Glamorgan Record Office

copies of court procedures including notes on Admiralty Court of 1350, copied c.1600 (unfit for production)

depositions, correspondence, case submitted to Board of Trade & other papers concerning case between Lord Wimborne & the Barry Dock & Railways Co. regarding foreshore rights as well as quarrying & fishing, 1811-1932, n.d.

a history of the Mansel family, 1966-1750 & life of Sir Rob: Mansel, knt, vice-admiral, compiled. c.1755

copy of presentments made 2 March 1606 & 1626 for the repair of Baglan sea walls, copy of articles of agreement to repair the Baglan sea walls, 10 March 1712

correspondence & papers concerning repairs of the Sea Wall at Aberthaw, 1896-8

articles of agreement made between Philip earl of Pembroke & Montgomery of the one part & the Rt Hon. Randell MacDonell, Lord Viscount Dunluce &c & Katherine Duchess of Buckingham regarding Irish customs, 7 July 1635

brief in the Court of Wards between attorney general, plaintiff & Duchess of Buckingham & others, defendants regarding lease of Irish customs, 26 April 1638

Customs House Records, comprising deposition of Thomas Jones of Cardiff regarding Irish soap, 1748; petition to the collector & controller of Customs for Cardiff regarding use of former alehouse at Penarth as customs house, 1751; petition rega

lease for 21 years of prizage & butlerage of wine at the port of Cardiff, from Alice Viscountess Dowager Windsor to William Duke of Cleveland & Southampton, 26 May 1768

papers of the Captain Scott Society, including correspondence regarding the Terra Nova, 1911

South Sea Whale Fishery Prospectus, 1836

records of the South Wales District Sea Fisheries Committee, 1868-1980

photocopies of extracts from the diaries of A.J. Munby to Wales, including description of fisherwomen, 1870

records of W.R. Jones, wholesale fish merchant, Swansea, 1912-57 including 1, fishing license for the Emily, 2 July 1939; 3, running agreement, crew list & official log book of the Christian Henderson, 18 July 1957; 4, blank

fish frail which belonged to Sadler's fruitiers & fishmongers of Penarth, twentieth century

watercolours by Thomas Horner of Glamorgan, 1819, including of Penarth point, gathering of samphire on cliffs

photograph albums of the Corbett family of Cogan Pill, c.1888-1915

one photograph inscribed `battleships waiting near HMS Montague wrecked on Lundy Island', 14 July 1906

correspondence of John Nicholl including reference to his journey from Portsmouth to Jersey onboard the Romulus, frigate, 1791

private letters of Jones family of Fonmon Castle, includes 27, account of voyage of R. Fergus to America, 7 July 1794

letters of J.S. Copley to his mother regarding preparations for his voyage to America, 1795

account of voyage of Thomas Revel Guest to New York, 22 September 1812

letters from John F. Perkins in Madeira & in Orange Valley estate, Trelawny, Jamaica to his uncle Edward Perkins at Nash giving account of his travels, 1833, 1837

account of holiday written from Madeira, 21 December 1840

letter of Sarah Selwin at Rome to her sister Sophia at Turville Park regarding travel including her voyage from Corfu to Ancona, 13 December 1850

diary by Daniel Holford Davies of his voyage onboard the Marco Polo, clipper ship, from Liverpool to Port Philip, 1853

letters of Christopher Rice Havard Nicholl to his family with reference to his journey from Portsmouth to Malta & the Crimea, 1855-6, journey to India, 1857

diary by D.H. Davies of his voyage from New South Wales to London, 1856

letter of Sarah Selwin at Thebes to her sister Sophia, Belgravia, with description of life onboard their boat, 23 December 1856

letter of Lord Lyndhurst at Tunbridge Wells to his daughter Sophia at Jersey regarding her rough sea journey, 2 October 1861

account of a voyage to India by Caroline Agnes Emily Blandy, 1872

account of a voyage to Australia & Egypt by Robert William Llewellyn, 1872

account of a voyage to Guernsey & the Channel Islands, 1893, 1894

diary in Welsh of Robert Evans of SS Ladstock, 1900-01, includes voyages to South America

account of a cruise to Constantinople & Greece, 1910

letter of Sarah Selwin at Cowes to sister Sophia at Jersey regarding yachting, 23 July 1860

