
1948 -1953 | ship |
40553/5 |
Photograph of PS Ravenswood, n.d. |
None | ship |
7959 |
Bill of sale of six shares in the St David of Bristol, steam packet, between James Allen Jones, Bristol gent., executor of the will of William Jones the younger of Bristol, merchant, and Robert Henry Webb, Bristol merchant, 16 July 1833 |
1833 -1833 | trade shipping |
37980/A1 & X2 | Logbooks and photographs of the St Trillo, 1963-7 |
1963 -1967 | ship |
11109(8)S | List of dues payable to quaymen, 1716 |
1716 -1716 | labour docks ports |
12152/1-20 | Papers relating to various schemes and to Bills
before Parliament, belonging to the Society of Merchant Venturers, 1811-67 |
1811 -1867 | trade |
12152/15 | Papers of the Society of Merchant Venturers, including a
proposal to make a harbour of refuge at Lundy Island, 1858 |
1858 -1858 | trade developments |
39290/FW/LN/32 |
Notes regarding Alderman Aldworth's Docks, n.d. |
None | ports |
01255 |
Grant of the office of Water Bailiff to Richard Craford, 12 May 1472 |
1472 -1472 | administration |
01146 |
Royal Deed of appointment of Sir Thomas Haines as Water Bailiff, 23 October, 26 Charles II (?1686) |
1686 -1686 | office administration |
04282(3), | General Committee Books including that of the regulation
of Watermen, 1757-1835 |
1757 -1835 | administration |
00428(1-2) | Articles for building new custom house, 1710 |
1710 -1710 | development ports tax |
32484 | Bristol Customs House registers, 1824-99 |
1824 -1899 | finance tax |
281 |
Copy of Bristol customs roll of 1496-9, printed in 1897 |
1496 -1499 | finance tax trade |
09701(25) |
Letter of R. Holland to Thomas Haynes including mention of excise scheme on tobacco, 22 March 1732 |
1732 -1732 | commerce |
6690(2) | Forfeited goods, 1738 |
1738 -1738 | customs |
01155 | Sale of seized goods, 1794 |
1794 -1794 | customs |
40373 | Autobiography of A.J. Brown, customs officer, 1889-1925 |
1889 -1925 | trade commerce tax |
33793/4 | Chocolate smuggling, 1776 |
1776 -1776 | customs evasion |
04419 | Volume of Customs House Officers' affadavits, 1702-35 |
1702 -1735 | commerce tax |
30299(S) |
Customs collectors |
None | ports tax |
04399 | Richard Neale's Day Book, comprising an entry book of ships,
with details of ships and their masters, cargoes and trade port of origin, 1761-4 |
1761 -1764 | commerce shipping trade |
17562(1) |
Plan of slave ship, date? |
None | slaving |
06615 |
Photograph of insurance policy of the Culloden, 20 June 1748, which was on a slaving voyage from Bristol to America via Africa, 31 May 1925 |
1748 -1925 | slavery |
06595(1-2) |
Photograph of bill of lading of the Russia Merchant of Liverpool in 1770; bill of lading of the Rose Mary of Jamaica, 1770 |
1770 -1770 | commerce shipping cargo |
09477 | Release regarding the merchant seamen's almhouse, 16 August 1791 |
1791 -1791 | mariners |
38064 | Merchant seaman's records of William Hynder, 1847-61 |
1847 -1861 | mariners |
39449/3, 5-7S | Letters with news of certificates of discharge, 1876-86 |
1876 -1886 | mariners |
08382 |
Relief of Merchant Seamen |
None | mariners aid |
01036(1-7) |
Title deeds and reconveyance for a Seamen's Hospital, 1 December 1792 |
1792 -1792 | mariners |
6536(1-13) |
Trustees of Seaman's Hospital |
None | mariners finance administration |
40556 | Newspaper reports of Bristol Sailors' Home, 1883 |
1883 -1883 | mariners aid |
40514/1-2 | Papers of T.J. Gyles, ship's engineer, 1912-35 |
1912 -1935 | mariners |
38254 | Certificates of discharge | None | mariners |
