Code |
Description |
Date |
Keywords |
R2397A/Z60 |
Account Book of the Sally, Snow and Albion brigantine, 1767 - 1815 |
1767 - 1815 |
accounts shipping commerce |
R2379A/Z9 |
Correspondence regarding Bideford shipping, 1942-7
|
1942 - 1947 |
Ships Shipping |
R2379A/Z8 |
Register of Bideford shipping, June 1805 - 1813
|
1805 - 1813 |
Ships Shipping Registration |
R2379A/Z7 |
Map of old and new quays at Bideford c.1690
|
1690 |
Ports Harbours Quays |
R2379A/Z60 |
Account books of the Sally and Albion, 1767-1815
|
1767 - 1815 |
accounts Shipping |
R2379A/Z47 |
scrapbook of press cuttings in Admiralty case of owners of SS Devonia vs corporation of Bideford, 1937
|
1937 |
steam legal |
R2379A/Z38/56/2 |
Articles of the Maria privateer, 1800
|
1800 |
Piracy Privateering |
R2379A/Z38/3 |
Two copies of statement regarding limits of port of Bideford in 1676, 1801
|
1676 - 1801 |
Ports Harbours |
P/72/1-2 |
Maps of areas of jurisdiction of ports of Barnstaple and Bideford taken from atlas, c.1815
|
1815 |
Ports Harbours |
P/70 |
Extracts from diary of R. Ellis, Bideford merchant, inc. lists of exported goods, account for provisioning the William bound for Prince Edward Island, 1840, dimensions of spars for a vessel being built at Bideford, 1840, calculation for mea |
1833 - 1852 |
Mariners |
P/28/1-10 |
Photocopies of poems by James C. Harding of Appledore on wrecks from 1885 to 1912
|
1885 - 1912 |
Wrecks |
North Devon Atheneum |
Four scale Navy plans of HMS Naiad 1795
|
1795 |
Plans |
H/20/2 |
Extracts from letter book, port of Barnstaple, eighteenth - nineteenth centuries
|
1700 - 1900 |
Ports Harbours |
H/20/1 |
notes on smuggling in north Devon by Graham Farr, twentieth century |
|
Smuggling |
H/17 |
Extracts from letter books, port of Ilfracombe, 1827-9
|
1827 - 1829 |
Ports Harbours |
H/14/1-4 |
Extracts from diary of Jack Freer of HMS Stevenstone April to November 1944
|
1944 |
Navy Operations |
D900.Mor |
Ts notes by Marshall Edwin Harris, including copy of nineteenth-century notes by Henry Watts on shipping
|
1800 - 1899 |
shipping |
D900.Lun |
Ts of account of the burning of the Nightingale in 1754
|
1754 |
wreck |
D.656 |
Notes and ts copy on Bristol Channel shipping recorded in Welsh port books from 1560 to 1603
|
1560 - 1603 |
shipping trade |
Cann Box 1/2b/5 |
Insurance certificate for church bells on the Nautilus from Bideford to London, 1803
|
1803 |
insurance |
Cann Box 1/2b/4 |
Pass for the Swallow , brigantine, 1753
|
1753 |
pass shipping |
Cann Box 1/25b |
Bill of sale of the Friendship brigantine of Appledore, 1798 & bond for faithful service of agent to Barnstaple and Bristol Shipping Co., 1854
|
1798 - 1854 |
sale shipping |
B99/1 |
Copy of statement of liabilities and assets regarding the Hansen Shipbulding and Ship-Repairing Co. Ltd of Northam, 1925 |
1925 |
Ships shipbuilding |
B9/5/32 |
Assignment of the Eliza, sloop of Bideford, 1809
|
1809 |
Ships Shipping Registration |
B9/18/27 |
Bill of sale of the Hope of Bideford, 1812
|
1812 |
Ships Shipping sale |
B84Z/8 |
Certificate of discharge of Thomas Smith, late surgeon of HMS Peterell , 1807
|
1807 |
Navy |
B76Zadd/3 |
Order from Sir Edward Pellew for a survey of the Swallow 1813
|
1813 |
Navy |
B76Zadd/2 |
Memorandum of private signals from Admiral Lord Keith, 1800
|
1800 |
Navy |
B76Z/9 |
Statement of James Lord Gambier, Admiral of the White Squadron, regarding public employment, 1 July 1812
|
1812 |
Navy |
B76Z/6, |
Letter from A. Keppel to Vice Admiral Lord Shuldham, Plymouth, regarding men for the spy tender, 1778
|
1778 |
Navy Recruiting |
B69/41/1-3 |
Rules of the Mariners Union Society of Clovelly, 1823-38
|
1823 - 1838 |
Mariners |
B69/38 & add3/1 |