letter of Sarah Selwin to sister Sophia at Jersey regarding her voyage to Russia in her yacht, 1 August 1862

 poem `A True Incident that happened in the Bristol Channel in October 1896...' by James Brice, captain of the Elrene, steam yacht, early twentieth century

scrap book of Oliver J. Jones including an account of his voyage on the Seamew, schooner yacht of 34 tons, to the Baltic sea, 25 July 1879 to 24 September 1879, from Wivenhoe to Grimsby, Aberdeen & Norway

papers of the Penarth Yacht Club including minute book, 1893-1904

papers of the Barry Yacht club, including income & expenditure accounts, 1973-4, 1976, ts entitled `A History of Barry Yacht Club, 1928-78' with original documents inserted

photograph of Capt. Ben. Williams, c.1900

misc papers on Malaysia, including diary of a visit to Malaya & Singapore by Stan Awbery including details on dock labour, 3 February - 29 March 1948

letter of O.M. Crewe Reed to Lady Charlotte Guest regarding Sailors' Home at Cardiff, 18 June 1853

letter of H. McAusland to Dowlas Iron Co. regarding Sailors' Home at Cardiff, 27 January 1856

official correspondence to Controller of Customs, Cardiff, regarding cholera, 1832-3

printed instructions to captains of ships issued by the General Board of Health to prevent & treat cholera, 1853

account book of the Cardiff Sailors' Home, 1862-7

papers of Royal Hamadryad Seamens' Hospital, Cardiff, 1886-1919, including deeds, minutes, subscription papers, report & statement of accounts, cash books, correspondence, plans, contracts, photographs

photograph of the Norwegian seamen's church, Barry Dock, c.1916

printed material relating to the Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariners' Benevolent Society, 1939-42, n.d.

various Union working rules, 1895-1928; tariffs, 1890-1932; misc items including photographs, 1917-c62

letter from Ben Tillet, general secretary of the Dock, Wharf, Riverside & General Workers' Union to Stan Awbery refusing the use of union property for the purpose of a meeting on war aims, 1 December 1917

Dockers' Union diaries of Stan Awbery, 18 May - 18 July 1920, September 1939 - July 1945

notebook containing information on the conditions of employment of dock labourers, n.d.; Report of Enquiry into Casual labour in the Merseyside Area by F.G. Hanham, 1930; `The Docker, Registration, Decasualisation & Maintenance' by Stan

letters regarding the appointment of Stan Awbery as Port Labour Inspector, 1940-2

papers of the National Union of Seamen, including minutes, 1927-72 & cash book, 1947-72

`a list of all his Majesty's ships & four merchant ships, October 1664' being a list of ships with the number of crew & station, also a list of ships at Chatham, Portsmouth, Woolwich & Deptford

correspondence of Sir John Nicholl, including naval papers, 1798-1849

letter from Thomas W. Williams onboard HMS Jaspar, Hull Roads, to Mrs Traynton of Cowbridge, November 1815

letter from Thomas W. Williams onboard HMS Jaspar, Milford, to Francis Traynton, December 1816

letters of Lieut Nicholl to his parents with reference to naval activities mainly in the Mediterranean, 1847-52

file including poster detailing toll exemptions for Royal Naval personnel, 31 December 1873

bank account book of S. Andrews of Cardiff with Harris, Bulteel & Co. Naval Bank, Plymouth, 1886-8

volume of photographs printed to commemorate the part of HM Armed Cruiser Teutonic at the naval review at Spithead on 26 June 1897, printed 1898

order of ceremony of the commissioning of HMS St David in the R.N. reserve, 9 December 1978

menu for dinner in honour of HMS Glamorgan, 24 September 1982

programme for the Commissioning & Dedication of HMS Waveney, 6 October 1984

menu card for dinner to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the founding of HMS Cambria, Cardiff, 2 July 1987

bundle of papers concerning Robert Godfrey Llewellyn at Royal Naval College, Osborne, 1904 & Dartmouth, 1908

letters from Charles I to Sir Henry Stradling, capt. of the Bonaventure, 1641-2; 13, instructions from Prince Rupert to Sir Henry Stradling, commander in chief of his Majesty's ships the James, Charles, Roebuck, Thomas, etc, 1649

