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Name: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Postal address: Duke Street

Town: Chester
County: Cheshire
Post code: CH1 1RL
Telephone: 01244 972574
Web address: http://archives.cheshire.gov.uk/

94 documents found for Cheshire Archives and Local Studies:

Code Description Date Keywords
Acc 5302 John Cawley and Co., ship builders, Northwich: account book. 1844 - 1851 Companies, construction finance
D 3920

plan of a steam boat harbour etc. proposed to be constructed on the

north shore of the Dee estuary by Thomas Telford, 1822

1822   ports design construction rivers engineers
D 4750

accounts of grain shipments at Warrington Old Quay, 1833-40

1833 - 1840 trade commerce food shipping
D/1786

logbook of the Minerva, steam yacht, 1889

1889   leisure yachting
D/2830

postcards of shipping

  illustrations
D/3702/24

invoices of Mersey Mission, c.1900

1900   mariners health welfare
D/3818/1

apprenticeship indenture of Robert Roberts to John Anderton of Runcorn, shipwright, 1841

1841   service recruitment builders construction
D/4462/8

pencil sketches of north Devon coast, 1922, including Berry Narbor, Ilfracombe, Clovelly

1922   illustrations
D1361

Weaver Navigation wage book and accounts, 1799-1844

1799 - 1844 Companies finances
D1698

papers of Joseph Leigh & Co of Northwich, including order books, 1823-47,

financial records, 1827-55, letter books, 1795-7, 1844-8, wages books, 1837-48,

misc. 1800-53

1795 - 1855 Companies accounts
D2455

journals and papers of the Brocklehurst family of Hare Hill, including 1-2, journeys in North America and Cuba, 1858-60; 3, journey from California to Australia, Ceylon, China, Japan and India, 1860

1858 - 1860 travel
D3113

photocopy letters of Owen Stanly of Alderley written onboard HMS Rattlesnake, 1849-50

1849 - 1850 correspondence navy ships
D3826

service papers of Able Seaman James Cockburn of Prenton, Birkenhead,

1942-5

1942 - 1945 mariners crew
D4213

navigation exercises, c.1770

1770   routes
D4232/2

apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Lewis to John Brocklehurst, sailor, of Little Sutton, 1835

1835   mariners service recruitment
D6422 Royal Ark Mariners of England, Weaver branch: masonic records and minutes books, attendance registers and correspondence 1930 - 2000 societies masons
D6521 Humphrey Read, Deputy Controller of Customs, Parkgate: subsidy book listing names of ships and master, port of departure and taxable goods imported through the port of Chester (copy) 1776 - 1789 cargo trade
DAR/D/68/10-12

documents regarding ships with a cargo of pipe staves to

Tenerife, 1624

1624   trade commerce Europe metalwork shipping
DBC/1063/10

list of ship money in Cheshire, 1638

1638   finances
DBN

papers of the Brooks family of Norton, including accounts of goods

delivered, often by boat, late eighteenth - early nineteenth centuries

1750 - 1850 trade commerce shipping
DCH/E/350

account for building of a barque, 1698

1698   construction barge boats
DCH/F/423

letter regarding goods shipped from and to Frodsham bridge, 1732

1732   correspondence trade commerce cargo
DCH/F/431

agreement regarding shipping at Frodsham and Sutton, 1732

1732   rights
DCH/H/12

letter of protection for a journey to Spain, 1385/6

1385 - 1386 correspondence travel security
DCH/L/50/28

letter referring to loss of ships, c.1690

1690   correspondence wrecks
DCH/L/50/6

letter relating to shipwreck, 1705

1705   correspondence
DCN/Box 101

eight volumes of accounts of Henry Gibson of Northwich, boat-

builder, 1880-3; records of Witton Dock Boatworks, 1870-85

1870 - 1885 construction Companies
DCN/W1-30

correspondence files of c.1000 items, twentieth century

1900 - 1999 ports harbours
DDW/376/129/7

apprenticeship records of ship's carpenter, 1851      

1851   construction service builders
DDW/3765/178/14

plan of proposed pier and buildings at Rhyl, n.d.

  development leisure
DDW/3765/179

letters and misc. papers relating to first world war, including 15, note of times for naval watch, Gibraltar, n.d.

