Hampshire Record Office

containing over 7,000 mariner's wills from the sixteenth century onwards?

plans of docks, piers, wharfs, etc., in Hampshire and Isle of Wight, nineteenth century

Naval Ordnance Museum archive, Gosport, inc. Admiralty Fleet Orders, Torpedo papers, dates??

correspondence of George Tierney, inc., 8c, from Sir George Barlow inc. reference to India and gunboats, 1807; 19, from Thomas Coutts offering congratulations on appointment as Treasurer of the Navy, 1803; 33, letters of Charles, 2nd Earl Grey, naval affairs inc. Copenhagen, prize money, 1807-9; 50, letters of Sir Thomas Maitland, inc. Indian naval affairs, 1807, 1810; 59, letter of R. Richards on Metcalfe, with Lord Valentine's `Red Sea Observations', 1807

extensive papers on military preparations, late sixteenth century and for the Isle of Rhe, 1627, inc. muster books;

reports on the Spanish Fleet under Parma;

preparations against a Spanish invasion & conditions in Portsmouth, 1599; xx55, beacons, 1599;

beacons, 1601;

report of battle at Gravelines, 1600;

munitions for the Jacob of Ipswich, n.d.;

reconveyance of mariners from Surrey to Portsmouth, 1626;

Privy Council's order regarding beacons, 1626;

Privy Council's order inc. directions on impressing mariner of Isle of Wight, 1626;

Privy Council's order regarding impressing seamen, 1627;

boats for transporting men to Isle of Wight, 1627;

impressed seamen for relief of Isle of Rhe, 1628;

apprehension of mariners, 1628;

watching of beacons, 1628

papers relating to the carriage of timber for the Navy, 1631-2;

papers relating to timber for the navy, 1634;

printed circular letter from Duke of Bolton to all deputy lieutenants and JPs regarding seeking `straggling' seamen, 29 June 1782;

copy memorandum concerning beacons, 1589

Crown grant to Mary Wandesford, widow, of Hampshire foreshore, 1628; 2, plan, 1858

right of gathering pebbles, ??Godswill, 1752

?? of land formed from deposits of mud on Elson Hard, Gosport, foreshore, 1879

appointments of the Dukes of Bolton as Vice Admiral of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, 1714, 1759, 1803

letters and papers relating to the Vice-Admiralty of the Isle of Wight by Thomas Orde, 1796, 1801

letters, lists of men, etc., inc. defense of south coast during rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyatt, 1554-79

defense measures, 1801

memorandum letter book of the Deputy Lord Lieutenant, 1588-1628

prosecution of Robert Blachford for evading customs duties, 1728-9

three customs bonds for landing coastal goods, 1695, 1744, 1745

includes copies of letters from Samuel Heathcote to John Locke regarding trade and customs duties, 1695

? of smugglers sent to city bridewell, ??, date??

? of smuggling by Norton of Southwick, 1718-23

? of burials of Lymington smugglers, ??dates

payment in Winchester City coffer accounts for clothing poor boys going to Virginia, 1625

list of emigrants from Weyhill, 1638

note on the state of the Georgia Trust and the colony, 1738-9

resolution to assist passage to Jamaica and not on men taking money on false pretences, Old Alesford, 1834

letter to churchwarden and overseers of Monk Sherborne advancing £200 for defraying costs of emigration of the poor, 1836

vestry minute regarding emigration from ??Woolston, 1836-8

resolution to raise £30 to defray expenses of 3 poor persons seeking to emigrate, Selbourne, 1843

emigration expenses of William Bicknell and family, Selbourne, 1852

printed notice, vestry held to consider raising money to defray expenses of those trying to emigrate, 1834, & resolution to raise £90 for same purpose, 1848

entry regarding family emigrating to Australia, 1848

agreement to lend £4 per emigrant at four per cent interest to be repaid within 5 years, 1836; resolution to raise £72 to assist emigration, 1838; application to assistance emigrants to New York, 1841

