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NOTICES

Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts

MAJOR ACCESSIONS TO REPOSITORIES IN 1997 RELATING TO LEGAL HISTORY

The Historical Manuscripts Commission seeks each year to collect information relating to manuscript accessions from over 250 repositories and record offices throughout the British Isles. This information is then 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 a wide range of learned journals and news sheets. It is also added to the indexes to the National Register of Archives (NILA), which are available for public consultation in the Commission’s search room at Quality House, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1H, or via the Commission’s web site. The Commission will also answer limited and specific postal and e-mail enquiries. Readers should note that some deposits may not yet be fully listed and the appearance of a collection in this digest does not necessarily mean that it will be available for research. Further enquiries regarding access should be addressed to the staff of the relevant repository.

NATIONAL, UNIVERSITY AND SPECIAL REPOSITORIES

ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

AND ARCIUVES, KING’S COLLEGE, ABERDEEN AB24 3SW

Legal style book, Aberdeen, 1722 (3550)

BRITISH LIBRARY, MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS, GREAT RUSSELL STREET,

LONDON WC1B 3DG

Elizabeth Fry (1740-1845), prison reformer: letters and annotated Bible (Add MSS 73528-33)

BRITISH LIBRARY OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCE, 10 PORTUGAL

STREET, LONDON WC2A 2HD

Frank Noel Keen, lecturer: papers rel to international law 1923-57 (KEEN) CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, WEST ROAD, CAMBRIDGE CB3 9DR

Legal History, Vol.19, No.3 (December 1998), pp.281-288 PUBLISHED BY FRANK CASS, LONDON

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282 LEGAL HISTORY

Charles Henry Cooper (1806-66), solicitor and antiquary: biographical notes on Cambridge alumni and historical papers (Add 9474)

John Donohue Fitzgerald (1848-1918), barrister: diary and journal of a walking tour of Ireland (Add 9472)

Legal precedents (4 volumes), late 17th cent (Add 9430) Legal cases and precedents in pleadings (10 volumes), late 18th cent (Add 9431) Charge to judges on circuit 17th cent (Add 9433) Treatise on justices of the peace ci 619 (Add 9434)

EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT,

GEORGE SQUARE, EDINBURGH EH8 9U

Scots Law Society: corresp 1842-60 (E97.59)

HOUSE OF LORDS RECORD OFFICE, HOUSE OF LORDS, LONDON SW1A OPW

William Allen Jowitt, Earl Jowitt (1885-1957), lawyer and politician: corresp and papers (Hist. Coll. 421)

NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES ON MERSEYSIDE, ARCHIVES

DEPARTMENT, MERSEYSIDE MARITIME MUSEUM, ALBERT DOCK,

LIVERPOOL L3 4AA

Liverpool Court of Passage: records (DX/1708)

SCOTTISH RECORD OFFICE, HM GENERAL REGISTER HOUSE, EDINBURGH

EH1 3YY

Law Courts Commission, 1815: papers 1731-1823 (COM20) Hamilton Sheriff Court: records 1966-85 (SC37) Kirkaldy Sheriff Court: records 1962-84 (SC23) Paisley Sheriff Court: records 1964-84 (SC58) Stirling Sheriff Court: records 1958-84 (SC67) Tarin Sheriff Court: records 1955-71 (SC34)

LOCAL REPOSITORIES IN ENGLAND

BARNSLEY ARCHIVE SERVICE, BARNSLEY CENTRAL LIBRARY, SHAMBLES

STREET, BARNSLEY S70 2JF

Elmhirst & Maxton, solicitors, Barnsley: deeds and clients papers l4th-20th cent (A/1935)

BERKSHIRE RECORD OFFICE, SHIRE HALL, SHINFIELD PARK, READING,

BERKSHIRE RG2 9XD

Reading gaol: reports of visiting justices 1787-1801 (D/EX 1452) BIRMINGHAM CITY ARCHIVES, CENTRAL LIBRARY, CHAMBERLAIN SQUARE,