1914 - 1918 correspondence battles navigation Europe
DDW/3765/179/15

times of watches at sea, n.d.

  navigation
DDX 131/5-7

accounts of expenses for raising men for the navy by Altrincham and Bagaley, 1795

1795   recruitment crew
DDX 198

photocopies of the papers of Capt William Sherwen of New Ferry

regarding carrying of Confederate agents between US ports and the West Indies,

1844-92

1844 - 1892 government America
DDX 24/29

laws and regulations of Dee Yacht Club, 1843

1843   yachting
DDX 24/31

notice of Chester Coronation Regatta, c.1838

1838   events yachting
DDX 24/32

notice of Dee Regatta, 1840

1840   yachting events
DDX 25/13

notes on naval activities and affairs of Collingwood and Nelson, 1801-6, 1828

1801 - 1828 navy operations Captains
DDX 25/18

claim of William Moore for prize money for prizes taken by H.M.S. Endymion during his service on board, 1813-14, 1839 service

1813 - 1839 navy ships
DDX 289, 521

papers of W J Yarwood & Sons Ltd of Northwich, including vessel

record books, 1896-1956, shipbuilding and repair records, 1890-1965,

apprenticeship indentures, 1899-1914, photographs, twentieth century

1890 - 1965 Companies ships construction maintenance recruitment illustrations
DDX 358/3

narrative of Francis Cholmedeley's voyage to the Far East, 1796-7

1796 - 1797 travel journal
DDX 43/35

assessment for ship money, n.d.

 
DDX 435 & 524

papers of Issac Pimblott of Northwich, including minutes, 1912-

74, vessel registers, 1906-71, financial and other records, 1912-74

1906 - 1974 ships accounts Companies
DDX 460

photocopy journal of travels of John Byrne Leicester Watten, later 3rd  Baron of Tabley, to the eastern Mediterranean, particularly Constantinople, 1858

1858   Europe
DDX 545/72-4

diary, photographs, lecture notes relating to the Baltic cruise of  R.V.H. Burne, 1933

1933   travel journal
DDX 548

photocopy of the journal kept by W.E. Mason, surgeon probationer, of  Stockton Heath, whilst attached to HMS Laburnum, sloop, 1917

1917   medical doctor navy ships
DDX 561

papers of Northwich Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers,

Shipbuilders and Structural Workers, including minutes, membership records and

letter books, 1932-79

1932 - 1979 construction
DDX 595/1-3

journey of Margaret Cooke and her daughter on the continent, 1884, France and Italy, 1888 and to New Zealand, 1899-1900

1884 - 1900 Europe travel women
DDX 598

photocopy of journal of the voyage of William Wood of Macclesfield to Australia, 1852

1852   travel
DDX14

transcripts, extracts and translations of records in the PRO and British

Museum relating to Ince foreshore for thirteenth to seventeenth centuries

1200 - 1699 Public Records coastal
DGR/A/118

logbook of the Levant, Capt. Jn Ward, in the

Mediterranean, 1776-7

1776 - 1777 ships Europe navy
DGR/A/56

papers regarding the Cuhona, yacht, 1896

1896   yachting leisure logs
DGR/A/57

papers regarding the Compin, 1898

1898   yachting yachts logs leisure
DGR/A/94

bills of sale for ships, 1849-55

1849 - 1855 ownership
DGR/A/98

correspondence on nuisance by steam tug operatives, c.1875

1875   environment boats crew
DJW 64/6

check issued from Navy Pay Office to show receipt of admon. of William Griffith, 1815

1815  
DSA 105/1

journal of William Owen Stanley of tour of Sicily, 1824

1824   travel Europe
DSA 198

letters of Charles Edward Stanley with reference to voyage to Tasmania, 1846-9

1846 - 1849 correspondence travel Australia
DSA 199

letters of and about Capt. Owen Stanley, including journal of cruise, 1849

1849   correspondence mariners travel
DSA 92a

letters from Catherine Stanley to Eliza Stanley including referring to voyage of Capt. Owen Stanley on HMS Rattlesnake, 1852

