Search ELMAP records database - browse record office

Name: Flintshire Record Office
Postal address: The Old Rectory
Hawarden
Town: Deeside
County: Clywd
Post code: CH5 3NR
Telephone: 01244 532364
Web address: www.flintshire.gov.uk/archives

153 documents found for Flintshire Record Office:

Code Description Date Keywords
D/IP/826

diary of a eastern Mediterranean cruise taken by P.H. Godsal & son Rupert, 1960s [restricted access]

1960   journal travel
D/GL/122

notes on higher & lower ferries on river Dee, 1959-63

1959 - 1963 waterways boats
D/DM/919/10

sale particulars of Point of Ayr lighthouse, 1958

1958  
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
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
D/IP/466

eye-witness account of mining of British ships by the Albanians in Corfu channel, 1946

1946   navy
D/DM/389/21

prospectus of Dublin School of Navigation & Seamanship, 1945-53

1945 - 1953 education brochure
D/DM/919/14

papers & photographs regarding HMS Rhyl & its Comfort Fund, 1942-

1942   illustrations navy ships welfare
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
DC/660

correspondence regarding Queensferry yard, 1940

1940  
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/E/2866

diary of a Mediterranean cruise, 1932

1932   journal travel leisure
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/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
DC/381

papers regarding proposed closure of docks at Connah's Quay, 1928-39

1928 - 1939 wharfs
Connahs Quay Connah's Quay Custom House: regsiters. 1924 - 1966 ports harbours trade commerce
D/HA/1439

letter-head of Abdela & Mitchell, shipbuilders, 1923

1923   illustrations
D/DM/759/56

register of shipping at Rhyl, 1921-74

1921 - 1974 registration trade
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/IP/706

Ms account of Battle of Jutland, 1916

1916   navy wars
D/DM/945

misc. papers, including memorial card for George Bates who drowned on the Lusitania, 1915

1915   wrecks deaths
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/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
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/927/1

apprenticeship indenture relating to Isaac Abdela & Mitchell Ltd, Queensferry, 1911

1911   Companies recruitment
D/DM/714/94

certificates of registry & bills of sale for the Duke of York & Melcombe I, 1910-13

1910 - 1913 registration ships ownership
DC/189

papers regarding Rhuddlan marsh erosion, 1907

1907   environment coastal
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
D/HE/265

letters & papers relating to the naval career of Alfred Edmund Godsal, 1904-21

1904 - 1921 correspondence navy service
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/HA/487

sale particulars of Pen-y-Llan, Connah's Quay, 1902

1902  
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/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/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/GR/563

Navy handbills, in Welsh, 1896-8

1896 - 1898
D/DM/714/41-56

papers regarding coastal protection at Rhyl, 1895-1939

1895 - 1939 erosion defence environment
Coppack MSS River Dee: records rel to ships incl. log books and cargo books. 1893 - 1973 waterways trade commerce
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  
1378 John Vickers, ship broker, Connahs Quay: records. 1889 - 1911 traders
D/DM/161/5

plan of Mostyn dock, 1888-9

1888 - 1889 illustrations wharfs
D/DM/685/2

Edward Hughes certificates of discharge & papers, 1887-95

1887 - 1895 service 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/IP/258

bundle including diary kept by P.T. Godsal of voyage to USA, 1882

1882   journal travel America
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/378

1-19, bills of sale of ships, 1878-90

1878 - 1890 ownership
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/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/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/685/1

log & general account book of Katie Darling, schooner, 1867-76

1867 - 1876 ships
QS/DP/4,9

deposited plans relating to Cambrian & Mostyn docks, 1865-8

1865 - 1868 development wharfs
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
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
D/RM/65

photocopy of letter from Clarissa Gibbon of Rhyl regarding voyage from Liverpool to Rhyl, 1859

1859   correspondence travel
D/GA/1672-3

diaries of C.S. Mainwaring, to Malta, Gibraltar, France & other Mediterranean countries, 1858, 1866-74

1858 - 1874 travel Europe
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/GL/128

photograph of engraving of Royal Charter, steam clipper, 1856

1856   illustrations
D/DM/166

handbill advertising sailings of iron steamer Satellite between Mostyn & Liverpool, 1855

1855   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
DC/167 & 169

reports on the Foryd, Rhyl, 1853

1853  
D/HA/582

printed notice regarding rates etc of Kingsferry Wharf, 1849

1849   illustrations docks
D/GA/1669

journal by J. Lloyd of Pontruffith of a voyage to Malta, via Gibraltar, & to Naples, 1847

1847   travel Europe
Customs & Excise Customs and Excise, Liverpool: records rel to chester ships and to North Wales. 1846 - 1970
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
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/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/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/HA/439

receipt for subscription to Mostyn lifeboat, 1836

1836  
D/GW/635

letter regarding dispute over loading of coal on ships in river Dee, 1836

1836   correspondence trade commerce cargo ports
D/HA/506

letter regarding boat building enterprise at Kings Ferry, 1835

1835   correspondence construction
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
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/NA/928

notice soliciting subscription for lifeboat at Mostyn, 1825

1825   rescue coastguard
D/HC/C/67

news of the loss of the Britannia, 1822

1822   ships wrecks
D/GW/1903

letters from naval officer onboard HMS Rochfort, 1821

1821   correspondence navy ships
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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/E/1330

misc. papers including transcript of account of naval engagement with the French, 1782

1782   navy war
NT/424

estimate for Point of Ayr lighthouse, c.1775

1775  
D/NH/1070

letter of Bagot Read to Miss Kitty Boland regarding Liverpool packet vessel loss, c.1766-75

1766 - 1775 correspondence wreck
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/KK/448

bill of sale of share in Chester Trader, sloop, 1 June 1761

1761   ownership ships
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/DM/734/2

volume of register & accounts of wrecks near Talacre, 1757-1883

1757 - 1883
D/P/346

agreement for extinguishing common rights on lands in manor of Hawarden & erection of new bank, 1753

1753   development environment coastal
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/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/1542/126

account of visit to Portsmouth dockyard, 1739

1739   ports harbours
D/M/5514

copy petition regarding transport of coal in boats from Mostyn free of duty, 1738

1738   trade commerce cargo customs
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/HE/758, 760

petition for Liverpool remaining within the port of Chester, 1732

1732   harbours
D/E/1327

safe conduct to Ireland for sailors taken off Guinea by pirates, 1723

1723   mariners piracy
D/MT/637

inquisitions on men drowned at Greenfield by oversetting of a cockboat, 1722

1722   deaths
D/E/1515

tide table relating to the river Dee from Chester to Flint, eighteenth century

1700 - 1799
D/HA/321

schedule of exporters from the Hawarden estate, 1699-1701

1699 - 1701 trade commerce
D/E/2533

letter referring to unfair practices in Nantwich, Cheshire, salt trade, 1693

1693   correspondence commerce
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/M/1499

merchant's account book of trade in dye stuffs, Smyrna, Aleppo, c.1677-8

1677 - 1678 commerce cargo
D/SH/1168

inventory of a sailor late belonging to the Massingberd, 1674

1674   mariners ships
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/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/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/1320

`imprests to merchant ships' at London, Hull, Dover, Woodbridge, Newcastle, Ipswich & Alborough, 1625

1625   navy recruitment
PH

photograph collection including a large number of towns & villages on the estuary, & of Dee shipping & bridges

  illustrations waterways
D/DM/434/6a

photograph of the Florette of Connah's Quay, n.d.

  illustrations ships