Major Accessions to Repositories in 2013 Relating
to Transport
Local
Barking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Service
Archives and Local Studies Centre
Valence House Museum
Becontree Avenue
Dagenham
Essex
RM8 3HT
England
Ford Motor Co Ltd, vehicle builders, Dagenham: shop stewards committee minute book
and 16mm film made by Ford rel to the history of the business 1953-1977
(ACQ20013/124, ACQ20013/115)
Bristol Record Office
'B' Bond Warehouse
Smeaton Road
Bristol
BS1 6XN
England
Becher family of Bristol: account book for the slaving gally 'Jason' with household
accounts 1743-1818 (45167)
Africa, snow: account book (transferred from Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery) 17741776 (45039)
SS Great Britain: files and cuttings rel to return of SS Great Britain to Bristol and its
restoration 1968-2004 (40476/SSGB)
Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies
County Hall
Walton Street
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP20 1UU
England
Committee for the Preservation of St Michael's Church, Stewkley, anti-airport campaign
group: records of the campaign against a proposed Third London Airport incl evidence
submitted to the Roskill Commission, letters of support and petition sheets 1969 (D-X
1996)
Material rel to local railways collected by former stationmaster, Buckingham and
Padbury, incl lost property register for Padbury station (1878-1964), letters authorising
credit to firms at Buckingham station (1889-1945) 1887-1954 (D-X 1978)
Ceredigion Archives
Ceredigion Archives
Old Town Hall
Queen's Square
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 2EB
Wales
Dyfed County Council, Cultural Services Department: consent forms, misc papers and
transcripts of interviews about working on the railways in Cardiganshire oral history
project (DYC/CS/6)
Tregaron Pony-Trekking Association: records 1964-1966 (DSO/145)
Conwy Archive Service
Old Board School
Lloyd Street
Llandudno
LL30 2YG
Wales
R White & Sons Ltd, engineers, Widnes: photographs of the Great Orme Tramway 19001902 (CP519)
Cornwall Record Office
Old County Hall
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 3AY
England
Harvey & Co Ltd, ship and engine builders, ironfounders, timber, coal and general
merchants, Hayle: property deeds 1869-1988 (AD2277)
Edward T Sara, Railway Foundry, Camborne: business records 1862-1981 (AD2282)
Register of machinery and plant at railway stations and docks in Cornwall and Devon
1854-1983 (AD2230)
Coventry History Centre
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
Jordan Well
Coventry
CV1 5QP
England
Sir WG Armstrong, Whitworth Aircraft Flying Group: minutes and files 1954-2010
(PA2942)
Derbyshire Record Office
New Street
Matlock
Derbyshire
DE4 3FE
England
Tarmac Construction Ltd, Wolverhampton: photographs of Chapel-en-le-Frith bypass
under construction 1984-1987 (D7619)
Derby Cycling Group: newsletters 1979-1999 (D7607)
Devon Heritage Centre
Great Moor House
Bittern Road
Sowton
Exeter
Devon
EX2 7NL
England
National Coastwatch Institution, Exmouth: minutes, reports, station administration and
corresp 1999-2013 (8535)
Dumfries and Galloway Archives
Ewart Library
Catherine Street
Dumfries
Dumfriesshire
DG1 1JB
Scotland
Houston's Garage, Lockerbie: day book, ledger and taxi day book for Houston's Garage,
with profit and loss accounts and index of cars sold 1929-34 1924-1978 (GGD716)
Durham County Record Office
County Hall
Durham
DH1 5UL
England
Railway and colliery maps, plans and other records from the Locomotion National
Railway Museum, Shildon (8438)
Essex Record Office
Wharf Road
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 6YT
England
Saffron Walden Model Railway Club: corresp and papers rel to campaign against closure
of Saffron Walden Branch Line 1962-1968 (Acc. A13630)
Flintshire Record Office
The Old Rectory
Rectory Lane
Hawarden
Flintshire
CH5 3NR
Wales
Trefor Thompson, railway enthusiast: plans, maps, photographs and note rel to
industrial and railway history of Flintshire c1970-2013 (AN4779)
Glasgow City Archives
The Mitchell Library
201 North Street
Glasgow
G3 7DN
Scotland
