Code |
Description |
Date |
Keywords |
D/PC/hWl.W 2/2 |
correspondence with plans, on sea defences at West Huntspill, 1982 |
1982 |
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D/DC/WSom 4/1/1 |
report on harbour and repairs to East Pier, 1981
|
1981 |
|
DD/X/KMRI |
Papers and photographs of building by a Highbridge man of a replica of a Viking ship for the National Maritime Museum, c.l973 |
1973 |
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DD/X/PSEl. c/3327 |
Watchet harbour day book, regarding shipping, docking charges, 1944-5 |
1944 - 1945 |
|
DD\RSH 8-9 |
Register of fishing boats Port of Bridgewater 1940-1993
|
1940 - 1993 |
fishing vessels |
D/u/wa 38/8 |
correspondence & minutes of Trinity House sub-commissioners of pilotage, Watchet, 1937-88 |
1937 - 1988 |
|
DD/L Box 295/2 |
inspection returns for Minehead lighthouse, 1929-50
|
1929 - 1950 |
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D/RA 1/2/69 |
sea work at Wordspinny level, c.1925
|
1925 |
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D/RA l/2n5 |
accounts of sea wall works, Nailsea, Yatton & north Weston levels, Somerset, c.1921 |
1921 |
|
DD/X/LGN, 6,7 |
Orders, bye-laws of ?Bridgwater area, 1917-38 |
1917 - 1938 |
|
DD\FA /12 |
Ship Repairs book of F J Carver & Sons of Bridgwater; details of work carried out on vessels in dry dock, 1910-40
|
1910 - 1940 |
ship maintenance, upkeep |
DD/FA 12 |
Ship repair book of F J Carver and Sons, Bridgwater, 1910-40
|
1910 - 1940 |
|
D/RA l/2nl |
appointment of sea wall work, 1909-10 |
1909 - 1910 |
|
A\AGK/c |
papers concerning Admiral H Burley Grant, 1908-1909
|
1908 - 1909 |
|
DD/X/DEW I |
Bridgwater Harbour dues account book, 1908-29
|
1908 - 1929 |
|
D/RA 112/129 |
copies and agreement for work on sea wall at Portishead with plan, 1908
|
1908 |
|
DD/X/K1 2 |
account books of Captain Bruford of Sussanna & Captain Rawle of the Orestes for trips between Minehead, Porlock. Cardiff, Swansea, Sharpness and Gloucester, 1907-9 |
1907 - 1909 |
|
D/RA 2/4/34 |
correspondence on sea defences, Huntspill 1906, Steart 1901-32, Burnham with plans 1909-11, 1921-30 |
1906 - 1932 |
|
DD/WY |
lease of coastguard station, Watchet, and poster, 1906 |
1906 |
|
DD/BWD |
Daily Record Books for Bridgwater Docks, 1905-24
|
1905 - 1924 |
|
DD/BR/PC 1 |
postcard of Watchet harbour, Co 1905
|
1905 |
|
DD/X/LGN 1 |
Dunball Harbour, tonnage of vessels discharging, 1904-21 |
1904 - 1921 |
|
D/B/bw 31/12/15 |
compensation claims following collision of Mercator (Russian barquentine) with Highbridge wharf; evidence and photographs, including Borita, Bridgwater tug, 1903-04 |
1903 - 1904 |
|
DD/X/LGN, 3-5 |
Records, tides, navigation, 1901-45
|
1901 - 1945 |
|
DD/X/DEW 3 |
photographs of Bridgwater Docks showing ships berthed, c.l900 |
1900 |
|
A\AGK/b |
papers of Surgeon Commander Eastment, 1897-1950 |
1897 - 1950 |
|
DD/SLM |
Chart of position of fleet at Spithead, 26 June 1897
|
1897 |
|
DD/DR U 108 |
letter describing shipwreck of Warren Hastings off Reunion Island, 1897 |
1897 |
|
A\AZV/3/2 |
Record of ships using the gridiron for repairs etc. Gives details of the name of the ship and the master or agent 1896-1913
|
1896 - 1913 |
|
DD/X/WUT |
two photographs of Bridgwater docks, including ships, including Grace, c.1895
|
1895 |
|
DD/L bx293/14 |
order for construction of promenade pier, 1895, Minehead
|
1895 |
|
D/RA 1/2/61 |
schedules of sea wall work, Clevedon, 1894
|
1894 |
|
DD/BLM 5 |
deeds of partnership & dissolution of Francis Carver & sons, Bridgwater, shipbuilders and shipwrights, 1892, 1895 |
1892 - 1895 |
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D/RA 7/4/4 |
report of sea walls and river banks committee, 1885, 1888
|
1885 - 1888 |
|
DD/WY 145 |
correspondence regarding damage by sea at Brean farm, 1884-5
|
1884 - 1885 |
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D/RA 2/9/49 |
papers regarding liability to repair Huntspill sea wall including plan of wall works, 1884-5 |
1884 - 1885 |
|
DD/FS Bx 49 |
correspondence, repair of Huntspill sea wall after' recent gales and high tides', 1883-4 |
1883 - 1884 |
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DD/X/DEW2 |
Dunball Harbour, part of berthing and consignment register, 1882-3
|
1882 - 1883 |
|
DD/X/LYN |
Dunball Harbour, note on tonnage of vessels discharging, 1882-3
|
1882 - 1883 |
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D/U/cl9/3, 5-6 |
C1evedon pier company's annual reports, 1880, 1887; agreement for purchase of pier, 1891; letter regarding damage to pier, 1900 |
1880 - 1900 |
|
A\AOV/94 |
letters, etc., of Henry N Shore (5th baron Teignmouth) 'about Lapwing Shipwreck', 1876-7; copy letter by Lieutenant Commander Lionel Shore describing the Battle of the Falklands, 1914.
