West Glamorgan Archive Service

papers of the Mackworth family & Henry John Grant including petition of the inhabitants of Aberavon for repair of Baglan sea wall, 1720, 1736

letter from William Bevan, Peoria, Illinois, describing travel to America, conditions for immigrants, 1910

memorandum of fish caught, 1713

letter asking pardon for catching crabs & lobsters in the manor of Pennard, 1732

correspondence, briefs & opinions concerning dispute between Aberpergwm & Rheola estates over fishing in the river Neath, 1841-83

papers of South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee, 1890-1972, including acts, regulations & bye-laws, minute books, general committee papers, minutes, agendas, reports & notes for meetings, sub-committee papers, fishery orders, papers of the Association of Sea Fisheries Committees, papers regarding the District Committees (Glamorgan, Milford Haven & South Wales)

business records of W.R. Jones, Wholesale Fish Merchant of Swansea, 1912-57, including 1, license to fish for the Emily, fishing boat, 1939; 2, license for the Christian Henderson, fishing boat, 1957; 3, running agreement, crewlist & log of the Christian Henderson, fishing boat, 1957; 7, letter regarding appointment of the Swansea Fishery Officer, 1937; 8, circulars & reports of the South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee, 1935-7; 9, printed reports on cockle & oyster beds & crab, lobster & crawfish fisheries, 1921-36; 10-12, photographs, 1912, n.d.

letter regarding dispatching fish from Consolidated Fisheries Ltd of Grimsby, 1927

microfilm of photographs of West Glamorgan from Francis Frith Collection from 1860 to 1970

papers of the borough of Port Talbot including PT/251, market, beach & promenade tolls, 1932-56; P1/121, plans for open air swimming pool at Aberavon beach, November 1936

printed programme for the centenary regatta of the Mumbles Amateur Rowing Club, held at the Mumbles, 23-4 July 1988

plan of proposed pier at the Mumbles, 1883

misc papers of Mumbles Railway & Pier Company, 1897-1939, including correspondence, financial & legal papers

plans of parts of the pier at the Mumbles, 1936

photograph of the pier, Mumbles, n.d.

journal of Morgan S. Williams of Aberpergwm, to Italy, 1899

diary of Robert Evans, master of the SS Ladstock, 1900-01, in Welsh & copy in English

photocopy of account of journey to Spain by Morgan S. Williams of Aberpergwm, 1905-6

photocopy of account of journey to Italy by Morgan S. Williams of Aberpergwm, 1909

diary of Elizabeth Anne Clement Charles of Pontrhydfen, of choir tour through Canada, America & South Africa, 1911-12

three travel diaries comprising accounts of visits to the West Indies onboard the Ingoma (1922) to India & Burma via the Suez canal onboard SS Macedonia & return on the Leicestershire (1922-3), to South Africa onboard the Gloucester Castle & return through the Suez Canal (1923-4), to Durban onboard the Durban Castle (1958), to Canada onboard Empress of France (1960)

Royal Yacht Club signals, 1823, 1830

yachting logs of the Galatea, 1845-6, Capricorn, 1857-8, Lynx, 1872-3, owned by the Talbot family

Bristol Channel Yacht Club debenture, 1890

photograph album of Ethel Hodgens including photos of the Mandoline, steam yacht, & family onboard, c.1890-1900

circular of the Bristol Channel Yacht Club, 1903

printed notice of annual general meeting & balance sheet of the Bristol Channel Yacht Club, 1916-17

bundle regarding Rhossili Coastguard House including correspondence, draft contract, rough specifications Coastguard Houses `Ship Inn', 1890-2

papers of RNLI at Mumbles, including Lifeboat Committee minutes, 1863-79, 1882-1942, 1943-80; returns of service, 1931-81; shore boat service reports, 1964-81; lifeboat inspector's visiting books, 1939-83; lifeboat motor mechanic weekly logbooks, 1924-8; financial records including cash books, 1945-58; coast stores order book, 1933-6 & coast stores lists of equipment, n.d; ship's radio licence for the William Gammon, 1963; lifeboat cottage correspondence, 1962-3; plans for the station, 1943-51, lifeboat engines, 1924, radio equipment, n.d.; printed programme for naming ceremony & service of dedication for Ethel Anne Measures, 3 July 1985

printed programme & tickets for naming ceremoney & service of dedication for Ethel Anne Measures, Mumbles, 3 July 1985

photograph of the Port Eynon lifeboat, n.d.