order by Council of State for appropriation of the Eagle, 9 February 1650

printed plan of actions between French & English fleets on 12 April 1782, 1784

 letters & circulars from vice-admiral N.W. Bruce, Commander-in-chief of HM Fleet to Captain Wainwright HMS Shannon, Jan. - June 1862 & subsequently to Capt. Oliver J. Jones, June - Sept., 1862, 1862-5

letters of Commodore Oliver J. Jones to Commanders-in-Chief, China Station, 1866-70

photocopy of diagram of surrender of German fleet, 1918

printed plans of coastal region of Normandy showing German defences in preparation for allied invasion, January, May 1944

Admiralty papers of Sir John Nicholl, 1780-1843

service papers of Jean M. Good of Penarth, 1944-6

private & official correspondence from Sir Richard Groves MacDonnell to Commodore Oliver J. Jones regarding a case of piracy & seizure of the Avon Russin by Capt. Sultie, 1866-8

printed plans for the formation of harbours of refuge, improvements of rivers & sea ports... with plates & charts by Capt. J.N. Taylor, illustrations of Penzance harbour & the Devon coast (Plymouth, 1840)

drawing of timber & iron cables for floating breakwater, with a note initialed by J.N.T[aylor], 13 December 1841

papers of the Earl of Plymouth include 751-62, 815-21, 933, papers relating to Penarth (Ely Tidal) Harbour Dock & Railway Company, 1856-73

letter from Alexander Bassett to the Revd Wm Rayer concerning plans to extend the Cowbridge railway to Aberthaw & improve the harbour, 15 July 1864

32 plans, including of the outer & inner basins, 1864-7; ordnance survey plans, 1877, 1897-1900, 1918, 1935-43

table of important events at Cardiff & Barry docks, 1794-1909

misc collection of Barry port & pilotage, 1847-1956, comprising 1, annual statements of account of the Barry Pilotage Authority, 1928-56 (with gaps); 2, rules & standing orders of the Bristol Channel Pilots' Association, c.1920; 3, minute

prospectus, inc. site plan & application forms for shares, of the Barry New Dry Docks Co. Ltd, 1900

plans of Barry Docks from the office of the Great Western Railway resident engineer, 1926, 1927, 1930

details of arrangements made for fire prevention at Barry Docks issued by the Ministry of War Transport, 1943

correspondence of Lord Bute including 17/1-18, reference to landing places of the Cardiff steam packet, 1832; 18/67a&b, letter from Lord James Stuart to E.P. Richards, agent to Lord Bute, including request for details of Lord Bute's proposed f

plan of ground, east end of Roath Dock, c.1887; plan of extensions to graving dock at Cardiff, 1899; plan of steam packet road, Cardiff, 1835

misc plans, of Cardiff, Penarth & Roath, c.1824-1901

appointment of attornies to manage the Ship Canal & West Dock, or Basin, Cardiff, 6 August 1838

letters from Lieut. F. Dornford, dockmaster at the Bute Docks, to the Marquess of Bute & his agents, mainly concerning the increased use of the docks by the iron & coal trades, the packet slip, wharfs, American emigrant ship, the Taff Vale

copy letter from T. Collingdon to C. Tyndale Bruce referring to the circulation of plans advertising the new Bute docks, 18 December 1848

plan of Cardiff docks by John Plews, civil engineer, 1852

papers on the Bute Docks Bill, House of Lords, 1882, including proofs of evidence, draft petition against the bill, brief in support of the petition, report of Taff Vale Railway Co., 1867, draft telegrams & draft returns of tonnage on Glamorga

correspondence regarding Bute Docks Bill, opposition of freighters, 1882

photograph of the opening of Roath dock with Tudor Crawshey as sheriff, August 1888

agreement of the Marquis of Bute to vary provisions of Bute Docks Act, 1895, & to transfer lands, 19 December 1895

menu for banquet aboard HMY Victoria & Albert, Royal yacht, on the occasion of the opening of the Queen Alexandria Dock, Cardiff, by King Edward VII, 12 July 1907

