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
	Dorris	Barrow	50	85	Saltney	Robert Edmundton	10/10/1864	S Dalton Deeside Ironworks
13/10/1864	Visch Kingarth	Greenock	51	90	Liverpool	Peter Cameron	15/10/1864	Kirkleys Hall Co. Agt J B Williams
20/10/1864	Doris	Barrow	50	85	Saltney	Robert Edmundton	22/10/1864	S Dalton Deeside Ironworks
09/01/1865	Charles Whitley	Liverpool	49	83	Saltney	Hugh Mathews	13/01/1865	J Richardson Jr Esq
08/05/1865	Henry & Ellen	Preston	51	93	Saltney	John Fazakerley	12/05/1856	S Dalton Deeside Ironwks
17/05/1865	Mona's Isle	Barrow	37	68	Saltney	Robert Forshaw	20/05/1865	J Richardson
06/06/1865	Rigby	Barrow	62	110	Saltney	Robert Mayor	06/06/1865	Mr S Dalton, Deeside
03/07/1865	Lydney Lass	Swansea	92	158	Swansea	John Giddy	04/07/1865	Richardson & Walters, Swansea
04/07/1865	Confidence	Preston	51	93	Ellesmere	Thomas Latham	05/07/1856	J Richardson
04/07.1865	Doris	Barrow	50	85	Saltney	Robert Edmundson	07/07/1865	S Dalton, Deeside
20/07.1865	Doris	Barrow	50	85	Saltney	Robert Edmundson	22/07/1865	S Dalton, Deeside
	Mary Williams	Barrow	143	240	Porth Cawl	John Williams	07/02/1870
	Irene	Dublin	93	170	Porth Cawl	Michael Tyrrell	25/02/1870
	Ida	Dublin	78	145	Porth Cawl	John Tyrrell	01/03/1870
	Arab	Dublin	84	180	Porth Cawl	John Thearon	02/03/1870
	Hermes	Swansea	92	110	Porth Cawl	John C Davies	19/05/1870

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