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Name: Gwent Archives
Notes: Formerly Gwent Records Office. New site at Ebbw Wale opened October 2011.
Postal address: General Offices
Steelworks Road
Town: Ebbw Vale
County: Blaenau Gwent
Post code: NP23 6DN
Telephone: 01495 353363
Web address: http://www.gwentarchives.gov.uk/

89 documents found for Gwent Archives:

Code Description Date Keywords
0818 draft extract register of the Trevor, ship, 1826; 1826   ownership
0973-5 papers regarding the Arion, brig of Ipswich, including extracts from logbook of voyage from Riga to Chepstow, 1805 & draft protest of cargo of flax & deal from Riga, 1805; 1805   ships travel trade commerce grain
1192-3, 1195, 1184 papers regarding the building of unnamed brigs, 1794, 1798, & ships, 1812-13; 1794 - 1813 construction
1239 the Tredegar, 1825; 1823   ships
A.1100.R1.1

report of committee on claim of the Duke of Beaufort regarding Corporation Wharf, 1840

1840   ports
A.1102

Newport Port Health Authority comprising Port Sanitary Committee Minutes, 1884-5; annual reports, 1896-1937; Port Health Authority Annual Reports, 1937-65; regulations made by the Authority, 1899

1884 - 1965 harbours welfare
D.1019.7

receipt for tunnage duty upon ships by virtue of Act of 1694, paid by William Millman, 10 November 1694

1694   levies
D.1078.331-3

correspondence between the Naval Assistant to the Chief of Naval Staff & T. O'Mahoney concerning an invention, 1917

1917   navy design
D.1295

Newport Harbour Commissioners papers comprising agenda & reports, including accounts, trade statistics, dredger committee minute book, finance committee minute book, works committee minute book, minutes of proceedings of the commissioners, enr

1856 - 1924 ports
D.1324

Newport Harbour Commissioners business papers, 1838-1974, including accounts, agendas & reports, including tables of coastwise tonnages using the port, shipments, harbour dues, imports, foreign tonnages, lists of ships, customs & excise st

1838 - 1975 ports
D.1331

Newport Pilotage Authority minute books, 1861-1949; ledgers & accounts, 1862-1962; pilotage bill, orders, rules, byelaws, 1911-50; returns of pilotage, 1905-30; register of pilot cutters & list of licensed pilots, 1896-1958; pilotage rates

1861 - 1963 ports harbours
D.1651.3

ledger of the Port Sanitary Authority, Chepstow, 1927-40

1927 - 1940 environment health
D.1670.38-9

ms notes by T.T. Birkbeck regarding HMS Foudroyant, c.1979

1979   navy ships
D.1670.9

ts notes by Sir H. Nicholas regarding despatches & letters of Lord Nelson, n.d.

  navy correspondence
D.1847

Chepstow registers of ships, 1786-1881 & registers of transactions, 1855-1919

1786 - 1919 registration trade commerce
D.2025

papers of Messrs. Fairfield-Mabey Ltd, structural engineers, Chepstow, including nominal ledger & accounts outward book of the National Shipyards, 1925-35, 1935-55, general & private journals of the Chepstow Shipbuilding Works, 1925-33, 19

1925 - 1955
D.2464

deeds of the Newport Dock Company, 1829-51

1829 - 1851
D.25

papers relating to legal matters, post 1810, post 1829

1810 - 1829
D.25.598, 735, 908, 1041 & D.22.1

Chepstow deeds relating to dry dock, wharves, etc., 1771, 1789-1826

1771 - 1826
D.25.856

draft memorandum & articles of association of the Chepstow Landing Stages Co., Ltd, n.d.

 
D.25.984

draft petition of Mrs Ann Pritchard of Tintern Abbey for a new register for the Thomas, sloop, captured by a French privateer, n.d.

  ships registration
D.2795

papers of Port of Newport Ships' record books, 1910-81

1910 - 1981 harbours
D.3145

papers relating to the Great Western Railway Company Ltd & amalgamated railway companies, 1847-1951, including papers relating to shares in the Alexandra (Newport & South Wales) Docks & Railway Company Ltd

1847 - 1951 transport trains ownership
D.34.11

printed minutes of a meeting setting up the Old Passage Ferry Association, 1825

1825  
D.34.7

prisage & butlerage for imported wine, Chepstow, 1753-1872

1753 - 1872 cargo alcohol trade commerce customs
D.394.B3

correspondence of the Henry White & Co. Ltd with the Admiralty & forms of tender regarding supply of steel castings, 1902-8