38770 | Certificates of discharge | None | mariners |
39407 | Certificates of discharge | None | mariners |
40068/1-3S | Certificates of discharge | 1911 -1940 | mariners |
12152/12 |
Papers belonging to the Society of Merchant Venturers, including bill for Merchant Seamen's Fund, 1850-3 |
1850 -1853 | mariners |
34906(11)b |
Receipt from Thomas Streeter, master of the Hope bound for Quebec, towards the support of the lighthouse on the Smalls, St George's Channel, off coast of Pembroke, 1810 |
1810 -1810 | Trinity House |
40009 |
Lighthouse at mouth of Avon, c.1850 |
1850 -1850 | Trinity House |
12152/3 |
Papers belonging to the Society of Merchant Venturers, including correspondence and papers regarding Trinity House lighthouses: Flat Holme & Mumbles, 1809-18 |
1809 -1818 | None |
01346-7 | Trinity House Corporation, ? |
None | None |
10750(b) |
Trinity House Corporation, ? |
None | None |
09040 | See cat. |
None | emigration |
37980/F4/1-2 | Daily receipt books including that of Torquay steamer
voyages, 1937-72 |
1937 -1972 | passengers finances |
39055 | Two letters concerning the maiden voyage of the
SS Great Britain to New York, at Weymouth and Plymouth, 1845 |
1845 -1845 | passengers |
40336/1,6 | Naval operations, Belgium, 1918 |
1918 -1918 | world war one europe |
40156 | Article regarding privateers, 1913-14 |
1913 -1914 | naval |
40479 | Naval records of Edward Crissup, 1894-1928 |
1894 -1928 | mariners navy |
40491 | Naval records of Arthur James Denman, 1920-49 |
1920 -1949 | mariners navy |
40145/Ph/8 | Royal Marines Band, Portsmouth, 1893-4 |
1893 -1894 | naval musicians |
38203 |
Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers, Bristol Brigrade, ?date |
None | naval |
11757(114?)S | Royal Merchant Navies Appeal, 1945 |
1945 -1945 | naval |
248(1) | Articles of agreement regarding privateers'
prize ship and goods of the Hay, 1759 |
1759 -1759 | naval |
248(2) | Articles of agreement regarding prize ship the
Gascoyne, 1781 |
1781 -1781 | naval |
12571(1) | Victualling accounts, 1798-1803 |
1798 -1803 | naval |
12571(2) | Ships bound for Brazil, 1808 |
1808 -1808 | naval |
12571(3) | Victualling account, 1808 |
1808 -1808 | naval |
12571(5,6,9) | Valiant, 1809 |
1809 -1809 | naval |
12571(8) |
Copy of letter describing bombardment of Copenhagen, 1807, see cat. |
1807 -1807 | naval |
40163/F/7 |
Goods shipped to Ilfracombe, 1894 |
1894 -1894 | trade |
30189(2) |
Company of Merchants trading with Africa, 1772 |
1772 -1772 | trade |
30630(12) |
East India Company Fund |
None | trade |
37454/14(b) |
Mayor's committee regarding expiry of East India Company charter, 1812-17 |
1812 -1817 | trade |
12152/2 |
Papers belonging to the Society of Merchant Venturers, including correspondence and a petition against the East India Company charter, 1812 |
1812 -1812 | trade |
40145/x/3, ? | Society of Merchant Venturers, 1909 |
1909 -1909 | trade |
26772 |
Society of Merchant Venturers, deeds |
None | trade |
24867(29, 38), ? |
Society of Merchant Venturers |
None | trade |
28147(1) |
Lease from, 1811 |
1811 -1811 | trade |
12291/1S |
Lease, 1843 |
1843 -1843 | trade |
40015/1 |
Deed, 1861 |
1861 -1861 | trade |
12168(19-20) |
Society of Merchants letter books, 1845-51, 1863-4 |
1845 -1864 | trade |
12142/3 |
Lighthouse, Flat Holmes, 1811-18 |
1811 -1818 | None |
40301 |
Diary of unknown writer, 1878, includes account of the wreck of the Waterford Steam Navigation Company's vessel the Gipsy and its subsequent destruction, 13-15 May and notice of the Royal Western Yacht Club Regatta (Plymouth), 25 July |
