Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Plymouth town ledger or chronicle, known as `the Black Book', fourteenth to eighteenth centuries, inc. references to local events such as wrecks, pirates, navy, etc., with copies of misc. documents;

book of Plymouth constitutions & acts, known as the White Book, 1560-1754, inc. references to harbour regulations, pilchard fishing, defence;

book of misc. borough business, fifteenth-sixteenth centuries, inc. wrecks, Fowey vice-admiralty court, fishing, quays;

book relating to Plymouth town clerk, 1593-1601, inc. relating to shipping, prizes, ship ownership; 

misc. collection of many dozens of papers relating to Plymouth, 1496-1800, inc. the widest range of maritime matters inc. fishing, defence, quays, customs, shipping, impressment

plans of the St Aubyn family who owned the manor of Stoke Damerel, inc. much of the borough of Devonport, nineteenth to twentieth centuries

Woollcombe family papers inc. 356, account book, 1838-43, inc. of the Torpoint Steam Ferry;

correspondence referring to naval news, early nineteenth century, notably naval letters of George Woollcombe, 1815-25;

logbooks of HMS Shrewsbury between London & Plymouth, 1702 & Norway, 1719;

papers regarding prize money during the Dutch war, 1783;

address from the inhabitants of Plymouth to the Crown regarding the state of the navy, nineteenth century;

letter regarding Plymouth exports, 1820;

papers relating to naval appointments of George Woollcombe, 1810-62;

misc. papers inc. logbooks, letter books, crew lists, c.1811-30 relating to HMS Loire, HMS Grampus, HMS Tonnant, HMS Inconstant, HMS Semiramis, HMS Heron, HMS Owen Glendower, HMS Barn, HMS Victor;

misc. papers, 17-19th centuries, inc. naval;

naval papers of Henry Bedford Woollcoombe inc. inventory of clothes & goods taken on joining HMS Camperdown, 1844-5, papers relating to HMS Thalia, 1872-9, HMS Audacious, 1880;

papers relating to HMS Retribution, HMS Lord Warren, 1856-60, HMS Lord Warden, 1867-70;

account of cruise around the world, nineteenth century;

legal papers regarding Dutch prize goods, 1783;

directions for ships sailing by Longships Lighthouse 1795;

notice to mariners concerning new lighthouse on Skellig's Rock, 1826;

request for six month's survey of cables, HMS Resistance, 1842;

order book of Captain Charles Stirling, HMS Thetes, nineteenth century;

invitation to Mrs Woollcombe to the opening of the Woollcombe block WRNS Quarters, 1973;

diaries of Henry Woollcombe, 1798-1825, notably with naval news

papers of Bond, Pierce & Co., late nineteenth century, inc. of the Plymouth Piers Pavillion & Saltash Three Towns Steamship Co. Ltd, Plymouth Pier Company Ltd, Saltash Three Towns & District Steamboat Company Ltd & bills of sales, mortages, etc, the Albert, Alexandra, Aerial, Eleanor, Empress, Iolanthe, Lady Ernestine, Lady of the Lake, Millbrook, Prince, Prince Edward, Princess Royal, Victoria

papers regarding purchase of houses in Durnford Street, East Stonehouse, by the Admiralty, 1798-1863, inc. rental papers

papers relating to Duke of Bedford's estates inc. 34-40, relating to Orestone & the Admiralty, 1908-1911

letter from Arthur Holdsworth, mayor of Dartmouth, & others to Sir Richard Temple, H.M. Customs Commissioner, regarding assistance in collecting petty customs, seventeenth century

appointments of Sidney Strode at customs officer in Bideford & Barnstaple, 1705

shipping docket for hogshead of port from Douro to Plymouth on the Hull, 1834

customs permit for transfer of two gallons of brandy from James Webber to John Beer, both of Modbury, 1844

ts diary of Michael Evens of Holbeton, tailor, with references to smuggling, 1836-63

photocopies & transcripts of papers relating to Major Edmund Lockyer & the expedition to found a settlement at King George's Sound, Australia, 1826-7, inc. journal

letters of Thomas Brown, emigrant to Australia, 1848-57, n.d. inc. description of voyage

papers relating to Sir Francis Drake, inc. 14, draft of Royal Letters Patent relating to his voyage around the globe, 1582; 15, Royal Letters Patent relating to voyage to Cadiz, 1587

two copies of letters written by John Winter, fishing station manager, Maine, to Robert Trelawny of 1632-4

photograph of the Try, Brixham built Plymouth sailing trawler, n.d.