Public Companies Papers, including 25-7, accounts of Commissioners for Improvement of Llanelly Harbour, c.1845-7; 28-9, accounts of Neath Harbour Commissioners, 1846-8; 33, weekly shipments of coal at Bute Docks, 1879-81

plan of Swansea & its hinterland, & of the harbour & docks with proposed new East dock, c.1870; application form for debentures of Swansea Harbour Trustees issued under the Swansea Harbour Act, 1874; prospectus of debentures for dock e

minute books of the Pilotage Committee of the Swansea Harbour Trust, 1878-1922

advertisements, with plans, for the issue of debentures by Neath Harbour Commissioners & Swansea Harbour Trustees to raise money for the construction of 1), floating docks & a railway, 1882 & 2), new docks, 1878

reproduction of festivities programme for construction of the new Bute Dock, 31 January 1883

printed notice of decision in Chancery case regarding the appointment of receivers of the Swansea Harbour Fund, 1920

papers of Prince of Wales Dry Dock Company Ltd, including the records of Port Talbot Dry Dock Company Ltd, Palmers (Swansea) Dry Dock Co. Ltd, 1897-1971

postcard of entrance to Bute Docks, Cardiff, postmarked 1907

misc industrial pictorial material including plan of Swansea harbour & docks, revised 1921

correspondence of Glen A. Taylor & the Neath Harbour Commissioners relating to Neath Harbour Commissioners v. Shell Max Ltd, 1931-2

papers regarding GWR Dry Dock, Cardiff, comprising GWR Dry Dock Stemming Diary, 1924-64, enclosed memo & programme for visit of HM Yacht Brittania, 1960; dock register, 1948-9, enclosed misc. papers, 1931-60; Dockman's GWR notebook, 1939-52

photograph of the Dan-y-bryn, cargo ship, 1953

printed directors' report & statement of accounts, 30 April 1958

Docks, October & November 1980, January, February, May, July, 1981

presentation pack for the opening of Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff, 1989

assignment of rentcharge, 8 June 1678, with reference to £20 p.a. arising from the lighthouse at Spurne Head, Holdnerness, Yorks

letters patent granting an annuity of 6s 8d per day to Captain Button of Cottrell, refers to an earlier annuity which had been granted to Captain Robert Jemyson & his presumed death on a voyage to the West Indies & Button's service to the

letters of James powell to Philip Jones mentioning Nicholas Blake, collecter of prizes, concerning money from Irish wreck, 1649

papers regarding the wreck of the Indian Prince west of Aberthaw, 1752

papers & accounts relating to assistance given to the William stranded near Barry, 1775

poems written by Francis Lloyd, including one relating to the sinking of HMS Captain on 7 September 1870 on which his brother Richard Purdon was officer of the watch, c.1870

petty sessions records regarding shipping accident enquiries delegated by the Board of Trade, 1875-1935

printed map of Gower shipwrecks, 1985

papers including permit & inventory regarding the Lamb of Aberthaw, c.1675

Lloyd's List, 1745

accounts of Joseph Shank, master of the Neptune, delivered to Messrs Wahan & Strahan for the ship's owners regarding her voyage from London to Portsmouth to Dominica, St Christophers & Carolina, 1766-8

letter book of Robert Jones, 1784-5

documents relating to the Kara, brigantine, owned by Charles Crofts Williams of Roath Court, Cardiff comprising receipted bills, agreements with crews, memoranda of charter party, protests, depositions & allied documents, 1838-44

book of miscellaneous items including list of steam vessels on the Atlantic, 1841

statements of account of voyages of SS Ladstock, 1879, 1882, 1884-5, 1889, 1893, 1896-7, 1899, 1901, 1903, also notes on the Ladstock & her masters, 1876-1908

papers of William Evans & George Julian Evans, marine engineers, including notebooks of ship surveys, comprising notebook of William Gray of Cullercoats (Northumberland), Monkwearmouth & Sunderland (Durham), 1864-76; notebooks of Charles N

papers of Vaughan & Roche, solicitors of Cardiff & Newport, including 2/1-2, articles of agreement for management of the Cymmrodorion Steamship Co. Ltd, Kate B. Jones Steamship Co. Ltd & Charles T. Jones Co. Ltd, 12 December 1890 &

papers relating to the Glamorgan Steamship Co. Ltd comprising notices of general meetings & other notices, 1891-6, statement of accounts, 1890-1, notices & prospectuses, 1892-6 including of new steamships, voyage accounts of SS Petersto