1868 -1868 | travel journal |
16079 |
Four photographs of ships from Royal Ontario Museum, ? |
None | illustrative material |
05192 |
Plan of the Bristol Channell, 1605 |
1605 -1605 | illustrative material |
09448-50 |
Papers regarding the foreshore and riverbed at Portishead, 1926-8 |
1926 -1928 | marine geography |
12168(18) |
Minutes of the Bristol Channel Mission, 1843-4 |
1843 -1844 | administration |
40163/F/14 |
Cardiff & Bristol Channel Steamship Company, 1912 |
1912 -1912 | None |
04348 |
Commissioners' Book of the Bristol Channel Pilotage Commission, 1854 |
1854 -1854 | None |
36074(58) |
Petition of M. Giott, master of the Magdalen of Pennarth, Brittany, to the Society of Merchants, regarding partial loss of cargo from ship being piloted in Kingsroad, seventeenth century |
1600 -1699 | pilots |
04142 |
Decayed pilots fund receipt book & the Surplus Pilotage Fund Account, 1817-35 |
1817 -1835 | None |
08977 |
Volume of pilot accounts, 1908-23 |
1908 -1923 | finance |
08978 | Pilotage Fund Accounts, 1917-24 |
1917 -1924 | pilots finances |
12715(2-3) |
Pilots Benefit Fund, 1931-9 |
1931 -1939 | None |
40220 |
Towage journal of R & J.H. Rea, 1962-5 |
1962 -1965 | pilots |
40095/Pr/24 |
Pilotage byelaws, 1928 |
1928 -1928 | pilots law |
32229 (1-20) |
Admiralty court seal matrix, c.1461 |
1461 -1461 | None |
40136/7 |
Actions, 1925-74 |
1925 -1974 | Admiralty Court |
39290/FW/LN/12-26 |
Notes, 1959 |
1959 -1959 | Admiralty Court |
04059(1-2) |
Two volumes of abstracts of the foreigners town dues, 1789-1807, 1807-17 |
1789 -1817 | customs |
04061 |
Volume of imports abstracted from town dues, 1808-9 |
1808 -1809 | customs |
5918(40)S |
See sched. ?, master mariner about to go on voyage to African coast, c.1817 |
1817 -1817 | None |
39449/6S, 3S |
Letter from Govt Shipping Office regarding seaman, Australia, Brisbane, 1884 & Sydney, 1876 |
1884 -1876 | government administration |
12171/38S |
Letter with description of journey to Ontario, 1882 |
1882 -1882 | voyage |
32173/40-6S |
Trade with Prince Edward Island, 1826-8 |
1826 -1828 | None |
32173/(40-50)S |
Sale of the Mary, 1826-9 |
1826 -1829 | ship |
39951/2 |
Journal of a visit to Egypt, 1862 |
1862 -1862 | travel |
28048, J1/1 |
`Minutes of a journey to Weymouth, voyage to Cherbourg' by J.S.H., with printed plan of Cherbourg and its fortifications, 1768, includes mention of bathing machines at Weymouth & Melcombe Regis, voyage to France |
1768 -1768 | travel illustrations |
08226 |
Volume entitled `shipping notes, Bristol, 1719-21' comprising bills of lading for ships from Ireland, Spain, Holland, France, West Indies, America, Africa, 1719-21 |
1719 -1721 | cargo |
36074(139a) |
Letter of John Pyne, including news of Ship Money, 1640 |
1640 -1640 | None |
36074(141) |
Letter with reference to a proposed Act of Parliament for bridge to `stop the tide', 1640 |
1640 -1640 | None |
36074(109) | Letter of Batholomew Giffard to Sir Hugh Smyth, including reference to discontent of mariners, c.1626 | 1626 -1626 | None |
36074(119) |
Letter to Sir Hugh Smyth, noting unrest of mariners at Portsmouth, 18 August 1628 |
1628 -1628 | None |
30189(2)S |
West Indies, merchant's correspondence, 1772-1800 |
1772 -1800 | None |
30634 (3), (5)S |
Gwyer family merchants at St Petersburg, 1860, 1881 |
1860 -1881 | None |
40163/P/38 |
Miguel M. Gomez, sherry shipper, Cadiz, 1952 |
1952 -1952 | merchant |
40474/8 |
Denbigh Castle rounding Cape Horn, Tierra Del Fuego, 1912 |
1912 -1912 | None |
38083(1)S |