|
1876 - 1914 |
naval warfare, Great War, First World War |
DD/CCHg 3OC/2931 |
Watchet harbour accounts, 1876
|
1876 |
|
D/RA 1/2/59 |
views of sea wall works in Sand Bay, Somerset, 1876-1908
|
1876 - 1908 |
|
DD/GS 4(125) |
Chinese shipping notes, 1873
|
1873 |
|
DD/DK 16. |
diary of doctor practicing in New Zealand and journey via Hawaii, San Francisco and New York to England, 1872
|
1872 |
|
D/RA 1/2/128 |
reports and plans on Portishead sea wall, 1872, 1875
|
1872 - 1875 |
|
DD/SF 3163 |
Petition to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty concerning charges made against petitioner while stationed in British Columbia, 1870
|
1870 |
|
DD/L box288/5 |
construction and specification for erection of pier at Minehead, & coastguard station, 1870, 1874 |
1870 - 1874 |
|
DD/L/Box 296/1 |
cash book receipts for transport of coal, salt, stones, etc by ship, 1868-72 (l volume)
|
1868 - 1872 |
|
DD/X/LGN 2 |
Register, Bridgwater District pilots, 1868-1948
|
1868 - 1948 |
|
DDIL/Boxes 288/5 & 290n |
erection of coastguard station at Minehead, c.1868-80
|
1868 - 1880 |
|
DD/L box 295/8-9 |
correspondence, notices to lord of manor etc concerning wrecks off Watchet and Minehead, 1868-1912
|
1868 - 1912 |
maritime damage |
DD/X/WDE 2 |
luggage tolls on named boats from Cardiff to Weston-Super-Mare, 1867 and from Steep or Flat Holme, 1868 |
1867 - 1868 |
|
DD/WO 3612 |
beaching charges for vessels, bathing machines, horses & donkeys, Seaton, Devon, 1867 |
1867 |
|
D\U\wa/33/5/1 |
List of Watchet shipowners 1865-97
|
1865 - 1897 |
|
DD1L/293-5 |
Minehead harbour papers, 1865-1950, including harbour dues, 1865-1929; ship registers, 1864-1948 |
1864 - 1950 |
|
D/B/hw 31/8/2 |
shipping protest register, 1863-70 |
1863 - 1870 |
|
DD/HWN 13 |
photographs of Watchet harbour, co1863-early twentieth century
|
1863 - 1900 |
|
DD/HWN 13 S/940 |
photograph, Watchet harbour, 1863
|
1863 |
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DD/S1FR1I13 C/2104 |
photographs, c.1863 - early 20th century; day book, 1940-5
|
1863 - 1945 |
|
DD/AH Box45/12 |
mortgages by Watchet harbour commissioners to Sir Alexander Acland Hood, 1861 |
1861 |
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DD/XIHCKC/22 |
Mate's certificate, Edward Bellew Hancock, 1858
|
1858 |
|
DD/CCH box 29 |
Watchet harbour trust correspondence, reports & draft minutes, co1858-77
|
1858 - 1877 |
|
Q/RUA 24 |
printed annual statements of accounts, 1858-83, 1902-4 |
1858 - 1904 |
|
DD/UK 28 |
Passenger list of Cultivator, Liverpool to New York, 1858
|
1858 |
|
DIU/wa |
Watchet Urban District Council records includes Harbour Committee, 1931-74, Harbour Commissioners Minutes, 1857-1902, Monthly Harbour Trade Reports, 1867 -1966, Harbourmaster's Reports and Day Books, 1867-1969, Shipping Registers, 1861-99, trade and duties lists, nineteenth century, correspondence regarding Watchet Lifeboat, 1944-5 |
1857 - 1969 |
maritime safety |
Q/RUO 24 |
copies of harbour act, 1857-60, 1902
|
1857 - 1902 |
|
T/PH/hit 1-6 |
diaries of Thomas Willy of Sea, Ilminster, ropemaker, 1856-9, 1863-89
|
1856 - 1889 |
|
DD/CCH Box 50/2 C/2825 |
plans for the development of Watchet harbour, 1856
|
1856 |
|
DD/SAS S/2560/2 |
reference book to Watchet Harbour plan, 1856 Weston-Super-Mare
|
1856 |
|
DD/SAS S/2560/3 |
detailed plan of elevation and section of pier at Watchet Harbour, c.1855
|
1855 |
|
D/B/bw 31/12/5 |
papers regarding pier and tidal harbour at Burnham, 1855, 1960
|
1855 - 1960 |
|
D/RA 1/419 |
Huntspill sea wall jury lists, 1854, 1871
|
1854 - 1871 |
|
DD/SBT 3 |
declaration of loss of the Hindostan, 1854
|
1854 |
|
DD/MDL/box 12 |
papers of Rear Admiral Sir Melvyn Medlycott 1852-81, including journals kept on visit to the Cook Islands, 1880-1 |
1852 - 1881 |
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DD/DP 8/21 |
Detailed account of mutiny at Sheerness, 1797, from Mr Beadon to sister
DD/X/chu 2, list of deserters from Somerset, Dorset and Bristol, desertion reported at Sydney, Australia, 1852-1900 |
1852 - 1900 |
|
A\AIX/1 |
Certificate of registration of ownership of the ship 'Ophelia and Ann' of Bridgwater1850
|
1850 |
shipowning |
DD/TBR 18/2. |
journal of sea voyage from Portsmouth - Cape - Calcutta, 1848
|
1848 |
|
DD/SAS C/2492. |
journal of J C Evered, home ports. Baltic. Black Sea and Mediterranean, 1848-54
|
1848 - 1854 |
|
DD/WY/bx 43 |
Watchet Harbour accounts of imports and exports 1847-9, arrivals and sailings, 1847-8, lists of registered ship owners, 186172
|
1847 - 1849 |
|
DD/SAS S/418 1-3 |
Ship Logbooks kept by J.G.C. Evered of Bridgwater, of HMS Victory, Raleigh and Vernon 1846-8, Superb 1851-2, Queen 1855-6
|
1846 - 1856 |
|
DD/SF 4567 |
Accounts of J A Sanford, an officer on HMS Dauntless, with notebook of crew's names and stations, 1846-c.50 |
1846 - 1850 |
|
D/B/WSM 5/1 |
specification and estimate for work on sea wall, Weston Super Mare, 1846 |
1846 |
|
A\ABN/3/2/ |
Agreement with the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal Navigation for shares in a ship called the 'Chard'. 28 July 1845
|
1845 |
|
A\ABN/3/3 |
Assignment of the ship 'Chard' by the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal Navigation 31 July 1845
|
1845 |
|
DD/PH 236 |
Bill of Sale for Amethyst of Southampton, 1845 |
1845 |
|
DD/SAS C/909/144 |
advertisements of passages to the Cape of Good Hope from Southampton and Plymouth, 1845-6; New York and Quebec from Plymouth, 1851; Australia, 1852; New South Wales and Eastern Australia, n.d |
1845 - 1852 |
|
DD/X/ERA 4-9 |
papers regarding suppression and naval action, 1842-9
|
1842 - 1849 |
|
DD/WY 166 |