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BIRMINGHAM B3 3HQ

Birmingham Magistrates Court (addnl): adult court records 1954-67 (PS)

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RECORD OFFICE, COUNTY HALL, AYLESBURY HP2O 1UU

Francis and How, solicitors, Amersham and Chalfont St Peter: records and clients papers 17th-20th cent (D/FH/A)

BURY ARCHIVE SERVICE, EDWIN STREET (OFF CROMPTON STREET),

BURY BL9 OAS

Alistair James Hendrie Burt MP: political papers 1984-96 (GBT)

CHESHIRE RECORD OFFICE, DUKE STREET, CHESTER CH1 1RL

Northwich County Court: minutes, registers and ledgers l9th-20th cent (NAN)

CHESTER ARCHIVES, TOWN HALL, CHESTER CH1 2HJ

Thomas Cann Hughes (1860-1948), solicitor and secretary of the Chester Archaeological Society: corresp and papers (CR 804)

CORNWALL RECORD OFFICE, COUNTY HALL, TRURO, CORNWALL TR1 3AY

Cornish and Birtill, solicitors, Penzance: firm and clients records 17th-20th cent (CB)

DERBYSHIRE RECORD OFFICE, NEW STREET, MATLOCK, DERBYSHIRE

Derby prison: records of prisoners 1904-16 (D4737)

NORTH DEVON RECORD OFFICE, LIBRARY AND RECORD OFFICE, TULY

STREET, BARNSTABLE EX32 7EJ

Bazeley Barnes & Bazeley, solicitors, Barnstable: records incl deeds 16th-20th cent (B127add6)

Crosse and Wyatt, solicitors, South Molton: records incl deeds 16th-20th cent (2309add3)

DORSET RECORD OFFICE, BRIDPORT ROAD, DORCHESTER DTl 1RP

Blanchards, solicitors, Blandford Forum: deeds and office ledgers l8th-20th cent (D/BLD)

DURHAM RECORD OFFICE, COUNTY HALL, DURHAM DH1 5UL

Hanby Holmes, solicitors, Barnard Castle (addnl): records 1873-1919 (D/HH)

GLOUCESTERSHIRE RECORD OFFICE, CLARENCE ROW, ALVIN STREET,

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GLOUCESTER GL1 3DW

Yeend & Co, solicitors, Cheltenham: records 19th-20th cent (D7821) Gloucester prison: records l9th-20th cent mci Prison Charity Committee

book 1846-1925 (Q/GC)

HAMPSHIRE RECORD OFFICE, SUSSEX STREET, WINCHESTER, HAMPSHIRE

S023 8TH

Sir Arthur Norman Hill (1863-1944), baronet of Stockbridge, solicitor: papers and notes and records rel to the history of Stockbridge (78M97)

Field, solicitors, Gosport: records incl. deeds and corresp 1730-1959 (67M97)

Kingswell Berney, solicitors, Gosport: records incl. deeds l9th-20th cent (111M97)

LANCASHIRE RECORD OFFICE, BOW LANE, PRESTON PR1 2RE

Lawrence Wright, lawyer, Ormskirk: corresp 1821-26 (DP 476) Houghton Napthen and Craven, solicitors, Preston: clients papers 19th cent

(DX 2161) Swainson Son and Reynolds, solicitors, Lancaster: deeds and clients papers

c1560-19th cent (DDX 70) Woodcock and Sons, solicitors, Haslingden: clients papers l9th-20th cent

(DX 1970) Lancashire Constabulary: index to examination books 1925-83 and

personnel files 20th cent (PLA 54/1) Lytham Magistrates Court: minutes 1902-34 (PSKH) Nelson County Court: plaint and minute books, records of proceedings

1876-1984 (CYNE) Palatinate of Lancaster Chancery Court, Liverpool District: records md

deeds 1698-1895 (PPLC) Preston prison: registers of inmates and officers 1885-1974 (JAPR)

