Code |
Description |
Date |
Keywords |
PH |
photograph collection including a large number of towns & villages on the estuary, & of Dee shipping & bridges
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|
illustrations waterways |
D/DM/434/6a |
photograph of the Florette of Connah's Quay, n.d.
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|
illustrations ships |
D/E/1320 |
`imprests to merchant ships' at London, Hull, Dover, Woodbridge, Newcastle, Ipswich & Alborough, 1625
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1625 |
navy recruitment |
D/E/2594 |
account roll of Kenrick Edisbury, Controller of the Navy, 1627-8
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1627 - 1628 |
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D/E/2595 |
appointment of Kenrick Edisbury as Surveyor of the Navy, 1632
|
1632 |
service |
D/E/1321 |
report on sheathing of ships, 9 September 1634
|
1634 |
maintenance navy |
D/E/1322 |
commission to impress workmen for maintenance of the Navy, 2 April 1635
|
1635 |
recruitment |
D/GW/2120 |
letter of William Salesbury to Capt. Thomas Davies regarding abuses in collection of ship money, 5 March 1640 [now at Doncaster]
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1640 |
correspondence navy complaints |
D/SH/1168 |
inventory of a sailor late belonging to the Massingberd, 1674
|
1674 |
mariners ships |
D/M/1499 |
merchant's account book of trade in dye stuffs, Smyrna, Aleppo, c.1677-8
|
1677 - 1678 |
commerce cargo |
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/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/2533 |
letter referring to unfair practices in Nantwich, Cheshire, salt trade, 1693
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1693 |
correspondence commerce |
D/HA/321 |
schedule of exporters from the Hawarden estate, 1699-1701
|
1699 - 1701 |
trade commerce |
D/E/1515 |
tide table relating to the river Dee from Chester to Flint, eighteenth century
|
1700 - 1799 |
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D/MT/637 |
inquisitions on men drowned at Greenfield by oversetting of a cockboat, 1722
|
1722 |
deaths |
D/E/1327 |
safe conduct to Ireland for sailors taken off Guinea by pirates, 1723
|
1723 |
mariners piracy |
D/HE/758, 760 |
petition for Liverpool remaining within the port of Chester, 1732
|
1732 |
harbours |
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/M/5514 |
copy petition regarding transport of coal in boats from Mostyn free of duty, 1738
|
1738 |
trade commerce cargo customs |
D/E/1542/126 |
account of visit to Portsmouth dockyard, 1739
|
1739 |
ports harbours |
D/E/874 |
letter of E. Lawry to Simon Yorke with reference to her visit to Chatham dockyard, c.1740
|
1740 |
correspondence ports harbours |
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 |
D/P/346 |
agreement for extinguishing common rights on lands in manor of Hawarden & erection of new bank, 1753
|
1753 |
development environment coastal |
D/DM/734/2 |
volume of register & accounts of wrecks near Talacre, 1757-1883
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1757 - 1883 |
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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
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1759 |
correspondence service navy ships |
D/KK/448 |
bill of sale of share in Chester Trader, sloop, 1 June 1761
|
1761 |
ownership ships |
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/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/NH/1070 |
letter of Bagot Read to Miss Kitty Boland regarding Liverpool packet vessel loss, c.1766-75
|
1766 - 1775 |
correspondence wreck |
NT/424 |
estimate for Point of Ayr lighthouse, c.1775
|
1775 |
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D/E/1330 |
misc. papers including transcript of account of naval engagement with the French, 1782
|
1782 |
navy war |
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/NA/850 |
diary of Thomas Pennant of tours to Scarborough, Teignmouth, c.1786-8
|
1786 - 1788 |
leisure travel |
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/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/DM/133 |
handbill regarding seamen's bounties, Holywell, 2 February 1793 (also D/DM/154/1)
|
1793 |
mariners |
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/LE/1146-75 |
papers regarding relief to sailors from Mold parish, 1795-1817
|
1795 - 1817 |
welfare navy |
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/DM/1203/1-2 |
two photographic albums of Deeside ships, nineteenth-twentieth centuries
|
1800 - 1999 |
illustrations |
D/IP/263 |
tour of Greece, nineteenth century
|
1800 - 1899 |
travel Europe leisure |
D/BP/10 |
diary of a voyage from India to London via St Helena, nineteenth century
|
1800 - 1899 |
journal 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/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/DM/809/3 |
bills of lading for bricks & tiles shipped by Jonathan & William Catherall from Chester, 1806-34
|
1806 - 1834 |
trade commerce cargo |
D/HE/438 |