Fawley, money given (£2 per adult, £1 per child) for emigration to Jamaica, 1835

Alton, money given for emigration to Canada & New York, 1832

Sherborne St John, emigration to Canada, ??date

?? emigration to New South Wales, 1834

?? emigrants from Rockborne to Sydney, 1834

Hambledon, assisted passage to Canada and America, 1819, 1834

Easton, assisted passage to Canada and America, 1841

Fawley, agreement regarding emigration to Jamaica, 1835-6

??agreement to persuade ??Broadhunt, a notorious preacher, to emigrate as his family are a burden to the parish due to his long terms of imprisonment with application to Poor Law Commissioners for £64, 1841

vestry meeting to consider proposals to send emigrants to Canada, 1831; vestry meeting to consider raising rate to assist emigration with subsequent suggestion of a private subscription, 1841

reference in Alton parish ?? regarding policy on assisting emigration, 1832

notice of annual meeting of the Winchester Emigration Society, 13 March 1890

Micheldever list of assisted emigrants to Canada, 1836

papers regarding emigration of family to New South Wales, 1854

Amport, ??, family to Canada, 1833

typed transcripts of letters of W.G. ??Broughton regarding his work as first bishop in Australian settlement, 1836-49

records of the Winchester branch of the Fairbridge Society (formerly the Child Emigration Society), 1948-83

south Australian regulations for emigration of labourers, n.d.

letters from E. Pearce in Augusta, Australia, describing his first experiences to his mother in Winchester, 1832-3

description of `monstrous fish' taken at Grimsby, Lincolnshire, 1563

printed resolution of a meeting held at the Guildhall, Winchester, to open a subscription to purchase herring for the general public and the poor, 29 December 1800

decorative cartouche of shipbuilding scene, on map, 1750

map of Titchfield manor and various other places, Hampshire with illustrations of ships and boats in the Solent, 1753

engraving by W. Birch of Portsmouth and the Masts of the Royal George, 1 June 1789

ink and wash sketches of sailing ships, 1790

map of Hayling island and surrounding area, Hampshire, showing sands, rocks, sandbanks and ferry routes, 1835

postcards of Kent coast, early twentieth century

photo, Sark, c.1900; St Malo bathing place, c.1900; 1p27, six photos, sea and walls, St Malo, 1895; 1p29, photos, inc. of the shore, St Malo, c.1900; 1p31, photo, La Corbiere rocks and lighthouse, Jersey, 1895

includes photographs on sailing ships and coastline, Mentone, southern France, 1901-2; 149, views of ships in bay, Spezia, Italy, n.d.

printed plans by S. Wyatt, comprising design for a floating custom's wharf by J. Cary, engraver, n.d.; plan of proposed London Docks compared with proposed docks at Isle of Dogs, J. Cary, engraver, n.d.; plan of proposed docks at Isle of Dogs, J. Cary, engraver, n.d.; military, marine and topographical survey of the Isle of Wight, by James Clarke, Newport, 1834

photograph of a charabanc?? trip to the seaside from Exton, 1920s

posters, leaflets, including of steamer trips, Bournemouth and Isle of Wight, 1932, n.d.

photographs of paintings, prints and drawings of 19th century sailing ships, 19th century; 3/1-25, drawings of sailing ships, 1936; 5/1-9, photographs of portraits of 19th century naval officers, 20th century; 8/1-2, photographs of ships inc. the Centurion and the Ark Royal, 1942 & not named, 1939

book of notes and sketches in pen and ink by Gilbert Redvers Heathcote, inc. sailing ships, late nineteenth century

ink drawings and doodles probably by Gilbert Redvers Heathcote, inc. of sailing ships, late nineteenth century

ink and watercolour maps of Cuba, ??Tumni (West Africa), Windward station of the west coast Squadron (West Africa), East Africa, Arabian Sea & Indian Ocean, the Bights (West Africa), harbour of Port Royal, Jamaica, 20th century

maritime drawings of ports & havens in East and West Indies, the Mediterranean, Canary Islands and England, nineteenth century copies of seventeenth century originals which ?? belonged to Edward Barlow.  printed in Basil Lubbock, Barlow's Journal of his Life at Sea (1934) and now held at the National Maritime Museum, section 6:JOD/:15 1/2 ft. See Roger Knight, Guide to the Manuscripts check this.¯

printed map of Southampton water compiled for the US navy and showing landmarks inc. submarine anchorage, 1947

sketch books of Mrs Anne Sturges Bourne, early nineteenth century,

Wales, inc. some unnamed coastal views, pencil, 1800; 

inc. views of Falmouth in Cornwall, featuring ??passenger vessel, pencil, 1811-12;

