Flintshire Record Office

agreement for extinguishing common rights on lands in manor of Hawarden & erection of new bank, 1753

papers regarding coastal protection at Rhyl, 1895-1939

papers regarding Rhuddlan marsh erosion, 1907

FCC files regarding Rhyl-Prestatyn erosion, 1914-35

photograph of engraving of Royal Charter, steam clipper, 1856

photographs & papers relating to Dee shipping, c.1890-1975

two photographic albums of Deeside ships, nineteenth-twentieth centuries

photographs of ships constructed by J. Crichton & Co., Saltney shipyard, Chester, c.1912-30

photograph of R.M.S. Moldavia, c.1913

five volumes of photographs of ships constructed by J. Crichton & Co, Saltney shipyard, Chester, c.1914-28

photograph of HMS Vindictive & graves of her crew killed at Zeebrugge, c.1918

photograph collection including a large number of towns & villages on the estuary, & of Dee shipping & bridges

correspondence & accounts relating to the Trevanaunce Pier & Trading Company, & the Polbreen & Wheel Colt tin & copper mines, St Agnes, 1793 - c.1820

handbill advertising attractions on Rhyl Pier, 14 August 1899

diary of Thomas Pennant of tours to Scarborough, Teignmouth, c.1786-8

diary of a eastern Mediterranean cruise taken by P.H. Godsal & son Rupert, 1960s [restricted access]

bundle including diary kept by P.T. Godsal of voyage to USA, 1882

journal by Capt. Edwin Griffith while in Spain, 1808-9, including voyage from Spithead to Corunna

journal by Edwin Griffith, including voyage from Portsmouth to Lisbon, 1813

journal by Edwin Griffith, including voyage from Cork to Ostend, 1815

journal by J. Lloyd of Pontruffith of a voyage to Malta, via Gibraltar, & to Naples, 1847

diaries of C.S. Mainwaring, to Malta, Gibraltar, France & other Mediterranean countries, 1858, 1866-74

photocopy of letter from Clarissa Gibbon of Rhyl regarding voyage from Liverpool to Rhyl, 1859

tour of Greece, nineteenth century

diary of a voyage from India to London via St Helena, nineteenth century

diary of Miss Catherine Roberts including account of voyage to India, 1913

scrapbook diary & draft diary of Mrs Hugh Peel's cruise to South America on RMS Orduna, January - March 1929

scrapbook diary of Mrs Hugh Peel's voyages to the West Indies, Madeira, Portugal, North Africa, etc., 1930-7

diary of a Mediterranean cruise, 1932

volume of minutes of meetings of Rhyl Yacht Club, 1 July 1903 - 24 August 1910

inventory of a sailor late belonging to the Massingberd, 1674

handbill regarding seamen's bounties, Holywell, 2 February 1793 (also D/DM/154/1)

volume of autograph & copy letters written by Major Edwin Griffith mostly to his sister, Charlotte Griffith of Rhyl, 1801-14, including account of return to Plymouth from Spain, 1809, voyage from Cork to Ostend, 1815

[now at Doncaster]

declaration & copy made by Capt. George Lawson of the Gambia of London regarding the death from consumption & burial at sea in 1795 of Mr John Thelwall, Writer in the African Committee's Service, 22 March 1810

photograph of the Florette of Connah's Quay, n.d.

pilots' certificate, port of Chester, 1860

certificates of discharge of Margaret Davies, of Holywell, stewardess of various Liverpool ships, 1881-96

Edward Hughes certificates of discharge & papers, 1887-95

misc. papers including seamen's certificates of discharge from the Martha Lloyd, 1890

copy of certificate of discharge of Walter Crofts of Buckly, seaman onboard the Florette of Chester, 1937

tide table relating to the river Dee from Chester to Flint, eighteenth century

prospectus of Dublin School of Navigation & Seamanship, 1945-53

account roll of Kenrick Edisbury, Controller of the Navy, 1627-8

report on sheathing of ships, 9 September 1634

correspondence regarding naval career of Richard Edisbury, post of clerk of the Ropeyard at Plymouth, launch of the Anglesey, movements of the English & French fleets, 1692-4

papers regarding relief to sailors from Mold parish, 1795-1817

letters regarding voyages of John Richardson, naval surgeon, from Spithead, Sheeness, Jamaica, Liverpool, London, Cape Finisterre, etc., 1798

letters from Anthony Henry Cooke, midshipman, regarding naval life & letter describing voyage

letters from naval officer onboard HMS Rochfort, 1821

Navy handbills, in Welsh, 1896-8

papers & photographs regarding HMS Rhyl & its Comfort Fund, 1942-

eye-witness account of mining of British ships by the Albanians in Corfu channel, 1946