journal by Capt. Edwin Griffith while in Spain, 1808-9, including voyage from Spithead to Corunna
|
1808 - 1809 |
travel |
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/HE/440 |
journal by Edwin Griffith, including voyage from Portsmouth to Lisbon, 1813
|
1813 |
travel Europe |
D/HE/441 |
journal by Edwin Griffith, including voyage from Cork to Ostend, 1815
|
1815 |
travel Europe |
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/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/1903 |
letters from naval officer onboard HMS Rochfort, 1821
|
1821 |
correspondence navy ships |
D/HC/C/67 |
news of the loss of the Britannia, 1822
|
1822 |
ships wrecks |
D/NA/928 |
notice soliciting subscription for lifeboat at Mostyn, 1825
|
1825 |
rescue coastguard |
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 |
D/KK/480 |
handbills advertising sailings between Liverpool & Mostyn of steampacket Hercules, 1829
|
1829 |
travel routes |
D/BC/910 |
list of proprietors of the ?company, 1829
|
1829 |
Companies trade |
D/HA/506 |
letter regarding boat building enterprise at Kings Ferry, 1835
|
1835 |
correspondence construction |
D/HA/439 |
receipt for subscription to Mostyn lifeboat, 1836
|
1836 |
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D/GW/635 |
letter regarding dispute over loading of coal on ships in river Dee, 1836
|
1836 |
correspondence trade commerce cargo ports |
D/E/1234 |
log & cargo books of Julia on voyages between Liverpool, Beaumaris, Ireland, Scotland & the Isle of Man, 1837
|
1837 |
ships trade |
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/E/2529 |
bill of sale of the Julia of Plymouth, 1837
|
1837 |
ownership ships |
D/LA/97 |
composite map of Talacre harbour, 1839
|
1839 |
illustrations ports |
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/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 |
NT/577 |
article on Point of Ayr lighthouse, 1844
|
1844 |
|
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 |
Customs & Excise |
Customs and Excise, Liverpool: records rel to chester ships and to North Wales. |
1846 - 1970 |
|
D/GA/1669 |
journal by J. Lloyd of Pontruffith of a voyage to Malta, via Gibraltar, & to Naples, 1847
|
1847 |
travel Europe |
D/HA/582 |
printed notice regarding rates etc of Kingsferry Wharf, 1849
|
1849 |
illustrations docks |
DC/167 & 169 |
reports on the Foryd, Rhyl, 1853
|
1853 |
|
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/DM/166 |
handbill advertising sailings of iron steamer Satellite between Mostyn & Liverpool, 1855
|
1855 |
ships |
D/GL/128 |
photograph of engraving of Royal Charter, steam clipper, 1856
|
1856 |
illustrations |
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/GA/1672-3 |
diaries of C.S. Mainwaring, to Malta, Gibraltar, France & other Mediterranean countries, 1858, 1866-74
|
1858 - 1874 |
travel Europe |
D/RM/65 |
photocopy of letter from Clarissa Gibbon of Rhyl regarding voyage from Liverpool to Rhyl, 1859
|
1859 |
correspondence travel |
D/DM/318 |
pilots' certificate, port of Chester, 1860
|
1860 |
illustrations |
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 |
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 |
QS/DP/4,9 |
deposited plans relating to Cambrian & Mostyn docks, 1865-8
|
1865 - 1868 |
development wharfs |
D/DM/685/1 |
log & general account book of Katie Darling, schooner, 1867-76
|
1867 - 1876 |
ships |
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/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 |
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 |
D/DM/378 |
1-19, bills of sale of ships, 1878-90
|
1878 - 1890 |
ownership |
D/DM/689 |
certificates of discharge of Margaret Davies, of Holywell, stewardess of various Liverpool ships, 1881-96
|
1881 - 1896 |
service papers crew |
D/IP/258 |
bundle including diary kept by P.T. Godsal of voyage to USA, 1882
|
1882 |
journal travel America |
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/685/2 |
Edward Hughes certificates of discharge & papers, 1887-95
|
1887 - 1895 |
service crew |
D/DM/161/5 |
plan of Mostyn dock, 1888-9
|
1888 - 1889 |
illustrations wharfs |
1378 |
John Vickers, ship broker, Connahs Quay: records. |
1889 - 1911 |
traders |
D/DM/916/1-169 |
photographs & papers relating to Dee shipping, c.1890-1975
|
1890 - 1975 |
illustrations |
D/DM/532/19 |
misc. papers including seamen's certificates of discharge from the Martha Lloyd, 1890
|
1890 |
service papers crew |
D/DM/212/10 |
rules of Dee & Mersey Shipowners' Protection Association, c.1890
|
1890 |
|
Coppack MSS |
River Dee: records rel to ships incl. log books and cargo books. |
1893 - 1973 |
waterways trade commerce |
D/DM/714/41-56 |
papers regarding coastal protection at Rhyl, 1895-1939
|
1895 - 1939 |
erosion defence environment |
D/GR/563 |
Navy handbills, in Welsh, 1896-8
|
1896 - 1898 |
|
D/DM/49 |
handbill advertising attractions on Rhyl Pier, 14 August 1899
|
1899 |
illustrations leisure tourism |
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/GL |
George Lloyd collection principally comprises notes on Dee shipping & ports, twentieth century