Letter and account book of a London merchant, 1704-5 & 1705-11, mainly with Francis Arundell at Leghorn and also throughout England and the continent
|
1704 - 1711 |
Trade Commerce |
B69/37 |
Account book of Benjamin Smale, merchant of goods carried inc. from Bideford, Topsham, Swansea, Dublin, Milford, Oport
|
1687 - 1690 |
Trade Commerce |
B69/28 |
Journal of Browne Smith, 1824-7, regarding navy duty on the Tagus Portugal and aboard the Aurora
|
1824 - 1827 |
Navy |
B689-1 |
HM Customs and Excise, Barnstaple: customs house bonds, leases and commissions |
1804 - 1870 |
|
B65Z/1-11 |
papers regarding enquiry into weirs on river Taw, c.1627-30
|
1627 - 1630 |
Fishing |
B50G |
Records of North Devon Yacht Club, inc. lists of members, 1909-65, race records, 1909-85, financial accounts, 1975-85
|
1909 - 1985 |
Leisure |
B44Z/2 |
Incomplete account of George Crocker of Bristol to the owners of the Barum, inc. purchase of provisions and customs and pilotage fees at Cork, 15 June 1752
|
1752 |
Trade Commerce |
B422/1-3 |
Technical drawings of James Goss, Barnstaple shipbuilder, 1882-6
|
1882 - 1886 |
Ships Shipping shipbuilding |
B420/1-2 |
Correspondence regarding Association for the Efficient Watching of our Coast, 1910-11
|
1910 - 1911 |
Rescue |
B369/1/2 |
Journal of B.R. Bickford containing notes on flags and pendants used in naval signals, 1915-16
|
1915 - 1916 |
Navy Papers, WW1 |
B361 |
Minutes and correspondence of North Devon Lifeguard Committee, 1972-3
|
1972 - 1973 |
Rescue |
B355add/3/1-2 |
Copy greetings telegrams, HMS Lauderdale 1944
|
1944 |
Navy |
B354 |
Records of P.K. Harris and Sons, Appledore shipbuilders, 1891-1963
|
1891 - 1963 |
Ships Shipping shipbuilding |
B333 |
Papers of Barnstaple and Bideford Port Health Authority, inc. inspector's records of inspections, 1939-88; reports of port medical officer of health, 1940-76; bundle of correspondence, 1949-89
|
1939 - 1989 |
Mariners Health Welfare |
B325/1 |
Plan of ports of Bideford, Barnstaple and Ilfracome, showing out-stations and dependencies, nineteenth century
|
1800 - 1900 |
Ports Harbours |
B2M/Z1 |
grant of arms to John Hawkins for `courageous worthy and famous entreprises... into the unhaunted parts of Africa and America', 1566
|
1566 |
Exploration |
B272/1-3 |
Papers relating to H.M. Customs, Appledore comprising statements of trade, 1961-83, register of seamen, 1935-64, wreck books, 1919-82 |
1919 - 1982 |
Customs |
B262add2/11/10 |
Papers relating to Charles Besley Gribble's account of meeting Napolean on St Helena, notes on Gribble's voyages, 1788-1801, notes on voyages of Capt. Henry Gribble, 1818-32, notes on voyages of Charles Besley, 1826-c.73
|
1783 - 1873 |
Mariners |
B262add2/1/1-28 |
Correspondence relating to Capt. Henry Gribble and his travels in the Far East in the 1840s
|
1840 - 1850 |
Mariners |
B261/1-36 |
Papers of Captains GG and HGG Clarke of Braunton, inc. ships' account books, 1909-22, financial papers relating to the CFH, Democrat, Result, St Austell and other ships, 1927-33, papers relating to the British Sail |
1909 - 1931 |
Ships Shipping |
B21Z/1/12 |
Letter from Andrew Turner, senior, to Robert Phipps, merchant of Exeter, complaining of losses caused by Parliamentary forces and navy, 6 September 1647
|
1647 |
Navy Operations |
B155/20 |
Menu for Championship Regatta dinner, 1955 |
1955 |
Leisure |
B155/18 |
Programme for Championship Regatta, Plymouth Amateur Rowing Club, 1950
|
1950 |
Leisure |
B155/1-15 |
Programmes for Bideford regatta, 1919-55, and for Appledore and Instow regatta, 1926, 1955 |
1919 - 1955 |
Leisure Yachting |
B149/2 |
Marriage settlement with a quarter part of the Sally brig, 1768
|
1768 |
Ships Shipping |
B128/1-10 |
