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
29/12/1855 Mary Ann Newquay   71 Porth Cawl Rees Rees 04/01/1856 EP
30/12/1855 Mona's Isle Preston   70 Morcambe Robert Hunter 02/01/1856  
02/01/1856 Dotty Fleetwood   70 Morcambe James Bradshaw 04/01/1856  
04/01/1856 William Mure Fleetwood   40 Morcambe Thomas Roskell 05/01/1856  
05/01/1856 Mona's Isle Preston   70 Morcambe Robert Hunter 08/01/1856  
11/01/1856 Dotty Fleetwood   70 Ellesmere James Bradshaw 11/01/1856  
11/01/1856 William Mure Fleetwood   40 Fleetwood Thomas Roskell 12/01/1856  
14/01/1856 Emerald Preston   66 Morcambe James Iddon 16/01/1856  
14/01/1856 Mary Hughes Newquay   108 Porth Cawl John Davies 17/01/1856 EP
14/01/1856 Ocean Cardigan   55 Porth Cawl David Morgans 17/01/1856 EP
15/01/1856 Dotty Fleetwood   70 Morcambe James Bradshaw 17/01/1856  
15/01/1856 Unity Newquay   52 Porth Cawl Robert Owens 18/01/1856 EP
15/01/1856 Mona's Isle Preston   70 Morcambe Robert Hunter 19/01/1856  
20/01/1856 Emerald Preston   66 Morcambe James Iddon 22/01/1856  
23/01/1856 Dotty Fleetwood   70 Fleetwood James Bradshaw 24/01/1856  
23/01/1856 Linnet Newquay   60 Porth Cawl William Williams 24/01/1856 EP
23/01/1856 William Mure Fleetwood   40 Fleetwood Thomas Roskell 25/01/1856  
26/01/1856 Mona's Isle Preston   70 Morcambe Robert Hunter 28/01/1856  
27/01/1856 Emerald Preston   63 Ellesmere James Iddon 30/01/1856  
01/02/1856 Mona's Isle Preston   70 Morcambe Robert Hunter 02/02/1856  
03/02/1856 Kirkby Fleetwood   77 Morcambe Philip Priest 07/02/1856  
04/02/1856 Leven Fleetwood   70 Ellesmere Robert Hunter 08/02/1856  
06/02/1856 Emerald Preston   66 Morcambe James Iddon 11/02/1856  
07/02/1856 Mona's Isle Preston   70 Fleetwood Thomas Sumner 13/02/1856  
16/02/1856 Kirkby Fleetwood   77 Ellesmere Philip Priest 16/02/1856  
16/02/1856 William Mure Fleetwood   40 Fleetwood Thomas Roskell 18/02/1856  
18/02/1856 Jane Fleetwood   75 Ellesmere Pearson Sumner 20/02/1856  
21/02/1856 Mona's Isle Preston   73 Morcambe Thomas Sumner 22/02/1856  
25/02/1856 Emerald Preston   60 Ellesmere James Iddon 25/02/1856  
25/02/1856 William Mure Fleetwood   40 Ellesmere Thomas Roskell 27/02/1856  
28/02/1856 Mona's Isle Preston   70 Morcambe Thomas Sumner 29/02/1856  
01/03/1856 Leven Fleetwood   72 Ellesmere Robert Hunter 03/03/1856  
03/03/1856 Emerald Preston   60 Ellesmere James Iddon 06/03/1856  
05/03/1856 Mona's Isle Preston   70 Fleetwood Thomas Sumner 11/03/1856  
11/03/1856 Leven Fleetwood   72 Morcambe Robert Hunter 14/03/1856  
12/03/1856 William Mure Fleetwood   40 Ellesmere Thomas Roskell 18/03/1856  
13/03/1856 Mona's Isle Preston   70 Morcambe Thomas Sumner 19/03/1856  
22/03/1856 Leven Fleetwood   73 Runcorn Robert Hunter 24/03/1856  
24/03/1856 Mona's Isle Preston   70 Fleetwood Thomas Sumner 27/03/1856  
25/03/1856 William Mure Fleetwood   40 Fleetwood Thomas Roskell 28/03/1856  
25/03/1856 Alice Liverpool   55 Ellesmere Thomas Iddon 28/03/1856  
26/03/1856 Arrow Preston   56 Ellesmere John Lee 29/03/1856  
29/03/1856 Flower of May Preston   83 Ellesmere John Latham 31/03/1856  
29/03/1856 Leven Fleetwood   70 Ellesmere Robert Hunter 01/04/1856  
28/03/1856 Brothers Ulverston   126 Porth Cawl Edward Storey 02/04/1856  