|
1900 - 1999 |
rivers harbours trade |
DC/756 |
plan & section of proposed yard at Saltney, twentieth century
|
1900 - 1999 |
construction shipping |
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/HA/487 |
sale particulars of Pen-y-Llan, Connah's Quay, 1902
|
1902 |
|
D/DM/204 |
volume of minutes of meetings of Rhyl Yacht Club, 1 July 1903 - 24 August 1910
|
1903 - 1910 |
yachting Associations |
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/HE/265 |
letters & papers relating to the naval career of Alfred Edmund Godsal, 1904-21
|
1904 - 1921 |
correspondence navy service |
DC/95 |
sale particulars of Mostyn dock, 1906
|
1906 |
wharfs |
D/CL/90 |
sale particulars & plans of Dee Estates, 1906
|
1906 |
ownership |
AN4120 |
J. Crichton & Co. Ltd., shipbuilders, Saltney: additional records 1906-47.
|
1906 - 1947 |
shipwright shipbuilder industry |
DC/189 |
papers regarding Rhuddlan marsh erosion, 1907
|
1907 |
environment coastal |
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/927/1 |
apprenticeship indenture relating to Isaac Abdela & Mitchell Ltd, Queensferry, 1911
|
1911 |
Companies recruitment |
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/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 |
DC/376 |
papers regarding Dee lighthouses, 1913-39
|
1913 - 1939 |
|
DC/102 |
papers regarding purchase of yard at Saltney by C & H Creighton Ltd, 1913-14
|
1913 - 1914 |
Companies ownership shipping |
FC/C/6/815-17 |
FCC files regarding Rhyl-Prestatyn erosion, 1914-35
|
1914 - 1935 |
coastal environment |
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 |
DD/PH/336 & D/DM/223/152 |
charts of Fleet movements in the North Sea, 1914-18
|
1914 - 1918 |
navy illustrations |
D/DM/945 |
misc. papers, including memorial card for George Bates who drowned on the Lusitania, 1915
|
1915 |
wrecks deaths |
D/IP/706 |
Ms account of Battle of Jutland, 1916
|
1916 |
navy wars |
D/IP/718 |
photograph of HMS Vindictive & graves of her crew killed at Zeebrugge, c.1918
|
1918 |
illustrations navy ships death |
D/IP/852 |
illustrated account of sinking of the Vindictive at Zeebrugge, 1918
|
1918 |
navy wrecks |
D/DM/759/56 |
register of shipping at Rhyl, 1921-74
|
1921 - 1974 |
registration trade |
D/HA/1439 |
letter-head of Abdela & Mitchell, shipbuilders, 1923
|
1923 |
illustrations |
Connahs Quay |
Connah's Quay Custom House: regsiters. |
1924 - 1966 |
ports harbours trade commerce |
DC/381 |
papers regarding proposed closure of docks at Connah's Quay, 1928-39
|
1928 - 1939 |
wharfs |
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/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 |
FC/6/19 |
agreement regarding reception of boys on the Exmouth, training ship, 1931
|
1931 |
education recruitment navy |
DC/134 |
correspondence regarding Bagillt gutter & dock, 1931-2
|
1931 - 1932 |
wharfs |
D/E/2866 |
diary of a Mediterranean cruise, 1932
|
1932 |
journal travel leisure |
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 |
DC/660 |
correspondence regarding Queensferry yard, 1940
|
1940 |
|
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/CK (addnl) |
Indorita, merchant vessel: records |
1941 - 1971 |
ships trade commerce |
D/CK (addnl) |
Vauban, merchant vessel : records |
1941 - 1971 |
ships trade commerce |
D/DM/919/14 |
papers & photographs regarding HMS Rhyl & its Comfort Fund, 1942-
|
1942 |
illustrations navy ships welfare |
D/DM/389/21 |
prospectus of Dublin School of Navigation & Seamanship, 1945-53
|
1945 - 1953 |
education brochure |
D/IP/466 |
eye-witness account of mining of British ships by the Albanians in Corfu channel, 1946
|
1946 |
navy |
DD/A/1/34 |
file of correspondence relating to Connah's Quay dock, 1952-5
|
1952 - 1955 |
wharfs |
D/DM/118/25 |
papers regarding Connah's Quay docks undertaking, 1952-5
|
1952 - 1955 |
wharfs |
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 |
D/DM/919/10 |
sale particulars of Point of Ayr lighthouse, 1958
|
1958 |
|
D/GL/122 |
notes on higher & lower ferries on river Dee, 1959-63
|
1959 - 1963 |
waterways boats |
D/IP/826 |
diary of a eastern Mediterranean cruise taken by P.H. Godsal & son Rupert, 1960s [restricted access]
|
1960 |
journal travel |