five photographs of the Fire Queen, Cardiff Corporation fire boat, c.1897

annual reports, accounts & correspondence concerning the transfer of shares of the Tatem Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, 1915-19

misc papers on the Welsh Shipping Agency Bill, 1962-4

two booklets concerning the Cort Adelaer & Derwent, 1982, 1981, in Norwegian

papers of Graig Shipping Company Ltd comprising 3, apprenticeship indenture of David Edward Jones, of Cardiff to Graig Shipping Co. Ltd, 22 October 1919; 4/1-2, partnership agreements between directors & managers of Graig Shipping Company Ltd

memorandum & articles of association of the Marychurch Steamship Co. Ltd, 1890

papers of John Cory & Sons Ltd, shipping agents of Cardiff, including financial, shipping & other records, 1884-1973.  There are memoranda & articles of association for 65 other companies, 1894-29.  There are also records of

circular & prospectus for the purchase of shares in the Snowdon Steamship Company, Cardiff from Charles Radcliffe & Co., steamship owners & brokers, March 1900

deed of partnership of Gibbs & Co., shipbrokers, 23 January 1914

correspondence between John Owens, Newton, & William Clayton, London, referring to timber at Coed y Kerrig & Sychnant & its suitability for shipbuilding, timber purchases at Golden Grove for the Navy's 74 gun ship at Milford Haven, 1 F

plans & drawings of ships & marine engines, 1817-83

copies of apprenticeship indenture of George Bussell to John Batchelor of Cardiff, shipwright, 1863

three photographs of the launch of the Eirene, mission yacht, & of the consecration, 7 & 16 May 1898

appointment on new trustees & General Release regarding sole trustee of late Edward Coenty Downing whose estate included shares in: Mount Stuart Shipbuilding Graving Dock & Engineering Co. Ltd, Penarth Ship Building & Ship Repairing Co

crew agreement for the Janet of Pugwash, 15 January 1864

letter regarding insurance of pig iron onboard Loyal Briton to Dublin, 16 August 1782

misc correspondence of the Mathews family of Glanely includes reference to the sale of the Flying Scud, American vessel, 1860

records of Evan Thomas, Radcliffe & Co., shipowners of Cardiff, 1882-1973, including family & personal records, company records, papers relating to managed vessels, records of 31 other individual shipping companies owned by the company &am

bill of sale of 1/64 share of SS Falcon, 1 November 1884

bill of sale of 1/64 share in the Earl of Dunraven, steam paddle ship by Hilary Blondel Marquand to John Henry Davis, confectioneer, both of Cardiff, 6 December 1888

annual report of the Cardiff & Bristol Channel Incorporated Shipowners Assoc., 1929-30

season ticket for the Bristol Channel Steam Packet Co., 1904

misc papers including timetable of South Western Steam Packet Company, 1834, n.d.

freight label for goods received on the Castle & Merthyr Packet, 10 February 1840

account book of an unidentified ship repairer based in Swansea, September 1877 - October 1879

records of the Commissioners of Customs & Excise, comprising C 1-3, port of Cardiff shipping registers, 1824-1906, transactions registers, 1855-1932, & volume of manuscript orders from the Board of Customs pasted into a blank shipping regi

petition regarding Welsh butter export, seventeenth century

letter from Arthur Jones of Carmarthen to William Clayton regarding shipping oats to Chichester, freight charges to London, 1 February 1762

letters from John Thomas, Altycadno, to William Clayton referring to harvest of oats & its shipment from Carmarthen for London, 4 December 1762, 2 Februay 1763

letter from Edward Cottrell of Longhor to William Clayton of Harleyford, Bucks, referring to vessels not arriving at the port & lack of demand for Clayton's culm, 6 October 1780

postcard from Pyman, Watson & Co, Cardiff to Edward Smith, Manchester, requesting steamers from Newport to Varna, Bulgaria, 20 October, 1877