LINCOLNSHIRE ARCHIVES, ST RUMBOLD STREET, LINCOLN LN2 5AB

Benjamin Smith, solicitor, Horbling (addnl): diaries, accounts and papers 1788-1854 (SMITH 15)

Holland Quarter Sessions: records l9th-20th cent (HQS) Kirton district coroner: notebooks 1920-1959 (5 BD) Kirton and Skirbeck Magistrates Court: records l9th-20th cent

(PS/KIRTON & SKIRBECK) Lincoln prison: records l9th-20th cent (LINCOLN PRISON) Lincolnshire Constabulary: records 19-20th cent md pocket books (LINCS

CONSTAB) Stamford and South Rutland district coroner: inquest papers 1894-1910

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(CORONER/STAMFORD & SOUTH RUTLAND)

NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE ARCHIVES, TOWN HALL, TOWN HALL SQUARE,

GRIMSBY DN31 1HX

Grimsby borough police: daily report of crime 1940 (22/9)

LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES, 40 NORTHAMPTON ROAD, LONDON

EC1R OHB

Woolwich County Court: judges note books, accounts and summonses books 1931-95 (CCT/AK/23)

MANCHESTER LOCAL STUDIES UNIT: ARCHIVES, CENTRAL LIBRARY, ST

PETER’S SQUARE, MANCHESTER M2 SPD

Manchester City Solicitor: records 1875-1973 (M626) Manchester Court Leet: records 1552-1846 (M621)

OXFORDSHIRE ARCHIVES, COUNTY HALL, NEW ROAD, OXFORD OX1 1ND

Manches & Co, solicitors, London: records (4303) Oxford prison: records l9th-20th cent (4255)

PLYMOUTH AND WEST DEVON AREA RECORD OFFICE, UNIT 3, CLARE PLACE,

COXSIDE, PLYMOUTH PL4 0JW

Tavistock Borough Court: presentments 1737-1800 (acc 2225)

NORTHUMBERLAND RECORD OFFICE, MELTON PARK, NORTH GOSFORTH,

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NE3 5QX

Garside, solicitors, Ainwick: ledgers and probate records 1902-76 (NRO 4953)

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ARCHIVES, COUNTY HOUSE, CASTLE MEADOW ROAD,

NOTTINGHAM NG2 lAG

Nottingham prison: governors journals and nominal registers 1911-56 (SO/PN/1)

ROCHESTER UPON MEDWAY STUDIES CENTRE, CIVIC CENTRE, STROOD,

ROCHESTER ME2 4AW

Martin Tolhurst, solicitors, Rochester (addnl): records and clients papers md records of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester and minutes of North Aylesford Petty Sessions and the Diocesan Board of Education l8th-20th cent (DE558)

Stephens & Son, solicitors, Chatham (addnl): deeds and clients papers 1741-1894 (DE582)

SHROPSHIRE RECORDS AND RESEARCH CENTRE, CASTLE GATES,

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SHREWSBURY SY1 2AQ

Minshull Pugh & Co, solicitors, Owestry: records 1824-1989 Shrewsbury Magistrates Court: records 1850-1970 Shrewsbury prison: records 1875-1969

STAFFORDSHIRE RECORD OFFICE, COUNTY BUILDINGS, EASTGATE STREET,

STAFFORD ST16 2LZ

Assize case papers rel to trial of Thomas Cooper, Chartist, 1843 (5567)

SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE, LOWESTOFT BRANCH, CENTRAL LIBRARY,

CLAPHAM ROAD, LOWESTOFT NR32 1DR

Royle James Bird, solicitor, Beccles: day books, accounts and clients papers incl. predecessor firms 17th-20th cent (Acc 1150)

WEST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE, COUNTY HALL, CHICHESTER, WEST SUSSEX

P019 1RN

Petworth prison: nominal register 1871-77 (Acc 10,823)

