Gloucestershire Record Office

records of the Severn Commission, deposited by the British Waterways Board, including committee minutes, `scrip book', register of shareholders, ledger, cashbook and correspondence of the Severn Navigation Company, 1835-41; letter book and clerk's

correspondence from H. Poole, 1766-74, including reference to storm damage at Porlock and Minehead quays, 16 March 1770, and letter from George Deverell with rough plan of drainage or sea-wall improvements, 1768

correspondence from A. Phelps relating to leases, repair of Porlock mill and dredging Porlock harbour, 1780-8

advertisement for excursion on a smack from Oldbury to Portishead, 1851

records of W. Sisson & Co. Ltd, engineers of Gloucester specialising in design of high speed marine engines and vessel design, 1904-69

day book recording dockage for sloops and trows, c.1781-1882

lease of Mill End Mill, Eastington, including boats Florence, Caroline, and George and the lighter Emily, 1885

engraved bill-head showing trow Harriet, 1845

sale particulars of sailing smack, with sketch, 1838

letter to Mr J.H. Wright of Prescott Hill farm from his father, regarding sending money to family in Australia, 1844

advertisement for passage to Natal, c.1850

of William Bowlds, c.1840

papers concerning emigration from Dursely to North British America, Australia, 1840

expenses for sending Dursely family to America in overseas accounts, 1832

papers concerning emigration from Bisley to Australia, 1837-9

financial help given to emigrants from Painswick to New South Wales, 1837

legal papers regarding case of fraud at Chedworth by pretending to be intended emigrant to North America, 1832

papers regarding emigration sponsored by Fairford parish, 1848-9

letters and papers of Wiltshire Emigration Society, 1850-2

paupers sent to the Cape of Good Hope, 1820

list of passengers on the Bussarah Merchant to New South Wales, 1839

minute of agreement to send families to America, 1830, and York Town, Upper Canada, 1833

assisted passage to America for wife and five children, Abenhall, 1832

letter concerning emigrants from Kingswood parish, 1837

emigration of paupers to Cape of Good Hope, 1819

expenses incurred in organizing emigration to Australia, ??date

correspondence concerning the difficulty in selling cottage property in Horsley and Southwood due to mass emigration to Australia, 1838, 1840

references to people leaving Felmersham, Bedfordshire, for America, nineteenth century

dietary and fares list for persons emigrating to Port Natal, c.1850

assisted emigration for paupers, c.1834

emigration from Wotton-under-Edge to America, Australia and New Zealand, 1833-9

Dursley Tabernacle Sunday School register notes of scholars having gone to Australia, 1886-99

volume containing list of intending emigrants from Horsley to Australia, 1854

brochure for White Star passenger steamers, Liverpool to New York and Boston, 1903

references to emigration to America from Chedworth, 1833 & 1836

payment in churchwardens' accounts relating to emigration payment, 1844

assisted emigration to America for Chedworth paupers, 1830s

emigration of boy to Australia under auspices of Salvation Army, 1922-3

notes of emigration, transportation, imprisonment and joining of army of fathers of bastard children, 1828-31

public schemes, 1791-1888

Lydney RDC papers concerning future of Lydney Docks, 1971-4

printed plan of Sharpness New Docks, 1 May 1897

photographs of Lydney Docks, 1869-1967

Sharpness Docks, 1978

Gloucester Port Registration Committee minutes, 1941-7

Gloucester Docks and Gloucester-Sharpness Canal, 1972-81

customs letter book of the Port of Gloucester, 1736-66

trade union activities in the water transport industry, 1974-85

records of the Gloucester Pilotage Authority, 1861-1984 & of the Gloucester Harbour Trustees, 1889-1979

deed referring to `proposed harbour' at Sharpness, 1825

references to rates of pay, working conditions, strikes and negotiations involving Sharpness and Gloucester dockers' union members, c1900-57

Sharpness New Docks and Gloucester and Birmingham Navigation Company, 1879-80

draft leases, etc., of warehouse on west side of Dock basin, 1917

registers of ships' protests, 1885-92

Lydney dues and bye-laws, 1885

Mersey Dock bonds, c.1860

burial at Oldbury-on-Severn of 3 ship-wrecked mariners, 1736

death at sea of ship's surgeon from Thornbury, 1766

shipwreck off south coast of Ireland, 1804

 account of a voyage to Australia by a member of the Austin family, 1852

forty-nine letters from G.G. and J. Duracel describing voyage to India, 1764

letter from Capt. James Cook about his voyage in the `Great South Sea' and search for the `so much talked of southern continent', 1771