01/04/1856 Mona's Isle Preston   72 Runcorn Thomas Sumner 03/04/1856  
02/04/1856 Emerald Preston   61 Ellesmere James Iddon 04/04/1856  
07/04/1856 Eleanor Preston   60 Morcambe William Mayor 07/04/1856  
08/04/1856 Flower of May Preston   85 Runcorn John Latham 09/04/1856  
10/04/1856 Dee Preston   47 Morcambe Robert Forshaw 10/04/1856  
10/04/1856 Brilliant Star Fleetwood   100 Morcambe James Porter 11/04/1856  
10/04/1856 Leven Fleetwood   75 Morcambe Robert Hunter 12/04/1856  
11/04/1856 William Mure Fleetwood   40 Ellesmere Thomas Roskell 14/04/1856  
12/04/1856 Emerald Preston   63 Ellesmere James Iddon 15/04/1856  
14/04/1856 Kirkby Fleetwood   78 Fleetwood James Ireland 16/04/1856  
14/04/1856 Mona's Isle Preston   75 Morcambe Thomas Sumner 17/04/1856  
16/04/1856 Leven Fleetwood   73 Ellesmere Robert Hunter 18/04/1856  
21/04/1856 Brilliant Star Fleetwood   100 Ellesmere James Porter 22/04/1856  
21/04/1856 William Mure Fleetwood   42 Fleetwood Thomas Roskell 22/04/1856  
21/04/1856 Emerald Preston   62 Ellesmere James Iddon 23/04/1856  
22/04/1856 Mona's Isle Preston   70 Ellesmere Thomas Sumner 24/04/1856  
26/04/1856 Robert Barrow   62 Ellesmere William Townson 28/04/1856  
27/04/1856 Brilliant Star Fleetwood   100 Ellesmere James Porter 30/04/1856  
03/05/1856 William Mure Fleetwood   40 Ellesmere Thomas Roskell 03/05/1856  
05/05/1856 Dee Preston   50 Morcambe Robert Forshaw 05/05/1856  
06/05/1856 Robert Barrow   63 Ellesmere William Townson 06/05/1856  
07/05/1856 Flower of May Preston   85 Runcorn John Latham 08/05/1856  
12/05/1856 William Mure Fleetwood   40 Fleetwood Thomas Roskell 12/05/1856  
12/05/1856 Robert Barrow   65 Morcambe William Townson 13/05/1856  
10/5/1856 Brilliant Star Fleetwood   100 Runcorn James Porter 15/05/1856  
12/05/1856 Brothers Cardigan   78 Porth Cawl Owen Thomas 15/05/1856 11-2 Lcote&EP
17/05/1856 Mona's Isle Preston   70 Fleetwood Thomas Sumner 17/05/1856  
10/05/1856 Leven Fleetwood   73 Morcambe Robert Hunter 21/05/1856  
21/05/1856 Mona's Isle Preston   73 Morcambe Thomas Sumner 22/05/1856 EP
23/05/1856 Aeronian Aberayron   75 Porth Cawl David Rees 26/05/1856 11-15 LC&EP
24/05/1856 Leven Fleetwood   73 Morcambe Robert Hunter 24/05/1856  
25/05/1856 Mona's Isle Preston   73 Fleetwood Thomas Sumner 30/05/1856  
28/05/1856 Agenoria Aberistwith   90 Porth Cawl Jacob Thomas 31/05/1856 11-7 LC&EP
30/05/1856 Brilliant Star Fleetwood   100 Ellesmere James Porter 03/06/1856  
31/05/1856 Providence Newquay   108 Porth Cawl Jenkin Owen 03/06/1856 10-8Stn&EP
  Eleanor Preston   30 Fleetwood William Mayor 04/06/1856  
03/06/1856 Mona's Isle Preston   73 Morcambe Thomas Sumner 09/06/1856  
04/06/1856 William Mure Fleetwood   42 Morcambe Thomas Roskell 11/06/1856  
10/06/1856 Dementian Lass Aberayron   68 Porth Cawl David Jones 12/06/1856 10-3EP
13/06/1856 Mona's Isle Preston   73 Ellesmere George Sumner 14/06/1856  
18/06/1856 Emerald Preston   64 Ellesmere James Iddon 19/06/1856  
19/06/1856 William Mure Fleetwood   40 Fleetwood Thomas Roskell 20/06/1856  
20/06/1856 Jane Fleetwood   78 Runcorn Robert Hunter 23/06/1856  
21/06/1856 Mary Ann Newquay   71 Porth Cawl Rees Rees 25/06/1856 12/1 XX& EP

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