J.T. Duncan & Co. Ltd, Cardiff, including 1, charter registers, 1915-75; 2, cargo books, 1907-65; 3, coal report book, 1921-5; 4, outgoing telegram books, 1942-66; 5, daily event log books, 1950-70; 6, regulations for the supply of coal, coke

records of the Evan & Reid Coal Company Ltd, Cardiff, include 1-17, financial papers notably general trading accounts, 1924-39 detailing foreign trade & 22-5, Newport coal accounts, 1941-6, cargo statements, 1928-55, bills of lading, 1936-

diary of William Weston Young of Bristol, Aberdulais & Neath, shipowner, including references to trade & his vessels, 17 July - 31 December 1807

account of expenses in shipping oats to William Clayton, n.d.

letter from Williams & Farrington, corn factors, London, & owners of the Benjamin, enclosing bill for the freight of 196 quarters of oats from Carmarthen, 12 May 1778

correspondence of John Thomas, merchant of Bengal, 1766, including references to the Stamp Act, Captain Richardson of the Pigot

correspondence of R.S. Cahill in India & Mrs Arthur Jones of Southsea, Portsmouth, 1840-52, including references to shipment of indigo, India mail, sale of shares in the South of Europe Steam Company

papers of the Melingriffith Iron & Tinplate Works, including correspondence referring to shipment of goods, particularly between Bristol & Cardiff, eighteenth century

volume including merchant's accounts of trade to Hull, the continent, Barbadoes, 1789, with references to cargo insurance, ship repair

memorial of South Wales to the Treasury & petition to the House of Commons supporting Cardiff, Neath & Swansea against preferential clauses in Newport Acts, c.1810

account book by John & Evan Jones of Aberayron Port (Cards) of shipments made on the Victoria, sloop, 1843-7

cargo accounts kept by William Davies of the Picton of Aberthaw, 1844-54

booklet being the rules of the Cardiff Society of Sailmakers, est. 1855

papers of the National Coal Board, including 16/32, details of shipments of coal of the Blaengwawr Steam Coal Co., November 1851 - September 1858; 22/11, minute book of the Imperial Navigation Coal Company Ltd, 1900-20

ten `Board of Trade pocket journal's being reports by Thomas Henry Sloggett on seaworthiness of ships in the port of Cardiff, 1876-8; records of draughts of water of ships leaving the port of Cardiff, 1876-9; circulars of the Board of Trade, 1875-

notes on the trade of Penarth harbour, 1859-77

Cardiff Borough Petty Sessions, Board of Trade shipping enquiries, 1875-1935, including draft reports, accounts of proceedings, depositions of evidence, correspondence & other documents

Dowlas Iron Works papers including letter books with discussion of its iron trade throughout the world, late eighteenth to nineteenth centuries

account book of the Puella, schooner, 1873-96; account book of the Kilmeny of Glasgow, barque, on voyages to New York, Adelaide, Freemante. Chile, 1915-16

papers of Robinson David & Co., timber dealer of Cardiff, includes 8, shipment books, 1901-4; 14-19, photographs of Cardiff docks & the timber yards, c.1920, & of Penarth pier, c.1950

family & estate papers of the Mathew family of St Kew, Cornwall & of the Carribean islands, including account books of the estates of Constitution Hille & Suetes, Antigua, 1770-1, Tobago estate, c.1770-3, 1774, 1778-80, 1790-1802, Will

printed chart of the Bristol Channel by W. Heather, 1803

Cardiff Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, no.345, 22 August 1864

byelaws relating to pilotage made by the Cardiff Pilotage Authority, 1925

William George Long, shipwright, Cardiff: papers 19th-20th cent.

W. & C.T. Jones, shipowners, Cardiff: records and family papers 19th-20th cent.

Associated British Ports: plans including Barry, Port Talbot and Swansea docks, 1864-1975.

South American Saint Line Ltd., Cardiff: ship design papers relating to John E. Church, principal marine superintendent 20th century.

Cardiff Sailors' Home: account books 1862-67.

Griffih Thomas, captain, of Aberporth: records including notebook 1930s.

Barry Yacht Club: records including correspondence, minutes, financial papers and membership applications 1930-2002.

Abbey Line Shipping Co, Cardiff: general and petty cash books 1931-1936.

Bute Shipbuilding, Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Cardiff: minutes of shareholders' meetings 1883-1957.

Cardiff Pilotage Authority: corresp, bye-laws and balance sheets 1915.

National Coastwatch Institution: watch record and log books 2007-2009.