Papers and accounts regarding work by John Allin on rebuilding Watchet sea wall, c.1839-49 |
1839 - 1849 |
|
DD/WY 170 |
Friends of Watchet, sale poster of sloop, 1838 |
1838 |
|
DD/BD 103 |
share certificates in Parrett Navigation, 1837
|
1837 |
|
A/AJX 1/2/1. |
typed transcript of diary of Henry Whitworth, sometime of Hull. 1836-7. including his voyage as a surgeon aboard a Hull whaler
|
1836 - 1837 |
whaling |
DD/X/PG2 |
Bridgwater rate book, with some names of ships, 1836
|
1836 |
|
DD/AH Bx63/11 |
letters concerning provision of lifeboat for Burnham and Bridgwater with printed account of rescue operation which prompted it, 1836 |
1836 |
maritime safety |
DD/FD 17 |
copy petitions for & against Perrett Navigation Bill, 1835-40
|
1835 - 1840 |
|
DD/X/HUR 3 |
Corsair, Puriton, sale poster of smack, 1832
|
1832 |
|
T/PH/hmy c/2936, 3/3 |
record of disbursements for goods shipped aboard and discharged from the Friends for voyage from Combwich to Newport and its return, 1832
|
1832 |
|
DD/GND, 1/1/11 |
Taunton, account for goods carried by boat, 1832-74
|
1832 - 1874 |
|
DD/WY 149 |
licence to fish at Watchet, 1829
|
1829 |
fishing |
DD/TOR 306 |
names of vessels bringing lime-stone to London from Lyme Regis. 1824-8 |
1824 - 1828 |
|
DD/X/GRA 1-9 |
letters, papers and logbooks of Commander George Kenyon including the suppression of the slave trade, 1824-49
|
1824 - 1849 |
anti-slavery |
DD\HY/16/1/2 |
1823-38 Statements of account and related papers of concerns of co-partnership of William John Joliffe and Sir Edmund Banks, including reports and prospectus of the General Steam Navigation Company, 1825; information about the steam vessel Enterprize, n.d. [c. 1825]; accounts for the crew of the George the Fourth steamships, 1828.
|
1823 - 1838 |
|
DD/CPL 37-40 |
Papers of Admiral Keats as Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1822-32
|
1822 - 1832 |
|
DD/BR/bo 3 |
deeds of dry dock, boathouse and timberyard opposite Star?, Pill, 1821, 1840 |
1821 - 1840 |
|
DD/L 1/55/3 |
correspondence regarding harbour, 1821-2
|
1821 - 1822 |
|
DD/BR/bn, 11 & 12 |
Porlock Harbour, note of harbour work, 1821-4; 13, harbour, fishing boat and market dues and accounts, 1826-46; 19, harbour account, 1854-5; 29, Porlock weir, agreement and plans, 1825-1911 |
1821 - 1911 |
|
DD/L 1/55/290/1-5 |
sea defences, 1817-1913 including plan of Carhampton, 1840 |
1817 - 1913 |
|
DDIL box 290/1-5 |
accounts, correspondence etc relating to sea defences at Minehead, Blue Anchor, Carhampton, c.1817-1913 |
1817 - 1913 |
|
DD/SAS c/1455 |
Copy correspondence to and from Captain William Hill of HMS Towey at Bombay and in Persian Gulf, 1816-19, with a table of 'Company's Cruizers' (five vessels mentioned by name with details of sailings) |
1816 - 1819 |
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DD/L 176/bundle 86. |
Dartmouth ship accounts, 1814-15
|
1814 - 1815 |
|
DD/WY 170 |
Additional regulations for His Majesty's service at sea, 1813
|
1813 |
naval guidelines |
DD\AH/52/6/21 |
List of men in Captain Skene's band on HMS Minden including men from Milan who had been prisoners in Portchester Castle, Denmark and the Netherlands who had volunteered from prison ships, and a black American. Their bandmaster was Edward Khine of Brunswick and the captain had paid 152 guineas for music and instruments to form a band. The endorsement indicates they were to be removed from the ship. Enclosed list of seamen to be transferred from HMS Minden to HMS Illustrious with their position, also noted which were married and had children 10 April 1812
|
1812 |
|
DD/AH 52/5 |
Reports of surveys of clothes, bedding, provisions, general stores and medicines, with report on hospital ship Wilhelmina, 1812, generally made in response to orders issued by Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, as Commander in Chief in the East Indies, 1812 |
1812 |
victuals |
DD/AH 52/6 |
Miscellaneous reports and returns on state of ships including notebook with suggestions for improvements and economics in matters of supply 1812-13
|
1812 - 1813 |
|
DD/GS 4 (169) |
letter from Duke of Buckingham refusing to pay cost of repair of sea wall at Huntspill, 1811 |
1811 |
|
DD/OB 101 |
copy report and estimate for repairing sea wall at Portbury', 1810 |
1810 |
|
DD\AH/60/8/10 |
Letter from General Brodrick at Corunna to Sir Samuel Hood requesting the recall of horse ships returning to England 1st Jan 1809
|
1809 |
|
DD/AH 52/3 |
Ships' logs, Dasher, Dedaigneuse, Doris, Bucephalus, Hesper, Cornelia, Phaeton and Hussar, serving in Indian or East Indian waters, 1809-12
|
1809 - 1812 |
|
DD/SF 4327 |
navigational tables, n.d., post 1809 |
1809 |
|
DD/CPL 31. |
Seventeen letters from Vice Admiral Sir James Saumarez to Admiral Richard Goodwin Keats, 1808
|
1808 |
|
DD/AH 52/4 |
Sir Samuel Hood's letter book initially in HMS Centaur then in HMS Barfleur, 1806-09, with copy of letter from Downing Street regarding French and American expedition against New South Wales, 1813 |
1806 - 1813 |
|
DD/OB 105 |
Sale of shares in Mary of Barnstaple, Bristol, 1804-6
|
1804 - 1806 |
|
DD\AH/61/3/1 |
Letter from Archibald Gloster in Trinidad to Samuel Hood in Barbados desiring him to request a ship to pick up his wife from St Vincent and bring her to Trinidad 12 June 1802
|
1802 |
|
DD/SX 78/10 |
will of Lt. James Ross of HMS Doris and Valiant, 1801
|
1801 |
|
DD/L 180/bundle 115 & 122 |
Dartmouth ship accounts, early nineteenth century |
1800 |
|
DD/L182/189 |
ship vouchers, early nineteenth century |
1800 |
|
DD\AH/52/6/5 |
Sir Samuel Hood's suggestions for improvements and economy in the supply and victualling of ships early 19thc.