leases of the oyster fishery, Cattewater, 1764-1870

papers of William John Quick of Newton Abbot, inc. apprenticeship indenture (Sea Fishing Service) on the Ocean Ranger of Brixham, 1887

newspapers cuttings book & letters relating to the Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition at Truro, 1893

printed invitation from Mayor of Plymouth to attend the annual `fishing feast' & completion of Burrator Reservoir, 1 September 1898

letter from Lewis Chalmers of Fraserburgh to William Stuart, engineer, of Woodside, Plymouth, about construction of a south pier at Fraserburgh, 2 March 1818

travel journal of Revd James Yonge from Falmouth to Lisbon, 1773-4

letters from Charlotte Sainthill to Mary Green & family regarding voyage from the Downs to Ancona, Trieste, Leghorn, Nice & Gibraltar, 1785

journal of R. Wharton of tour of North Britain, inc. Newcastle, Berwick & Scotland, 1830, with sketches

journal of James Grant onboard the George W. Clyde from New York to San Domingo, & return, 1886

misc. photographs, c.1885-1970, inc. of Isles of Scilly

lantern slides, late nineteenth century, inc. 3/1-35, of shipping & Cornwall

letters & related documents sent to the Bayly family, 1909, inc. relating to Mediterranean cruise

papers relating to Sutton Harbour Yacht Club, 1923-48, mainly race cards

letter books of Inspecting Commander Fowey District Coastguards, 1834-65

notebooks of Capt. Welbank on lighthouses & vessels visited, c.1836-43, inc. Bristol, Aberystwyth, Lundy, Cornwall, Scilly, Isle of Wight, Yarmouth, Wells & Hunstanton, Kings Lynn, Milford, Dungeness, Thames, Tynemouth to Harwich, North Shields to Yarmouth

correspondence concerning coastal & wreck rights in Wembury, 1982-5

papers relating to the Plymouth Seamens' Bethel, inc. 1-3, missionary journals, 1855-68;

Committee minute books of Plymouth Seamans' Bethel, 1888-1937

annual reports of the Royal Sailors' Rests, Devonport & Portsmouth, 1905-33, with envelope of printing blocks

misc. papers, mainly financial, of the Plymouth Soup Society, 1907-49, later home of the Seamen & Boatmens' Friendly Society

papers relating to Plymouth Sailors' Home, 1909-10, 1916-17

papers relating to British Sailors' Home, Plymouth, 1925

certificate of competence as master in merchant service of Richard Richards of Flushing, Cornwall, 1855

photocopy of apprentice indenture & discharge certificate of Samuel Lane Tucker of Plymouth, 1870, 1878

Davis family papers include 6-11, certificates of service, 1914-22

French treatise on navigation of 119 folios, c.1630

papers relating to the Naval Bank, c.1808-72, inc. clients' correspondence & papers

navy board office letter book, 1815-28

copy letter from Sir Edward Berry to Admiral Sir James Saumarez regarding his nephew, 1825

transfer list of Issac M. Murphy, acting assistant engineer, from HMS Princess Charlotte to HMS Volcano, 18 August 1858

architectural plans mainly of Geoffrey Bazely & Barbary, chartered architects, inc. of the Royal Citadel, Seaton Barracks & Stonehouse Barracks, twentieth century

invoice of Clarke & Son, Printer, Bookseller & Stationer, 45 Fore Street, Devonport, to Admiral Hickley for Navy lists & cards, 1 May 1902

papers relating to the estate of Admiral Vincent, 1819-34

paper relating to Plymouth Navy Week, 1930

copy of diary of James Yonge of late seventeenth century, 1888, with details of life at naval surgeon

collection of photographs of woodcarvings by the firm of Rashleigh Pinwill of Plymouth, inc. of four wooden medallions by R. Pinwill, onboard HMS Concord, n.d.; of armorial bearings & group of officers & Lords of the Admiralty with King George V by R. Pinwill, 1913, with coloured sheet; models for memorials, HMS Swiftsure, n.d. (also see 244 for HMS New Zealand, HMS Monarch, HMS Lion, HMS Swiftsure, HMS Queen Mary, HMS Hawke

letters regarding Thomas Whitby Toby, 1823-7, & efforts to obtain his release from Newgate & opportunity of sending him to sea in a trading vessel to Honduras

three letters to Charles Cox & Sons, Naval Agents, London, 1795-1819

papers of General George Dyer, inc. diaries, 1815, 1817, with naval news notably imprisonment of Napoleon on Bellerophon