A & J McLellan & Co Ltd, haulage contractors, Glasgow: minute book, private ledger,
family photograph albums 1890-1970 (TD1892)
Gwynedd Archives, Caernarfon Record Office
Victoria Dock
Caernarfon
Gwynedd
LL55 1SH
Wales
Festioniog Railway Company, Porthmadog: minute book, goods and passengers traffic
revenue books, register of number of passengers, cash book, train register 1870-1967
(XD97)
Gwynedd Archives, Meirionnydd Record Office
Ffordd y Bala
Dolgellau
Merionethshire
LL40 2YF
Wales
Files re proposal by British Rail to close passenger service on the Machynlleth to Pwllheli
Line 1971-1972 (Z/M/7183)
Hampshire Archives and Local Studies
Hampshire Record Office
Sussex Street
Winchester
SO23 8TH
England
Neville Cullingford, aviation historian: historical notes, collected corresp and photographs
rel to RNAS Worthy Down, rel mainly to Commander WHC Blake c1940-2010 (107A09)
Samuel Warsap, of Highclere Motor Car Syndicate: papers and testimonials while
working in the pattern shop 1895-1909 (31A13)
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for
Long Street
Wigston Magna
Leicester
LE18 2AH
England
Allen's Garages, Little Bowden: notebooks of driver and mechanic JH Cudmore 19571963 (DE8612)
Lincolnshire Archives
St Rumbold Street
Lincoln
LN2 5AB
England
James Joseph Hope, Royal Air Force pilot: personal papers incl flying log books and
licences, photographs, pilot's notes, official forms and corresp 1946-1980 (MISC DEP
730)
Boston Harbour register of vessels 1834-1957 (BL)
Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre
Clock Tower Building
Civic Centre
Strood
Rochester
ME2 4AU
England
Notes (1 vol) on the River Medway, possibly compiled by the Admiralty c1910 (DE1241)
Moray Council Local Heritage Centre
Old East End School
Institution Road
Elgin
Moray
IV30 1RP
Scotland
Findochty Harbour: photograph album of its construction c1900
Northamptonshire Record Office
Wootton Hall Park
Mereway
Northampton
Northamptonshire
NN4 8BQ
England
British Rail, London Midland Region: plan entitled "hardwater crossing cottage" near
Castle Ashby 1914 (2013/37)
Sywell Aerodrome: papers rel to the aerodrome collected by Mears Ashby Parish Council
1998-2008 (2013/79)
Peterborough Archives
Peterborough Central Library
Broadway
Peterborough
PE1 1RX
England
Barry Butler: photographs of Peterborough city and railways 1984-2012 (Acc 2013/02)
Sheffield Archives
52 Shoreham Street
Sheffield
S1 4SP
England
Save Sheffield City Airport Movement: campaign papers c1995-2011 (2013/90)
Shropshire Archives
Castle Gates
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 2AQ
England
HM Prison, Shrewsbury: plans, calendars of prisoners, land record book incl
perambulation reports, legal papers, drainage book, prison service roll of honour for
Great War, quarters and prison decoration and repairs book, register of temporary
officers, chief officer orders book, scrapbook, governor's journals, corresp, incl papers rel
to GW&L & NW Joint Railways c1830-2006 (acc 8644)
Southampton Archives Office
South Block
Civic Centre
Southampton
SO14 7LY
England
Keller, Bryant & Co Ltd, shipping agents, Southampton: accounts, letter books, statistics
1862-1949 (D/MUS/K)
London & South Western Railway Co: staff books 1877-1937 (D/Z 1284)
GJ Tilling & Sons Ltd, sailmakers, Southampton: records incl financial, shareholding,
premises, promotional material and photographs 1900s-1980s (Acc 7185)
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Stoke-on-Trent City Archives
City Central Library
Bethesda Street
Hanley
Stoke-on-Trent
ST1 3RS
England
Basil Jeuda, historian of industry: research papers rel to canal system of former North
Staffordshire Railway c2000 (SD 1653)
Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Gatacre Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 2LQ
England
Wolsey Road [Cycling] Club, Ipswich: minutes and annual reports 1968-2000 (GC284)
Surrey History Centre
130 Goldsworth Road
Woking
Surrey
GU21 6ND
England
Graham Bierton, local historian of Godalming: papers incl photographs of Guildford and
Godalming, drawings of Godalming High Street, research on Godalming Navigation 20th
cent (9263)
