Code |
Description |
Date |
Keywords |
SR |
agreements & crew lists returned half-yearly for ships registered at the port of Chester, including Flintshire ports on the Dee estuary, 1863-1913. The documents (c.7,800) provide information on tonnage, owner, & master, destination |
1863 - 1913 |
registration |
S |
five volumes of registers of ships in the port of Chester, 1836-48, 1848-55, 1855-74, 1850-1903 (transactions), 1874-1913
|
1874 - 1913 |
ownership registration |
QS/DP/4,9 |
deposited plans relating to Cambrian & Mostyn docks, 1865-8
|
1865 - 1868 |
development wharfs |
PH |
photograph collection including a large number of towns & villages on the estuary, & of Dee shipping & bridges
|
|
illustrations waterways |
NT/577 |
article on Point of Ayr lighthouse, 1844
|
1844 |
|
NT/424 |
estimate for Point of Ayr lighthouse, c.1775
|
1775 |
|
NT/28 |
photocopy of report by Thomas Telford, Robert Stephenson & Alexander Nimmo, recommending new ports on the rivers Dee & Mersey, 1828
|
1828 |
waterways harbours development |
FC/C/6/815-17 |
FCC files regarding Rhyl-Prestatyn erosion, 1914-35
|
1914 - 1935 |
coastal environment |
FC/6/19 |
agreement regarding reception of boys on the Exmouth, training ship, 1931
|
1931 |
education recruitment navy |
DD/PH/336 & D/DM/223/152 |
charts of Fleet movements in the North Sea, 1914-18
|
1914 - 1918 |
navy illustrations |
DD/A/1/34 |
file of correspondence relating to Connah's Quay dock, 1952-5
|
1952 - 1955 |
wharfs |
DC/95 |
sale particulars of Mostyn dock, 1906
|
1906 |
wharfs |
DC/756 |
plan & section of proposed yard at Saltney, twentieth century
|
1900 - 1999 |
construction shipping |
DC/660 |
correspondence regarding Queensferry yard, 1940
|
1940 |
|
DC/381 |
papers regarding proposed closure of docks at Connah's Quay, 1928-39
|
1928 - 1939 |
wharfs |
DC/376 |
papers regarding Dee lighthouses, 1913-39
|
1913 - 1939 |
|
DC/189 |
papers regarding Rhuddlan marsh erosion, 1907
|
1907 |
environment coastal |
DC/167 & 169 |
reports on the Foryd, Rhyl, 1853
|
1853 |
|
DC/134 |
correspondence regarding Bagillt gutter & dock, 1931-2
|
1931 - 1932 |
wharfs |
DC/102 |
papers regarding purchase of yard at Saltney by C & H Creighton Ltd, 1913-14
|
1913 - 1914 |
Companies ownership shipping |
DC/1-1237 |
records of the Dee & Clwyd River Authority including 246-323, papers of the River Dee Company, including Commissioners' minutes, 1820-3, 1889 & report, 1848, general correspondence & papers, 1746-1903, inc. reports by Thomas Telford, 1 |
1746 - 1940 |
waterways |
DC & D/DM/912 |
minutes & papers of drainage, catchment, fishery & river boards, & fishing associations of the river Dee & its tributaries, 1922-64, inc. reports on Dee estuary embankment & bridge schemes, 1956-64
papers of Flintshire |
1903 - 1964 |
waterways environment coastal development |
D/SH/1168 |
inventory of a sailor late belonging to the Massingberd, 1674
|
1674 |
mariners ships |
D/RM/65 |
photocopy of letter from Clarissa Gibbon of Rhyl regarding voyage from Liverpool to Rhyl, 1859
|
1859 |
correspondence travel |
D/PW/482 |
open letter from P.H. Lawson of Chester appealing for information on shipping & trade from 1800 to 1870 at Talacre Harbour, 1950, in Welsh & English
|
1800 - 1950 |
correspondence commerce |
D/PW/394 |
share certificate for forty shares held in the Clwyd & Liverpool Steam Packet Company by John Roberts of Rhuddlan, Flint, brewer, 21 January 1837
|
1837 |
ownership shipping |
D/PG/299 |
notes of evidence regarding quays at Truro & Newham, c.1870
|
1870 |
ports harbours |
D/P/66 |
sale particulars of Roodee shipbuilding yard, Chester, 1870
|
1870 |
construction shipwrights |
D/P/346 |
agreement for extinguishing common rights on lands in manor of Hawarden & erection of new bank, 1753
|
1753 |
development environment coastal |
D/NH/1070 |