bill of funeral expenses of Rear Admiral Innes, 1786

naval papers relating to Antigua, West Indies, 1762-1810, n.d., inc. receipts, orders, letters, cash vouchers

letter regarding restraining sailors going onshore at Plymouth, 1696

commission of Thomas Simpson as Lieutenant on board HMS Hound, 1807

correspondence of the Parker family of Saltram, late eighteenth - early nineteenth century, inc. some naval news

copy typescripts of Americans in Britain during second world war, with notes on US Naval Advanced Amphibious Base

plans & specifications of Royal Naval & Military School, 1858

notebooks of a student of naval architecture, 1862-4, of gun & small arms drill, nineteenth century, geometry & trigonometry, nineteenth century

photographs of Royal Naval Engineering College, late nineteenth century, c.1950-79

letter from Sir Cloudesly Shovell, onboard the Triumph at Spithead to William Wright, H.M. Dockyard commissioner, regarding signal colours & the St George, 17 June 1703

note on the method of measuring timber in the Dock Yard, eighteenth century

printed notice of procession of officers & artificers of dockyard in honour of His Majesty & the establishment of peace, 1 July 1814

printed notice of a procession by officers & workmen of Plymouth Dockyard in honour of the coronation of William IV, 8 September 1831

papers of Plymouth & Dartmoor Railway Company, inc. 1, account of stores supplied from Plymouth Yard not entered in carpenters' or boatswains' abstracts, 1815; 3, copy letter from Navy Board regarding moor stone, 1818

correspondence of Royal Engineers, Western District, Plymouth Dock, 1809

letter book of Captain George Drake, 1806-13, inc. relating to whilst on duty at Portsmouth Dockyard

Plymouth dockyard plans, mainly architectural & building, eighteenth - twentieth centuries, inc. Keyham Yard, Royal Naval Hospital, Torpoint

St Aubyn estate papers inc. title deeds & bundles of letters relating to Devonport Dockyard, 1719-1862

copy petition of skilled & ordinary labourers at Devonport Dockyard regarding pay & conditions, November 1892

papers of Roy Ernest James Cattle relating to his apprenticeship at Devonport Dockyard, 1919-25

section of log of HMS Resolution, Halifax, Nova Scotia, eighteenth century

letter from Thomas Fife, Lieut. R.N. of HMS Belleisle, at Dock, to Mr A. Standert of London, enclosing his will, 1802

journal of W. Fowler, Royal Naval Engineer, with references to voyages along West Africa, 1854-80

signal book of HMS Royal Albert, Mediterranean Station, 1857-8

misc. volume inc. obituaries of Admiral John Lyons, 1872; journal by Arthur Frankland of a cruise in HM Sloop jaseur from Mauritius to Madagascar on anti-slave trade operations, October - December 1830, with illustrations; copies, with one original, of letters of the Ramiaramanana of Madagascar; map of voyage

logbooks of the Prince of Wales, 1858-65, the Walmer Castle, 1862 to India, Australia, etc.

letter book of Admiral Algeron Lyons of HMS Bellerophon, West Indies & Canada Station, 1886-7

journal of commanding or flag officer onboard HMS Bellerophon, West Indies Station, 1886-9

`remarks on the action of the squadron in case of war', May 1888

visitors' book of Mrs Lyons onboard HMS Bermuda & at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1887-8

journal of M. Allenby, mid-shipman, onboard HMS Anson on voyages from Plymouth to Spain & Ireland, 1891-3

working books of Geoffrey K. Rylands, comprising 1-2, journals of HMS Commonwealth, 1908-9, HMS Colne, 1910, HMS Warrior, 1910, HMS Collingwood, 1910; 3, navigation officers' reports of HMS Topaze, 1916-18; 4-12, navigation officers' notebook of HMS Dryad, HMS Iron Duke, 1914, HMS Leviathan, 1914, HMS Ark Royal, 1914-16, HMS Topaze, 1916-19, HMS Titania, 1918-19; 13-17, surveying books of HMS Duncan, n.d., HMS Mutine, 1912-13, HMS Ark Royal, 1915-16; 18-25, navigating officers' work books, HMS Mutine, 1912, HMS Dryad, 1914, HMS Leviathan, 1914, HMS Ark Royal, 1915-16, HMS Topaze, 1916-18, HMS Amphone, n.d.; navigation notes, 1914, n.d.;