Teachers' Bicycle and Tricycle Co, Oatlands Park, Weybridge: papers, mainly corresp to
Mr Jesse Colman, cycle agent, from customers and suppliers 1895-2921 (9215)
Vokes Engineering Ltd, air and vehicle filtration system manufacturers, Henley Park,
Normandy: records incl papers of CG Vokes, company founder 20th cent (9127)
Dittons Skiff and Punting Club: records incl annual general meeting minutes,
membership register, secretary's files, newsletters and fixture cards 1923-2012 (9220)
Watt Library Archives
9 Union Street
Greenock
Renfrewshire
PA16 8JH
Scotland
Diary of journey from Glasgow to Brisbane on the emigrant ship Otago 1884
(HR/4/1/1/2)
West Glamorgan Archive Service
Civic Centre
Oystermouth Road
Swansea
SA1 3SN
Wales
British Railways Board (Residuary) Ltd: Margam Sorting Sidings signal box train register
1986-1987 (D/D Z 196/4)
Swansea Canal Society: oral history recordings of Swansea Valley residents' memories of
the Pontardawe, Clydach and Ystalyfera areas c1980-1999
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
Cocklebury Road
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 3QN
England
Great Western Railway Co, London: survey of Swindon works as built, misc plans incl
from Paddington drawing office 1850-1927 (2515)
National
English Heritage Archive
Archive Services
The English Heritage Archive
The Engine House
Fire Fly Avenue
Swindon
SN2 2EH
England
Chorley and Handford Ltd, photographers: photographs and negatives depicting Gatwick
Airport and other London buildings c1917-1970 (CHH01)
Island Archives, Guernsey
St. Barnabas
Cornet Street
St Peter Port
Guernsey
GY1 1LF
Channel Islands
MV Elk: master's log, cargo ship between Southampton, Jersey, Guernsey, Weymouth
and St Malo 1961-1970 (AQ 1313 (10-13))
Jersey Archive
Jersey Heritage Trust
Clarence Road
St Helier
Jersey
JE2 4JY
Channel Islands
Jersey Airport: papers rel to the development of the airport c1930-2010 (JA/2336)
Jersey Merchant Seamen's Benefit Society: records incl plans of boats and photographs
1870-1931 (JA/2274)
National Railway Museum Research Centre
Leeman Road
York
YO26 4XJ
England
British Railways, Southern Region: drawings, paper and linen 1850-1969 (2013-7002)
Special
Chetham's Library
Long Millgate
Manchester
M3 1SB
England
Edward William Watkin, 1st Baronet, MP, railway promoter: corresp and photos c18202007 (EWWatkin)
Waterways Archive/Canal and River Trust
National Waterways Museum
South Pier Road
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
CH65 4FW
England
Michael Davies, canal enthusiast: diaries showing boats passing on Manchester Ship
Canal c1950-1969 (2013/65)
Adrian Jarvis, author: research material rel to book, black and white prints of Ellesmere
Port and docks and handwritten notes c1900-1999 (2013/56)
Anderton Boat Lift Development Group Ltd, Warrington: working papers c1990-1999
(2013/44)
University
Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York
University of York
Heslington
York
YO10 5DD
England
Metcalfe Family: family papers incl ship log book, corresp and photographs 1697-1937
(MET)
Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections
Arts and Social Sciences Library
University of Bristol
Tyndall Avenue
Bristol
BS8 1TJ
England
Wilts, Somerset & Weymouth Railways: rolled plans (16) with links to I K Brunel 18401859 (DM 2534)
Glasgow University Archive Services
13 Thurso Street
Glasgow
G11 6PE
Scotland
Ben Line Ship Management Ltd, Edinburgh: records incl corresp, staff records, ships'
articles, official log books, press cuttings, plans, photographs 18th cent-20th cent (ACCN
3744, ACCN 3773)
Harrisons (Clyde) Ltd, ship owners, Glasgow: additional records 20th cent (ACCN 3802)
Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives)
Worship Street
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU2 8BG
England
Clive Wilson, shipping company director: papers incl diaries and corresp c1880-1919 (U
DX/375)
Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit
Room 455
Sherfield Building
Imperial College
London
SW7 2AZ
England
Raymond Ernest Wigg, engineer: corresp and course files on Meteorology and Aircraft
Instruments 1939-1942 (B/WIGG RE)