letter of Bagot Read to Miss Kitty Boland regarding Liverpool packet vessel loss, c.1766-75
|
1766 - 1775 |
correspondence wreck |
D/NA/928 |
notice soliciting subscription for lifeboat at Mostyn, 1825
|
1825 |
rescue coastguard |
D/NA/851 |
replies by Mr Scott of Edinburgh to queries from Mr Thomas Pennant regarding trade with India & the Persian Gulf states, 1790, 1793
|
1790 - 1793 |
commerce |
D/NA/850 |
diary of Thomas Pennant of tours to Scarborough, Teignmouth, c.1786-8
|
1786 - 1788 |
leisure travel |
D/MT/637 |
inquisitions on men drowned at Greenfield by oversetting of a cockboat, 1722
|
1722 |
deaths |
D/MT/628 |
letter from John Parry of Milford Haven to Daniel Powel of Holywell regarding present position as carpenter's mate on HM Sloop Albany, 25 October 1759
|
1759 |
correspondence service navy ships |
D/M/5514 |
copy petition regarding transport of coal in boats from Mostyn free of duty, 1738
|
1738 |
trade commerce cargo customs |
D/M/1499 |
merchant's account book of trade in dye stuffs, Smyrna, Aleppo, c.1677-8
|
1677 - 1678 |
commerce cargo |
D/LE/1146-75 |
papers regarding relief to sailors from Mold parish, 1795-1817
|
1795 - 1817 |
welfare navy |
D/LA/97 |
composite map of Talacre harbour, 1839
|
1839 |
illustrations ports |
D/LA |
P.H. Lawson MSS includes copy agreement concerning boundaries of the White Sands, 1787; misc documents (mostly copies) concerning the Dee, including handbill regarding funds for improvement of navigation, 1850, plans of the Dee, 1737-1873 & Fl |
1737 - 1873 |
rivers development illustrations |
D/KK/575 |
letters regarding voyages of John Richardson, naval surgeon, from Spithead, Sheeness, Jamaica, Liverpool, London, Cape Finisterre, etc., 1798
letters from Anthony Henry Cooke, midshipman, regarding naval life & letter describing voyage |
1798 - 1822 |
correspondence travel navy medical doctor |
D/KK/480 |
handbills advertising sailings between Liverpool & Mostyn of steampacket Hercules, 1829
|
1829 |
travel routes |
D/KK/448 |
bill of sale of share in Chester Trader, sloop, 1 June 1761
|
1761 |
ownership ships |
D/IP/852 |
illustrated account of sinking of the Vindictive at Zeebrugge, 1918
|
1918 |
navy wrecks |
D/IP/826 |
diary of a eastern Mediterranean cruise taken by P.H. Godsal & son Rupert, 1960s [restricted access]
|
1960 |
journal travel |
D/IP/718 |
photograph of HMS Vindictive & graves of her crew killed at Zeebrugge, c.1918
|
1918 |
illustrations navy ships death |
D/IP/706 |
Ms account of Battle of Jutland, 1916
|
1916 |
navy wars |
D/IP/466 |
eye-witness account of mining of British ships by the Albanians in Corfu channel, 1946
|
1946 |
navy |
D/IP/263 |
tour of Greece, nineteenth century
|
1800 - 1899 |
travel Europe leisure |
D/IP/258 |
bundle including diary kept by P.T. Godsal of voyage to USA, 1882
|
1882 |
journal travel America |
D/IP/211-12 |
correspondence & accounts relating to the Trevanaunce Pier & Trading Company, & the Polbreen & Wheel Colt tin & copper mines, St Agnes, 1793 - c.1820
|
1793 - 1820 |
collieries shipping commerce trade |
D/HE/758, 760 |
petition for Liverpool remaining within the port of Chester, 1732
|
1732 |
harbours |
D/HE/686 |
copy letter book of Sir Alured Clarke while Lieut. Governor of Jamaica, 1784-90, with dates & names of vessels on which they were dispatched
|
1784 - 1790 |
navy Colonies Caribbean ships |
D/HE/534 |
volume of autograph & copy letters written by Major Edwin Griffith mostly to his sister, Charlotte Griffith of Rhyl, 1801-14, including account of return to Plymouth from Spain, 1809, voyage from Cork to Ostend, 1815
[now at Doncaster] |
1801 - 1815 |
correspondence travel |
D/HE/441 |
journal by Edwin Griffith, including voyage from Cork to Ostend, 1815
|
1815 |
travel Europe |
D/HE/440 |
journal by Edwin Griffith, including voyage from Portsmouth to Lisbon, 1813
|
1813 |