papers of HM Customs and Excise, Barnstaple, relating to Appledore Customs House, inc. correspondence, 1932-58; records of seizures, 1860-1961; charts and plans for proposed public works (piers), 1886-1953
|
1886 - 1961 |
customs |
B120add4/3 |
Midshipman's journal of Colin C. Lowry, 1929-31, with misc. service papers
|
1929 - 1931 |
navy service papers |
B120add4/2 |
Account book of the Braunton Shipowners Mutual Insurance Association, 1908-45
|
1908 - 1945 |
Ships Shipping insurance |
B120add4/1 |
Account book of the Rhea Sylvia, 1853-67
|
1853 - 1867 |
accounts |
B120add3/1-3 |
Letters and sketch plan regarding hospital ship at Barnstaple, c.1927
|
1927 |
Mariners Health Welfare |
B120add/2 |
Minute book of Braunton Shipowners' Mutual Insurance Association Ltd, 1946-59
|
1946 - 1959 |
Ships Shipping Insurance |
B120add/1 |
certificates of Royal Humane Society for preventing drownings, 1893-6
|
1893 - 1896 |
Mariners Health Welfare |
B11Z/37 |
Certificate of registry of the Nightingale at Barnstaple, 1825
|
1825 |
Ships Shipping Registration |
B119/1-9 |
Misc. papers relating to the Bideford Ship Company Ltd, 1986-7 [closed access]
|
1986 - 1987 |
Ships Shipping |
B118/1/1-3 |
Crew lists of the Ellen Martin, Maria and Psyche of Bideford, 1863-90
|
1863 - 1890 |
Ships Shipping Crew |
B114/1-6 |
Notes, transcripts, drafts, etc., by Stanley Thomas for book on The Nightingale 1950s
|
1950 - 1959 |
Ships Shipping |
B1/909 |
Printed notice for keeping `The Walk', Barnstaple, clear of casks, bales and idle persons, 1714
|
1714 |
Ports Harbours Quays |
B1/905 |
printed resolution at Exeter, accepting government's supply of herrings to the poor due to the high price of corn, 1500 |
1500 |
Fishing |
B1/682 |
Deed of arrangement concerning wool bought in Ireland, regarding merchants of Minehead and Bristol, 1632
|
1632 |
Trade Commerce |
B1/623 |
Letter from Governor of Exeter regarding French trade, 1637
|
1637 |
Trade Commerce |
B1/619 |
extract regarding legal case of unwholesome fish in market, 1547 |
1547 |
Fishing |
B1/558 |
Probate will of Thomas Heywood of Northam, mariner, with bequest of quarter of William of Northam, 1633
|
1633 |
Mariners |
B1/46/515 |
Barnstaple Corporation order regarding bags of imported wool from Wales, Ireland or any other `infected place' and plague, 2 September 1651
|
1651 |
Trade Commerce |
B1/4025 |
oath of allegiance of Barnstaple Customs and Excise Officer, 1742
|
1742 |
Emigration |
B1/4024 & 621 |
Copy order from Board of Trade regarding French trade with Western ports and account of monies paid attending French ambassador regarding London merchants' grievances, 1636-7
|
1636 - 1637 |
Trade Commerce |
B1/3122 |
Barnstaple quay repair account, 1750
|
1750 |
Ports Harbours Quays |
B1/3120-1 |
Legal papers regarding quayage at Barnstaple, 1779, 1789
|
1779 - 1789 |
Ports Harbours Quays |
B1/3113 |
Account for building Little Quay, Barnstaple, 1796
|
1796 |
Ports Harbours Quays |
B1/2032 & 2204-11 |
bonds and contracts regarding transportation of felons to Virginia or Maryland, 1727-92 |
1727 - 1792 |
Emigration |
B1/1765 |
appointment of officer for duty on salt as collector of subsidy of tonnage and metage, 1751 |
1751 |
Emigration |
B1/1733 |
bond regarding Edward Kettlewell and Grace Stevens of Montserrat, two children, sent in the Forteene from the West Indies, 26 November 1658 |
1658 |
Emigration |
B1/1730-1 & 1735 |
papers regarding fishery and nets, 1649-50 |
1649 - 1650 |
Fishing |
B1/1134-a |
Corporation petition regarding remitting narrow cloth custom, 1423, with transcript of 1774
|
1423 |
Trade Commerce |
B1/1128-9 |
Papers regarding cargo of hard soap, Appledore and Barnstaple, 1738-9
|
1738 - 1739 |
Trade Commerce |
A73 |
Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Appledore branch: minutes, reports, accounts and papers, 1914-2001.