|
1800 |
naval upkeep, provisions |
DD/sbl |
illustrations of Italian ports, gouache, early nineteenth century
|
1800 |
|
DD/L Boxes 293/1-295n |
Minehead Harbour, accounts "inward" and "outward", ships registers, day book, 19th and 20th centuries |
1800 - 2000 |
|
DD/X/CMB,7 |
panoramic view of Weston Super Mare, lithograph, by R. Carrick, published by J. Whereat, n.d. [early nineteenth century, showing bathing machines
|
1800 |
seaside recreation |
DD/SAS SE 24 |
Huntspill sea wall, draft brief for defendant and depositions regarding liability for maintenance, early nineteenth century
|
1800 |
|
DD/SAS SE 113 |
Huntspill sea wall, letter regarding propriety of new tax for purpose of repair, 1800-1 |
1800 - 1801 |
|
DD/FS Bx 56 |
correspondence, Huntspill sea wall, c.1800-05 |
1800 - 1805 |
|
DD/CC/II0490 |
elevation drawing of lighthouse at Burnham, 1800
|
1800 |
|
D/RA 1/5/11 |
Huntspill sessions orders including building of new wall, legal papers, 1799, 1800 |
1799 - 1800 |
|
DD/FS Bx 48 |
Huntspill, copy case and order of Commissioners for Sewers, 1799, & correspondence, 1807-12 |
1799 - 1812 |
|
DIP/23/9 |
notes of costs for enrolling two men in Navy, 1797 |
1797 |
|
DD/CPL 30 |
Autobiographical and biographical memoranda of Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats, c.1822-38, including exploits of 1801, winter in the Baltic, 1808-09, rough draft of operations at Quiberon Bay with French plan, 1795; Journal of HMS Superb, April - September 1801 |
1795 - 1838 |
naval warfare |
D/P/bec 23/10 |
Letter to George Rossiter from son Daniel with receipts for money due on account of Daniel's enrolment in Navy, 1795-9
|
1795 - 1799 |
|
A\AOV/93 |
typescript description of 'a voyage to India in the East India Company's ship 'Thetis' in 1794' |
1794 |
East India Company |
1720 DD/TP 9/2 |
vouchers for repair of sea wall, Huntspill, 1792-1837 |
1792 - 1837 |
|
DD/CPL 68 |
list of flag officers, 1791 |
1791 |
|
DD/AH Box 61 |
Various papers regarding naval career of Sir Samuel Hood, including correspondence, reports etc, 1791-1857 |
1791 - 1857 |
|
DD/CPL 32-6. L |
letters from Admiral Keats to Duke of Clarence and replies, 1789-1828
|
1789 - 1828 |
|
DD/DN 114 |
printed dimensions and names of ships in the port of Liverpool employed in the African slave trade with details of provisions, mortality rate, etc., 1788 |
1788 |
|
DD/FA/10 |
Transcript of Minehead 1787-1834
|
1787 - 1834 |
|
DD/HY/8/3/1 |
Correspondence of William Jolliffe of Petersfield, Hampshire, certificate of discharge of William John Jolliffe from the naval ship Flora, 1787
|
1787 |
|
DD/AH box 6012 |
assignment of shares for repairing sea wall at Huntspill amongst leaseholders with small sketch & reference to boundstones, 1787-8 |
1787 - 1788 |
|
DD\RSH/ 1-7 |
Bridgwater Port Shipping Registers 1786-1906 Including Minehead
|
1786 - 1906 |
|
DD/FA 1-9 |
Transcripts of Bridgwater registers 1786-1939
|
1786 - 1939 |
|
DD/HC, Box 138 |
Detailed account and inventory of David Williams of Bridgwater, shipbuilder and bankrupt, 1786
|
1786 |
|
DD/CPL 41-7 |
Miscellaneous papers of Admiral Keats with references to Cadiz, Toulon. Boulogne, and French signals, 1785-1836 |
1785 - 1836 |
|
DD/DP 9/14 |
case for non-repair of sea wall and bridge at Uphill, c.1785
|
1785 |
|
DD/DV 31 |
letter book of George Prior, maker and exporter of clocks and watches, to Smyrna, Constantinople, wine and sherry from Spain. 1784-9 |
1784 - 1789 |
|
DD/DP 8/17 |
judgement of court martial for mutiny on HMS Raisonable, 1783
|
1783 |
rebellion, protest |
D\P\tau.m/23/2 |
Papers relating to the bankruptcy of David Williams of Bridgwater, shipwright 1783-86
|
1783 - 1786 |
|
DD/DRU 119 |
pocket books of Earl of Carnarvon with notes on Navy accounts, 1782-3
|
1782 - 1783 |
|
DD/DP 8/17 |
Papers of Captain Richard Callcott including accounts regarding prize money 1779-95, commissions as Captain of the Albatross, 1781
|
1779 - 1795 |
|
D/RA 9/24 |
plan of Stert fisheries, 1777 |
1777 |
fishing |
DD/FD 16 |
boundary lines of Bridgwater Bay fishery, 1776
|
1776 |
fishing |
DD/DN 236 |
letters concerning, 1776-7
|
1776 - 1777 |
|
DD/X/ME 5 c/665 |
case relating to collection of quay duties, 1774
|
1774 |
|
T/PH/gc 14/3 |
letter regarding storm damage to Porlock quay, 1770
|
1770 |
|
DD\HY/15/6/1 |
Verses in honour of Captain Peter Joliffe who retook a ketch near Poole, Dorset from French Privateers, 1769
|
1769 |
ballads, naval culture |
DD/BR/bea 5 |
paper regarding use of Bridgwater ships, 1768
|
1768 |
|
T/PH/gc 14/1-2 |
rough plan of Porlock harbour improvements,I768
|
1768 |
|
DD/TB/box 16/0Bll |
letters and papers relating to William May, supervisor of excise, in regards to smuggling of soap, candles and starch from Ireland into Minehead, 1759
|
1759 |
bootlegs |
DD/TD, Box 59,1-2 |
correspondence mainly with London agents of the Tudway family relating to the Parham estate in Antigua, 1758-1818, including shipping of goods, receipts of cargoes, deaths of slaves |
1758 - 1818 |
slavery |
DDIHI 541 |
proposal for bill to establish quay tolls at Dodbrooke, Devon, 1756
|
1756 |
|
DD/DN 211 |
letters from Admiral Thomas Smith to Caleb Dickinson, merchant of Somerset and Bristol, 1755 |
1755 |
|
A\AXB/8 |