travel Europe |
D/HE/438 |
journal by Capt. Edwin Griffith while in Spain, 1808-9, including voyage from Spithead to Corunna
|
1808 - 1809 |
travel |
D/HE/265 |
letters & papers relating to the naval career of Alfred Edmund Godsal, 1904-21
|
1904 - 1921 |
correspondence navy service |
D/HC/C/67 |
news of the loss of the Britannia, 1822
|
1822 |
ships wrecks |
D/HC/C |
misc. collection relating to the Catherall family of Ewloe, including shipping papers, early nineteenth century, including 3, request from Benjamin Jones, near Pwllheli, to Jonathan Catherall, Ewloe, for roof tiles, 1808; 5, details of provisions |
1808 - 1815 |
trade commerce |
D/HA/582 |
printed notice regarding rates etc of Kingsferry Wharf, 1849
|
1849 |
illustrations docks |
D/HA/581 |
memorandum of statement by Thomas Foulkes & Mr Gregory regarding accident involving the Resolution & the Oak on the Dee, post 1840
|
1840 |
wrecks ships |
D/HA/506 |
letter regarding boat building enterprise at Kings Ferry, 1835
|
1835 |
correspondence construction |
D/HA/487 |
sale particulars of Pen-y-Llan, Connah's Quay, 1902
|
1902 |
|
D/HA/439 |
receipt for subscription to Mostyn lifeboat, 1836
|
1836 |
|
D/HA/321 |
schedule of exporters from the Hawarden estate, 1699-1701
|
1699 - 1701 |
trade commerce |
D/HA/1439 |
letter-head of Abdela & Mitchell, shipbuilders, 1923
|
1923 |
illustrations |
D/GW/B/1037-44 |
five letters written by Anthony Henry Cooke, midshipman, from Portsmouth, Malta & onboard HMS Liffey at Trincomalee & Bombay, 1817, 1822 |
1817 - 1822 |
correspondence mariners navy ships |
D/GW/635 |
letter regarding dispute over loading of coal on ships in river Dee, 1836
|
1836 |
correspondence trade commerce cargo ports |
D/GW/2120 |
letter of William Salesbury to Capt. Thomas Davies regarding abuses in collection of ship money, 5 March 1640 [now at Doncaster]
|
1640 |
correspondence navy complaints |
D/GW/1903 |
letters from naval officer onboard HMS Rochfort, 1821
|
1821 |
correspondence navy ships |
D/GR/563 |
Navy handbills, in Welsh, 1896-8
|
1896 - 1898 |
|
D/GL/128 |
photograph of engraving of Royal Charter, steam clipper, 1856
|
1856 |
illustrations |
D/GL/122 |
notes on higher & lower ferries on river Dee, 1959-63
|
1959 - 1963 |
waterways boats |
D/GL |
George Lloyd collection principally comprises notes on Dee shipping & ports, twentieth century
|
1900 - 1999 |
rivers harbours trade |
D/GA/1672-3 |
diaries of C.S. Mainwaring, to Malta, Gibraltar, France & other Mediterranean countries, 1858, 1866-74
|
1858 - 1874 |
travel Europe |
D/GA/1669 |
journal by J. Lloyd of Pontruffith of a voyage to Malta, via Gibraltar, & to Naples, 1847
|
1847 |
travel Europe |
D/GA/1069-70 |
declaration & copy made by Capt. George Lawson of the Gambia of London regarding the death from consumption & burial at sea in 1795 of Mr John Thelwall, Writer in the African Committee's Service, 22 March 1810
|
1795 - 1810 |
ships disease |
D/GA/1024 |
letter of [?]John or [?]Watkin Thewall, London, to his mother regarding efforts to go to sea & imminent departure as 2nd Mate on the Dreadnought at Chatham, 27 February 1762
|
1762 |
correspondence navy service |
D/GA/1022 |
letter of Edward Wynne, London, to his cousin Watkin Thelwall, Portsmouth, with advice not to go to sea, 1762
|
1762 |
correspondence navy |
D/E/874 |
letter of E. Lawry to Simon Yorke with reference to her visit to Chatham dockyard, c.1740
|
1740 |
correspondence ports harbours |
D/E/820 |
letters of Kenrick Edisbury junior, at Portsmouth & Spithead, to Joshua Edisbury regarding naval duties, 1692-4
|
1692 - 1694 |
correspondence service navy |
D/E/519 |
misc. letters of Francis Edisbury to his cousin Joshua Edisbury including request for help in naval promotion for his son with references to Portsmouth storekeepers vacancies, 22 November 1692, 19 February 1693, etc.
