Code |
Description |
Date |
Keywords |
Seaham Harbour Co. |
Seaham Harbour Dock co. (addnl): records 19th-20th cent. |
1800 - 1999 |
ports |
Ropner & Co. |
Sir R.Ropner & Co. (Management) Ltd., shipowners and shipping agents, Darlington: records. |
1880 - 1960 |
Companies trade commerce |
RC/Sa/2/36 |
photograph of Fr. Mulligan blessing a ship prior to its launch, n.d.
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|
illustrations ministers |
NCBI/JB/891 |
account to John Buddle for repairing the Mary and Ann, 1842
|
1842 |
invoices finances ships maintenance |
NCBI/JB/2644 |
insurance policy of the Lord Seaham, 1832
|
1832 |
ships |
NCBI/JB/2642 |
accounts for cargo and freight for the Wansbeck, 1831
|
1831 |
trade commerce finances |
NCBI/JB/1351-4 |
letters regarding insurance and voyages of the Lord Seaham, 1832
|
1832 |
correspondence ships |
NCBI/JB/1093-5 & 1105 |
letter and accounts regarding freight of coal in the Delight from the North East to Weymouth, 1825, and return
|
1825 |
ships shipping cargo |
NCBI/JB 173, 329-30, 370-3, 1863, 2663 |
misc. letters regarding shipbuilding, 1814-42
|
1814 - 1842 |
correspondence construction |
NCB I/X188 |
misc. papers including accounts for the Telemachus, 1838
|
1838 |
ships |
NCB I/X141 |
colliery fitters' ledger with named ships, 1855-64
|
1855 - 1864 |
construction |
NCB I/RS58 |
papers regarding Palmer's shipbuilding Company, Jarrow, 1865-76
|
1865 - 1876 |
construction |
NCB I/RS56 |
correspondence and other papers regarding purchase and sale of the Palestine, 1857-68
|
1857 - 1868 |
ships ownership |
NCB I/JB/173 |
letter from Thomas Brown regarding sale of the Jane and Robert, 1833
|
1833 |
correspondence ships ownership |
NCB I/JB/1354 |
account of money due to Captain Spence from Buddle for four voyages of the Lord Seaham from Portsmouth and Plymouth and regarding sea damage to ships in the South Harbour, 1833
|
1833 |
ships wages wrecks |
NCB I/JB/1101 |
letters of William Morton Pitt with news of wrecks on North East coast, 1824
|
1824 |
correspondence |
NCB 2/370/1-4 |
printed naval architects drawings for 1781 to 1805
|
1781 - 1805 |
illustrations designs navy |
NCB 2/349 |
section of strata at Eston Nab, Cleveland, showing Eaton lighthouse, mid-nineteenth century
|
1800 - 1899 |
rescue |
John Cyril Armstrong |
Papers of John Cyril Armstrong, R.N., leading stoker, killed on HMS Hood, 20th cent. |
1941 |
royal navy ships deaths seamen |
D/XD/68 |
diary by John Harker of a journey with his family from Darlington to New Zealand on the Rangitiki, 1883-4
|
1883 - 1884 |
travel ships voyages |
D/XD 5/317 |
memorandum regarding payment of George Pease's board until shares in ships company pay dividends, n.d.