Lloyd family correspondence with Charleston, South Carolina, 1760-6 |
1760 -1766 | None |
29587(2) |
Cargo of groceries to Kingston, 1707 |
1707 -1707 | None |
40128/2 |
Correspondence St Lucia, 1774 |
1774 -1774 | None |
28048, P4 | Printed letter urging reduction of town dues and improvement of the docks, Bristol, 1800 | 1800 -1800 | ports development |
28038, P105 | Case and opinion regarding claim of Capt. Webley Parry to payments from ships anchoring off Pwllcorn, and from farmers for loads of sea sand delivered to them on Pwllcarn beach, ?Wales, April 1819 | 1819 -1819 | duties |
40095/0/2-3 |
Avonmouth crew lists, 1906-38 |
1906 -1938 | mariners |
40095/0/5 | Bristol Scout, crew list, 1927 |
1927 -1927 | mariners |
40095/0/6 |
Brunel, crew list, 1922 |
1922 -1922 | mariners |
40095/0/11 |
Gem, crew list, 1880s |
1880 -1889 | mariners |
40084/PC/6 |
Illustration of wreck of the Gipsy, 185??78 |
1850 -1878 | ship |
40095/0/12 |
Iris, crew list, 1903 |
1903 -1903 | mariners |
40095/0/13 |
Crew list of John King, n.d.? |
None | mariners |
40095/0/14 |
Crew lists of the King, 1905-35 |
1905 -1935 | mariners |
40095/0/15 |
Crew list of the Lady Morgan, 1916 |
1916 -1916 | mariners |
40095/0/19 |
Crew list of the Peri, n.d. |
None | mariners |
40095/0/27 |
Crew lists of the Sea Queen, 1905-11 |
1905 -1911 | mariners |
40095/0/30-1 |
Crew lists of the Volunteer, ? |
None | mariners |
39290S/FW/LN/12 |
Transcript of register of shipping, 1795 |
1795 -1795 | ships |
38754 |
Papers of Grahame E. Farr |
None | None |
40095/L/25 |
Agreement of Cunard Steamship Company, Ltd, 1950 |
1950 -1950 | shipping |
34907 | Letter referring to naval shipbuilding, voyages to Waterford, 25 June 17[torn] |
1700 -1799 | correspondence |
21782BL |
Letters of marque, eighteenth century |
1700 -1799 | None |
12152/5 |
Correspondence of the Society of Merchant Venturers regarding the provision of a lifeboat, 1830 |
1830 -1830 | None |
21129(53) |
Logbook |
None | None |
30182 |
Logbook |
None | None |
32173/282S |
Lifeboats, 1940-6 |
1940 -1946 | None |
39290/FW/LN/18 |
Extract from Lloyd's list & shipping gazette, 31 December 1959 |
1959 -1959 | None |
40095/T/8 | Logbook of the Francis, 1889 | 1889 -1889 | None |
38083(3-4)S |
Correspondence of Nicholas Pocock with Richard Champion, 1770-75 |
1770 -1775 | None |
39290S/FW/LN/13,14 |
Notes and transcripts regarding shippping, n.d. |
None | None |
38247 |
Records of H.D. Thornton & Co., 1935-61 |
1935 -1961 | None |
40232 | Records of Turner Edwards & Co., ship owners and brokers, nineteenth century, 20c |
1800 -1999 | shipping |
4966(28)S |
Articles of partnership, C.H. & H. Williams, shipowners and merchants, 1857 |
1857 -1857 | shipping |
13423(8) |
Danish ships at Bristol, 1859 |
1859 -1859 | shipping |
32229(16) |
Town Clerk's seal matrix with detail of ship & water gate, ninetenth century, 20c |
1800 -1899 | None |
25064 |
Photographic albums of Museum and Art Gallery, ? |
None | photographs |
39290/FW/LN/17 |
Notes regarding prehistoric ships |
None | None |
35447 BL | Ship's securities deposited in bank, 1840; registration of the Margaret, c.1840 |
1835 -1845 | finance administration records |
8023 |
Shipbuilding |
None | None |
29542(4) |
Solicitor's register of notes and entries of ship's protests, 1879-1928 |
1879 -1923 | mariners |
14180(18-19) |
Steam vessels, ? |
None | shipping |
29587(1) |
Timber supplied to sailing vessels, 1691-2 |
1691 -1692 | None |
32173(65)S |
Two hopper or mud boats, one in river Usk, one building on stocks, 1850 |
1850 -1850 | None |