|
1692 - 1693 |
correspondence navy service |
D/E/2866 |
diary of a Mediterranean cruise, 1932
|
1932 |
journal travel leisure |
D/E/2595 |
appointment of Kenrick Edisbury as Surveyor of the Navy, 1632
|
1632 |
service |
D/E/2594 |
account roll of Kenrick Edisbury, Controller of the Navy, 1627-8
|
1627 - 1628 |
|
D/E/2533 |
letter referring to unfair practices in Nantwich, Cheshire, salt trade, 1693
|
1693 |
correspondence commerce |
D/E/2529 |
bill of sale of the Julia of Plymouth, 1837
|
1837 |
ownership ships |
D/E/1543-5 |
papers relating to the Crimean war, 1854-5, including logbook by John Yorke of voyage from Liverpool to Malta onboard the Gertrude & misc. letters to his sister Ethel Yorke including referring to voyage
|
1854 - 1855 |
navy ships correspondence |
D/E/1542/126 |
account of visit to Portsmouth dockyard, 1739
|
1739 |
ports harbours |
D/E/1515 |
tide table relating to the river Dee from Chester to Flint, eighteenth century
|
1700 - 1799 |
|
D/E/1330 |
misc. papers including transcript of account of naval engagement with the French, 1782
|
1782 |
navy war |
D/E/1327 |
safe conduct to Ireland for sailors taken off Guinea by pirates, 1723
|
1723 |
mariners piracy |
D/E/1323 |
correspondence regarding naval career of Richard Edisbury, post of clerk of the Ropeyard at Plymouth, launch of the Anglesey, movements of the English & French fleets, 1692-4
|
1692 - 1694 |
navy ships |
D/E/1322 |
commission to impress workmen for maintenance of the Navy, 2 April 1635
|
1635 |
recruitment |
D/E/1321 |
report on sheathing of ships, 9 September 1634
|
1634 |
maintenance navy |
D/E/1320 |
`imprests to merchant ships' at London, Hull, Dover, Woodbridge, Newcastle, Ipswich & Alborough, 1625
|
1625 |
navy recruitment |
D/E/1234 |
log & cargo books of Julia on voyages between Liverpool, Beaumaris, Ireland, Scotland & the Isle of Man, 1837
|
1837 |
ships trade |
D/DM/945 |
misc. papers, including memorial card for George Bates who drowned on the Lusitania, 1915
|
1915 |
wrecks deaths |
D/DM/927/1 |
apprenticeship indenture relating to Isaac Abdela & Mitchell Ltd, Queensferry, 1911
|
1911 |
Companies recruitment |
D/DM/919/14 |
papers & photographs regarding HMS Rhyl & its Comfort Fund, 1942-
|
1942 |
illustrations navy ships welfare |
D/DM/919/10 |
sale particulars of Point of Ayr lighthouse, 1958
|
1958 |
|
D/DM/916/1-169 |
photographs & papers relating to Dee shipping, c.1890-1975
|
1890 - 1975 |
illustrations |
D/DM/823 |
log of opening & shutting of Shotton railway bridge to vessels on the river Dee, 1901-2
|
1901 - 1902 |
waterways transport trains |
D/DM/809/3 |
bills of lading for bricks & tiles shipped by Jonathan & William Catherall from Chester, 1806-34
|
1806 - 1834 |
trade commerce cargo |
D/DM/759/56 |
register of shipping at Rhyl, 1921-74
|
1921 - 1974 |
registration trade |
D/DM/734/2 |
volume of register & accounts of wrecks near Talacre, 1757-1883
|
1757 - 1883 |
|
D/DM/714/94 |
certificates of registry & bills of sale for the Duke of York & Melcombe I, 1910-13
|
1910 - 1913 |
registration ships ownership |