France, inc. views of some vessels, charcoal, c.1812, also one sketch of Amsterdamn, 1855;

sketchbook of southern Italy, Sicily and Malta, inc. drawings of the coast, castles, ships, pencil, 1814-15;

sketchbook, inc. of Florence and La Havre, pencil, 1815;

sketchbook, inc. seascapes, charcoal, pencil and some water colours, n.d.;

sketchbook, inc. of ships, pencil, n.d.

sketch book, possibly of Eleanor Bonham Carter, inc. of Helford River and Falmouth seascape, Cornwall and Bonmeval ?? in Le Tilleul, watercolour, c.1875

There are several collections of brochures and leaflets on Hampshire and Isle of Wight hotels and lodging houses, twentieth century, inc.

illustrated leaflet regarding West Bay Holiday Camp, Watchet, Somerset, c.1956

accounts of the Hythe Pier Company, 1956-70

Hythe Pier Company Ltd, 1948-61;112, Hythe Pier Company Ltd, 1962-9

notes to Mr Park as lord of Hayling manor asking permission to put up bathing tents on south Hayling common, 1890

MS Pocket Book being the `Journal of a voyage from London to Monte Video, Rio de la Plate, South America, in the Missionary ship Duff of London, Capt Robson. bound for Otaheite, begun December 20 1798', also contains a diary in Africa, 1808 and a diary of a trader or missionary in Africa, 1807-8

travel diary to the continent inc. Holland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece and Turkey, sailing from Blackwall aboard the Columbine Steamer, 1842-3

diary of a cruise from England to Greece via Cherbourg, Gibraltar, Carthagena, Palermo and returning via Naples and Valentia, 1849-50

letter describing a trip to the Channel Islands, 1876

account of a holiday in the Isle of Wight, ??1924

papers of the Castle Yacht Club, Calshot, 1889-1947, inc. 1, minute book of Annual General Meetings and Committee, 1912-47; 2, bank account books, 1889-1933; 6, printed rules and regulations of the club, with lists of members and racing calendar, 1889-1937; 10, racing record books, 1933-9; 11, visitor's book, 1889-1922

Hamble Quay and Yacht Club, Yachts on the Hamble, n.d.; 37, Moody's boatyard, Burlesdon, n.d.; 42, Burlesdon regatta, 1907

Royal Southern Yacht club members and yacht list, 1925

Household Brigade Yacht Club, with sale particulars inc. plan and illustrations, Hook with Warsash??, 1942

? of yacht marina at Hythe, 1968

printed copy petition of merchants, ship owners, traders and others connected with the Port of London to the House of Commons in support of commercial wet docks at St Katharine's Dock, 1824; letter from the directors of the London Dock Company, 22 February 1825, enclosing statement about projects for forming additional wet docks in the Port of London, 1825; notices sent to G.P. Jervoise of meetings concerning the St Katharine's Dock Bill, March 1825

?? of Portsea Island dockyard workers, 1815

plans of proposed London docks, n.d.

design for a floating customs' wharf, n.d.

plan of London docks, 1796

grant by Charles II to John Tippetts and his heirs of the office of shipcaulker or place of master shipcaulker and maker of ships and boats in Portsmouth dockyard, 1660