1852   correspondence travel ships navy
DSA/25

misc. papers including testimonial to William Long, midshipman, 1781-2

1781 - 1782 mariners service
DSA/5

journals of Sir John Thomas Stanley including 3, of voyages to Iceland

(Orkney to Faroe Islands), 1789; 4, Iceland (Iceland and Copenhagen), 1789; 5a,

Iceland (Orkney and Faroe Islands), 1789; 6, ts of narrative by Louisa D. Stan

1789 - 1813 travel Europe correspondence
DSS 1/4/21

warrants, receipts, accounts, etc. regarding assessment and

collection of Ship Money, 1637-9

1637 - 1639 finances
DSS 1/4/57/4

reference to conveyance of cheese etc. from Chesire to London,

including by sea via Liverpool, 1676

1676   trade commerce cargo routes
DTW/2343/A/5/2

correspondence regarding Philomel and Repulse, 1810-78

1810 - 1878 ships
DVE1/NI/1

petition regarding reduction of duty on seaborne coal, temp. Charles

I

  trade commerce fuel
DWS 19 & 21/4

journals of John Ayres, surgeon, on the Duchess of Northumberland, emigrant ship, 1850-1, and the Cheapside, 1849

1849 - 1851 travel medical doctor
DWS 23/2

journal of John Ayres, surgeon, on unidentified voyages, 1849

1849   travel medical doctor
LNW

papers of Weaver navigation including 1-3, 18 volumes of minute books,

1721-1895; 4, 15 volumes of general annual account books, 1730-1895; 5, 7

volumes of general ledgers and indexes, 1757-1899; 6, 3 volumes of works ledgers

1721 - 1943 Companies
Mersey and Irwell

appointments of commissioners, 1726-1861, inquisitions, 1800-

26

1800 - 1826 law
MF 80/1

, microfilm of notice of the Armada, 1588; note of the Earl of Essex's raid on Cadiz, 1596

1596   navy fleet invasions Europe Spain
MF47

microfilm of the account and letter book of a Middlewich boat-builder and

carpenter, 1810-51

1810 - 1851 construction
NMM Board of Trade: Dee and Mersey marine maps. 1866 - 1970 charts
NMM Board of Trade (addnl): Mersey marine maps 1865 - 1954 charts commerce
NR

Runcorn shipping registration papers, 1858-c.1930

1858 - 1930
NR Port of Chester: registers of sea fishing boats 1898 - 1988 harbours
NR Port of Runcorn: registers of sea fishing boats 1903 - 1986 harbours
NR Port of Chester: shipping registers and registration papers 1840 - 1994 harbours
NS

Runcorn logbooks, crew lists and agreements, 1863-1913

1863 - 1913 shipping records
NZ Customs and Excise, Northwest: records incl. approvals, sufferings and rulings, ships' entry and report book and misc. staff records. 1850 - 1972 levies
P86/4708/10

copy of notes regarding Bidston lighthouse, n.d.

  rescue
QDN/1/1-4

minutes of River Dee, 1733-45

1733 - 1745 canals waterways traffic
QDN/1/23-8

maps, 1774-1826

1774 - 1826 illustrations charts
QDN/1/33-5

misc., 1840-1923

1840 - 1923 ports harbours
QDN/1/5

register of vessels, Port of Chester, 1740-69

1740 - 1769 registration ships
QDN/1/6-22

appointments of supervisors, 1744-1887

1744 - 1887 ports harbours
QDN/2/1

River Weaver minutes, 1721-59, 1895-1948

1721 - 1948 waterways traffic
QDN/2/1-135

River Weaver accounts, 1760-1895

1760 - 1895 waterways finances
QDN/2/3/1-52

minutes and accounts, 1895-1948

1895 - 1948 ports harbours waterways
QDN/2/4-22

misc. papers, 1777-c.1947, including petitions and correspondence,

1844

1777 - 1844 ports harbours
QDN/3

papers regarding Mersey and Irwell rivers, including 2-4, inquisitions,

1800, 1826

1800 - 1826 policing law
QDN/4

registers of vessels, 1795-1812

1795 - 1812 ships logs
QDN/5/1

deeds of appointment of new commissioners under the Bridgwater Canal

Acts, 1785-1847

1785 - 1847 ports harbours waterways
QDN/register of vessels used on inland waterways

including canal barges, 1795-

1812

1795 - 1812 boats