Account of the Portreeve of Watchet for imports of coal and culm, 1755-6. Includes names of ships and ports of departure
|
1755 - 1756 |
|
DD/L 2/182/195 |
three accounts concerning the relief of 'decayed' seamen, Dartmouth, c.1755-71
|
1755 - 1771 |
|
DDIHI 530 |
litigation papers regarding right to toll at Dodbrooke, Devon, & list of quay duties, 1754-7 |
1754 - 1757 |
|
DD/DN 189 |
agreement for purchase of moiety of Flat Holme lighthouse, 1753; agreement for improvement and control of light, 1819 |
1753 - 1819 |
|
DD/SAS SX 68 |
grant of request to set up establishment in Rumbery, Austria to purchase wool and linen for export, 1753 |
1753 |
|
DD/X/UND 1 |
typescript of the Tudway papers, including names of ships involved in London sugar trade with Jamaica, c.1752-1807 |
1752 - 1807 |
|
DD/DN 504 |
Printed pamphlets offering bounties for discovering concealed seamen, 1750
|
1750 |
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D/B/bw 2040 |
evidence regarding loss of salt due to ship sinking, 1750 |
1750 |
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DD/SVL |
Drawings made on a voyage by James Somerville onboard HMS Surprize to the coast of Guinea, includes islands, forts and various types of Ships, 1749
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1749 |
exploration |
DD/SF 4514 |
Copies of letters regarding naval manoeuvres against the French, 1747
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1747 |
strategy, tactics |
DD/SF 2784 |
Examination of sailor who deserted from the hospital at Plymouth, 1747-8
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1747 - 1748 |
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DD/BR/bf.2 |
shares in The Batchelor's Delight of Kirkcaldy, 1747
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1747 |
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DD/DN 428 |
letters regarding coal carried between Newcastle and London and Stockholm, 1745
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1745 |
coal, fuel |
DD/DK 2 |
account and vouchers regarding upkeep of Huntspill sea wall, 1745-67
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1745 - 1767 |
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DD/DN 201 |
papers of Caleb Dickinson, Bristol merchant, including general trade as well as the insurance of the Greyhound for carrying negroes to America from Africa, 27 August 1744 |
1744 |
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DD/DN 196-231 |
references to Flat Holme lighthouse, 1744-86
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1744 - 1786 |
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DD/DN 189,214,406,408-10,412,218,220 and 243 |
accounts of Flat Holm lighthouse, 1744-53, 1755-6, 1756-70, 1760, 1763, 1783 |
1744 - 1783 |
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DD/L V 10 viii |
agreement on legality of pressing mariners, 1743
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1743 |
impressment, recruitment |
DD/DN 405 |
proprietorship of Flat Holm lighthouse, c.1743
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1743 |
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D/B/bw 1981 |
evidence of damage to goods carried on named ships. 1741-5 |
1741 - 1745 |
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DD\HY/16/2/4 |
Merchants account book. Large bound volume of accounts of London Merchant engaged in trade with Russia, kept by a succession of clerks. It is mainly a record of amounts due, bank accounts and bills of exchange. Commodities include indigo, potash, soldiers cloth, linen, cotton wool from Smyrna, lead, iron, hemp, hides and caviar. Much merchandise was shipped from Hull to Petersburg. Includes personal accounts of the estate of Samuel Holden of Winchester Street , London and Roehampton. 1740-65
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1740 - 1765 |
Anglo-Russian trade |
DD/DN 149 |
bill of complaint of Abel Fonnereau of London, merchant, case and answer on behalf of Graffin Pranckard. concerning insurance claimed upon the Baltick Merchant, taken by a Spanish privateer while on a voyage from Carolina to Cowes, and answers of John Galton and Caleb Dickinson, 1740-1 (9 docs)
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1740 - 1741 |
litigation |
DD/BK 3(17) |
lease of fishing stalls at Bambeck, Weston Super Mare, 1740
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1740 |
fishing |
Q/C 11/5 |
Somerset county Quarter Sessions, orders of the Admiralty Commissioner to the Vice Admiral, regarding apprehension of 'straggling seamen and sailors', 1739, 1755-6 |
1739 - 1756 |
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D/B/bw 2130 |
evidence by Masters of Comfort & Nightingale, regarding loss of salt cargo in storm, 1739 |
1739 |
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DD/DN 405-16 |
accounts of Caleb Dickinson, merchant, including references to shares and trading ventures, 1737-83 |
1737 - 1783 |
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D/B/bw 2112 |
files of customs officers' oaths of duty, 46 docs, 1736-70
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1736 - 1770 |
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DD/BD 72 |
two letters written from Oporto by a mariner, son of John Overbeck of Sidmouth, Devon, 1732 |
1732 |