?? of Portsmouth dockyard, 1737

dispute regarding chaplain of Portsmouth dockyard, 1809-12

first annual report of the Portsmouth Auxillary Naval and Military Bible Society, inc. rules and lists of `contributors', 1820

circular letter of the Seamen's Hospital Society, 1825

papers relating to Paul and Louis Ourry, 1740-82

letters regarding Lt James Brook, R.M., of Plymouth, Devon, inc. naval news and report of his brother's death, Port Royal, Jamaica, 1794, and a copy of his last Requests regarding his effects, August, 1796 and letters from Robert Dolling, chaplain, and William Maude, purser, regarding his death, Cape of Good Hope, July 1798, 1794-1803 [nb not all letters are fit for production]

letters concerning naval service of Admiral George Curry Lempriere, 1801-46

commissions of G.O. Lempriere in the Royal Navy, 1807-46

papers relating to Admiral Thomas Dumaresque and his brother William Dumaresque, 1756-1831

1822-97, Rear Admiral & Richard Fortescue Phillimore, 1864-1940, Vice Admiral

papers of John Poore, inc. statements of service on HMS Fisgard, 1809; logbook of HMS Ville de Paris, Paris, Rodney and Milford, 1810-14; papers about Royal Naval school, early to  mid-nineteenth century; appointment to rank of Commander in Navy, 1872

certificate of service of Charles Frederick Stewart in the Royal Navy, 1865-91

precepts and assessments at Christchurch, 1634-9

rate and assessment for the county of Southampton for collecting and levying, 1636-9

Titchfield hundred lists, 1637

Hinton Ampner shipmoney with account, 1639

statement of status of Christchurch haven as a creek belonging to port of Southampton, 16 April 1763

papers relating to the harbour, 1881-1900, n.d., inc. correspondence principally from Frank Ricardo, 1881-2, n.d.

papers relating to the Christchurch fishery, 1857, 1871

an account of goods imported at London, Southampton, Portsmouth, Cowes and Poole by merchants trading in or near Lymington, many of which were sent to Lymington 'coastways'.  Tabulates name of ship, ports of origin and entry, nature of cargo, 1729-37.  Also, annual totals of coal duty received at Lymington, 1726-33.

plans of Portsea Island and Gosport, c.1783, 1846

warrants for Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral regarding properties to be purchased for enlarging Portsmouth dockyard, 1845

elevation and view of the Esplanade on the southern beach of Hayling Island, early 19th century

MS volume, inc. extracts of documents relating to the examination of the river from Southampton to Winchester of 1618, nineteenth century

printed minutes of the Southampton Harbour Board, 1944-68

photographs of Southhampton Docks, 1940-81

a bill for the harbour of Catwater, Devon, 1709

printed objections of the Dean and Chapter of Bristol to the Bristol Harbour Bill, c.1818

notice to G.P. Jervoise, M.P., to attend committee on the Bristol Harbour Bill, 29 March 1822

printed answers to statements by John Harvey favouring new harbour at Lowestoft, Suffolk, with printed statements against developing Norwich as a port, 1826

Royal National Lifeboat Institution papers, 1850, 1913-20s

correspondence regarding fete held in Winchester for RNLI, 1923-4

certificate, and other papers, requesting safe passage home for shipwrecked mariners, 1717

wills of mariners from the Adventure, shipwreck, 1724

pass for shipwrecked mariners from the Speedwell to travel safely home, 1748

narrative of operations used in attempt to raise the Royal George, 1785

photograph of portrait of John Adams, who was shipwrecked and drown aboard the Sulterton, off Berrow, Somerset, 1814

?? of wreck of vessel lying at Yarmouth, 1816

order of service of parade in and of the Mayor's fund for the Titanic disaster, 1912

description of sinking of ??Empress of Ireland in the St lawrence river, 1914

bill of sale of 1/48 part of the Peregrine of London, 300 tons, 1 April 1650

bills of sale of 1/8 of 1/16 part in the Discoverie of London (formerly the Confidente), 21 April 1642; 1/8 part of the Recovery, 25 April 1642; 1/24 part of the Peregrine of London, 4 August 1648 (2), 1/16 part, 1 April 1650 & 1/24 part, 1 March 1652; 1/8 part of the Ralph, 1 March 1652

deed of sale of the Levant Merchant to Samuel Heathcote, 1692

release by Lancaster Syms, commander of the Charity, of all actions, bills, bonds, debts, etc., which he ever had against William Dawsonne, 24 September 1696