D/DM/714/41-56 |
papers regarding coastal protection at Rhyl, 1895-1939
|
1895 - 1939 |
erosion defence environment |
D/DM/689 |
certificates of discharge of Margaret Davies, of Holywell, stewardess of various Liverpool ships, 1881-96
|
1881 - 1896 |
service papers crew |
D/DM/685/2 |
Edward Hughes certificates of discharge & papers, 1887-95
|
1887 - 1895 |
service crew |
D/DM/685/1 |
log & general account book of Katie Darling, schooner, 1867-76
|
1867 - 1876 |
ships |
D/DM/596/7 |
photograph of R.M.S. Moldavia, c.1913
|
1913 |
illustrations navy ships |
D/DM/596/1 |
diary of Miss Catherine Roberts including account of voyage to India, 1913
|
1913 |
journal travel |
D/DM/532/19 |
misc. papers including seamen's certificates of discharge from the Martha Lloyd, 1890
|
1890 |
service papers crew |
D/DM/490 |
papers relating to Coppack Bros & Co., comprising 1-3, voyage, cargo & account book of MS Fleurita of Chester, 1945-54, SS Farfield of Chester, 1921-51, SS Elidir of Caernarfon, 1942-54; 4-9, deeds & legal papers |
1884 - 1956 |
Companies ships |
D/DM/49 |
handbill advertising attractions on Rhyl Pier, 14 August 1899
|
1899 |
illustrations leisure tourism |
D/DM/452/2 |
accounts of work done by employees of Liverpool Corporation in cleaning docks & laying sewers, 1815-20
|
1815 - 1820 |
ports harbours maintenance development drainage sanitation |
D/DM/434/6a |
photograph of the Florette of Connah's Quay, n.d.
|
|
illustrations ships |
D/DM/434/5 |
copy of certificate of discharge of Walter Crofts of Buckly, seaman onboard the Florette of Chester, 1937
|
1937 |
service papers crew ships |
D/DM/391/1 |
commonplace book of W.H. Darby of Brymbo, ironmaster, including circular letters on the future of iron ships & free trade, 1844
|
1844 |
commerce |
D/DM/389/21 |
prospectus of Dublin School of Navigation & Seamanship, 1945-53
|
1945 - 1953 |
education brochure |
D/DM/389/1-14 |
papers of Capt. R.D. Griffiths regarding SS Willesden including accounts, crew lists, papers relating to sinking & imprisonment of crew by the Japanese, 1941-5
|
1941 - 1945 |
navy ships war |
D/DM/378 |
1-19, bills of sale of ships, 1878-90
|
1878 - 1890 |
ownership |
D/DM/338/1-5 |
five volumes of photographs of ships constructed by J. Crichton & Co, Saltney shipyard, Chester, c.1914-28
|
1914 - 1928 |
illustrations Companies builders engineers |
D/DM/318 |
pilots' certificate, port of Chester, 1860
|
1860 |
illustrations |
D/DM/30 |
accounts of the SS Kilkeel of Chester, 1899-1900; 31, accounts of the Princess of Thule, 1907
|
1899 - 1907 |
ships |
D/DM/274 |
papers relating to wharves, mainly coal, at Bodfari, Caerwys, Coed Talon, Connah's Quay, Dyserth, Flint Station, Holywell, Meliden, Rhydymwyn, Rhyl, St Asaph, Abergele, Nantclwyd, Ruthwin, early 20c
|
1900 - 1950 |
docks |
D/DM/212/10 |
rules of Dee & Mersey Shipowners' Protection Association, c.1890
|
1890 |
|
D/DM/212 |
papers regarding the Viola of Whitehaven, brigantine, including certificate of registration, insurance policies, log & cargo books, rules of the Dee & Mersey Shipowners' Protection Association, 1872-1916