TYNE AND WEAR ARCHIVES SERVICE, BLANDFORD HOUSE, BLANDFORD

SQUARE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NE1 4JA

Dickinson Dees, solicitors, Newcastle upon Tyne: clients records Stanton Croft, solicitors: papers rel to Gateshead, Birtley and Forest Hall Watson Burton, solicitors, Newcastle upon Tyne: deeds rel to Washington

New Town Durham County Constabulary: Kibblesworth beat information book

1948-69

WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY RECORD OFFICE, PRIORY PARK, CAPE ROAD,

WARWICK CV34 4JS

Campbell, Brown & Ledbrook, solicitors, Warwick: deeds and clients papers 17th-20th cent (CR 3397)

Tanworth in Arden Association for the Prosecution of Felons: minute and account book 1896-1984 (CR 3388)

WILTSHIRE AND SWINDON COUNTY RECORD OFFICE, COUNTY HALL,

TROWBRIDGE, WILTSHIRE BA14 8JG

Magistrates Association, Wiltshire branch: minutes and accounts 1960-85 (3018)

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WOLVERHAMPTON ARCHIVES AND LOCAL STUDIES, 42-50 SNOW HILL,

WOLVERHAMPTON WV2 4AG

Wolverhampton Borough Petty Sessions and Magistrates Court: records 1877-1939 (T/PS, T/MAG)

WEST YORKSHIRE ARCHIVE SERVICE, LEEDS, CHAPELTOWN ROAD,

SHEEPSCAR, LEEDS LS7 3AP

Scatcherd Hopkins & Brighouse, solicitors, Leeds and Harrogate: deeds and other records 17th-20th cent (4158)

LOCAL REPOSITORIES IN WALES

ANGLESEY COUNTY RECORD OFFICE, SHIREHALL, GLANHWFA ROAD,

LLANGEFNI LL77 7TW

Anglesey Constabulary: gwalchmal order book 1890-1903 (WM1779)

GLAMORGAN RECORD OFFICE, THE GLAMORGAN BUILDING, CATHAYS PARK,

CARDIFF CF1 3NE

Cardiff, Neath, Merthyr Tydfil and Swansea Borough Police Forces: personnel records 1920-69 (1997/71, 88)

GWENT RECORD OFFICE, COUNTY HALL, CWMBRAN, GWENT NP44 2XH

Newport County Court: records md registers and cause books 1854-1986

GWYNEDD, CAERNARFON RECORD OFFICE, SWYDDFA’R CYNGOR,

CAERNARFON, GWYNEDD LL55 1SH

Carter Vincent, solicitors, Bangor (addnl): records 19th-20th cent Gwynedd Law Society: records 20th cent

POWYS COUNTY ARCHIVES OFFICE, COUNTY HALL, LLANDRINDOD WELLS,

POWYS LD1 5LG

Brecknock and Radnor Magistrates Courts (addnl): records 1980-97 (B/PS)

LOCAL REPOSITORIES IN SCOTLAND

ANGUS ARCHIVES, MONTROSE LIBRARY, 214 HIGH STREET, MONTROSE DD10 8HE

Forfar prison: plans 1842 (MS 556)

DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ARCHIVES, ARCHIVES CENTRE, 33 BURNS

STREET, DUMFRIES DG1 2PS

Dumfries and Galloway Police Force: records incl. predecessor bodies 1843-1973 (GGD 305)

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LOCAL REPOSITORIES IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE OF MAN

STATES OF GUERNSEY ISLAND ARCHIVES SERVICE, 29 VICTORIA ROAD, ST

PETER PORT, GUERNSEY GY1 1HU

Daniel de Putron, assistant constable, St Peter Port: diary 1848–49

MANX NATIONAL HERITAGE LIBRARY, MANX MUSEUM AND NATIONAL

TRUST, DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN IM1 3LY

Castle Rushden gaol: records, from 17th cent (9783)

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