bill of sale by John Burnsell of Merston, Arreton, gent., to James Urry of Brading, mariner, of the Dove, sloop, for £100, January 1755

unexecuted deed of sale by James Day of West Cowes, merchant, to John Hollier, late of Northwood, but now of Dorset, yeoman, of the Amity, sloop, for £200, 28 March 1776

bill of sale of the Algernon, a sloop of 21 tons, lying in Southampton river, by William Richards of Hythe, shipbuilder, to Col. James Douglas of Hooke, ??Hants., esq., for £231 7s 6d, 6 November 1776

bill of sale of one quarter share of the Duke of Cumberland, sloop, 1778; 2, bill of sale of moiety of the Diana, with details of the building, registration and launching, 12 April 1799; 3, bill of sale of 1/16th part of the Success, 18 December 1802; 4, bill of sale of moiety of the Diana, 1809

bill of sale of the Thomas and Ann, 18 February 1802

papers concerning Ralph Fenick of the Coal Exchange, London, 43, four papers relating to the Mary of Sunderland, a brig built at Sunderland in 1812, 1819 & 1820; 44-5, assignment and transfer of mortgage of the Autumn of Sunderland, 1826, 1833; 46, assignment of the Henry of Sunderland, 1833; 47, assignment of the Silksworth of Sunderland, 1843

deed of sale with certificate of British Registry, of the Transit, lying in Southampton Water, built at Shaldon, Devon in 1835, 5 December 1839

bill of sale of the John, with detailed description, 9 September 1841

sale particulars of the P.S. Princess Elizabeth, illustrated, 15 July 1983

copies of Corsini correspondence.  see ??.¯ regarding Southampton, 1587, 1590

letter ??, 1615

declaration by Matthew Cadwell senior, London merchant, that William Dawsonne is the owner of a sixth part of the Returne, whose cargo of negroes was taken or destroyed by the Spanish and that he, as trustee for the sixth part, will pay to William Dawsonne any proceeds that come to him from it, 18 February 1686

notebook of Samuel Heathcote inc. notes on travels, customs duties, trade with Portugal, notes on East India Company bonds, 1699-1704;

letter from Samuel Heathcote regarding lack of success in trade with Jamaica, 1692;

letter regarding trade and policy, 1695;

letter regarding the establishment of merchant companies by an act of Parliament, 1697;

notes on actions to be taken regarding the old and United East India Companies, c.1708;

correspondence regarding subscriptions to South Sea Company shares, 1720;

correspondence regarding New River Company shares, 1746;

letters inc. news of South Sea stocks, 1718

account of sugar shipped to London from St Christophers, eighteenth century

letters regarding trade with America, 1851, 1853

inc. 5, notebook containing accounts of port dues and cargo on a journey on the Diana from Southampton to Waterford, 1805-6; 6, notebook containing memoranda and accounts of port charges, cargo carriage and sea journeys between Southampton and Cornwall, 1805-7, 1812-14; 7, account book of William Waller of Burlesdon mainly for timber, hoops, coal, etc., 1805-29; 8, memorandum of monies paid by William Waller for 18 timber purchased by auction, April 1812; 9, letter from John Rowling, Flushing, Cornwall, to Captain William Waller at Burlesdon enclosing money for goods sold to Mr Williams at Falmouth, 9 June 1815; 10, memorandum book of William Waller mainly of goods purchased, sold and shipped and of money received, 1818-19; 20, 22 & 25, papers, inc. sale of shares and accounts, concerning the Diana, 1819-30; 24, account involving the Friendship, 1829; 28, valuation of 1/3 share of the Friendship, 7 February 1831; 61-2, papers involving the Friendship at Millbrook, 1830

correspondence of the May family inc. references to trade with Portugal, 18th and 19th centuries

printed petition of Southampton merchants regarding bill for regulating trade of grain, c.1772

notes by G.R. Heathcote on the navy and relative ranks of officers in the army and navy, c.1860s - 1870s

rangefinding plan for a Command Post for 2 naval anti-aircraft guns sited on Calshot Beach, 1940

reservation of a seat for retired naval officers, Gosport chapel, 1736

burial of Hugh Baggs, press-gang sailor, at Lymington, 1781

order of service for launchng HMS Dreadnought, 1906

land at ??, 18??, 1849

pay account book of Lt Col. Powlett's Company of Marines, 1747-8

admission ticket for Coronation review of the fleet, 1953

advertisement for market at ??Dicks of Winchester in and of merchant navy??, c.1940s