1902 - 1908 Companies navy construction shipbuilding
D.396.395

discharge book of John Lydcott of the SS Rougemont, 1869-90

1869 - 1890 ships
D.43, 750, 773, 781

contracts for construction of Town Dock, 1835, 1840

1835 - 1840 development ports
D.43.3306-7

statements of receipts & expenses, & trade & business in the port for three years ending January 1834, & for three years ending January 1838

1834 - 1838 accounts commerce harbours
D.43.6261

memorial of the Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses to the Commissioners of Customs to pass Newport for import & export of tobacco & cigars, 1892

1892   cargo trade commerce
D.43.764-7

conviction of Thomas Howell, master of the Active of Liverpool for keeping an unlawful quantity of gunpowder  within the port of Newport, 1839

1839   crime prosecutions cargo trade
D.460

Crimea papers includes Mss summary of arrangements relative to the emigration of pensioners & their families, including to New Zealand, Fort Garry in Hudson Bay, Falkland Islands, Australia, c.1851

1851  
D.501

deeds, Chancery papers, correspondence, accounts of foot passengers, etc. crossing the New Passage Ferry, rough plan of the New Passage Ferry, 1506-1836

1506 - 1836 travel leisure
D.501.1280

school reports of the Prothero family, 1881-8, including naval cadetship

1881 - 1888 navy recruitment education
D.695

papers relating to Monmouthshire court of sewers, 1692-1946 (see D.1365 & 2282)

1692 - 1946 environment sanitation
D.749.118

briefs, letters, etc., regarding claims by the Mayor of Newport to dues in dispute with masters of trading vessels, 1832

 

1832   correspondence customs levies commerce
D.8.1457

account for building the Pontypool Galley, 1710

1710   construction ships
D.907

agreements & accounts of voyages, crew lists & some official logs, relating to ships registered in Newport & Chepstow, 1869, 1879, 1889, 1899, 1909

1869 - 1909 travel
D.968

papers relating to the mortgage of Llangybi Castle, Goetre & Usk Castle estates to the Admiralty, 1899-1914

1899 - 1914 navy ownership buildings
D.975

papers relating to the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce including 16, The Alexandra Docks, Newport, 1914; 20, report on Severn Barrage Scheme, 1933 including file of correspondence regarding interference of the scheme with the port of Cardiff

1914 - 1933
D.982.1-3

papers of Sarah Maria Alsop of Abergavenney relating to shares in the `Great Ship Company Ltd', 1859

1859   ownership
Evans & Evill 0168

articles of co-partnership between four Chepstow men to employ one or more sloops or vessels as a weekly market boat in carriage of goods & passengers between Chepstow & Bristol, 20 January 1841, with reference to the Chepstow &am

1841   trade commerce cargo ports
Evans & Evill 0680 draft agreement between owners of the Chepstow to owners of the Ann & Peggy regarding giving up trade to Bristol, 15 May 1815; 1815   ships commerce ports
Evans & Evill 0729 draft agreement between Nathaniel Purchase of Hereford & Henry Williams of Chepstow, merchants, regarding purchase of the Thomas of Chepstow, sloop or vessel, to trade in bark with Ireland, 17 May 1800; 1800   ships commerce cargo
Evans & Evill 0730 draft agreement dissolving articles of co-partnership between 12 men & the sale of the Friends, sloop or market boat, 13 January 1792; 1792   ownership
Evans & Evill 0878

draft declaration of trust of the Sampson of Chepstow, brig, n.d.