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DD/SF 805 |
judgement on information of officer by HM Duties of Excise, 1731
|
1731 |
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DD/DN 424-9 |
Merchant's letter books. details of extensive trade as well as instances of crews being pursued for naval service, 1730-4 |
1730 - 1734 |
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DD/WHh c/787 |
map of Charles town, South Carolina, showing 'the disposition of his Majesty's troops March, 1730' with names of Navy vessels in harbour
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1730 |
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DD/SX, 913(b) |
Sketch map of river and landing berths, Bridgwater, c.1730 71, Agreements between owners and crew, Bristol, 1771-62
|
1730 - 1771 |
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DD/DN 441 |
ships' trading accounts. including expenses in fitting out ships as well as accounts forvoyages, I729-46 |
1729 - 1746 |
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DD/DN 441 |
trade with Baltic, c.l729-46
|
1729 - 1746 |
|
DD/DN 441 |
books of trade voyages between Bristol and Newcastle, 1729-46
|
1729 - 1746 |
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DD/DN 424-9 |
references to building of a ship with some mention of prices and dimensions, 1729-32 |
1729 - 1732 |
shipbuilding |
DD/SF 816 |
hearing upon information relating to excise at Goare, 1729
|
1729 |
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DD/DN 424-9 |
import of corn, deals, hemp, flax from Baltic. c.I728-56
|
1728 - 1756 |
|
DD/X/KLT l |
letter regarding estimate for dock, 1728
|
1728 |
|
DD/WY, Box 41 |
Accounts of repairs to ships at Watchet, 1721-55
|
1721 - 1755 |
|
DD/SX 8/5 |
account of payments by tenants for repair of sea wall, South Brent, 1721
|
1721 |
|
DD/X/ET 4 |
account of fishery at Watchet, 1719 |
1719 |
fishing |
DD/TOR 313 |
accounts of Mary of Lyme Regis, voyages to Guernsey, London. Newcastle, 1735
D/B/bw 1861, Bills of information. 1717-69, including reference to Mercury from Gallipoli and Leghorn, 1737 |
1717 - 1861 |
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D/B/bw 1525 |
complaint by the lessees of quay duties, portage and cranage of refusal of Joseph Tibbs and John Mills to pay duties, 1716-17
|
1716 - 1717 |
|
DD/DN 423 |
ship carrying cargo of fish from Newfoundland to Spanish and Italian ports, 1715
|
1715 |
fishing |
T/PH/gc 11 |
agreement for erection of sea walls, 1714
|
1714 |
|
DD/DN 423-64 |
letter book, correspondence, accounts of Austin Prankard of Bristol, c.1712-57
|
1712 - 1757 |
|
DD/TB/box 56/6 |
trade accounts, East Indies. India, 1708-18 |
1708 - 1718 |
|
DD/WY box 40 |
Watchet Harbour quay duties account books, 1708-1808, 1827-58
|
1708 - 1858 |
|
DD/GS 4(184) |
notice of pressing of James Middleham of Wells, 1706 |
1706 |
|
DD/L 1/55/la |
mortgages, 1706, 1770
|
1706 - 1770 |
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DD/SAS FA 151 |
order for removal of embargo on vessels bound for Virginia and Maryland, 1705 |
1705 |
colonial |
DD/L 1/55/2 |
appointments of collectors and trustees, 1704-78; agreement to build new quay, 1704
|
1704 - 1778 |
|
DD/DN 513 |
paper back volume includes number of negroes imported and exported, 1702-52 |
1702 - 1752 |
|
DD/X/PG 1 |
letter book of William Sealy, Bridgwater merchant, with trade to West lndies, the continent, 1701-3 |
1701 - 1703 |
|
DD/X/PG 1 |
Bridgwater merchant's letter book, some ships named and details of goods imported. 1701-03 |
1701 - 1703 |
|
DD/L2 46/2A |
facsimile commission of Lieut. Colonel of monies, 1701-2
|
1701 - 1702 |
|
DD/L |
map of Minehead, 1701, showing planned improvements to the pier
|
1701 |
|
DD/L 1 58/15(box 109) |
Minehead Harbour map, 1701
|
1701 |
|
DD/L 1/56-8/6-12,16 (boxes 107-9) & 57/9-12 |
Minehead harbour accounts, 1701-1865 |
1701 - 1865 |
|
DD/SF 2936 |
note concerning Negro trade in Africa, n.d. with note of two trading ships, 1700
|
1700 |
|
D/B/bw 1917 |
coroners inquisitions, including drownings, eighteenth century
|
1700 - 1800 |
danger at sea, deaths at sea |
DD/L 1/55/4 |
Acts of Parliament regarding harbour, 1700-1823 /5 coast bonds and papers, 1756-73
|
1700 - 1825 |
|
T/PH/gc 10 |
proposals regarding changes to Porlock harbour, c.l700 |
1700 |
naval upkeep |
DD/WYP, Box 4 |
Watchet Harbour accounts, including Acts, eighteenth century, maintenance accounts, early eighteenth century, 1772-1808
|
1700 - 1808 |
|
DD/SF 1960 |
note concerning information to collector of Excise against John Chorley of Preston Bowyer, eighteenth century
|
1700 - 1800 |
taxation |
DD/BR/u5 |
list of those liable for repair of sea wall, Clevedon, 1700-10
|
1700 - 1710 |
|
DD/CN 123 |
reference to making and repair of sea wall, Clevedon, 1700
|
1700 |
|
DD/SF 4043 |
'the case of the citizens of Exeter against being taxed for making the river navigable', 1699 |
1699 |
protest |
DD/SF 105, 107 |
pamphlets relating to navigation of King's Lynn, Norfolk, 1696-8
|
1696 - 1698 |
|
DD/X/WI 36 |
copies of letters of Edward Martindale of Bristol, merchant, 1693. 1792, including references to American trade, purchase of flyboat Adventure. the Virginian fleet, French war |
1693 - 1792 |
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DD/SF 1678 ii |