Quarter Sessions General Account Book includes accounts for expense of carrying Navy Act into execution, 1796

Quarter Sessions General Account Books, include accounts regarding maintenance of deserters and Admiralty prisoners, 1844-90

Quarter Sessions County Hall and Incident Account Book, includes payments for subsistence of sailors of the Halsewell, an East India ship, and payments for carrying Navy Quota Act into execution, 1795-9

RN Airship Station, Bude, mid 20th century

documents regarding affiliation between HMS Dresford and Dresford village, 1955-79

photograph of Open Day for Dresford villagers on HMS Dresford, minesweeper, n.d. [20th century]

photographs of the first battle of the Falkland Isles, 1914

partnership agreement of victuallers to the Royal Navy, 24 November 1676

`expenses of the parishes of Bishopstoke, Nursling Chilcomb, Moreskal, Twyford and Owlesbury to provide men for the navy, n.d.

family letters of Samuel Knollys inc. references to impeachment of Viscount Melville, the Terrible commanded by Lt Henry Paulet, 1805

correspondence of Charles, 1rst Duke of Bolton, regarding felling timber in the New Forest for the Navy, 1697

notes on naval impressment, 1781

papers regarding appeal in Winchester for the King George fund for sailors, 1945-7

papers regarding ball held in Winchester in aid of King George fund for sailors, 1948

sale particulars, Southampton Naval Works, Woolston, 1893

albumn containing misc. naval papers, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

rates of pay, late seventeenth century

Navy timber cultivation in Woolmer Fair, 1812

receipt for ordnance and uniforms, 1707

microfilm of log books of Captain William Parker of HM Sloop Stoke?? and HMS Amazon, 1800-05

logbooks of Admiral Sir William Parker of HMS Stork, 1799-1801; HMS Alarm, 1802; HMS Amazon, 1802-7

indenture of apprenticeship of Thomas Lackham of Poole, Dorset, to John Richards of Gosport, shipbuilder, for 7 years, 6 May 1802

letter from D. Anderson of Alresford to Mr Simpson of Froyle concerning a journey to the Isle of Wight by coach, foot (between Winchester and Southampton) and steam packet (Southampton to Cowes), 21 August 1821

printed particulars of the lands and property of the Southsea & Hayling Steam Ferry Company Ltd, offered for sale by tender, by order of the receiver appointed by the debenture holders, 25 April 1902

prospectus of the Solent Sea Steam Packet Corp., for furnishing means for a daily communication between Lymington, Yarmouth, Cowes, Ryde, Portsmouth & Southampton, October 1840??; 2, notice of first general meeting of subscribers, 11 November 1840; 3, printed partnership deed, 29 October 1841

assignment of two sixty-fourth parts of shares in the steam vessel The Glasgow, 1830; 58-62, assignment of shares in Solent Sea Steam Packet Company, 1841-55; 63, share certificates for the Solent Sea Steam Packet Company, 1841; B1, outgoing letter book of the Solent Sea Steam Packet Company, 1841; B2/1-2, advertisements for steampacket Brunswick and the Sir Francis Drake, sailing between Southampton, Devon and Cornwall, c.1850

bundle of papers relating to the Hythe and Southampton Steam Ferry Company, Ltd, 1856-61, inc. monthly statements, balance sheets and letters, prospectus, 1847; 33, papers relating to the Hythe Hard Company, 1845-65; 34, copy of letter from Thomas Goater to A.G. Renshaw regarding the proposed Hythe Pier, 1872

bundle of printed papers, inc. those of the West India and Pacific Steam Ship Company; prospectus of the Liverpool, Quebec and Montreal Steam Ship Company; report and accounts of the Mercantile Marine Insurance Company Ltd, 1866; small photograph of the Atlantic, steamship