accounts, etc. of goods from shipwrecks on the Glamorgan coast, 1778-80, including of the Charlotte of Neath, 1780

letters, memoranda, accounts, depositions, etc. regarding the wreck of the Caterina on 29 December 1781, the plundering of her cargo, trial of wreckers & looters, Sir H. Mackworth's salvage work, 1781-84, essay on preservation of shipwrecked persons (London, 1812)

list of vessels saved & lost, Newton Nottage, post 1818

correspondence, memoranda & Board of Trade forms regarding wreck money due to owners of the Gnoll estate, 1840-1910

printed map of Gower shipwrecks compiled 1985

apprenticeship indenture of Villier's Yard, shipbuilders, Swansea, 1858

papers regarding Navy Mission Society, including annual report, 1907-8 & correspondence, 1885-1909

statement of accounts for the Swansea Sailor's Society, 1926-31

diaries of William Weston Young of Bristol, Aberdulais & Neath, 1801-43, including 31, account rendered by John Thomas to William Weston Young for work done at sea, c.1840

diary of William Weston Young, includes reference to salvage operations, `the schooner' & `the boat', 1807

photocopies of misc. papers of William Weston Young, including 15, petition against levy of tolls & port dues in Neath, 1840; 16, `list of vessels saved & lost at Newton & the neighbourhood', post 1818; 19, agreement to salvage copper, 1806

papers of Evan Rees including Shipping Federation Ltd Benefit certificate & record of service, 1896-1907 & statement as 2nd engineer on Llanberis concerning collision at sea, n.d.

commonplace book of David Williams of Briton Ferry includes exercises in marine navigation, 1869

account of timber sold from Margram estate for naval use & delivered in Plymouth yard, 1746-50, including regarding the Batchelor, John & Anne, John & Mary, Sussex Oak

`a treatise on naval gunnery' by H. Douglas, London, 1829

letter to George Williams from W. Marrack, commanding officer, HMS Active, Durban, 8 December 1878

printed menu for dinner in honour of HMS Glamorgan given by the South Wales Constabulary, 24 September 1982

orders of service of HMS Glamorgan, 1983

orders of service for HMS Glamorgan, 3 September 1986 (also D/D X 46/79-80)

certificates of appointments of William Gough as 3rd Lieutenant of HMS Torrington, 2nd Lieut. of HMS Fougeux, 1rst Lieut. of HMS Kingston, Commander of HMS Fortune, Captain of HMS Experiment, & Captain of HMS Penzance, 1744-58

account of Fleming Gough with Morgan Symmons for work at Hafod Wharf, 1809-10

contract drawings for the docks & quayside structures, 1836-1937, including copy for North Dock, 12 May 1836; South Dock, c.1898; Prince of Wales Dock, 1874; East Docks, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1927, n.d.; King's Dock, 1901, 1908, 1909-10, 1912, 1930, 1933, n.d.; Western Pier, 1875; general plans, 1917, 1930; Port Tennant Copperworks, 1890; railways, 1871-2, 1933; mooring buoys, 1936

commissioner's report on harbours of refuge, 1845

conveyances of land & plans for Blaenavan railway, 1897, 1901

papers of Great Western Railway, Swansea & Port Talbot Docks Engineering Dept comprising estimates for dock repair work, 1930-9 & departmental ledger, 1937-42

booklet of Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Dry Dock at Wallsend-on-Tyne, 1957

photographs of dockyards & ships in Malta, 1958-61

misc maps & plans of Port Talbot Docks, 1961, n.d., Cardiff docks, n.d., Newport docks, n.d.

