Transport records deposited in 2000

Journal of Transport History, The, Sep 2002

The following classified list of major archive collections acquired by British repositories during 2000 has been compiled by the Historical Manuscripts Commission. Some collections may not yet be available for research, and enquiries should be directed to the relevant repositories. The journal gratefully acknowledges the invaluable help of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts in drawing up the list. The commission seeks each year to collect information relating to manuscript accessions from over 200 repositories and record offices throughout the British Isles. The information is published on the Internet via the commission's web site (http://www.hmc.gov.uk) and in a series of thematic digests which appear in learned journals and newssheets. It is also added to the indexes to the National Register of Archives (NRA), which has over 43,000 unpublished lists of archives available for public consultation in the commission's search room at Quality House, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1HP. The indexes to the NRA, but not the lists themselves, are also available via the Internet. Readers wishing to consult the NRA remotely may gain access via the commission's website at the address above or via e-mail (nra@hmc.gov.uk). The commission will answer limited and specific postal and e-mail enquiries, fax 020 7831 3550. Readers should be aware that the manuscript collections noted in the following digest represent a very small part of the collected information available in the NRA.

Aviation

Nottinghamshire Archives

Nottingham Aviation Society: membership papers and other records, 1970-- 92 (DD 2228).

Inland navigation

Lancashire Record Office

G. Biddle: research notes and materials relating to an unpublished history of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, eighteenth century to twentieth (DDX 2253).

Maritime

National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, Maritime Archives and Library Lagoon (British & African Steam Navigation Co. vessel): log books, schedules, manifests, etc., 1909-10 (DX/1902).

Board of Trade: report on the loss of the emigrant ship Annie Jane and related papers, 1854 (DX/1903).

East Kent Archives Centre

Dover, Ramsgate and Folkestone crew lists (RGS).

Guildhall Library

Charles Cox & Sons, marine and navy agents, London: letters from clients, 1798-1859 (Ms 31715/1-8).

Rail

Bristol University Library

Isambard Kingdom Brunel: letter (1) to Captain J. L. A. Simmons regarding safety of South Devon Railway, 1853 (DM 1875).

National Archives of Scotland

Border Counties Railway: register of shareholders, 1860 (BR/BCS/2/3).

National Railway Museum Library and Archives

Great Eastern Railway Co.: railway engineering drawings, c. 1850-1925 (2000-8090).

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co.: locomotive engineering drawings, c. 1850-1968 (2000-8037).

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co.: passenger carriage design drawings and technical memoranda, 1880-1908 (2000-8190).

London & North Western Railway Co.: locomotive engineering drawings, c. 1857-1950 (2000-7835).

Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Co.: locomotive engineering drawings, c. 1881-1936 (2000-8035).

Midland Railway Co.: locomotive engineering drawings, c. 1874-1963 (2000-7702).

North Eastern Railway Co.: locomotive engineering drawings, c. 1883-1949 (2000-8042).

North Staffordshire Railway Co.: railway vehicle engineering drawings, early twentieth century (2000-8056).

Buckinghamshire Record Office

British Railways Board: records relating to the Aylesbury-Buckingham Railway and the Wycombe Extension Railway, 1852-1911 (D/X 1542).

Derbyshire Record Office

British Railways Property Board: files relating to Derbyshire properties, 1929-70 (D5333).

Devon Record Office

Meldon Viaduct Co. Ltd, Okehampton: correspondence, plans, surveys, contracts, photographs, 1924-97 (6028).

Essex Record Office

Corringham Light Railway: photographs, press cuttings, etc. (D/F 236; A10523).

Flintshire Record Office

Flintshire railways: registers of trains at signal boxes at stations, 1995-98 (1212).

Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre

Hammersmith & City Railway Co., London: deeds, plans and papers, 1859-1938 (A2000/34).

Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

British Railways Property Board: files relating to properties in Rutland, 1911-61 (DE 5879).

Liverpool Record Office and Local History Service

Riverside Railway Co., plans, correspondence and reports relating to proposed narrow-gauge railway, c. 1980-89 (Acc 5404).

Merseyside Record Office

Mersey Railway: correspondence, proposals and plans relating to Mersey Railway Extensions, 1971-78 (Acc 2000/9)

Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office

British Rail (Western Region): agreements for sidings, advertisements 1847-1983 (2515).

Warwickshire County Record Office

Rugby Leamington & Warwick Railway: statements, briefs and proofs of evidence opposing the line of the railway through Leamington Priors, 1846 (CR 3658).

Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies

Cannock Chase Railway Extension: miscellaneous papers, 1857-1909 (DX-619).

Gwynedd Archives, Caernarfon Record Office