`Lisbon' journal written by Mary Whitmore during sea voyage with her mother to England, 1798

reminiscences and anecdotes written by General Sir George Whitmore largely concerning his service in Malta and Corfu, 1789-1841

papers of Gen. Sir George Whitmore, including letters relating to service in Gibraltar and the Caribbean, 1801 and notebook containing distances from various landmarks on Gibraltar and heights above sea level, c.1800

notebook and diary of Maj. Gen. Francis Locker Whitmore regarding the Crimean campaign, 1854-6

petition of fishermen to House of Commons opposing Severn Navigation Bill, n.d. (?1836)

regulations for fishing Britain and Ireland, 1633

scrap book of Capt Charles Allen, 1830-1962, including reports on performances of submarines, 1923-9

adoption of HMS Cotswold during Warship Week, 1942

exchange visits between members of North Cotswold Rural District Council and crew of HMS Cotswold, 1943

letters of Lieutenant J.W. Brown serving on HMS Myrmidon in Mediterranean, 1816-17

Gloucester, St Owen navy rate, 1796

?? of ship's bell of HMS Trident, 1986

correspondence from Dorothy Kendall Pearson, and printed material, regarding the service for the Officers and Ratings of HM Gloucester, sunk 1941, including programme and admit, 1986

plans for the construction of swimming pool on training ship Arethusa, 1894

assessment for building 30 ships, Swindon, 1677

mss copy of an Act of Parliament, 1661, for raising money for `speedy building 30 ships of warr' with names of the commissioners for Gloucestershire and the city of Gloucester.  Sent to Nathaniel Clutterbuck by son Richard.

photocopy of letter of John Shepherd regarding collection of ship money in Gloucestershire, 1640

distribution of ship money throughout counties including Gloucester (Banckes Papers)

commissions, certificates of service, etc., relating to naval career, 1829-61

illustrations from The Naval and Military Almanac, 1840

papers concerning transit of recruits from England to Gibraltar and Minorca, 1744-6

list of ships in the Royal Navy with the names of their captains and the numbers of their men and guns, 1672

twentieth century notes on career of Andrew Shilling, commander of the fleet, 1618-12??

sinking of ships and submarines, including the Lusitania, 1915, and other passenger or hospital ships, 1914-18

letters home from English naval officers engaged on overseas duties, nineteenth century

prize money for the Kotali, c.1862

soundings of depth of water between Jersey and Cape Farrell, n.d. (c.1700)

Michaelmas 1795, expenses of high constables for raising quotas and paying bounties

appointment of William Wintour as master of ordnance and surveyor of ships, 1557

papers of Hon. Edward Legge, 4th son of the 2nd Lord Dartmouth, Commodore R.N., comprising log-books, 1726-36 and 1741-6 (2 vols, partly in shorthand); incoming letters, 1738-40, while in command of various ships (1 volume); incoming and outgoing

receipt for wages and prize money, 1802

agreement for freightage of cargo carried to Turkey, 1703

papers concerning recovery of Turkish fleet sunk at battle of Navarino (1828), 1925-7

accounts of prize money paid to crew of HMS Phoenix during Seven Years' War, 1763-5

papers and journals regarding navigation of river Euphrates, 1835-8

correspondence, journals and papers of Walter G.B. Estcourt, naval captain, 1819-45

correspondence, diaries and papers of Frank Sotheron, admiral, 1789-1839

captain's expenses on the Eleanor from Bristol to Africa and America, 1730-2

photocopies of papers concerning courtmartial regarding loss of HMS Gloucester, 1682

 papers of Captain Henry Berkeley, R.N., 1849-98

death of vagrant `dressed somewhat like a sailor having trousers on', 1779

naval ordinance accounts of Admiral William Wynter, 1561-9

June 1967, comprehensive list of all log-books and shipping records in Gloucester Record Office

correspondence of Thomas Reynolds, with various naval correspondents, 1704-7

letters from Captain Francis Reynolds, R.N., 1781

letters to Captain Francis Reynolds, 1765-85

letters to Captain Francis Reynolds from Samuel, first Viscount Hood, 1782-3

correspondence of Captain Francis Reynolds, 1761-1804

naval orders, 1779-80

declaration by executors of acquittal of charges of piracy by the Portuguese against John Wynter during Francis Drake's circumnavigation, 1582

letters referring to engagements against Japan, 1864

letters referring to Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, 1865

Privy Council letter regarding purveyance in Sussex, 1619

Admiralty order regarding deserters, 1695

letters regarding appointment of Lord Berkeley as Admiral of Mediterranean fleet, 1696

instructions regarding how to conduct a sea journey, eighteenth century

letter regarding naval and military affairs, 1758

certificate from the Commissioners for Taking Care of Sick and Wounded Seamen of fitness to resume service, 1782

request for release of French captain captured by the Hero, man of war, 1761

letter, Harnage to uncle William Bromley, concerning possibilities of command and advancement in Navy, 8 May 1750

commissions, letters and orders from the Admiralty and Secretaries of State to Admiral Sir George Rooke, 1694-6