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ownership finances |
D/XD 105/1 |
letter from Thomas Byers of Melbourne to his brother with news of the wreck of the Admilla, steamer, off Adelaide, 16 August 1859
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1859 |
correspondence Australia ships |
D/X968/20 |
circular of the Stockton and London Shipping Co., 11 December 1840
|
1840 |
Companies ships |
D/X903/33-5 & 59-61 |
papers regarding shares in the Rondo, Sinloo and Tempo, ships of the Pelton Steamship Company, 1890-9
|
1890 - 1899 |
ownership |
D/X901/1 |
certificate of service of Alfred Bone, R.N., 1915-23
|
1915 - 1923 |
navy |
D/X845/9-10 |
bill of sale of the Isabellas of Sunderland, 1823, 1825
|
1823 - 1825 |
ships ownership |
D/X845/8 |
bill of sale of the Apollo of Sunderland, brigantine, 1820
|
1820 |
ships ownership |
D/X845/7 |
bill of sale of the Minor of Sunderland, brigantine, 10 January 1805
|
1805 |
ships ownership |
D/X776/71-130 |
shipping insurance policies, including for voyage of the Alliance, notices and accounts, 1824-6
|
1824 - 1826 |
ships |
D/X75/38 |
bills and conditions of sale for the Saladin of Stockton, Isabella Wood, William Broderick, Glenmore and Thomas Burdon of Sunderland, 1842-5
|
1842 - 1845 |
ships ownership |
D/X731/30-8 |
descriptions of voyages to Norway and along the Norwegian coast, 1887
|
1887 |
travel |
D/X73/1-35 |
papers relating to Taylor and Sanderson Steamship Co. Ltd of Sunderland, 1907-30, including wages account of SS Universal
|
1907 - 1930 |
Companies ships |
D/X709/2 |
photocopy of hold plan of steel screw steamer Thornhope of c.1900
|
1900 |
ships construction |
D/X674/285 |
bill of sale of the Cilurnum of Newcastle, 1882
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1882 |
ships ownership |
D/X555/2 & 4 |
letters from Matthew John Wilson regarding life on the Eleanor Dixon voyaging to Valparaiso, 1854 and from South America requesting Mr Proctor of Liverpool to send birds and animals to his family, 1855
|
1854 - 1855 |
correspondence ships travel |
D/X395 |
mortgage of the Great Northern, steam ship, 1876
|
1876 |
finances ownership |
D/X341 |
log of the Philia of Sunderland from Cardiff to Syra, 1869
|
1869 |
ships |
D/X331/1 |
misc. papers including part of log of the Auld Reekie, pre-1875
|
1875 |
ships |
D/X288/1 |
apprenticeship indenture, 1814
|
1814 |
yachts recruitment |
D/X276/1 |
ships passport for Capt. Connolly to sail in Turkish waters, 21 November 1867
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1867 |
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D/X274/2 |
cargo bond for Marmaduke Allison of Stockton for voyage of the Maundsley, 1737
|
1737 |
ships shipping |
D/X115/8 |
brokerage bonds for ships trading between the Tyne and London, including the Chance, Vigilant and Pallion, 1820
|
1820 |
commerce ships |
D/X/189/14 |
posters and notices, 1826-74, including for impressment of sailors
|
1826 - 1874 |
illustrations recruitment navy |
D/X 991/1 |
receipt from Trinity House for the Eddystone Lighthouse duly issued to Capt. William Smith of the Jesmond, 1784, with printed map of the environs of Fowey
|
1784 |
ships charts |
D/X 832/184 |
letter from John Fleming to J.H.B. Forster regarding death of Dr Steel on ship sunk by a submarine, 11 June 1917
|
1917 |
correspondence wrecks |
D/X 714/60 & 62 |
rules of the National Amal. Society of Operative House and Ships Painters and Decorators, 1935, 1960
|
1935 - 1960 |
maintenance repairs |
D/X 513/13 |
letter of Lieut. George Ormsby in Jamaica to his brother in Darlington with news of the capture of the St Ann, 1761
|
1761 |
correspondence colonies Caribbean ships |
D/X 479/49 |
diary of voyage on the SS J.M. Smith to Constantinople, 1891
|
1891 |
travel ships Turkey |
D/X 456/40 |
conveyance of Robert Hill's share in a ship and its cargo to Christopher Hill of Blackwell, 1783
|
1783 |
ownership |
D/X 436/11 |
letter to Thomas Grenville, first Lord of the Admiralty requesting command of a ship with references to service at Trafalgar, 1806
|
1806 |
correspondence navy operations service |
D/X 436/10 |
account of naval action at Oporto, 1892
|
1892 |
navy operations Portugal |
D/X 411/83 |
photograph of a ship at Blyth, n.d.
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|
illustrations |
D/X 411/74/10 |
postcard showing Mr Carr and the Riva, yacht, n.d.
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|
illustrations |
D/X 411/56 |
photograph of Hartlepool's Model Yacht Club, 1907-8
|
1907 - 1908 |
illustrations |
D/X 332/231 |
letter from Francis James Raine on the Canterbury for New Zealand to his brother describing conditions, March 1865
|
1865 |
correspondence ships |
D/X 307/30 |
letter of Thomas Smith to R. Carr regarding wages due of deceased son who had served on the Isis in the West Indies, 1810
|
1810 |
correspondence death ships Caribbean service |
D/X 1087 |
misc. correspondence including of the Royal Naval Association Club, Ltd, 1986
|
1986 |
navy |
D/X 108 |
journal of James Brown Yeoman of South Shields of voyages to the Mediterranean, Bombay, Boston, etc. on the Cervin, Albula and James Barrass, 1877-80
|
1877 - 1880 |
travel Europe India America ships |
D/X 107/148 |
declaration of Thomas Galley, midshipman of HMS Melpomene regarding pay and prize money, 1807
|
1807 |
navy ships wages |
D/Wa5/4/222 |
photograph of the deck of the Queen Mary, passenger liner, 1938
|
1938 |
illustrations ships tourism travel |
D/Wa 5/9/40 |
advertisement for the Orient Line Cruises with price list, c.1937
|
1937 |
tourism travel leisure |
D/Wa 5/4/323 |
travel brochures for the Royal Mail, Pacific and White Star shipping lines, 1924
|
1924 |
voyages tourism leisure |
D/Wa 3/7/28 |
watercolours of George F. Mounsey, 1896-9, including South Gare lighthouse
|
1896 - 1899 |
illustrations |
D/Wa 3/7/23 |
drawing of a lighthouse, n.d.
