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.
NAVIGATION :	This page in BOLD						Notebook Introduction Page
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
20/04/1861	Elizabeth	Preston		58	Runcorn	Richard Coulton	24/04/1861
21/04/1861	Maria & Ann	Newquay		73	Porth Cawl	Thomas Timothy	25/04/1861
06/05/1861	Brilliant Star	Fleetwood		95	Runcorn	John Rawcliffe	07/05/1861
06/05/1861	Lord Stanley	Preston		76	Runcorn	William Gore	09/05/1861
14/05/1861	Robert Irving	Preston		56	Runcorn	James Wainman	14/05/1861
15/05/1861	Brilliant Star	Fleetwood		96	Runcorn	John Rawcliffe	16/05/1861
25/05/1861	Brilliant Star	Fleetwood		96	Runcorn	John Rawcliffe	28/05/1861	15 tons LC
	Hesketh	Preston		30	Runcorn	John Taylor	06/06/1861	L 7-10
13/02/1862	Caledonia	Carlisle		56	Ellesmere	Thomas Edgar	14/02/1862
09/04/1862	Sprightly	Preston		50	Ellesmere	James Iddon	10/04/1862
09/07/1863	King of the Forrest	Newport		190	Newport	James Jones	21/07/1863
29/07/1863	Two Brothers	Aberistwith	39	62	Porth Cawl	Edward Jones	30/07/1863
31/07/1863	Friendship	Newquay		130	Porth Cawl	Lewis Davies	03/08/1863
	Confidence	Preston		95	Ditton Brook	Thomas Latham	22/08/1863
18/09/1863	Raker	Ulverston	35	60	Ditton Brook	William Bond	18/09/1863
19/09/1863	Confidence	Preston	51	95	Ditton Brook	Thomas Latham	21/09/1863
21/09/1863	Chance	Preston	38	67	Ditton Brook	John Bamber	22/09/1863	Charged
07/10/1863	Furness Maid	Barrow	49	95	Garston	John Latham	07/10/1863
10/10/1863	Eleanor	Preston	32	50	Ditton Brook	William Coulton	10/10/1863
24/10/1863	Acorn	Barrow	36	63	Ditton Brook	Henry Edmondton	24/10/1863

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