40095/L/36 |
Agreement, Union Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd, 1963 |
1963 -1963 | shipping |
12151/8S | Wage accounts of sundry ships, including the Martha, 1808-9 | 1808 -1809 | mariners |
12151/17S | Sale of one half of the Trelawney, 1801 | 1801 -1801 | None |
12151/8,18-19S |
Wages & deed of the Ann, 1799-1809 |
1799 -1809 | None |
12151/20S | Bill of sale, the Maria, 1826 | 1826 -1826 | None |
05077(1-4) |
Volume entitled the `register of ships navigating within the city of Bristol', 1795-1802 |
1795 -1802 | None |
17196 |
Crew list of the Corsair, 1876 |
1876 -1876 | mariners |
32173(35)di,iiS | Agreement regarding collection of rates on tonnage and duties on goods, 1804 | 1804 -1804 | None |
28050 |
Bills of lading |
None | customs cargo |
39458(1-13)S |
Deeds and other papers of the Bristol General Steam Navigation Company, 1836-78 |
1836 -1878 | shipping |
40095/Pr/26-44, T/27, & X/7 |
Bristol Shipping Staffs Asssociation, 1922-68 |
1922 -1968 | None |
40140S |
Records of Campbell P & A Ltd, 1893-1971 |
1893 -1971 | None |
38247/PP/1-2 |
Records of T.R. Brown & Sons Ltd, 1949-73 |
1949 -1973 | None |
1016(1-98) |
Shipping receipts of cargoes, Bristol, 1790 |
1790 -1790 | customs |
26226 | Cargoes | None | customs |
17557(2) |
Ships sailing from Bristol, 1812-36 |
1812 -1836 | None |
04060 |
Volume of abstracts of coasters' town duties, 1789-1807 |
1789 -1807 | customs |
05088 |
Coasting cargo book of Samuel Beckerton, concerning goods between Bristol and Newport, 1826-7 |
1826 -1827 | customs trade |
01021(1-3) | Letters and epitome of the title of the Corporation to wrecks within the city & county & jurisdiction of Bristol, 1857-60 |
1857 -1860 | correspondence |
34413(1) | Llandaff City | None | ship |
34413(2) | Somerset | None | ship |
34413(3, 6, 11) | Brooklyn City | None | ship |
34413(4-5) | Dominion | None | ship |
34413(7-8) | Dorser | None | ship |
34413(9) | Bristol City | None | ship |
34413(10) | Bristol | None | ship |
38459/44(a)S |
Presentation plate of HMS Bristol |
None | ship |
37885/2 | Report and minutes of Transport Workers' Court of Enquiry, 1920 | 1920 -1920 | None |
37885/6, 8 |
Bristol Port Harbour Committee, 1919, 1936-7 |
1919 -1937 | None |
40587 |
Records of the West of England Freight Terminal ltd, 1966-93 |
1966 -1993 | None |
40336/7 |
Menu of the Aquitania, Atlantic liner, 1925 |
1925 -1925 | food |
37980/X3S |
Photo of the Cambria, run aground near Ilfracombe, Devon, c.1920 |
1915 -1925 | ship |
32173(45)S |
Cambridge, 1828 |
1828 -1828 | ship |
40095/E/12 |
SS Cato, 1939-40 |
1939 -1940 | ship |
33722(19)S |
Chepstow Packet |
None | ship |
13458(46) |
Commerce, Unicorn |
None | ship |
21125(6) | The United Brethren | None | ship |
19595(g) |
Reservation for berth on the Nora Creina, steam packet, ? |
None | passengers |
01112 (1-36) |
Warrants, informations, affadavits and vouchers regarding goods of the Delaval which ran aground in river, 1708-30 |
1708 -1730 | cargo |
37980/A1 & X4 |
Logbook and advertisement of the Devonia, 1978 |
1978 -1978 | ship |
4547(1-3) |
Bills of sale of the Dispatch, 1830-2 |
1830 -1832 | ship |
10253(4) |
Dreadnought, privateer |
None | ship |
08840(18)C |
Case and opinion regarding shares in the Duke of Cumberland, 30 November 1735 |
1735 -1735 | ship |
12964 | Eagle of Bristol; Townsend, 1679-1742; Grampus | 1679 -1742 | ship |
10253(5-6) |
Insurance of goods on the Edwin, 1763 |
1763 -1763 | ship cargo |
11181(5) |
Sale of one quarter share in the Eliza of Bristol, 1819 |