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|
illustrations |
D/Wa 3/7/15-25 |
pen and ink drawings by Edward B. Mounsey of sailing ships and shipwrecks, 1854-5
|
1854 - 1855 |
illustrations |
D/Wa 3/6/47 |
postcard of Henry Hood, ex-coxswain of Seaton crew lifeboat, 1883
|
1883 |
illustrations rescue |
D/Wa 3/1/1 |
assignment of the Adamant of Whitby, brig, 1800
|
1800 |
ships |
D/Wa 1/7/15 |
sketch book of ships wrecked off the North East coast, 1825-7
|
1825 - 1827 |
illustrations |
D/Wa 1/4/6-7 |
illustrated journals of Edward Backhouse on the Nereid to Scandanavia, Scotland, 1866, 1869
|
1866 - 1869 |
yachts |
D/SuF |
papers of Sunderland Deep-Sea Fishing Company comprising 1-2, account books, 1877-9, 1878-9; 3, order book, 1878
|
1877 - 1879 |
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D/St/D3/4/74 |
depositions regarding loss of the Nancy of Workington on voyage to Virginia, 1803
|
1803 |
ships wrecks America |
D/St/C2/3/9 |
letters from John Robinson to Thomas Hall regarding shipment of coals to London and loss of ships in the Gunfleet, 1726
|
1726 |
correspondence cargo trade commerce wrecks |
D/St/C2/3/139 |
joint stock certificate of Mrs Elizabeth Stephenson regarding annuities to satisfy navy victualling and transport bills, 1798
|
1798 |
navy food costs |
D/St/C1/9/10 |
letter from Capt. Thomas Pearson to Mary Eleanor concerning her orders for the Mary and his report of the history of the vessel, 1789
|
1789 |
correspondence ships |
D/St/C1/3/208 |
letter from Henry Beamson, Gateshead to George Bowes requesting assistance to avoid naval impressment, 10 October 1759
|
1759 |
correspondence navy recruitment |
D/St/C1/3/207 |
letter from Jacob Wilson, Whitburn, to George Bowes, Gibside, regarding Bowes' offer to provide for Wilson's grandson to go to sea, 18 August 1759
|
1759 |
correspondence |
D/St/C1/3/144 |
cases, letters to MPs and related papers of George Bowes concerning the war with Spain and the loss of British ships, 1729-42
|
1729 - 1742 |
correspondence parliament navy operations |
D/St/C1/2/120 |
copy account of Mrs Janes Bowes with William Leaton relating to insurance of the Resolution, shares and unspecified debts, 6 May 1760 - 21 January 1762
|
1760 - 1762 |
ships ownership |
D/St/C1/2/119 |
papers relating to Jane Bowes' interest in the whale fishery, 1754-7, including accounts of dividends and insurance
|
1754 - 1757 |
whaling |
D/St/C1/2/118 |
copy letter from Anthony Bacon, John Preswick, Henry Bird, jun., and Richard Liddell, London to committee appointed for the Greenland fishery urging them to petition Parliament for act to promote whaling, 8 November 1753
|
1753 |
correspondence government Laws |
D/St/B3/26 |
monthly accounts of salt shipped and retailed from the River Tyne, with details of pan owners, ships and cargoes, 1744-55
|
1744 - 1755 |
finances cargo trade commerce |
D/St/B1/23/1-13 & 24/1-9 |
misc. papers of Lord Strathmore relating to prices of shipping coals to London and organisation of trade, 1729-57
|
1729 - 1757 |
cargo commerce |
D/St/B1/22/1-68 |
misc. shipping papers of Lord Strathmore relating to coal, comprising 1, list of deeds and writings relating to the shipping interests of the Bowe family, 1772; 2-34, bills of sales, bonds, accounts, etc. relating to the Charles and Henr |
1725 - 1772 |
trade mining commerce |
D/SHD/170 |
correspondence between Trinity House and the secretary of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company regarding discontinuance of the use of a fog bell at the north pier lighthouse at Seaham Harbour, 1919
|
1919 |
navigation signalling |
D/SHD/1-223 |
papers of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company comprising Acts, agreements, reports and accounts relating to central administration, 1898-1964; correspondence and agreements relating to expansion and building, 1898-1964; financial ledgers, journals, co |
1820 - 1979 |
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D/Sa/C49 |
letter of Nathaniel Payter to Dr Prescott at York describing medicinal bathing at Scarborough, 1719
|
1719 |
correspondence health leisure beaches |
D/Pe 6/4 |
essay by Henry Fell Pease on his life and holidays at Brighton, c.1843
|
1843 |
leisure tourism |
D/Pe 5/60 |
diary of a member of the Pease family at Ramsgate, n.d.