??letter of thanks from Chief and Warrant Officers of the Royal Navy for E.J.C. Morton's efforts for them in Parliament, 1702

printed letter to incumbents from the Navy Pay Office about assistance to seamens' families, 1807

letter relating to Act for improving the navy and for tax commissioners in Gloucester, 1677

four certificates of Arlington and Frampton-on-Severn men as Sea-Fencibles, 1803

account of successful engagement with privateer, 1790

correspondence to Capt. H and Anne Huntley regarding his `patent purchase dead eye' (a nautical rigging device) regarding its advantages establishment of an agency for the sale of it, including some from Mr Henwood, the patentee, 1821-59

description and draught of a newly invented machine for carrying vessels or ships out of, or into any harbour, port or river, against wind and tide, or in a calm, by Jonathan Hulls, 1737

abstract of acts of parliament relating to payment of wages to Royal Navy Seamen, eighteenth century

note on an iron used for branding trees required by the navy, Coleford, c.1950

photocopy of order to fell trees in Lea Bailey to be used to build a `third rate frigate for his Majesty's service', 1670

facsimilie of The Times reporting battle of Trafalgar, 1805

photocopies of letters concerning felling of timber in the Forest of Dean for the navy, 1660

`The Forest of Dean and the British Navy', reprint of lecture to the British Women's Patriotic League, by Miss M.G. Jones of Cheltenham College, 1911

the warships of Gloucester, 1654-1941, by V.F.L. Millard and T. Hannam-Clark, Gloucester, 1943

letter relating to a visit to Bristol to see the Great Britain, 1843

postcard showing HMS Woolaston, with notes on the `ton' clas, n.d.

service certificate, conduct record, related papers and photographs of a serviceman in the Royal Navy, 1930-52

sketchbooks of Gen. George Whitmore, containing watercolours of views around Woolwich, Torbay, Cornwall and Gibraltar, late eighteenth century; Portsmouth, Portugal, Martinique and Spain, 1794; Essex, Norfolk and Malta, 1803

scrapbook containing sketches, landscapes, cartoons of military colleagues and general street scenes by Gen. George Whitmore whilst serving in the Mediterranean, particularly Malta, and the West Indies, late eighteenth century

scrapbook of Mrs Kate Whitmore containing watercolours and sketches, including of Italy, Brighton and Hastings, 1850-5; Southsea, Clifton, Gloucester Docks, Ilfracombe, Bideford, Clovelly, St Michael's Mount, 1872-81

scrapbook of Mrs `Sia' Whitmore, containing watercolours of views including of Dover, Purfleet, East Cowes and Shanklin, 1852-5; Dieppe, Rouen, c.1850

sales of Spanish and German wool, 1823-8; large cloth order by East India company, 1820-1

overseas sales of billiard cloth, 1898-1967

??, records of Ashbee, Sons & Co., timber importers of Gloucester, 1872-1922

references to foreign wheat purchased by Priday Metford & Co. Ltd, flour millers of Gloucester, 1940s-70s

wool books with details of imports and shipping, 1933-63

plans, blueprints, correspondence and papers, including photograph, relating to the building of the Creterock and other concrete barges at Hempstead, 1917-20

Severn Bridge, tanker disaster, 1960

details of trade patterns, pilotage, etc on the river Severn, compiled in the 1920s

registers of British ships, 1824-55

prospectuses for investment in the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and Cunard Steamship Company Ltd, 1912-14

licensed pilots' earnings in the port of Gloucester, 1941-2

share in barge and coal working called Turn Brook in the forest of Dean, 1762

observations on opening of Gloucester and Berkeley canal, and vessels known as `Back Doormen', 1864

typescript of `Trade on Severn' by John W. Fryer, Gloucestershire local history competition, 1987-8

addresses of shipping agents, c.1881-4

crew lists for vessels registered in the port of Gloucester, 1863-1913

sale of one eighth part of ship, 1653

record of Fox Elms Ltd (grain transporters by barge from Avonmouth to Gloucester), 1935-1970s

marriage settlement includes brigantine, 1740

articles of agreement to share in coastal carrying trade, 1767

Pc 1220 (negative), sale poster for schooner at Gloucester docks, auctioned by Bruton and Knowles, 1870

advertisement for the sailing vessel Industry, from London to Gloucester, c.1840

advertisement of Newnham ship-owners, c.1795

valuation of boats, Crrome D'Abitot, 1809

sale of boats, Upton-on-Severn, 1822-4

valuations of business records and equipment, including boats, of Humphrey Brown and Son, George Brown and Company, Bradley, Brown and Harris, at Birmingham, Worcester, Gloucester and Tweksbury, 1832-6

inventories, valuations and sales of barges, boats, etc at Tewksbury, 1802-34

registers of notarial acts and protests 1885-92, including entries from foreign ships' captains concerning storm damage suffered on their way to port of Gloucester