1819 -1819 | ship |
37980/A1/S |
Logbooks of the Empress Queen, 1948-9 |
1948 -1949 | ship |
40336/6 |
Ettrick, overturned in Avon, 1924 |
1924 -1924 | ship |
39290/FW/LN/19 |
Notes regarding the Fanny, n.d. |
None | ship |
05150 |
Papers regarding legal proceedings between the owners of the SS Princess Irene, steamship and Frome, steam hopper, 1904-5 |
1904 -1905 | ship |
2998 |
Legal proceedings of the owners of the Vassilakis versus the owners of the Frome, steam hopper, 1904-5 |
1904 -1905 | ship |
09860(8) | The George | None | ship |
40336/1 |
Glenart Castle, hospital ship, torpedoed, 1918 |
1918 -1918 | None |
30100 |
Great BritainMDBU, steamship |
None | None |
32173/433 |
SS Great Britain project, 1970 |
1970 -1970 | ship |
16163(8-9) |
The Great Cha?, |
None | ship |
39290S/FW/PC/7 |
Print of the launching of the Great Western, n.d. |
None | ship |
40095/X/3 | Centenary of the Great Western, 1938 | 1938 -1938 | ship |
16078(2) | Great Western Steamship Company, ? | None | None |
32956 | Great Western Steamship Company, ? | None | None |
11109(12)S |
Hanover, 1739 |
1739 -1739 | ship |
19818(29) |
Hardy, gun-vessel |
None | ship |
29226(3) |
Castaway from the Hecktor, 1748 |
1748 -1748 | mariners passengers |
40095/PP/36 |
Hermes, 1976 |
1976 -1976 | ship |
34906 (11)c | Letter of Thomas S. Benson to Captain Streeter directing him to board the John for Quebec and there to take charge of the Mary bound for London, 1811 |
1811 -1811 | correspondence |
4487(9) |
The John and Mary |
None | ship |
09458(16) |
John Trygett |
None | ship |
09686(12) | King David | None | ship |
16080(13) | London Packet | None | ship |
39449/5S |
Lord Duncan, 1881 |
1881 -1881 | ship |
93(2)d |
Probate of will of Thomas Smith belonging to HM the Mariner, 21 March 1740 |
1740 -1740 | mariners |
207(12) |
Entry of protest of the Johnes of Clovelly, Devon, schooner, 5 December 1810 |
1810 -1810 | None |
12275/3S |
Argentina, 1867 |
1867 -1867 | ship |
37980/X4S &A1S |
Log books and advertisment of the Balmoral, 1969-79 |
1969 -1979 | ship |
40140/5(a)S |
Bill of sale of the Bonnie Doon, 1899 |
1899 -1899 | ship |
32835 |
Records of the Smythe family of Ashton Court, including MU, records of Samuel Munkley, shipowner and merchant, of Bristol, late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries [also see 37671] |
1775 -1825 | None |
1(5) |
Letter of Herman Katenkamp, Exeter merchant, to Samuel Munckley regarding Hamburg trade, and travel by sea, 1751 |
1751 -1751 | None |
1(6) | Letter of John Duntze, Exeter, to Samuel Munckley regarding shipping news, 1750-1 | 1750 -1751 | None |
AC/MU 1(8-9) |
Letter of John Smith, commander of the Clifton, from Barbadoes to Ilfracombe, to Samuel Munckley & Co., owners, regarding voyage, and wages book, 1762, also enclosing account of sales of goods, invoices, list of debts, current ac |
1761 -1762 | merchants cargo finance |
AC/MU 1(11-13) |
Papers concerning the Hope, 1760-73, including cargoe of negro slaves, mariners' wages, also cargo of sugar onboard the Byron, 1773 |
1760 -1773 | None |
AC/MU 1(15 & 17) |
Bills of lading, 1773 |
1773 -1773 | cargo |
1(22) | Letters regarding shipping of Irish butter, oats, etc to England, 1773 | 1773 -1773 | None |
1(24) | Letters regarding shipping sugar, ginger, etc., from Barbadoes to England, 1773 | 1773 -1773 | None |
1(26) | Letters regarding shipping of ginger, London, 1773 | 1773 -1773 | None |
AC/MU 1(31) |
Letter regarding import of Russian iron, 1773 |
1773 -1773 | None |
AC/MU 1(40) & 2(6) |