|
1872 - 1916 |
ships ownership trade |
D/DM/204 |
volume of minutes of meetings of Rhyl Yacht Club, 1 July 1903 - 24 August 1910
|
1903 - 1910 |
yachting Associations |
D/DM/166 |
handbill advertising sailings of iron steamer Satellite between Mostyn & Liverpool, 1855
|
1855 |
ships |
D/DM/161/5 |
plan of Mostyn dock, 1888-9
|
1888 - 1889 |
illustrations wharfs |
D/DM/133 |
handbill regarding seamen's bounties, Holywell, 2 February 1793 (also D/DM/154/1)
|
1793 |
mariners |
D/DM/1203/1-2 |
two photographic albums of Deeside ships, nineteenth-twentieth centuries
|
1800 - 1999 |
illustrations |
D/DM/118/25 |
papers regarding Connah's Quay docks undertaking, 1952-5
|
1952 - 1955 |
wharfs |
D/DM/1088 |
receipts for payments made by trustees of Point of Ayre Lifeboat Fund regarding loss of the Temperance in 1857
|
1857 |
rescue wrecks |
D/DM/1053/1-8 |
photographs of ships constructed by J. Crichton & Co., Saltney shipyard, Chester, c.1912-30
|
1912 - 1930 |
illustrations Companies engineers builders |
D/CL/90 |
sale particulars & plans of Dee Estates, 1906
|
1906 |
ownership |
D/CK (addnl) |
Indorita, merchant vessel: records |
1941 - 1971 |
ships trade commerce |
D/CK (addnl) |
Vauban, merchant vessel : records |
1941 - 1971 |
ships trade commerce |
D/CK |
papers of Coppack Bros & Co., shipbrokers, shipowners & chandlers, 1860-1977, including deeds, minutes & business papers, logbooks of MS Bolham, 1940-3, SS Elidir, 1941-54, MS Fleurita, 1949-60, SS Hove, 193 |
1860 - 1977 |
Companies ships |
D/BP/13 |
scrapbook diary of Mrs Hugh Peel's voyages to the West Indies, Madeira, Portugal, North Africa, etc., 1930-7
|
1930 - 1937 |
journal travel Caribbean Europe |
D/BP/11-12 |
scrapbook diary & draft diary of Mrs Hugh Peel's cruise to South America on RMS Orduna, January - March 1929
|
1929 |
journal travel leisure |
D/BP/10 |
diary of a voyage from India to London via St Helena, nineteenth century
|
1800 - 1899 |
journal travel |
D/BJ |
Bell Jones MSS includes printed reports, ciculars, etc, concerning the Dee, 1839-1932; historical survey `The Problem of the Dee' by F. Webster, 1925
|
1839 - 1932 |
waterways rivers |
D/BC/910 |
list of proprietors of the ?company, 1829
|
1829 |
Companies trade |
Customs & Excise |
Customs and Excise, Liverpool: records rel to chester ships and to North Wales. |
1846 - 1970 |
|
Coppack MSS |
River Dee: records rel to ships incl. log books and cargo books. |
1893 - 1973 |
waterways trade commerce |
Connahs Quay |
Connah's Quay Custom House: regsiters. |
1924 - 1966 |
ports harbours trade commerce |
AN4120 |
J. Crichton & Co. Ltd., shipbuilders, Saltney: additional records 1906-47.
|
1906 - 1947 |
shipwright shipbuilder industry |
1378 |
John Vickers, ship broker, Connahs Quay: records. |
1889 - 1911 |
traders |
1367 |
R.W.Hughes, inspector for Birkenhead Corportation: work diary and papers, including contract drawings, relating to the River Dee Scheme and Alwen Aquaduct Duplication. |
1955 - 1957 |
journals designs waterways transport |