programme of official opening of British Petroleum Ocean Terminal, 1961

note regarding the provision of ore ports, 1964

proposed terms for lease of land for docks of Briton Ferry, 1852

prospectus of the Briton Ferry Floating Dock Co., 1857

adjunctor's award regarding harbour frontage, Briton Ferry, 1891

agreement to build access road on land of Great Western Railway Co., 1895

observation of Bute Docks, Cardiff by W.H. Smythe, 1840

table of tonnage rates at Bute Docks, Cardiff, 1847

records regarding Cardiff Channel Dry Docks & Pontoon Company Ltd, Cardiff Junction Dry Dock & Engineering Company Ltd & C.H. Bailey Ltd, including letter & minutes regarding future of HM Dockyard, Malta, 1958

memoranda & correspondence regarding the development of Cardiff docks, 1966

brochure of Milford Haven Dry Dock Co. Ltd, n.d.

lithograph of Milford Haven, n.d.

papers of Neath Canal Navigation Company, including account books, cash books, ledgers, journals, invoice books, letter books, lock monthly correspondence, account books, 1791-1924 (access by written application)

plan of Neath harbour, 1839

papers of the Neath Harbour Commissioners including plans, minutes, letters, financial papers, harbour rates & registers, loose papers, 1842-1949 (access by written application)

correspondence & other papers regarding Neath Harbour, 1843-1910

Briton Ferry Bridge, includes report on Neath Harbour by Sir John Wolfe Barry, Lyster & Partners, 1914

accident register of the Mountstuart Dry Docks Ltd, Newport, 1911-64

papers of the Port Talbot Pilotage Authority, including 1-15, registers, 1895-1951; 16, pilotage returns & associated correspondence, 1913-33; 17-18, logbooks of the Marian Byass, pilot cutter, 1934-7, 1939-52; 19-23, out-letter book, 1904-23; 24-33, incoming correspondence, 1906-23; 34, accounts, 1936-45; 35, ledger, 1936-51; 36, cash book, 1936-55; 37-9, papers of the Port Talbot Pilotage Cutter Company, 1912-38, including minute book, register of towages, annual balance sheets; 40-54, misc accounts, 1912-45; 55, certificates for the Iron Screw Steamer Briton, 1911; 56, ts `Proposed construction of new lock & extension of South Breakwater', 1913; 57, plan showing position of the Captain Bonelli, steamer, aground in the entrance channel, 1923; 59, bundle of correspondence with pilots regarding holidays, illness, etc, 1923-6; 60, bye-laws, 1924; 61, two sheets of dues owed to the Port Talbot Pilot Cutter Company by the Briton, 1924; 62, sundry bills, 1924-34; 63, licenses for the Briton, 1924-30 & for the Marian Byass, 1936-46; 64, bundle of papers regarding apprenticeships, 1928; 66, insurance papers for the SS Lady Eveline, 1933; 67, three photographs of a ?pilot boat & an engine, n.d.

correspondence, papers, legal opinions, briefs, etc. regarding lawsuits of the Port Talbot Railway & Dock Co., 1896-1908

notice of share issue of Port Talbot Railway & Dock Co., 1899

bundle comprising copy agreement & correspondence of the Port Talbot Railway & Docks Co., 1899-1903

reports of entrance & channel works, Port Talbot Railway & Docks, 1899-1913

record books of arrivals & sailings, Port Talbot, 1899-1906, 1937-68

harbour dues book for Port Talbot Dry Dock, 1900-36

papers regarding Port Talbot & Margam Steelworks including report on entrance channel by Sir William Halcrow & Partners for the Docks & Inland Waterways Executive & the Steel Company of Wales, 1951 & report of working party on a proposed tidal basin for the British Transport Docks Board & the Steel Company of Wales, 1964

proposal for a new tidal ore terminal at Port Talbot, 1964

papers regarding Tennant canal, c.1800-1920, including financial accounts, canal adminstration papers, correspondence & misc papers including shipping registers

leases, agreements & other papers regarding Port Tennant, 1824-1909

report on Swansea harbour, 1831

contract drawings for the docks & quayside structures, Swansea, 1836-1937

transfers of Swansea Harbour Bonds, 1850, 1878

minute books of the Swansea Harbour Trust, 1878-1922

invitation to Swansea Harbour Trust ball, 1881

plan of proposed extension of entrance piers, Swansea, 1883

apprenticeship indenture of the East Dock marine engineering works, 1887

warrants for boxes of tin plates of the Swansea Harbour Trust, 1902

printed handbook of the Swansea Harbour Trust, 1910

printed notice of decision in Chancery case between the New Cwmgorse Colliery Co. Ltd  on behalf of holders of Swansea Harbour stock (ptffs) & the Swansea Harbour Trustees & Titus Thorp (defdts) regarding the appointment of receivers of the Swansea Harbour Fund, 1920