Greyhound, 1767-73 |
1767 -1773 | ship |
AC/MU 2(1) |
The Hamburgh Merchant, 1747 |
1747 -1747 | ship |
2(1-2 & 16) | ?, 1720-18?2 | 1720 -1830 | None |
AC/MU 2(3) |
Gloucestershire, 1760 |
1760 -1760 | ship |
2(4) | Clifton, 1760-2 | 1760 -1762 | ship |
AC/MU 2(5) |
Albany, 1765 |
1765 -1765 | ship |
AC/MU 2(7) |
Patient Mary, 1767-8 |
1767 -1768 | ship |
AC/MU 2(8) |
Colston, 1767 |
1767 -1767 | ship |
AC/MU 2(9) |
The Prudent Sally, 1767 |
1767 -1767 | ship |
AC/MU 2(10) |
The Hampton, 1767 |
1767 -1767 | ship |
AC/MU 2(11) |
Celia, 1768 |
1768 -1768 | ship |
AC/MU 2(12) |
Eleanor, 1767-8 |
1767 -1768 | ship |
AC/MU 2(13) |
Brittannia, merchant ship, 1768 |
1768 -1768 | None |
AC/MU 2(14) |
Fair Trader, 1768 |
1768 -1768 | ship |
AC/MU 2(15) |
Elizabeth and Mary, 1768 |
1768 -1768 | ship |
AC/MU 2(17) |
Fanny, 1777-80, Haven of Cronstadt, Petersburg, Russia, 1777 |
1777 -1778 | ship |
AC/MU 2(18) |
Druid, 1779 |
1779 -1779 | ship |
AC/MU 2(19) |
The Hellen Packet of Cork, 1784 |
1784 -1784 | ship |
AC/MU 2(21) |
The Ann, merchant ship, 1785 |
1785 -1785 | None |
AC/MU 2(22) |
Fanny of Bristol, 1786 |
1786 -1786 | ship |
AC/MU 3(1)(9) |
Misc. naval documents, 1720, 1781 |
1720 -1781 | miscellaneous |
AC/MU 3(1) |
HMS Dartmouth, 1720 |
1720 -1720 | ship |
AC/MU 3(2) | Nancy, 1748 | 1748 -1748 | ship |
AC/MU 3(12) |
Nelly, 1787 |
1787 -1787 | ship |
AC/MU 3(7) |
Blaze Castle, merchant ship, 1772-3 |
1772 -1773 | None |
AC/MU 3(9) |
Exeter, 1781 |
1781 -1781 | ship |
AC/VS 53(8-10) |
?, 1738 |
1738 -1738 | None |
AC/VS 104 (1) |
?, 1738 |
1738 -1738 | None |
32835 AC/B63 | Ledger. See Jean Vanes (ed.), The Ledger of John Smythe, 1538-50 (Bristol Record Society, XXVIII, 1974). of John Smyth, merchant, including trade to Newfoundland, the continent, 1534-50 |
1534 -1550 | finance |
32835 AC/B64 |
Account book of Anthony Varder, merchant, including trade to Newfoundland, 1697--1713 |
1697 -1713 | finance |
AC/WO 9(8) |
Invoice for goods loaded onto the Concord of Bristol for Virginia, and for provisions sent to Virginia for the use of the George, 1682 |
1682 -1682 | cargo |
AC/WO 9(9-13, 21) |
Financial papers regarding ownership of George of Bristol, 1682 |
1682 -1682 | ship |
AC/WO 9(26) |
Bill of exchange for £6 of the George of Bristol, 12 December 1693 |
1693 -1693 | ship |
AC/WO 9(49) |
Petition of Thomas Berry to the Commissioners of the Sea Wall regarding repsonsibility for repairing 7 1/2 perches of the wall, n.d. [?late seventeenth century] |
1670 -1700 | None |
AC/WO 9(63) |
Insurance policy for the Charming Molly, master John Barker, 5 July 1731 |
1731 -1731 | ship |
AC/WO 9(74a-f) |
Includes undertakings by shipowners to pay John Hugh Smyth extra premium of insurance for the detention of the Hope and the Sally, 1768 |
1768 -1768 | None |
AC/WO 9(102) |
Insurance policy for the ship William and Mary, 21 September 1733 |
1733 -1733 | None |
AC/WO 9(103) |
Bill of lading for goods shipped on the William and Mary by Edward Archer and Joshua Groves for Speights Town, Barbadoes, 28 September 1733 |
1733 -1733 | cargo |
AC/WO 16 |
Letters with invoices and bills of ladings for Jamaican sugar, late eighteenth century |
1770 -1800 | cargo finance |
AC/JS 53(1-60) | Papers regarding the `Bristol Case', early
eighteenth century, in which Bristol merchants objected to the right of the
Mayor to levy 40 shillings for each vessel of over 60 tons for the use of the
quay. |
1700 -1740 | lawsuit ports |
AC/JS 53(1) | Note on the distraint of an anchor from the Partridge, 1731 | 1731 -1731 | Bristol Case lawsuit |