notes regarding the pressing of seamen, convoys, etc n.d. [post 1692]. |
1692 |
|
DD/SF 1678(31) |
examples of wool going out of the county in French vessels, 1692
|
1692 |
wool trade |
DD/TB. box 53. 7c/1534 |
part of logbook of the Blessing in the East Indies, 1702 & journal of the voyage of the Bombay Merchant in India and to the East Indies, including Japan. 1698-1701, with some illustrations of islands, with misc. enclosures, c.I690-1740
|
1690 - 1740 |
|
DD/X/BUE 1,2 |
survey of sea wall work, Kingston Seymour and reassessment, 1690, 1770
|
1690 - 1770 |
|
DD/WY/185 |
Notes by John Wyndham of Norrington on misbehaviour of soldiers and pressgangs, 1687
|
1687 |
recruitment, impressment |
DD/L |
map of Minehead, 1687, with details of vessels
|
1687 |
|
DD/L |
map of Dunster, 1687, with decorative fishing boats and ships before a large city [?London] |
1687 |
|
DD/X/L TR I |
photograph of map of part of Somerset coast, with detail of vessels in Bristol channel, 1687 |
1687 |
|
DD/X/HYN I |
account book of George Hayman for goods (mainly cloth) between Minehead, Youghal, Ireland. 1685-7
|
1685 - 1687 |
|
D/RA 1/5n |
Repair of sea wall at Heaterclose, Huntspill, 1684
|
1684 |
maritime maintenance |
DD/DN. 423-521. |
Correspondence and accounts of the Alloway. Prankard and Fuller families relating to trade from Minehead, Bridgwater and Bristol to Ireland, St Petersburg, America, Newfoundland, the West Indies and the Baltic, 1683-1746. Including some shipbuilding, sugar and rum trade. supplying ordnance to the King of Sardinia, 1750s, accounts of the Barton, Barton Isles. Appleton and Pepper plantations in Jamaica and traffic with slaves from the Gold Coast, eighteenth and nineteenth century, travel diaries through India and Mid-East, 1836-8.
|
1683 - 1838 |
plantations, slavery, diaries |
DD/DN 461-3 |
journals and ledgers of trade of William Alloway, jun., c.l683-1704
|
1683 - 1704 |
|
DD/BR/cly, 1/10 |
extract from House of Commons Journal regarding Hunter, Katherine, 1679
|
1679 |
|
DD/X/WI 36 |
letters of Edward Martindale, of Bristol, regarding trade with America, West Indies. etc., 1673, 1702 |
1673 - 1702 |
|
D/RA 1/2/124 |
sea wall workers, Kenn & Kingston Seymour, 1708, 1817 - also D/P/Kenn 4/1/2, D/P/k.sey 2/1/1 and DD/X/BUE 1,2 for 1672-1770
|
1672 - 1817 |
|
DD/TOR 341 |
acknowledgements by masters to having received their vessels after service at sea, Portsmouth, 1672-3 |
1672 - 1673 |
|
DD/DK I |
deed of Alston Maris, Huntspill with reference to right in dry earth for repair of sea wall, 1667 |
1667 |
|
DD/BR/ely 2 |
correspondence to Sir Charles Pymm, London, regarding plantation and trade with Bermuda, 1666-70
|
1666 - 1670 |
colonial |
DD/L 1/55/58/13-17 |
schedules of tolls, 1673, 1741, indenture, 1779; dockets, vouchers and misc. papers, n.d.; surveys, particulars and map, 1701; masons' and labourer's accounts, c.1780-1805; misc. accounts, 1666-1793
|
1666 - 1805 |
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DD/L 219/110 (box128) |
order concerning Watchet harbour, 1665
|
1665 |
|
DD/SP |
inventories of men described as mariner (17) or sailor (1),1664-1730
|
1664 - 1730 |
|
A\AGK/a |
Records of Eastment family of Drayton, including wages paid to officers and seamen on ships at Woolwich, 1661
|
1661 |
wages |
DD/SF 4237 |
Account book of William Sanford, factor originally of Somerset, based in Hamburg, 1659-1740
|
1659 - 1740 |
|
DD/SF 4108 |
merchant's ledger containing details of trade with Hamburg, Cadiz, London. 1655-72
|
1655 - 1672 |
|
DD/WO 53n |
petition on behalf of Payhembury resident pressed for service, mid-seventeenth century |
1650 |
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DD/SF 2769 |
Notes concerning registration of shipping, endorsed 'Dr of Instructions for the Western ports' ,late seventeenth century |
1650 - 1700 |
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DD/WY, Boxes 40-3 |
Watchet Harbour accounts, including plans, wage accounts, repair accounts and litigation papers, c.1650-late nineteenth century
|
1650 - 1900 |
|
DD/SF 2618 |
notes on excise, late 17th century' |
1650 - 1700 |
|
T/PH/tem 2 |
two photocopies of letters from Robert Blake regarding the Lyon, 1649 & naval stores at Chatham, 1649 |
1649 |
Generals-at-Sea, English Civil War |
DD/L P 30/105 |
Minehead quay accounts, 1648
|
1648 |
|
DD/BR/dy 1/6 |
reference, tax for maintenance of Huntspill sea wall, 1646 |
1646 |
English Civil War defences |
DD/L 2/misc/1 0 (box 154) |
Proclamation of Queen Anne for enrolling seamen, 1705; commission to Charles Stuckley to be Lieut. on Britannia, 1702; commission to Thomas Trenttele, as comet, 1644 |
1644 - 1705 |
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DD/B/bw /1524 |
1644 & 1645, water bailiff's accounts, includes names of ships, 1716-20
|
1644 - 1720 |
|
DD/WO 53/4 |
letter concerning release of servant pressed for service at Plymouth, 1643
|
1643 |
English Civil War, impressment |
DD\AH/21/16/2 |
Letter to Sir Thomas Wroth from the Privy Council Concerning non-payment of ship money, 15 Mar 1639/40
|
1640 |
ship money protest |
DD/SAS HV 36 |
Rate for raising money for H.M. service for shipping, 1639
|
1639 |
|
DD\AH/21/16/1 |