plan of Swansea harbour, 1921

photograph of members of Swansea Pilotage Authority, c.1960

Calculations relating to the equipment, displacement etc. of ships & vessels of war by John Edye, 1832

victualling account book of the Gulliver, smack, of Port Talbot, 1844-61, including references to guano for Penrice Castle farm

victualling account book of L.R. Fitzmaurice with C.R.M. Talbot for the Capricorn, 1847-62

letter to John James, Carn Brea near Redruth, Cornwall, comprising account of voyage from Swansea to Chile via Cape Horn, 1848

account for the building a `John Dory' for James Pitts, John Sarles & others, 3 May 1782

account of William Clark in going to Worm's head with boat, 31 July 1798

account of Thomas Mack for 2 day's work getting boat ready for sea, late eighteenth century

papers of Neath Abbey Ironworks, includes shipbuilding & marine engineer plans, 1817-83, comprising 737 plans, 6 papers & 3 files including for the Arrow, Augusta, Bahia, Batavier, Blanche, Bristol, Britannia, Charley, Charlotte, Cid, Clara, Cobre, Despatch, Dora, Dragonfly, Duke of Lancaster, Ellen Bates, Ely, Enterprise, Expert, Express, Firefly, Fleur de Maire, Fury, George W[?ch], Georgia, Glamorgan, Hercules, India, Lord Beresford, Loire,  Lynx, Malacoff, Morfa, Mountaineer, Nautilus, Neath Abbey, Neath, Nile, Pioneer, Prince of Wales, Princess Royal, Queen, St Pierre, Sam Stick, Samson, Scorpio, Talbot, Troubadour, Velindra, Victory, Water Witch, Wotton

logbook of the Culloden [letters missing]doris, 1806-8

logbook of the Rippon, 1813-14

transcript of logbook of the Cornwall, barque, from Swansea to the west coast of South America, 16 October 1867 - 20 May 1868

ledger for maintenance, 1899-1924, towage book, 1909-22 & cash book, 1899-1934 of the Gipsy

notes on ships owned by Richard Hodgens of Sketty from 1894 to 1907, compiled c.1986

prospectus of a steam pilot boat to be purchased by the Swansea Sea Pilots in 24 equal shares, & a list of sea pilots in favour of the scheme, nineteenth century

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

misc. items regarding CH Bailey Ltd, ship-repairers, 1958-83

misc items regarding shipbuilding including Caulker's price list for ship repairing, 1920; copies of time sheets from misc. dockyards, 1968-79; instructions for floating crane Samson III, 1968; essay on imports of pitwood for collieries, n.d.

Hellenic Shipyards Company brochure, 1962

papers of the Bristol Channel Ship Repairers Association, 1965-73

poster advertising the opening of the Prince of Wales Dock, 1881

papers regarding the Prince of Wales Dry Dock Company Swansea Ltd with those of Port Talbot Dry Dock Company Ltd & Palmers (Swansea) Dry Dock Co. Ltd, 1897-1971

records of Prince of Wales Dry Dock Co., ship repairers, c.1950-69, n.d.

directors' report & statement of accounts of the Prince of Wales Dry Dock Company, Swansea, Ltd, 30 April 1958

letter to shareholders of Prince of Wales Dry Dock Co. Swansea Ltd, 29 March 1965

papers regarding the Prince of Wales Dry Dock Company, Swansea Ltd, 1968-70, including report & accounts, letters

Port of Swansea shipping registers, seven volumes, 1824-97

Port of Swansea transactions registers, four volumes, 1855-95

register of Swansea fishing boats, 1903-35

Port of Swansea crew agreements, 1863-1919

Port of Swansea protestations of masters before public notary, 1936-79, comprising registers of protests, 1936-79 & extended protests for SS Sulev, 1942, SS Romney, 1947, SS Montreal City, 1947