|
1914 - 2001 |
lifeboat coastguard Devon |
A208 |
Corporation of Trinity House: plans of lighthouses: Bideford, Lundy and Lynmouth 1950-99.
|
1950 - 1999 |
lighthouse |
683/0 |
Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, Bideford: register of sea fishing boats |
1884 - 1988 |
|
682/0 |
Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, Barnstaple: register of sea fishing boats |
1903 - 1988 |
|
50/11/66-100 |
papers on Chichester estate in Wales, notably 70, tithe account books of the Chichester estates, inc. list of Aberystwyth fishing boats and tithes payable, 1730; 85, bundle of papers, some legal, on disputes over tithes of Llanbadarn Fawr and Llanfih |
1700 - 1714 |
Fishing |
50/11/62 |
Two parliamentary bills, plan and book of reference by James Green, surveyor, and other papers relating to proposed road and harbour scheme, Combe Martin, 1827-37
|
1827 - 1837 |
Ports Harbours |
50/11/33/12c |
Copy of memorandum of agreement with John Stanbury as to wreck and insurance of Woolacombe, 26 March 1852
|
1852 |
Wrecks |
50/11/181/1-5 |
bundle of papers concerning emigration to Australia and New Zealand, 1837-9 |
1837 - 1839 |
Emigration |
50/11/158 |
Plan of proposed harbours, Combe Martin bay, c.1830
|
1830 |
Ports Harbours |
50/11/143 |
Petition to House of Commons from inhabitants of Barnstaple, Bideford and area in favour of River Severn improvement, c.1835
|
1835 |
Ports Harbours |
50/11/137 |
Official letters, commissions, certificates, etc. relating to naval service of Lieut. John P.B. Chicester, 1812-28, inc. a mess book, 1814-15, statement of dimensions of mast and yards of the Pandora
|
1812 - 1828 |
Navy Papers |
50/11/129 |
Misc. prospectuses, 1845-6, inc. of London, Rotterdam and Harlingen Steam Schooner Shipping Co.; Metropolitan and Brighton Sea Water Conveyance Co.; Sutton Harbour and Dock Co., Plymouth; Monzani's Patented Ships' Life and Shore Boat Co.
|
1845 - 1846 |
Ships Shipping |
50/11/127 |
Misc. papers inc. letter on the improvement of Combe Martin harbour, c.1845
|
1845 |
Ports Harbours |
50/11/126 |
Bundle of letters from Lieut. Obadiah Newell, Plymouth, to J.B.P. Chichester, Arlington Court, on naval, family and estate matters, 1831-2
|
1831 - 1832 |
Navy |
48/25/10/6-9 |
summary book, abstract of title and correspondence with Admiralty relating to ownership of fisheries, weirs and rights of wreck, Heanton Punchardon and Braunton, c.1700-1848, with plan of fisheries, c.1850 |
1700 - 1850 |
fishing |
4347/2 |
Notebook containing, inter alia, reminiscences of John H.A. Stucley's naval training at Dartmouth and career, late 1970s
|
1970 - 1980 |
Navy Education |
4347/1 |
Journal of John H.A. Stucley, midshipman, on the Malaya, Ramillies, Furious, Wren, Royal Sovereign, Foresight, Leander and Fame,1934-6 |
1934 - 1936 |
Navy diary |
3704M/SS/W1-12 |
Letters,accounts and misc. papers relating to wrecks on Croyde, Saunton and Putsborough Sands 1668 -1936 |
1668 - 1936 |
Wrecks |
3704M/SS/LU1 |
Ms book entitled `The Island of Lundy', with journals of visits in 1752 and 1787, c.1787 yachting
|
1752 - 1787 |
Leisure |
3704M |
Incledon family papers inc. FC1-25, collection of letters with naval news, 1754-1804
|
1754 - 1804 |
Navy |
3579B/B14 |
Papers of J.B. Reed and Co. relating to transport comprising 1, correspondence regarding the purchase of the Leader, ketch of Hull and shipments, 1897-8; 2, insurance policies and premium certificates, 1898-1904; 3-8b, receipted bills, bi |
1897 - 1925 |
Trade Commerce |
3416M/E3 |