agreement regarding reception of boys on the Exmouth, training ship, 1931

papers relating to the Crimean war, 1854-5, including logbook by John Yorke of voyage from Liverpool to Malta onboard the Gertrude & misc. letters to his sister Ethel Yorke including referring to voyage

misc. papers including transcript of account of naval engagement with the French, 1782

charts of Fleet movements in the North Sea, 1914-18

Ms account of Battle of Jutland, 1916

illustrated account of sinking of the Vindictive at Zeebrugge, 1918

papers of Capt. R.D. Griffiths regarding SS Willesden including accounts, crew lists, papers relating to sinking & imprisonment of crew by the Japanese, 1941-5

copy letter book of Sir Alured Clarke while Lieut. Governor of Jamaica, 1784-90, with dates & names of vessels on which they were dispatched

`imprests to merchant ships' at London, Hull, Dover, Woodbridge, Newcastle, Ipswich & Alborough, 1625

commission to impress workmen for maintenance of the Navy, 2 April 1635

appointment of Kenrick Edisbury as Surveyor of the Navy, 1632

letters of Kenrick Edisbury junior, at Portsmouth & Spithead, to Joshua Edisbury regarding naval duties, 1692-4

letter from John Parry of Milford Haven to Daniel Powel of Holywell regarding present position as carpenter's mate on HM Sloop Albany, 25 October 1759

letter of Edward Wynne, London, to his cousin Watkin Thelwall, Portsmouth, with advice not to go to sea, 1762

letter of [?]John or [?]Watkin Thewall, London, to his mother regarding efforts to go to sea & imminent departure as 2nd Mate on the Dreadnought at Chatham, 27 February 1762

letters & papers relating to the naval career of Alfred Edmund Godsal, 1904-21

letter of William Salesbury to Capt. Thomas Davies regarding abuses in collection of ship money, 5 March 1640 [now at Doncaster]

misc. letters of Francis Edisbury to his cousin Joshua Edisbury including request for help in naval promotion for his son with references to Portsmouth storekeepers vacancies, 22 November 1692, 19 February 1693, etc.

safe conduct to Ireland for sailors taken off Guinea by pirates, 1723

notes of evidence regarding quays at Truro & Newham, c.1870

account of visit to Portsmouth dockyard, 1739

letter of E. Lawry to Simon Yorke with reference to her visit to Chatham dockyard, c.1740

accounts of work done by employees of Liverpool Corporation in cleaning docks & laying sewers, 1815-20

printed notice regarding rates etc of Kingsferry Wharf, 1849

deposited plans relating to Cambrian & Mostyn docks, 1865-8

plan of Mostyn dock, 1888-9

sale particulars of Mostyn dock, 1906

papers regarding proposed closure of docks at Connah's Quay, 1928-39

correspondence regarding Bagillt gutter & dock, 1931-2

papers relating to wharves, mainly coal, at Bodfari, Caerwys, Coed Talon, Connah's Quay, Dyserth, Flint Station, Holywell, Meliden, Rhydymwyn, Rhyl, St Asaph, Abergele, Nantclwyd, Ruthwin, early 20c

file of correspondence relating to Connah's Quay dock, 1952-5

papers regarding Connah's Quay docks undertaking, 1952-5

composite map of Talacre harbour, 1839

reports on the Foryd, Rhyl, 1853

open letter from P.H. Lawson of Chester appealing for information on shipping & trade from 1800 to 1870 at Talacre Harbour, 1950, in Welsh & English

records of the Dee & Clwyd River Authority including 246-323, papers of the River Dee Company, including Commissioners' minutes, 1820-3, 1889 & report, 1848, general correspondence & papers, 1746-1903, inc. reports by Thomas Telford, 1

minutes & papers of drainage, catchment, fishery & river boards, & fishing associations of the river Dee & its tributaries, 1922-64, inc. reports on Dee estuary embankment & bridge schemes, 1956-64

papers of Flintshire

log of opening & shutting of Shotton railway bridge to vessels on the river Dee, 1901-2

rules of Dee & Mersey Shipowners' Protection Association, c.1890

photocopy of report by Thomas Telford, Robert Stephenson & Alexander Nimmo, recommending new ports on the rivers Dee & Mersey, 1828

Bell Jones MSS includes printed reports, ciculars, etc, concerning the Dee, 1839-1932; historical survey `The Problem of the Dee' by F. Webster, 1925

George Lloyd collection principally comprises notes on Dee shipping & ports, twentieth century