Ship money assessment showing men and cash required from each hundred drawn up for Sir William Portman and probably taken by Sir Thomas Wroth as a basis for this. 1637
|
1637 |
Caroline Personal Rule finance |
DD/TB 63/2/1 |
Navy Office, Controllers Counter ledger book, 1631
|
1631 |
|
DD/S/WH8 |
conveyance of 6 buts for fishing in Stogursey, 1623
|
1623 |
fishing |
DD/X/WI, 34 |
survey of manors in Stogursey, 1614, including depiction of ships on the Severn
|
1614 |
|
DD/PH 212/24 |
copy consideration of prospects of navigation to the East around America, c.1612, possibly written by Sir Dudley Diggs |
1612 |
|
DD/L 1/55/1 |
list of ships and barks belonging to Minehead, temp. Eliz; letter regarding new quay, 1609; docket of quay duties, early seventeenth century
|
1609 |
shipowning |
DD/WO 53/5/22 |
letter regarding Flemish treasure ship at Dartmouth, 1609
|
1609 |
|
DD/TOR 19 |
financial arrangements of the voyage of the Dyamond of Lyme Regis to Newfoundland, 1607 |
1607 |
fishing |
DD/BO 26 |
Admission to tenement held of Bargheys Manor, Berrow, services include 'sea wall workers', 1605
|
1605 |
|
DD/WO 43/3 |
depositions concerning upkeep of port of Minehead, 1604 |
1604 |
|
D/B/bw 78, S12 |
inquisition post mortem of John Burland of Callington, 1604 which includes land 'next to the sea shore' of which a messuage and 10 acres have been destroyed by the 'strength and current of the sea called Severn' |
1604 |
|
DD/WHh 1089 |
[stored as DD/x/LWE 1 c/3208] letters of Helyar family relating to estates in Jamaica, 17th-18th centuries |
1600 - 1800 |
|
DD/X/AUS 40 |
abstracts of seven deeds regarding Weston Super Mare fishery, seventeenth century onwards
|
1600 - 2000 |
fishing |
DD/HI/460 |
List of the Fleet that sailed from Plymouth to Cadiz, 1596
|
1596 |
Cadiz expedition, Anglo-Spanish warfare |
DD/L P29/41 |
note of weir duties to support repair of Minehead quay, 1594-5
|
1594 - 1595 |
|
DD/WO 57 /4 |
letter regarding wreck of ship carrying oil off Perranuthnoe, c.1589-1604
|
1589 - 1604 |
oilspill |
D/B/bw 1940 |
quitclaim by John Langley of Bristol, fishmonger, to mayor regarding ten barrels of white herrings, 1569 |
1569 |
fishing |
DD/Tor 10 |
reference to one hogshead of iron for maintenance of Lyme Regis cobb, 1561
|
1561 |
|
D/B/bw 1943 |
receipt of 64 pieces of cloth taken into custody by Mayor of Bridgwater following their arrest by the Commissioners of Admiralty at suit of Charles Delesthise and his merchant company at Antwerp, 1559 |
1559 |
|
DD/FA/11/1 |
Volume of notes on Somerset Maritime History by Graham Farr
16th century ship list; 18th century statistics; vessels built in Somerset; Alphabetical list of vessels registered at Bridgwater and Minehead; chronological indexes to Bridgwater and Minehead Ship Registers books; Alphabetical lists of masters and owners of vessels.
|
1500 - 1800 |
shipbuilding, shipowners |
DD/DN |
Accounts of the Dickinson family, merchants originally of Bristol and sometimes of Kingweston, Somerset, sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. Including trade with Africa, Amsterdam, St Petersburg, Carolina, Virginia and Calcutta; the sugar and slave trade to the West Indies, including accounts of Barton Isles plantation, Jamaica; Newcastle coal trade, 1745; shipping accounts for trade between Bristol and Newcastle, 1729-46
|
1500 - 1900 |
slavery, sugar |
DD/WO 53/1 |
letter with reference to landing stone at Seaton quay, late sixteenth century
|
1500 - 1600 |
|
DD/X/RY6 C/1968 |
lease of land in Clevedon with work on sea wall specified, 1432
|
1432 |
|
D/B/bw |
see catalogue, Bridgwater water bailiffs' accounts, 1427 -1720
|
1427 - 1720 |
|
T/PH/wil.l S/2026 |
articles regarding ships sailing Wales - Minehead, l5th-18th centuries (from National Library of Wales Journal, Vol. IX, 2,3 & 4)
|
1400 - 1800 |
|
DD/FA/2 |
Sully & Co Bridgewater, fleet list and notes by Graham Farr
|
|
|
DD/L 2I |
Dartmouth shipping accounts
|
|
|
DD/DN 197 |
papers of Caleb Dickinson, includes sugar trade from Jamaica, 1737
|
|
|
DD/DN 524 |
Plan of section and rigging of first rate with descriptive key, ?temp. Trafalgar
|
|
|
T/PH/hs, C/2122 |
photograph of Bernard Barton of Minehead, n.d.
|
|
|
D/B/bw 2373 |
bundle of papers including fish market tolls, n.d.
|
|
fishing |
A\CEN |
Records of the Watchet Hobblers Association Hobblers were unlicensed pilots who used small rowing or sailing boats to steer and pull vessels into harbours. This collection comprises minute books, financial records, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers of the association. The records were kept by the secretaries of the association which included W L Allen and W Webber [Willie (Danny) Webber] of Watchet
|
|
|
DD/SF 2816 |
memorandum concerning London tidesmen and watermen in port of London, n.d |
|
|
DIRA 2/9/34 |
report on coastal erosion |
|
|
DD/X/ST 1 |
memorandum of repair work due by tenant of Colegrose tenement on sea wall, references to marker stones |
|
|
D/B/bw 142/1692 |
letter from Arthur Lisle to Bridgwater corporation concerning his appointment to visit all the jurisdiction of the Admiralty in order to discover all exempt places and that he has appointed his servant Wodhall to act for him, n.d. |
|
|
DD/WO 49/3 |
'Charge of the watche at Clyve hill', 2 Philip and Mary, [beacons]
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