working books of Geoffrey K. Rylands, comprising 1-2, journals of HMS Commonwealth, 1908-9, HMS Colne, 1910, HMS Warrior, 1910, HMS Collingwood, 1910; 3, navigation officers' reports of HMS Topaze, 1916-18; 4-12, navigation officers' notebook of HMS Dryad, HMS Iron Duke, 1914, HMS Leviathan, 1914, HMS Ark Royal, 1914-16, HMS Topaze, 1916-19, HMS Titania, 1918-19; 13-17, surveying books of HMS Duncan, n.d., HMS Mutine, 1912-13, HMS Ark Royal, 1915-16; 18-25, navigating officers' work books, HMS Mutine, 1912, HMS Dryad, 1914, HMS Leviathan, 1914, HMS Ark Royal, 1915-16, HMS Topaze, 1916-18, HMS Amphone, n.d.; 26-7, navigation notes, 1914, n.d.; 28, naval record & certificates of Edward Fisher-Rowe, 1927-34

order book of Lieut. Bewes, Plymouth & Portsmouth, of guard duties at RNH, Gun Wharf, Mount Wise & Mill Prison, 1796-7

letter, with later copy, from Jacob Richards, onboard HMS Euryalus, at Spithead to Mrs Nicols of account of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805, with a water-colour sketch of three flags

list of sloops onboard HMS Belleisle, 29 June 1848

list of officers serving onboard HMS Sappho, 30 September 1940

printed volume on night signals, n.d.

photocopies of letters to George Treby, Plympton MP, 1671-8, with naval news, Turkish pirates

muster rolls & pay lists for a lieutenant, gunners & matresses at Pendennis Castle (Falmouth) & Plymouth, January 1718 - August 1718

letter book of JC, from Plymouth Gun Wharf, inc. family & naval correspondence, 1780-1

letter book of John Prideaux, 1784-6, with accounts of some crew members of 88 navy ships possibly complied by agent for collection of wages

papers of Capt. P. Green, inc. 1, journal of Baltic cruise onboard HMS Cornwall, 1909; 2, journal during First World War at Scapa Flow, 1917

papers of Edwin Parker include 1-3, certificates of service of Edwin Parker of Devonport;

letter book of in-letters of the commanding officer of the Royal Engineers, Plymouth, inc. details about repairs to Plymouth Citadel, the building of a wall around Devonport, the construction of fortifications outside Plymouth & a dispute amongst the garrison in the Scilly Islands, 1787-9

Bickford family papers inc. 2, papers relating to James Edward Bickford, comprising 1-25, certificates of service, 1843-76; 26-44, commissions & letters of appointment, 1842-73; 45-57, correspondence mainly from the Admiralty, 1854-77; 58-62, obituary papers, 1877, 1905, n.d.

correspondence regarding Lieut. Copleston Radcliffe, RN, regarding his naval service, 1806-15; relating to loss of the Sloop HMS Delight off the coast of Calabria, 1806-8

service papers relating to William Edward G. Charles Dickson, naval surgeon, 1822-58

papers, mostly service documents, of Henry Bayley, R.N., 1840-60

certificate of naval service of Henry Northcott of Plymouth, 1877-99

certificate of service in Royal Navy of Samual Sprague of Plymouth, 1879

naval service certificate of Edmund John Stroud of Devonport, 1896-1919

certificate of seaman's competence of John Patrick Drayton of Limerick, Ireland,

1903-9

service papers relating to Henry Broad, ship's cook, 1864-77

papers relating to naval service of Samuel Louis Hutchings, headmaster in HM Fleet, 1907-28

certificates of Henry Coombes, petty officer, c.1914-22

correspondence of Private W.O. Reynolds to his wife, 1915-18, inc. embarking from Plymouth for the Mediterranean, conditions aboard ship, etc, with three sketch books of Egypt (see 761/1, diary of voyage)

photocopy of JPs' orders to high constable of Warrington division of hundred of Derby regarding straggling seamen, 27 June 1739

certificate of protection from impressment to Alexander Tait, joiner of Edinburgh, 1807

papers relating to Royal Naval Constructive Officers' Mutual & Death Benefit Association, inc. minutes of Portsmouth & Chatham branches, 1949-64, Devonport Branch, 1950-64, correspondence, list of Devonport members, etc., 1935-69

papers relating to the Royal Naval & Marine Officer's Death Benefit Association, 1903-47, inc. collector's book