?? of transport services in Hythe and Dibden, inc. ferry services, 1949-73; PX6, papers of a conference of local authorities in Southampton with a plan, 1959; PX15, ?? yacht marina at Hythe, 1968; PX11, coastal survey of Solent sailing facilities, 1964

photographs of damage of sea defences at Vent??, Isle of Wight, c.1899-1901

accounts of seawall works at Barking, Essex, c.1600

responsibility for upkeep of seawall at Barking, Essex, 1619-20

repairs to seawall at Dunskoote?? Marsh, Barking, Essex, 1623

measures for defense of coast, 1801, 1803

f.120, Portsdown beacon, 1551-67

construction of fortifications at Portsmouth, 1566, 1677 ??

`an account of what money received and have disbursed... castles and forts in the Isle of Wight', 1638

schedule of charges for the castles and forts of the Isle of Wight, 1707

accounts of John Leigh, paymaster of the Isle of Wight fortifications, 1597-8

Southampton Marsh Improvement Bill, ??date

letter patent regarding marshlands off Hampshire coast, 1628

journal of voyage of missionary ship to south America, 1798 and diary in Africa, 1807-8

account of the capture of the Island of Banda, East Indies, eighteenth century

list of those killed and lists of French and British in naval actions, 1782

account of sea battle in 1794 off Cape Ushant, twentieth century

forms of service in Thanksgiving for sea victory, 19 December 1797 and 1798; 624, form of service in Thanksgiving for end of French war, 1814

letter describing the Battle of Copenhagen, 1801

letter with news of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805

Mayoral order for distribution of beer to Winchester inhabitants to celebrate Trafalgar victory, 1805; 66, copy of loyal addresses to King on occasion of naval victories, 1805

title deeds to Calshot saltworks, 1764-1830

of Fairport, Burlesdon with saltings, 1931-52

letter concerning conveyance of saltern at Lymington to the bishop of Winchester, 22 October 1822

lease of Lymington saltmarsh and agreement for employment of saltmaker, Lymington, 1670

title deed bundles include those for salterns at Oxey, Pennington and Keyhaven Marshes, 1673-1842

leases for salterns, salt pans and saltworks.  also leases to saltboilers in this collection.  Pennington and Lymington, 1696-1837

leases of salterns or salthouses at Shafleet, 1709-19

lease of High Sea Saltern, Pennington, 1723

roll of papists' estates inc. a saltern at Milford, 1755

three boiling pans & a messuage built on land belonging to the saltern, Butts Saltern, 1781

papers and plans of Warash hard, 1913

sale particulars of the P.S. Princess Elizabeth, Swan Pier, Swan Lane, London Bridge, 1983

bankruptcy of Good & Son, shipbuilders at Hythe, 1825

souvenier programme of Royal Naval Review, 1909

fragment of an eighteenth century navigational work, Cape May, New England,

, fragment of court record concerning Mathew of London, 80 tons, 1587-8

declaration of the cargo of negroe slaves onboard Returne which was attacked by the Spanish, 1686 & 543, Charity, 1696

of Marwell Shipping Company Ltd, Marwell Hall, 1941

shipyard, stores and officers at East Cowes, 1902

a map of the New Forest which shows timber intended for the navy's use, 1849

receipt for ordnance and uniforms, HMS, 1707

loose sheet in Swanwick manor courtbook of a presentment for the building of a boat, 1631-1889

appointment of Capt. Robert Swanley, mariner of London, at Deputy Governor of Newfoundland, 1665

notes on Pierre Garnier, one of Napoleon's officers and later a prisoner of war, 1989

bond of two sailors of Northam, 27 October 1694

printed notice not to carry away sand, shingle, gravel or ballast near or within Langstone harbour, 1879

copy of letter concerning the loading of sand and shingle off the Woolsingers, 19 March 1909

grant of crest to the arms of Admiral Sir Robert Calder, 1799

map of proposed removal of mud from Calshot spit, 1895

testimonial and correspondence to Sister Bellas Storey, head nurse, Royal Hospital, Plymouth, 1882-5