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journal |
D/Pe 2/184 |
letter from Sophia Pease to Henry Fell regarding a ship's launch at Stockton, 28 January 1863
|
1863 |
correspondence |
D/Pe 2/151 |
letter from John Fell to Henry Fell Pease relating that Sir John Franklin's ship was struck by an iceberg, 18 April 1852
|
1852 |
correspondence wreck |
D/Pe 11/29 |
letter from James I. Levick at Philadelphia to Henry Fell and Edwin L. Pease with news of the capture of a slave ship, 28 September 1858
|
1858 |
correspondence America slavery |
D/Pe 11/144 |
letter from Norman Henry Pease concerning a ship to Naples, March 1879
|
1879 |
correspondence Europe travel |
D/Pe 11 |
travel letters of the Pease family including relating to trips to 4, Brighton, c. 1844; 6, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, 1847; 7, Torquay 1854; 8, Dover, 1854; 9, Scarborough, 1856; 11-61, trips to America, c.1845-1904, notably 25, 30-7 and 53 relating |
1844 - 1904 |
holidays tourism leisure Europe ships |
D/Lo/File 15/9 |
letter from John Henry Manners to Frances Anne, Marchinoess of Londonderry with news of arrival of American yacht at Cowes, 3 August 1851
|
1851 |
correspondence |
D/Lo/F990 |
account of naval action between the English and French Fleets, n.d.
|
|
navy operations war |
D/Lo/F743 |
letters from George Bowes to George Vane, 1707-60, including news of naval activities of Sir John Norris, 1744
|
1744 |
correspondence navy operations |
D/Lo/F/7a519 |
typescript copies of papers relating to the `Sir Percy Scott Incident', a case of alleged insubordination by the Commander of the First Cruiser Squadron, Grand Fleet, on the occasion of the Kaiser's visit, 1907-8
|
1907 - 1908 |
navy |
D/Lo/F/5d507 |
share certificates including of Royal Dorset Yacht Club, 1875
|
1875 |
ownership |
D/Lo/F/5d506 |
file of 21 papers relating to proposed purchase & steam yacht Corra Linn, with a report on capabilities and inventory, 1866
|
1866 |
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D/Lo/F/1138 |
papers relating to Strangford Yacht Club, 1913
|
1913 |
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D/Lo/F/1062-3 |
accounts for the Cornelia, 1869-81
|
1869 - 1881 |
yachts |
D/Lo/E/576(1-14) |
papers collected to support the claims of the Lord of the Manor of Seaham to wreck, etc. 1699-1748
|
1699 - 1748 |
ownership |
D/Lo/C600 |
reports on the Cornelia, 1878-80
|
1878 - 1880 |
yachts |
D/Lo/C51 |
draft letters of Charles William, 1816-17, with news of an English ship at Venice being detained
|
1816 - 1817 |
correspondence Europe |
D/Lo/C310 |
letter from John Brett Eminson to George White, master of the Cornelia, yacht, concerning the fitting out of the vessel, with accounts, etc., 1870-4
|
1870 - 1874 |
correspondence |
D/Lo/C285 |
letters of John Brett Eminson with news of steam yachts, 1867-8; storm damage to Londonderry steamers, 1868
|
1867 - 1868 |
correspondence weather boats |
D/Lo/C17/8 |
letter from Cintra with news that Russian ships still flew their flags, 10 September 1808
|
1808 |
correspondence navy operations |
D/Lo/C17/31 |
letter from John Doyle with news of five French ships at Rosas Bay, 15 May 1809
|
1809 |
correspondence navy operations |
D/Lo/C1/6 |
petition of Hadge Abdelmzid Bouhalel to Lord Castlereagh against the seizure of the Danish brig Frieden by the Unicorn, with Castlereagh's memorandum on the case, 1808
|
1808 |
ships capture |
D/Lo/C1/1 |
informations of the British Consul at Tangiers on the size and dispositions of the French and Spanish fleets, 1804-5, with abstract of the relative strengths of the British and enemy naval forces
|
1804 - 1805 |
Africa navy operations |
D/Lo/C/642 |
correspondence relating to accounts of naval activities during the war, 1914-16