papers of Royal Naval & Royal Marine Branch & Special Duties Officers Benevolent Fund, 1920-49, inc. minutes, reports, correspondence, accounts

order signed by Duke of Buckingham to the Commissioner of Prizes for the Port of Plymouth to stop Dutch shipping, 22 February 1664

copy of instructions for the Commissioners of Prizes for Plymouth giving details for proceedings to be taken in respect of prize ships brought into Plymouth, 1664-5

articles of agreement between Sir Jonathan Trelawney & James Hill of London, merchant, for resignation as Commissioner for Prize Office of Plymouth, 29 April 1672

bond for George Moore to pay for & take away a brass gun out of a Spanish prize ship at Plymouth, 1706

letter of marque for the Earl of Effingham, 5 November 1756

papers of Commodore George Johnstone, inc. 1, correspondence relating to prizes taken by HMS Monmouth, 1786; 2-10, papers relating to HMS Rattlesnake & prizes, 1780-7, n.d.; 11, letter relating to HMS Romney & prizes, with accounts, 1786

two coloured drawings of Plymouth Barbican & Victualling Yard, seventeenth century

papers of Morley of Saltram inc. C/6/246-56, papers relating to Falmouth harbour, inc. correspondence, 1844-5, papers referring to Falmouth Harbour Improvement Bill, 1845;

leases & misc. papers relating to Plym Fishery & Oysterage, 1719-1914;

letters, notices, memorandum, notices & Acts regarding Cattewater Harbour & moorings, 1806-85;

Plymouth Harbour Master `ships books', 1782-1834, transaction books, 1838-91, letter books, 1838-1900

Acts, bye-laws & poster of the Sutton Harbour Improvement Company, 1811-95

misc. papers relating to construction of Plymouth Breakwater, 1818-45, n.d.

diaries of events regarding construction of Plymouth Breakwater, 1827, 1830

plan of Sutton Pool, November 1831

prospectus of the proprietors of the Saltash Turnpike for the improvement of the roads on the establishment of the Tamar floating bridge, with map, 1832

transactions & indexed letter book of Queen's Harbour Master, Plymouth, 1865-70, 1877-89

declaration of appointment as corn metre, weigher & tally keeper for the port of Plymouth by James Henry Sprague of East Stonehouse, labourer, 1879

minutes of Plymouth Port Sanitary Authority, 1882-1923

report & plans by Sir John Wolfe Barry & Mr Cuthbert Brereson to Plymouth Corporation on Cattewater Harbour, 11 November 1897

correspondence relating to the Cattewater Harbour Commissioners, 1917-18

annual reports of the Plymouth Port Sanitary Authority, 1907-10

misc. papers of Sutton Harbour Improvement Company, inc. correspondence & directors' reports, 1926-39, n.d.

schedule & plan of Turnchapel dry dock, Stonehouse, 1839

volume of plan of Great Western Docks, engineer IK Brunel, with specification & pricing for inner dock, two warehouses, pontoon & landing stages & the construction of a railway at Millbay, 1851-4

printed papers relating to shares in the Great Western Docks, 1859-61

letters, plans, diagram, etc. relating to Great Western Dock extension, 1874-6, n.d.

photocopies of plans, surveys, maps, etc. of Plymouth held at Public Record Office

bill of sale of the Agnes, 1695

journal kept on board the George & Elizabeth, 28 July - 5 September 1742

bargain & sale of shares in the Salisbury & the Houghton, sailing vessels, 1747

certificate of registration of the Toil, ferry, for the river Yealm, 4 August 1795

letters of James Olver of Plymouth to Frederick Huth of Firmin de Taslet & Co. of London, 1812, relating to shipping

bills of sale of the Snow Triune of Sunderland, 1826, the Transport of Sunderland, 1828, Junia of Sunderland, 1828, Red Rover of Sunderland, 1831

misc. shipping papers of William Harris of Plymouth, 1828-35, n.d., inc. loading notice,

bill of sale of the Belmont, 1855

bills of sales of Plymouth vessels, 1855-1908, n.d., of the Edwin, Emerald, Mary, Misty, Two Brothers

papers relating to the Mount Edgcumbe & Goshawk, industrial training ships comprising 50, accounts, 1891-1900, 1920-1; 51-3, reports, 1895, 1900-11, 1913; 54-67, correspondence, 1899-1928; 68-9, bank books of the Mount Edgcumbe; 70-81, general papers, inc. bills of sale of the Goshawk, 1897-8, reports, insurance policies, printed schemes, etc.