letters of administration of Robert Fry Castle, Lieutenant R.N., who died at sea on board HMS Captain, 6 November 1874

photograph of clock given to Royal Yacht Squadron, 1939 and two letters concerning its origin, 1939

business and general correspondence inc. letter of protest from A.B. Forwood to the Principal Secretary, Foreign Office, on capture of the Adela, 1862

inc. 25, letters from Lord George Hamilton, first Lord of the Admiralty, 1885-90; 29, six letters of congratulations on appointment as Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, 1886; 40, bundle inc. newspaper cutting of speech at Liverpool on naval defence, 1893 and debates on navy estimates, 1894 & 1895, list of figures relating to shipbuilding expenditure, 1889-93, copy of letters regarding manning and minute regarding the Training Squadron, letter regarding insurance of mercantile marine, notes on evidence to Manning Committee, n.d., summary of minutes of evidence to the Report of the committee to inquire into the manning of British Merchantships, 1895, Report on Memorial presented to the Admiralty by workmen employed in dockyard and victualling yards, 4 Dec. 1890; 41, notes on the Navy, 1891-2; 42, files on navy expenditure, pay, building, 1888-93; 43-5, correspondence and bundle of official memoranda regarding the Navy; 54, letter to Sir Dudley Forwood on alterations to the articles of association of the Mersey Steamship Company, 21 August 1902

appointment by the Governor of the Isle of Wight to William Shotter of Grange to be one of the deputies in the office of the Admiralty, 1793

appointments of John Adams as assistant paymaster on HMS Amethyst, 1856, and HMS Diadem, 1857, and certificate of service and conduct aboard HMS Amethyst, 1856-7

collection of framed documents, photographs of documents and of portraits of various members of the Adams family of Buckler's Hard and their descendants with biographical and family notes appended

lease for messuage and tenement in Micheldever with agreement for annual payment of 5 barrels of herrings to be carried from Southampton, 1561

deed of covenant, inc. Charles Powell Hamilton of Hambledon, Vice-Admiral of the Red Squadron of the Fleet, in a larger partnership of medicine against yellow fever, 13 July 1807

letter from Hazel Palmer to Lady Laura Ridding, 14 November 1914, includes a description of the discomforts of a troop ship

letter from Lord Selbourne to Lady Selbourne describing a visit to the Kiel canal on the royal yacht as minister in attendence on King Edward VII, 25 June 1904; /223-32, letter from Lord Selbourne to Lord and Lady Selbourne mentioning the German naval programme, 1908; 276-530, letters from the 2nd earl of Selborne inc. comments on the war at sea, 1914-19, and  /1013-38, inc. a voyage to Africa, 1921-39

 includes Dalgety family correspondence, 274, includes letter written onboard White Star ship SS Cymric, 1900

articles of co-partnership between George Dunlop and Adam Schales, both of Southampton, shipping agents and commission merchants, 31 July 1849

maritime drawings of ports & havens in East and West
Indies, the Mediterranean, Canary Islands and England, nineteenth century
copies of seventeenth century originals which possibly belonged to Edward
Barlow.  printed in Basil Lubbock, Barlow's Journal of his Life at Sea
(1934) and now held at the National Maritime Museum, section 6:JOD/:15
1/2 ft. See Roger Knight, Guide to the Manuscripts

printed map of Southampton water compiled for the US navy and
showing landmarks inc. submarine anchorage, 1947

Phillimore family of Shedfield: additional naval, domestic and estate reords, 19-20th cent.

Camper & Nicholsons Ltd, yacht builders, Gosport and Southampton: research papers of Ian Dear in writing company history, including correspondence, images and copy documents, c. 2000-2008.

Dyer family, surgeons, of Ringwood: additional records including journal of a voyage to Madras by Samuel Dyer (1802) and genealogical information on the Dyer, Tripp and related families of Iwood in Congesbury and elsewhere 19th-20th cent.

Aldershot Church of England Soldiers and Sailors Institute: records including minutes, accounts, visitors books and photographs, 1842-1971.

Hayling Island Coastguard Station: permanent station record, incident book, 1940-56.