Copy of orders and articles concerning payment of harbour dues in 1603, c.1700
|
1603 - 1700 |
Harbours |
3319S/1-8 |
Shipping registers for Bideford, 1786-1897, and register of transactions, 1836-1908
|
1836 - 1908 |
Ships Shipping Registration |
3319/3 |
HM Customs and Excise, Bideford (addnl): registers, appropriation and transfer books |
1855 - 1993 |
|
3318S/1-4 |
Shipping registers for Barnstaple, 1824-1906, and register of transactions, 1831-1940 |
1831 - 1940 |
Ships Shipping Registration |
3318/2 |
HM Customs and Excise, Barnstaple (addnl): register and appropriation book
|
1855 - 1986 |
|
3318 add |
Barnstaple shipping register |
1910 - 1987 |
trade commerce |
3317S/1 |
Shipping register for Ilfracombe, 1824-37
|
1824 - 1837 |
Ships Shipping Registration |
3289add2/1-3 |
District register of Royal Navy ratings, c.1892-1925; return of engagements, discharges, etc., of Naval Reserve officers and men, 1920-49
|
1892 - 1949 |
Navy Papers Reserves |
2681/1-101 |
Misc. papers regarding the Lynmouth flood of 1952, inc. correspondence
|
1952 |
flood |
2364M/E1 |
Volume of estate accounts, with accounts of voyages made by the Elizabeth, sloop, 1768-71
|
1768 - 1771 |
Trade Commerce |
2309B/Z11/5 |
Brixham Seamen's Orphan Boys' Home prospectus, 1883
|
1883 |
Mariners |
2239Badd8/157/1-3 |
letter from Joseph Risdon with plan of wall to prevent sea encroachment at Westward Ho! and rough sketches of sea defences, 1877
|
1877 |
harbours |
2239Badd8/111 |
Envelope of misc. papers on shipyards inc. sale particulars for shipbuilding yard, Northam, 1868, mortgage of the John and Ann of Braunton, 1875, prospectus, plan, etc. of Bideford and Bristol Channel Ship-Building and Shipping Co. Ltd, 1878 |
1868 - 1878 |
Ships Shipping shipbuilding |
2006 Acc 18 |
Bideford ships' registration papers, 1925-92.
|
1925 - 1992 |
ships registration documentation |
178B/Z1 |
Letter from McCarthy and Brown of London to Capt. Twokig, 7 December 1807, regarding sale of the materials of the General Suwano wrecked at Bude
|
1807 |
Wrecks |
1774/LE1 |
Bundle legal documents, 1769-1804, inc. papers relating to vessels owned by the Hogg family
|
1769 - 1804 |
Ships Shipping legal |
1774/B4 |
Accounts of the Newton brig, 1816
|
1816 |
Ships Shipping |
1774/B3 |
Bill of sale of 1/8 of the Favre of Barnstaple, 1811
|
1811 |
Ships Shipping |
1774/B2 |
Power of attorney regarding salvage of the Rigby 1806
|
1806 |
Wrecks |
1774/B1 |
Bond of indemnity regarding the Aurora, 1798
|
1798 |
Ships Shipping |
1201A/PZ6-18 |
Notes by H.H. and R.P. Chope of Hartland, inc. accounts of wrecks, 1871-c.1900
|
1871 - 1900 |
Wrecks |
1142B/SS/4 |
Solicitors' papers relating to shipping comprising agreement for sale of the Alert ,smack of Barnstaple, 1842; certificate of registration of the Lilly of Barnstaple, 1846; bill of sale for mortgage regarding the Betsey of |
1842 - 1863 |
Ships Shipping |
1142B/EA94 |
Account of wool shipped to London, 1668
|
1668 |
Trade Commerce |
|
Photocopies of scale Navy plans of Childers , sister ship of HMS Weazle of the late eighteenth century
|
1750 - 1800 |
navy shipbuilding |
|
Large bankers box 2 (3), envelope of papers relating to harbour shipping and navigations at Barnstaple, Bideford and Appledore, including Taw Shipyard plan, 1920, with photocopy and two photograph; envelope of nine disbursements accounts of the |
1820 - 1828 |
shipping |
|
Box of twelve scrapbooks by Basil Kennelly on north Devon maritime themes, mid-twentieth century, with original photographs and postcards of ships (index)
|
|
merchant pictures |