timetable of Cunard sailings from Liverpool to Boston & New York, 1897

measured drawings of the hull of the Alderney sloop built at Saltash, 1757

papers relating to Peter Warren, shipwright, inc. apprenticeship indenture, work references, 1799-1850

apprenticeship indenture of John Drayton of South Stockton to Francis Davis, boat builder & shipwright of Stockton-on-Tees, county Durham, 30 September 1884

calling card of B. Call, house & ship-joiner & undertaken of 14 Vauxhall Street, Plymouth

St Aubyn estate papers of the manor of Stoke Damerel inc. Torpoint Ferry accounts, early nineteenth century

misc. papers & photographs relating to Torpoint Ferry, 1921-86, n.d.

Plymouth shipping registers, 1824-64 (now on microfilm)

index of shipping registers

safe conduct for Jehan Foyer & Gilos Lyton of Grande, Island of Batz, Brittany to bring merchandise of Stephane Russh, Plymouth mariner, from Brittany to Plymouth, 7 September 1435, in Anglo-Norman

certificate regarding cargo of French salt destined for England, 25 June 1436, in Anglo-Norman

photocopies of port books held at Public Record Office for Port of Plymouth, 1565-1638, Port of Dartmouth, 1615

photocopies of correspondence of the Corsini brothers, Italian merchants, c.1600, concerned with Plymouth commerce (also see 1836)

inventory of the cargo of the Crab of Horn, 24 March 1637

share certificates, etc. in East India Company, 1811-36

papers of Bayly Bartlett, timber merchants of Plymouth, inc. 85, accounts of Plympouth & Oreston Timber Co. Ltd ships' timber cargoes & related papers, mainly 1814-24 (also see 242, inc. timber account books, 1771-1834)

papers of George Templer of Stover, early nineteenth century, regarding granite export, inc. letters relating to sending by sea, family voyage on the Achilles to Ceylon, 1839

letter of Capt. William Pope, onboard the Enterprise, at Paignton, 1845, to Edward James, Plymouth concerning timber onboard

notebook of William Cookworthy, inc. report on sea-water experiments, mid-eighteenth century

collection of misc. letters, inc. 2, extract regarding export of Cornish tin to China, 1789; 3, note regarding possible invasion of Plymouth, c.1789; 6-7, letters regarding case in King's Bench & cargoes of the Two Brothers & the Sparkler; 8-9, letters regarding cargoes of wheat, 1829; 10, letter regarding Royal Naval Annuitant Society, 1829; 19, bill of landing of the Ariel from river Duoro to Plymouth, 1845

correspondence & sermons of Frederick George White Hooper, Plymouth missionary to Mauritius, 1813-15, n.d.

papers relating to Woolcoombe, Square & Stephens, solicitors, Plymouth, inc. reference to the Genereux, 1814, wine trade with Lisbon, 1834, HMS Modeste & China station, 1844, conditions of sailors' wives & children, c.1852

testimonial to William Dalley, chief mate of the Richard, who died during a hurricane at Cattewater, 1824, & copy of memorial inscription

letter from Francis Richard Vincent to Henry Woollacombe asking for £100 towards passage to India, 1827

book with letters of Richard Fletcher of Beechwood, Lieut. in 43rd Regiment, 1823-6, with notes of leave & attempt to regain ship

letters of the Yonge family, inc. 11-12, reference to voyage of the Southern Cross, 1855

eight volumes of papers of Robert Bayly junior regarding improvement of coastal communications, 1889-96

papers of Capt. Richard Dale of St Ives, Cornwall, inc. diary onboard the Toxteth, working books, 1917-23, n.d.

Astor papers include 20/4, file on visit of American fleet, 1934; 41, port development, 1926-7

menu for luncheon on the SS Himalaya, 1961

Bayly, timber merchants, Plymouth (addnl): timber accounts

Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: files including Torrey Canyon oil disaster, correspondence, reports and newspaper cuttings, South West of England ports, annual fishing statistics, and informaton on the setting up of Lundy Island marine nature reserve 1947-90.

Richard Hill, shipbuilder, Cattedown, Plymouth: research papers, prints and photographs 1800-2009.

Gordon, Rogers and Shepherd Families of Plymouth: William Gordon, gunner and driver, 9th Battalion, Royal Artillery, clothing book, with note of stationing at Port Royal, Jamaica and Woolwich, 1833-1845; Gordon and Rogers family papers, including mariner's register tickets, service and discharge certificates, birth and marriage certificates 1833-2000.