William Gawith's Note Books
 

These pages are transcripts of two notebooks owned by William Gawith, a shipping agent at Barrow-in-Furness. They list over 700 sailing ships which departed Barrow in the period from 1856 to 1872.
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Notebook1 Jan-Jun.1856 Jul-Dec.1856 Jan-Jun.1857 Jul-Dec.1857 1858 1859 1860 Misc. 1861-63 Misc. 1864-65
Notebook 2 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 Green, Chaundy Kennedy Misc. 1863-72

Arrived Vessel of Tons Reg Tons loaded To Captain Sailed Comments
19/06/1857 Atlas Liverpool   103 Newport William G Rawlinson 01/07/1857 (E pits)
29/06/1857 William Mure Fleetwood   42 Morcambe Thomas Roskell 01/07/1857  
30/06/1857 Emerald Preston   64 Ellesmere James Iddon 02/07/1857  
01/07/1857 Dotty Fleetwood   70 Runcorn John Anyon 04/07/1857  
  Castle Aberistwith   70 Newport James Davies 03/07/1857 (E pits)
03/07/1857 Brilliant Star Fleetwood   100 Ellesmere James Porter 07/07/1857  
  Esther Barrow   40 Runcorn William Martin 08/07/1857  
  Hibernia     105 Newport John Usher 09/07/1857 (E pits)
  Hesketh Preston   82 Runcorn John Taylor 10/07/1857 Ep 2-10
11/07/1857 Dotty Fleetwood   70 Ellesmere John Anyon 13/07/1857  
11/07/1857 William Mure Fleetwood   40 Ellesmere William Wilson 14/07/1857  
12/07/1857 Emerald Preston   63 Ellesmere James Iddon 15/07/1857  
  Eliza Aberistwith    75 Newport JohnDavies 16/07/1857 (E pits)
13/07/1857 Mona's Isle Fleetwood   73 Runcorn Thomas Sumner 17/07/1857  
12/07/1857 Kitty Fleetwood   45 Fleetwood Richard Threlfall 18/07/1857  
18/07/1857 Dotty Fleetwood   70 Fleetwood John Anyon 20/07/1857  
17/07/1857 Dart Newport   75 Newport Hugh Hughes 22/07/1857 (E pits)
18/07/1857 Esther Barrow       William Martin    
20/07/1857 Emerald Preston   64 Ellesmere James Iddon 22/07/1857  
20/07/1857 Energy Aberistwith   80 Newport David Jenkins 24/07/1857 E pits
23/07/1857 Mona's Isle Preston   73 Morcambe Thomas Sumner 24/07/1857  
  Industry Liverpool   75 Morcambe John Iddon 27/07/1857  
26/07/1857 William Mure Fleetwood   40 Fleetwood William Wilson 28/07/1857  
27/07/1857 Dotty Fleetwood   70 Runcorn John Anyon 30/07/1857  
29/07/1857 Mona's Isle Preston   73 Ellesmere Thomas Sumner 01/08/1857  
  Esther Barrow   40 Morcambe William Martin 04/08/1857  
  Eliza & Mary Newquay   71 Newport Theophilies Davies 04/08/1857 (E pits)
30/07/1857 Brilliant Star Fleetwood   100 Morcambe James Porter 06/08/1857  
03/08/1857 Emerald Preston   64 Morcambe James Iddon 04/08/1857  
06/08/1857 Emerald Preston   63 Runcorn James Iddon 07/08/1857 (4-10)
10/08/1857 Brilliant Star Fleetwood   100 Ellesmere James Porter 11/08/1857  
10/08/1857 Dotty Fleetwood   70 Ellesmere John Anyon 12/08/1857  
10/08/1857 Mona's Isle Preston   73 Runcorn Thomas Sumner 13/08/1857 (4-4)
13/08/1857 Emerald Preston   65 Runcorn James Iddon 17/08/1857  
  Hesketh Preston   80 Runcorn John Taylor 19/08/1857  
20/08/1857 Mona's Isle Preston   74 Runcorn Thomas Sumner 21/08/1857 (Ep 3-1)
21/08/1857 Dotty Fleetwood   70 Runcorn John Anyon 24/08/1857  
21/08/1857 Brilliant Star Fleetwood   100 Runcorn James Porter 27/08/1857  
  Alice Liverpool   100 Ellesmere George Marsh 09/09/1857  
  Maria Ann Newquay   74 Newport Thomas Jones 16/09/1857 (E pits)
  Energy Aberistwith   80 Newport David Jenkins 17/09/1857 (E pits)
05/10/1857 Emerald Preston   64 Ellesmere James Iddon 06/10/1857  
08/10/1857 Union Preston   70 Ellesmere Thomas Sharples 09/10/1857  
13/10/1857 Brilliant Star Fleetwood   100 Ellesmere James Porter 15/10/1857  
14/10/1857 Emerald Preston   63 Ellesmere James Iddon 17/10/1857  
19/10/1857 Anne Jones Aberistwith   165 Newport John Jones 21/10/1857 (E pits)
25/10/1857 Emerald Preston   62 Ellesmere James Iddon 27/10/1857  
31/10/1857 Brilliant Star Fleetwood   100 Ellesmere James Porter 02/11/1857  
01/11/1857 Sir Robert Peel Preston   66 Ellesmere Thomas Iddon 03/11/1857  
06/11/1857 Dove Preston   50 Ellesmere William Counsel 07/11/1857  
09/11/1857 Dotty Fleetwood   68 Ellesmere Richard Croft 11/11/1857  
  Princes Royal Fleetwood    125 Newport James Bradshaw 13/11/1857 Ep
18/11/1857 Dotty Fleetwood   68 Ellesmere Richard Croft 23/11/1857  
  Camden Aberistwith   118 Newport Isaac Evans 08/12/1857 (E pits)

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