`coal book' containing details of shipments of coal & coke of the Vivian family, 1855-8; details of wages, etc. of the Augusta, screw steamer, 1858

papers of the Governor & Company of Copper Miners in England including 9/1-43, bills of lading, 1862-73, letter from George Batchelor to the English Copper Company, Port Talbot, regarding payment for ore, 1862; 10/1-15, bills of lading, August - September 1862

printed report on trade development through the south Wales & Monmouthshire ports, 1946

log book of the Fidelity, barque of Port Talbot, trading to Ireland, July 1847 - September 1848, includes ship's drawing

recipes for cooking cockles, c.1991

leaflet London Midlands Scottish Railway Day Excursions, 7 August 1939

letter from unknown sender onboard the Uncas, copper barque, enroute from Chile, 15 June c.1870; 2, two sailors' collars; 3, one sailor's lanyard; 4, certificates of discharge of William Morgan, 1887-1911; 6, W. Ruban Alban's sailor's identification wristband

Admiralty certificate relating to Captain Algernon Walter Heneage, 16 August 1915

commission of appointment of Algernon Walter Heneage as rear Admiral, 7 February 1918

memorandum from HMS Arethusa, 25 December 1939; photograph of HMS Arethusa, 1942; press cutting from Navy News, June 1985

two plans of the Bielsko of Poland, n.d.

digest of eighteenth-century papers including report of Swansea harbour improvements of 22 October 1771

shares prospectus of Swansea Docks & Mineral Valllies [sic] Railway Company, 1854

warrant book of Swansea Harbour Trust, 9 December 1908 - 30 June 1910

includes bye-laws for public bathing: 99 (1961), 76 (1924, 1929), 43 (1905, 1922)

programme of complimentary dinner of Prince of Wales Dry Dock Company, 3 May 1924 with history of the dock & toast list & programme of staff dinner, 19 December 1946

fitting shop work books of Swansea Dry Dock Company, 1948-80

records of Felix Martin, ships' chandlers & instrument repairers, 1897-1962, including ledgers, 1897-1943, journals, 1899-1943, chronometer rate books, 1907-32, work book, 1930, invoices received, 1902-62

shipping lists of British Transport Commission, currently unlisted

shipping lists of Docks & Inland Water Executive, currently unlisted

papers of Great Western Railway & Docks Board, including accident reports, correspondence, accounts, nineteenth century, currently unlisted

shipping letters of Messrs Poingdestre & Mesnier, nineteenth century, currently unlisted

shipping record Charles Huss Ltd, 1902-17, including letter books & duplicate invoice books, 1902-17; misc. receipt bundles, 1905-14; bundles of statements, 1905-12; letters & memoranda, 1906-11; day-books, 1905-7;  register over Norske Skibe, 1909-12; misc. diaries, 1905, 1916-17; misc. account books, 1905-17; misc items, 1905-6, 1912, n.d.

papers of Stone & Rolfe, steamship owners, brokers & managers, c.1916-60, correspondence & general files (divided by ships, firms & countries), disbursement books, cash books, petty cash books, ledgers, journals, Ministry of Shipping voyage accounts, ships' store books, outward accounts book ledger, invoice books, time sheet books, ships' logbooks, currently unlisted

papers of the Thomas Stone (Shipping) Ltd, shipowners, c.1950-64, including general accounts, cash books, currently unlisted

specifications & drawings relating to the Seamark, Swansea Pilot Cutter, n.d.

Swansea coal lading manifests for Associated British Ports, c.1920-70

cargo manifests of Coastlines Ltd of Swansea, 1920-30 & 2 letters regarding voyages of the Southern Coast, c.1929 & the Anglian Coast, c.1929

Swansea Harbour Trust: tinplate warehouse ledgers, 1897-1908.

Corporation of Trinity House: plans, sections and details of Mumbles lighthouse c. 1967-95.

Bristol Channel Yacht Club: minutes, accounts, correspondence, membership records and plans c. 1870-1979.

Bristol Channel Yacht Club: minutes, accounts, correspondence, membership records and plans c. 1870-1979. 

Swansea Harbour Trust: pilotage records 1914-1916.

Bristol Channel Yacht Club: additional administrative and financial records, 20th cent.

Swansea Harbour Trust: ledger relating to repairs and plans of Swansea docks 1820-1840, 1865-1894.

South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee: minutes, reports, species files and correspondence 1970-2010.