AC/JS 53(2) | Draft declaration on the theft of an anchor at Taunton, 1736 | 1736 -1736 | Bristol Case lawsuit |
AC/JS 53(3)a-b | Summons from the Mayor of Bristol against the owners of the New Kent and the Stockton for bringing their ships into the quay without a license, 1736 | 1736 -1736 | Bristol Case lawsuit |
AC/JS 53(4)a-k | Court papers regarding the regarding the theft of an anchor and the Boston Merchant, owned by Robert Smith and others, 1736 | 1736 -1736 | Bristol Case lawsuit |
AC/JS 53(6) | Letter of Edmund Sanders to Jarrit Smith concerning proceedings against the owners of the Aurora and the Rainbow, 20 October 1737 | 1737 -1737 | Bristol Case lawsuit |
AC/JS 53(7-18) | Rex & Hopkins v. Thomas | 1700 -1740 | Bristol Case lawsuit |
AC/JS 53(19-60) | Lyde v. Hart | 1700 -1740 | Bristol Case lawsuit |
AC/JS 92 |
Papers regarding the Naval Bill, 1758 |
1758 -1758 | navy |
AC/JS 102(10) | George Bonnell's plan for preventing smuggling, 12 March 1759 | 1759 -1759 | None |
AC/JS 102(29) |
Petition of the widows of Naval Officers, n.d. |
None | navy |
AC/C61 |
Letters of John Lord Poulett to Thomas Smyth, includes references to navy at Plymouth and the Admiral, 1635 |
1635 -1635 | correspondence |
AC/PL 63-4 |
Plans, 1792, 1803 |
1792 -1803 | None |
05131 | Printed book of reference, various dock reports | None | ports administration |
05102 | Printed book of reference, Bristol Channel Pilotage Commission | None | pilots |
04581 | Printed book of reference, Rules & Orders for Pilots | None | None |
09292(1-2) | Printed book of reference, reports | None | administration |
Acc 41332 | Bristol Sailors Home: minutes and financial records. | 1900 -1999 | welfare mariners |
42968 | Charles Hill & Sons Ltd., shipbuilders and repairers, shipowners, Bristol :addditonal records | 1970 -1979 | construction Companies |
42785 | Bristol Sailor's Home: additional records | 1979 -1997 | welfare mariners |
43014 | Port of Bristol Authority: records formerly at Underfall Yard, 20th century | 1900 -1999 | None |
SMV | Society of Merchant Venturers of Bristol: records, 17th-20th cent. | 1600 -1999 | None |
42829 | The Old Chequers and Bath Marina Boat Club: minutes, accounts and correspondence | 1948 -2004 | societies leisure sailing |
42696 | P & A Campbell Ltd, steamship owners, Bristol: copy accounts and papers | 1908 -1993 | Companies transport |
42696 | Bristol shipping registers : registration papers |
1908 -1993 | None |
43634 | Jefferies (Avonmouth) Ltd., ship repairers: records 1800-2000. |
1800 -2000 | shiprepairers companies |
43651 | Turner, Edwards & Co. Ltd., shipowners and ship brokers, Bristol: ephemera and photographs, 1952-66. |
1952 -1966 | brokers ships shipowners |
PBA | Port of Bristol Authority: volumes relating to docks 1896-1938. |
1896 -1938 | ports docks harbour |
44286 | Fred Llewellyn, sailor: correspondence with family in Staple Hill, Bristol while on naval service, 1944-6. |
1944 -1946 | seamen mariners |
44050 | Bristol Harbour Festival: oral history interviews with people with Bristol-Nannover [sic], Bristol-Bordeaux twinning links 2007. |
2007 -2007 | Hannover Bordeaux Bristol harbour ports |
43659 | Port of Bristol Authority: American cattle ledger and Bathurst Basin licenses book 1912-1929. |
1912 -1929 | Bristol port harbour livestock |
43659 | Documents relating to the shipping by L. Mendl & Co. of a cargo of maize and barley, in the Arbutus, from Ibrail to London, 1885. |
1885 -1885 | imports shipping trade Romania |