P.H. Lawson MSS includes copy agreement concerning boundaries of the White Sands, 1787; misc documents (mostly copies) concerning the Dee, including handbill regarding funds for improvement of navigation, 1850, plans of the Dee, 1737-1873 & Fl

notice soliciting subscription for lifeboat at Mostyn, 1825

receipt for subscription to Mostyn lifeboat, 1836

receipts for payments made by trustees of Point of Ayre Lifeboat Fund regarding loss of the Temperance in 1857

estimate for Point of Ayr lighthouse, c.1775

article on Point of Ayr lighthouse, 1844

papers regarding Dee lighthouses, 1913-39

sale particulars of Point of Ayr lighthouse, 1958

inquisitions on men drowned at Greenfield by oversetting of a cockboat, 1722

volume of register & accounts of wrecks near Talacre, 1757-1883

letter of Bagot Read to Miss Kitty Boland regarding Liverpool packet vessel loss, c.1766-75

news of the loss of the Britannia, 1822

misc. papers, including memorial card for George Bates who drowned on the Lusitania, 1915

papers regarding the Viola of Whitehaven, brigantine, including certificate of registration, insurance policies, log & cargo books, rules of the Dee & Mersey Shipowners' Protection Association, 1872-1916

log & cargo books of Julia on voyages between Liverpool, Beaumaris, Ireland, Scotland & the Isle of Man, 1837

memorandum of statement by Thomas Foulkes & Mr Gregory regarding accident involving the Resolution & the Oak on the Dee, post 1840

handbill advertising sailings of iron steamer Satellite between Mostyn & Liverpool, 1855

log & general account book of Katie Darling, schooner, 1867-76

papers relating to Coppack Bros & Co., comprising 1-3, voyage, cargo & account book of MS Fleurita of Chester, 1945-54, SS Farfield of Chester, 1921-51, SS Elidir of Caernarfon, 1942-54; 4-9, deeds & legal papers

accounts of the SS Kilkeel of Chester, 1899-1900; 31, accounts of the Princess of Thule, 1907

papers of Coppack Bros & Co., shipbrokers, shipowners & chandlers, 1860-1977, including deeds, minutes & business papers, logbooks of MS Bolham, 1940-3, SS Elidir, 1941-54, MS Fleurita, 1949-60, SS Hove, 193

letter regarding boat building enterprise at Kings Ferry, 1835

sale particulars of Roodee shipbuilding yard, Chester, 1870

sale particulars of Pen-y-Llan, Connah's Quay, 1902

apprenticeship indenture relating to Isaac Abdela & Mitchell Ltd, Queensferry, 1911

papers regarding purchase of yard at Saltney by C & H Creighton Ltd, 1913-14

letter-head of Abdela & Mitchell, shipbuilders, 1923

correspondence regarding Queensferry yard, 1940

plan & section of proposed yard at Saltney, twentieth century

notes on higher & lower ferries on river Dee, 1959-63

bill of sale of share in Chester Trader, sloop, 1 June 1761

share certificate for forty shares held in the Clwyd & Liverpool Steam Packet Company by John Roberts of Rhuddlan, Flint, brewer, 21 January 1837

bill of sale of the Julia of Plymouth, 1837

1-19, bills of sale of ships, 1878-90

handbills advertising sailings between Liverpool & Mostyn of steampacket Hercules, 1829

five volumes of registers of ships in the port of Chester, 1836-48, 1848-55, 1855-74, 1850-1903 (transactions), 1874-1913

agreements & crew lists returned half-yearly for ships registered at the port of Chester, including Flintshire ports on the Dee estuary, 1863-1913.  The documents (c.7,800) provide information on tonnage, owner, & master, destination

certificates of registry & bills of sale for the Duke of York & Melcombe I, 1910-13

register of shipping at Rhyl, 1921-74

merchant's account book of trade in dye stuffs, Smyrna, Aleppo, c.1677-8

letter referring to unfair practices in Nantwich, Cheshire, salt trade, 1693

schedule of exporters from the Hawarden estate, 1699-1701

copy petition regarding transport of coal in boats from Mostyn free of duty, 1738

replies by Mr Scott of Edinburgh to queries from Mr Thomas Pennant regarding trade with India & the Persian Gulf states, 1790, 1793

bills of lading for bricks & tiles shipped by Jonathan & William Catherall from Chester, 1806-34

misc. collection relating to the Catherall family of Ewloe, including shipping papers, early nineteenth century, including 3, request from Benjamin Jones, near Pwllheli, to Jonathan Catherall, Ewloe, for roof tiles, 1808; 5, details of provisions

letter regarding dispute over loading of coal on ships in river Dee, 1836

commonplace book of W.H. Darby of Brymbo, ironmaster, including circular letters on the future of iron ships & free trade, 1844

petition for Liverpool remaining within the port of Chester, 1732

list of proprietors of the ?company, 1829

sale particulars & plans of Dee Estates, 1906

J. Crichton & Co. Ltd., shipbuilders, Saltney: additional records 1906-47.