  ships ownership
Evans & Evill 0972 draft protest of master of the Sibyl of Chepstow regarding striking on certain rock known as Seven Stones, 1805; 1805   ships
Evans & Evill 0976 bills of sale for the Chepstow or Market Boat, 1789; 1789   ownership
Evans & Evill 1010 copy register of the Snow Sibyl built at Chepstow in 1786, 1820; 1786 - 1820 ships
Evans & Evill 1031 draft indenture of co-partnership between the same men, 2 July, 1813; 1813  
Evans & Evill 1075 draft articles of co-partnership of 7 men of Chepstow & one of St Pierre, Mon., to trade & continue to be owners & co-partners in the sloop called the Chepstow as Market Boat, 2 July 1813 1813   commerce ships
Evans & Evill 1081 draft articles of co-partnership of George Buckle of Chepstow, merchant, James Proctor of Shirenewton, Mon., gent., & William Morris of Chepstow, sailmaker, in shipbuilding, Chepstow, July 1800; 1800   construction
Evans & Evill 1082 draft articles of co-partnership between George Buckle, merchant & William Davies, shipwright, both of Chepstow, co-partners & joint traders in shipbuilding, Chepstow, 3 September 1811; 1811   construction
Evans & Evill 1083 draft indenture of co-partnership between George Buckle, William Morris, both of Chepstow & William James of Tidenham, Glos., shipbuilder, in the trade of shipbuilders at Chepstow, 24 November 1796; 1796   construction
Evans & Evill 1089 collection, pp178-81, misc papers relating to the Chepstow fishery, 1801-33; pp.181-90, misc papers relating to Chepstow trade, draft articles of partnership between George Buckle of Chepstow, merchant & William James, late of Bristol, shipbuilde 1791 - 1833
Evans & Evill 1110 draft power to take possession of the Hope, ship, 1825; 1825   ownership
Evans & Evill 1233 bills of sale for the Fanny, 1790; 1790   ownership ships
Evans & Evill 1234 bills of sale of the Chance or the Batchelors, 1784; 1784   ownership ships
Evans & Evill 1236 the Prudence, trow, 1826; 1826   ships
Evans & Evill 1240 the Severn, 1823; 1823   ships
Evans & Evill 1241 the Duke of Beaufort, steam packet, 1823; 1823   ships
Evans & Evill 1366 the Recovery of Chepstow, 1810; 1810   ships
Evans & Evill 1368 the Abbey of Chepstow, n.d.;   ships
Evans & Evill 1369 the Fancy of Chepstow, 1809; 1809   ships
Evans & Evill 1372 wreck of the Crescent of Bristol at West Cowes, 1797; 1797   ships
Evans & Evill 1374 the Industry of Chepstow now in Plymouth, 1802; 1802   ships
Evans & Evill 1377 bills of sale for the Sibyl of Chepstow, 1797, 1799, 1803, 1805; 1797 - 1805 ownership ships
Evans & Evill 1380, 1378 bills of sale for the Friends of Chepstow, 1790; 1790   ownership ships
Evans & Evill 1381 bills of sale for the Jupiter, 1790; 1790   ownership ships
Henry Steel Henry W. Steel, Royal Navy: letters to his mother, Mrs. Thomas Steel of Mathern and Caerwent. 1842 - 1848 mariners naval correspondence family
JCH 0118

statement of iron loaded aboard the Gwyn Trowe giving amounts of bar iron, rods, plates, hoops, etc, & their worth or weight loaded at Caerleon, 29 March 1698

1698   cargo ships trade commerce
JCH 1271

misc. corres., 1818-21, including references to Porton Sea Walls

1818 - 1821 coastal erosion environment
m/f 239

microfilm of orders in Council for impressing seamen for navy service, 1739-82

1739 - 1782 recruitment
Misc. Mss 1119

photograph of entrance lock, old Town Dock, 1971

1971   illustrations
Misc. Mss 1274

Alexandra Dock Co. memorandum & articles of association, 1873

1873  
Misc. Mss 241

plan, invitation & programme regarding the opening of new entrance lock, Alexandra Dock, 1894, 1914

1894 - 1914 development
Misc. Mss 345

papers relating to the business activities of Joseph Latch of Newport, coal merchant & shipowner, 1814-37

1814 - 1837 trade commerce
Misc. Mss 763

grant of easement, Alexandra Dock Co., 1888

1888  
Misc. Mss 975, 1117, 1128-31

logbooks of the Caerleon, Forest Belle, Sir George Eliot, Lady Tredegar, 1873-1903

1873 - 1903 ships
Newport Dock Newport Dock Co: engineering drawings and deeds 19th-20th century. 1800 - 1999 ports harbours design illustrations ownership
Port of Newport Port of Newport (additional): customs and excise documents and register of shipping. 1832 - 1956 harbours trade commerce imports
Q/Acc.P.C.2,3

Newport Dock Co. accounts for years ending June 1854-6

1854 - 1856
Q/C of PC, 8-76, 78

letters concerning repairs to Newport Bridge after damage caused by the Severn, steam packet, 1844

1844   correspondence maintenance waterways
Q/GR53

Admiralty report on the proposed Severn Bridge at Aust (Old Passage), 1846

1846   navy waterways development
Q/Misc.MB.1

proceedings of a General Quarter Sessions & Lieutenancy papers relating to the raising of men for the Navy, pursuant to the Acts of 35 G.III, 1795

1795   recruitment
QS/P&R, 15-37

draft certificate for return of duty on paper destroyed by shipwreck, 1840

1840   customs
QS/PR/43-14 & 15

correspondence regarding the Wye Valley Railway Amendment Act & the building of a wharf & three jetties, Chepstow, 1879

1879   development transport trains
Uncatalogued

Newport docks: wages ledger of permanent staff, 1872-1915.

1872 - 1915 docks harbour port dockyard accounts payroll
WW Steamship Co. West Wales Steamship Co. Ltd.: records. 1910 - 1997 Companies shipping