Records, Bristol Record Office
| Collection Name | Records | ||||||||
| Institution name | Bristol Record Office | ||||||||
| Strengths | Business, History | ||||||||
| Topics Covered | shipping, trade unions, local businesses | ||||||||
| Subject Librarian | Email Address | ||||||||
| Address | Bristol Record Office ‘B’ Bond Warehouse Smeaton Road Bristol, BS1 6XN United Kingdom |
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| Location | Bristol | ||||||||
| Telephone No. | 0117 922 4224 | Fax No. | 0117 922 4236 | ||||||
| Email Address | bro@bristol-city.gov.uk | ||||||||
| Web Page | http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk/rec_office/record-office.html | ||||||||
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| Collection offers | Books: no | Photographs: yes | Microfilm: yes | Periodicals: no | Audio: no | ||||
| Archives: yes | Printed primary sources: no | Newspapers: no | E-resources: no | Film: no | |||||
| Other Information | Collection contains shipping records; crew lists and papers relating to businesses, trade unions, schools and societies, and estate papers of local families. On microfim: 'The Hobhouse Letters 1722-1755', 'The Letter Books of Richard Champion1743-1791', 'The Sharples Family Material 1803-1845' (British Records Relating to America in Microform). |
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| Collection Description | "Our strongrooms contain thousands of documents which together form a picture of Bristol's past. The records of the City of Bristol from medieval times, together with those of other bodies such as the District Councils, Urban and Rural Sanitary Authorities, whose powers the City later took over, form the basis of the "official records"; in addition to which there are thousands of other items, gifts or loans from individuals and local organisations, which complete the picture. The records of the Diocese of Bristol tell us about the history of the Church in the area and include the "Bishop's Transcripts" of parish registers, much used by family historians, as are parish records, which the majority of the parishes within the Archdeaconry of Bristol have now deposited. "Public" records include those of Quarter and Petty Sessions, County Court, the Coroner, hospitals, as well as shipping registers and crew lists. There are also records of businesses, trade unions, schools and societies, estate papers of local families, most especially the Smyth family of Ashton Court with their voluminous correspondence dating from Tudor times. Every letter, photograph, film, bill or programme has its part to play and the City Archivist is always pleased to receive new deposits or to be informed when records are at risk of dispersal or destruction." (Bristol Record Office Web page) |
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Business History |
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Bristol and the Slave Trade Bristol Reference Library (Bristol) |
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