Major Accessions to Repositories in 2008 Relating
to Transport
Local
Cambridgeshire Archives
Shire Hall
Cambridge
CB3 0AP
England
TH Earys: papers rel to Cambridge (Caxton) Aerodrome 1934-45 (R108/009)
Carmarthenshire Archive Service
Parc Myrddin
Richmond Terrace
Carmarthen
Carmarthenshire
SA31 1DS
Wales
Gwili Railway Co: minutes and papers 1973-2001 (8022)
Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies
County Hall
Walton Street
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP20 1UU
England
Wing Airport Resistance Association: records c1968-81 (AR 32/2008)
Cornwall Record Office
Old County Hall
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 3AY
England
Plans of Bodmin North railway station 1897-1960 (AD1915)
Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal
County Offices
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 4RQ
England
Cumbria Railways Association: records incl corresp and plans rel to Settle and Carlisle
railway 1866-1881 (WDSo 108)
West Coast Main Line Campaign: records rel to campaign for modernisation of the West
Coast Main Line, incl corresp, minutes and reports 1993-2006 (WDSo 337)
Derbyshire Record Office
New Street
Matlock
Derbyshire
DE4 3FE
England
Cromford Canal Co: toll receipt and navigation permit book 1838 (D6936)
East Sussex Record Office
The Keep
Woollards Way
Brighton
Sussex
BN1 9BP
England
George Brown, coach and carriage builder, Crowborough: financial records 1898-1902
(ACC 10009)
Falkirk Archives
Falkirk Community Trust
Callendar House
Callendar Park
Falkirk
FK1 1YR
Scotland
Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway: corresp, legal papers, parliamentary papers
1836-1855 (A1800/F3)
Gloucestershire Archives
Clarence Row
Alvin Street
Gloucester
GL1 3DW
England
Stroudwater Navigation Co: additional corresp and papers rel to reports and inspections
1953-2002 (D1180)
Highland Archives
Highland Archive and Registration Centre
Bught Road
Inverness
Inverness-shire
IV3 5SS
Scotland
Civil Aviation Authority, Inverness Airport: aircraft movement log books 2005-2008
(Acc.1745)
Lancashire Archives
Record Office
Bow Lane
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 2RE
England
Duple International plc, coach builders, Blackpool: records incl minutes, reports and
plans 20th cent (DDX 1818)
Burnley, Colne and Nelson Joint Transport Committee: minutes and accounts 1934-1972
(CBBU)
Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre
Clock Tower Building
Civic Centre
Strood
Rochester
ME2 4AU
England
Medway Navigation Co: additional minutes, accounts and printed material incl map of
upper Medway 1739-1975 (S/MN)
Perth and Kinross Council Archive
AK Bell Library
2-8 York Place
Perth
Perthshire
PH2 8EP
Scotland
Breadalbane Toll Road: records 1819-1872 (ACC08/54)
Kinross-shire registers of vehicle licences 1904-1954 (CC2/7/4/1 and CC2/7/5/1)
Perthshire registers of vehicle licences 1909-1911 (CC1/14/13/4-5)
Peterborough Archives
Peterborough Central Library
Broadway
Peterborough
PE1 1RX
England
Peterborough Wisbech & Sutton Railway Co: plans c1863-91 (PAS/RP)
Sheffield Archives
52 Shoreham Street
Sheffield
S1 4SP
England
LD Hadfield (Transport) Ltd, Sheffield: office diaries recording bookings, loads and
customers, financial records 1949-1977 (X148)
Somerset Heritage Centre
Brunel Way
Norton Fitzwarren
Taunton
Somerset
TA2 6SF
England
Hochwald Trust: papers rel to Trust established in 1973 to help the families of victims of
the Hochwald air disaster 1973-1997 (A\BWT)
Documents rel to Axbridge air disaster 1973-2004 (A\BWT)
Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft Branch
Lowestoft Library
Clapham Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR32 1DR
England
London & North Eastern Railway Co: misc records rel to goods yards, etc c1930-1989
(L1853)
Surrey History Centre
130 Goldsworth Road
Woking
Surrey
GU21 6ND
England
Dennis Specialist Vehicles Ltd, commercial vehicle manufacturers, Guildford: additional
records incl vehicle drawings and specification sheets c1930-69 (8343)
Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives
277 Bancroft Road
London
E1 4DQ
England
Lea Rivers Trust, waterway trust, London: records 1992-2008 (TH/9256)
Tyne and Wear Archives
Blandford House
Blandford Square
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 4JA
England
Fred G Smith, locomotive engineer: research notes, father's diaries, photographs 1897 1977 (DX1297)
Newcastle upon Tyne Aero Club: photograph albums, papers 1925-2002 (SX125)
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Kirklees
Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery
Princess Alexandra Walk
Huddersfield
HD1 2SU
England
Roy Brook, local historian: records, incl corresp, photographs, photograph albums, plans
and publications rel to Huddersfield Corporation Tramways and Trolleybuses c1890-1965
(WYK1450)
National
Manx National Heritage Library and Archive Service
Kingswood Grove
Douglas
IM1 3LY
Isle of Man
JR Moore Ltd, motor service, Isle of Man: records incl minutes and accounts 1954-84
(MS 11947)
National Museums Liverpool: Maritime Archives and Library
Merseyside Maritime Museum,
Albert Dock
Liverpool
L3 4AQ
England
Ellis Hughes, pilot on River Mersey: personal log book 1848-1855 (DX/2428)
National Railway Museum Research Centre
Leeman Road
York
YO26 4XJ
England
Philip Smith, railway engineer: papers, collection of certificates and notebooks rel to his
engineering apprenticeship at British Railway Engineering Department (Derby Works)
1976-1980 (2008-7051)
British Transport Commission: records of British Transport Advertising Co c1930-2006
(2008-7120)
Southern Railway Co: record cards rel to repair, alteration and maintenance of electric
stock (DC EMUs) c1955-1992 (2008-7189)
Royal Air Force Museum, Department of Research and Information Services
Grahame Park Way
London
Greater London
NW9 5LL
England
Alexander Adolphus Dumfries Henshaw, racing and test pilot: papers 1930-2006 (X0029256)
Science Museum Library and Archives
Science Museum at Wroughton
Hackpen Lane
Wroughton
Swindon
SN4 9NS
England
John Allen, aviation engineer: professional reports, slides, photographs and papers
1930-2006 (ARCH: ALL)
Special
Museum of Science and Industry
Liverpool Road
Castlefield
Manchester
M3 4FP
England
Thomas William Turner, locomotive engineer: personal papers 1820-1849 (2006.56)
Beyer, Peacock & Co Ltd, locomotive engineers, Manchester: photographs, prints and
other records relating to locomotives for South African Railways and New South Wales
Railways 1923-1964 (2007.27)
General Electric Company plc, manufacturers of electrical and electronic equipment:
photographs and drawings relating to electric locomotives built by GEC and the English
Electric Co Ltd 1845-1960 (2008.37)
H & J Quick Ltd, automobile engineers and agents, Manchester: records 1914-2000
(2008.10)
Waterways Archive, Gloucester
British Waterways Board: engineering records for the River Lee 1930-1959 (TWA
2008/6)
British Waterways Board: engineering records 20th cent (TWA 2008/2)
London, Midland & Scottish Railway Co: Trent and Mersey canal maintenance notebook
1920-1929 (TWA 2008/20)
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Navigation Co: financial and administrative records
1882-1972 (TWA 2008/1)
University
Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections
Arts and Social Sciences Library
University of Bristol
Tyndall Avenue
Bristol
BS8 1TJ
England
Clifton Suspension Bridge: contract and drawings rel to ironwork 1840 (DM2121)
Oxford University: Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at
Rhodes House
Charles Kater Drury Sidgwick, 2nd Cheshire Royal Engineers Railway Volunteers:
photographs, mainly captioned, taken during the Boer War depicting armed and
armoured trains, engineering sheds and buildings in Pretoria, damaged trains and
bridges 1901-02 (MSS. Afr. s. 2464)
Warwick University: Modern Records Centre
University Library
Coventry
CV4 7AL
England
International Transport Workers Federation: records 1900-1999 (acc no 648)
National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, York Office: papers 1900-1999
(acc no 632)