Severn & Canal Carrying Company, wharf warehouses, 1908

references to vessels carrying grain and seeds to Gloucester docks, c.1900-57

shipping register entry for the Emma of Chepstow, 1828

plan of Bombay-built ship Herefordshire, 1843

1985, correspondence about shipbuilders and shipowners in British Isles, 1340-1815

see list, design and engineering of steam vessels, c.1878-1962

notes on ships built by Mr Miller at Sandfield Bridge, Saul in the 1860s (1966)

photographs of vessels built by Abdela and Mitchell of Brimscombe, c.1900-35

estate of James Simmonds, shipbuilder, dealer and chapman, late of Berkeley, 1818

ship interiors, 1907-c.49

construction of the Great Eastern steam ship, c.1857

notes on ship-building at Cone Pill, Woolaston, late seventeenth century

shipping line brochures etc. for a world cruise, 1967

advertisement for steamship Europa from Liverpool to Halifax and Boston, USA, 1857

brochures and timetables of Queen Mary and other steamers from Bristol, Sharpness and elsewhere, 1908 - c.1925

passenger certificate for the steamship Wave plying on the Gloucester-Sharpness canal, 1866

collections donated to relief of widows and orphans of Titantic, St Michael's parish church, Gloucester, 1912

death at sea of ship's surgeon, 1766

reference to depot provided by local Bible Society for Severn and Wye trow and bargemen, 1825

letter referring to shipments of sugar from Montserrat, 1700

lading certificates for coals aboard ship at Porlock, 1769

names of ships sailing between London, Plymouth and Sydney, Australia, 1838

accounts of an Eastern merchant, 1666

correspondence relating to shipping movements, 1683-1704

invoice for silk aboard ship in Siam, 1686

the waterway service between the Midlands and Bristol Channel ports, c.1930, Severn and Canal Carrying Company, ??printed

port of Gloucester and brief particulars of the Severn route to the Midlands, c.1930, with map

the Midlands to the Sea via the Severn Navigation. proposed improvement of the Severn Navigation and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. a diagramatic plan, Severn Commission, 1944.

business records of James Smart, barge owner and coal merchant at Chalford Wharf, 1881-1905

Amalgamated Gloucester Pilots' accounts, 1960-72; Gloucester-Bristol Channel Pilot Cutters Company Ltd's accounts, 1960-72; Gloucester  Harbour Trustees' accounts and other records, 1941-80; Gloucester Pilotage Authority accounts and other re

shipwreck of the Prince Victor, near Woolaston, 1887

burial of three shipwrecked mariners, 1736

shipping accidents on the Severn, including shipwreck of the trow New Newnham, 1731, c.1538-1812

photocopy of diary kept by a stoker onboard HMS Gloucester, 1913-19 with related papers to 1923

photocopy of diary of mariner on Newnham-on-Severn, 1783

letters, papers and newscuttings of naval career of Capt. C.S.B. Swinley of Newnham, 1916-54

slide rule tests for Royal Navy, 1915-20

songs, including of the sea, nineteenth century

papers of Joshua Williams, merchant of Dacca, India and Shifnal, Shropshire and Exeter, Devon, 1775-1857, including personal papers and Dacca business papers, comprising account and letter books, statement of accounts, bills of exchange, legal and

papers of James Webster of Liverpool and Cheltenham, West Indies merchant, 1737-1853, including personal papers, travelling expenses, and business papers including ledgers, business accounts with shippers, including details of cargoes, letter book

papers of Aldborough Richardson of Egham, Surrey, including inventory of rigging and effects of yacht Zebra, early nineteenth century; admission to Guild of Trinity House, 1783; vouchers for yacht repairs, early nineteenth century

papers of the Mackey family of Cheltenham, including probate will, executorship papers, accounts, vouchers, inventories and legal papers of Captain Donald Mcleod of the East India Company, part owner of the East Indiaman Marquis of Huntly,

includes the journal of G.E. Stranger of Fleet, Linc., surgeon, during voyage to Australia and whaling expeditions, 1836-41

including memoranda concerning a tour in northern England, c.1825

including dissolution of partnership, Devonport, 1865

2, draft and copy diplomatic correspondence, 1659-82, including references to naval convoy to Florida, 1659

diplomatic correspondence, 1656-1710, includes naval affairs, 1688, Algerian corsairs' attacks on the French, 1681