|
1914 - 1916 |
navy operations |
D/Lo/C/348 |
letter of William Warham regarding RNLI and the Seaham boat, 1870-81
|
1870 - 1881 |
correspondence lifeboats rescue |
D/Lo/C |
estate correspondence of the Marquess of Londonderry, including relating to Seaham Harbour management notably 154, misc. letters, 1826-53, including orders concerning the entry of screw steamers to Seaham Harbour, 1853; 163, correspondence of Rich |
1826 - 1864 |
ships development transport trains |
D/Lo/B460-465 |
financial papers relating to Londonderry estate steamships, 1866-80, including contract with Palmers' Shipbuilding and Iron Co. Ltd and Lord Londonderry, 1879, insurance policies, inventories, wages accounts
|
1866 - 1880 |
accounts Companies |
D/Lo/B417-29 |
misc. papers relating to Sunderland Docks, 1855-60
|
1855 - 1860 |
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D/Lo/B388-416 |
financial papers relating to Londonderry estate steamships and steamers, 1857-1903, including mortgages, insurance policies, bills of sale, accounts, misc. papers
|
1857 - 1903 |
accounts shipping trade |
D/Lo/B327-41 |
papers relating to Seaham Harbour including 1, relating to the early development of the harbour, 1822-4; 2, trade statistics, 1849-76; 3, harbour management, 1856-80
|
1822 - 1880 |
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D/HH 9/2/1-16 |
papers of Vice Admiral Alister F. Beal including 1-2, two printed naval allotments, 1899, 1903; 5-7, correspondence at R.N. Barracks,
Chatham, concerning money due to Mr Smith, 1910-11
|
1899 - 1911 |
navy |
D/HH 2/7/732-40 |
probate papers concerning Margaret Coatsworth, 1826-8, including relating to her share in the Ramble
|
1826 - 1828 |
ships ownership Wills |
D/HH 2/7/382 |
letter from Roger Watson at Sunderland regarding arrival of the Mutal from Rotterdam with a cargo of apples, 1817
|
1817 |
correspondence ships trade commerce food |
D/HH 10/15 |
papers of E.R. Hanby Holmes, Hon. Secretary of the Barnard castle Division of the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmens' Families' Assoc., 1919-51, notably including minutes and correspondence of the National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldie |
1919 - 1951 |
services mariners Forces |
D/BR/D/441/2 |
letter from Thomas Bumble at Washington Blue House to Matthew Russell at Edinburgh concerning the possibility of more trade when the light ships arrive, 26 September 1807
|
1807 |
correspondence commerce |
D/AP39 |
ship's plan by D. Wawn for William Allan and Co. of Sunderland, 1892
|
1892 |
Companies construction |
D/AP38 |
plan of ship's engine of William Allan and Co., Scotia Engine Works, 1891
|
1891 |
construction engineering Companies |
D/AP37 |
plans of ships' engines by John Dickinson of Sunderland for Short Brothers, c.1879-86
|
1879 - 1886 |
construction engineering Companies |
D/AP36 |
plans of ships engines by George Clarke, Southwick Engine Works, Sunderland, 1878
|
1878 |
construction Companies engineering |
D/AP 23-7 |
ships plans of Short Brothers, c.1876-89
|
1876 - 1889 |
construction |
D/AP 16-22 |
ships plans of Sir John Priestman and Co., c.1880-90
|
1880 - 1890 |
construction Companies |
D/AP 1-15 |
ships plans of the William Pickersgill and sons, c.1880-1900
|
1880 - 1900 |
Companies construction |
BT/F1-89 |
Board of Trade fishing boat records comprising A, Hartlepool returns, 1884; B, applications for exemption for South Shields and Sunderland, 1888-96; C, running agreements, accounts of voyages and crew and official log books for Hartlepool and Sund |
1884 - 1896 |
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A.M. Chambers |
A.M. Chambers, ships chandlers, Seaham: records |
1920 - 1969 |
merchants |