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 loaded No To Captain Sailed Comments
21/01/1863 Saphire Liverpool 95 1 Porthcawl David James 23/01/1863  
21/01/1863 Nymph Newquay 125 2 Porthcawl David Davies 23/01/1863  
20/02/1863 Commerce Newquay 52 3 Porthcawl Jenkin Thomas 21/02/1863  
20/02/1863 Equity Newquay 135 4 Porthcawl Thomas James 21/02/1863  
23/02/1863 Tay & Tees Packet Conway 105 5 Porthcawl John Williams 25/02/1863  
26/02/1863 Mary Ann Newquay 75 6 Porthcawl Rees Rees 28/02/1863  
26/02/1863 Hope Liverpool 140 7 Porthcawl Benjamin Hughes 03/03/1863  
06/03/1863 Mary Jane Newquay 62 8 Porthcawl Evan Evans 07/03/1863  
06/03/1863 Millbay Plymouth 110 9 Porthcawl John Bevan 09/03/1863  
07/03/1863 Saphire Liverpool 97 10 Porthcawl David James 13/03/1863  
   Friendship Newquay 130 11 Porthcawl Lewis Davies 12/03/1863  
10/03/1863 Catherine & Mary Newquay 150 12 Porthcawl Rees Nicholas 17/03/1863  
19/03/1863 Doris Barrow 85 13 Ellesmere Robert Edmomson 21/03/1863  
19/03/1863 Union Newquay 78 14 Porthcawl Evan Phillips 21/03/1863  
19/03/1863 Argo Newquay 70 15 Porthcawl John James 24/03/1863  
   Mayflower Barrow 120 16 Porthcawl William Francis 27/03/1863  
   Wasp Newquay 54 17 Porthcawl Thomas Jones 01/04/1863  
01/04/1863 Caerwis Castle Chester 105 18 Porthcawl Isaac Hughes 06/04/1863  
02/04/1863 Two Brothers Aberistwith 62 19 Porthcawl Edward Jones 06/04/1863  
03/04/1863 Waterloo Aberistwith 95 20 Porthcawl John Lewis 08/04/1863  
11/04/1863 Renown Porthcawl 110 21 Porthcawl Josiah Evans 15/04/1863  
13/04/1863 Hope Liverpool 135 22 Porthcawl Benjamin Hughes 16/04/1863  
13/04/1863 Nymph Newquay 125 23 Porthcawl David Davies 18/04/1863  
13/04/1863 Saphire Liverpool 97 24 Porthcawl David James 20/04/1863  
07/05/1863 Catherine & Mary Newquay 150 25 Porthcawl Rees Nicholas 09/05/1863  
19/05/1863 Friendship Newquay 133 26 Porthcawl Lewis Davies 20/05/1863  
21/05/1863 Hope Liverpool 135 27 Porthcawl Benjamin Hughes 25/05/1863  
24/05/1863 Elizabeth London 130 28 Porthcawl William Lewis 27/05/1863  
29/05/1863 Two Brothers Aberistwith 62 29 Porthcawl Edward Jones 01/06/1863  
   Joseph & Mary London 155 30 Porthcawl David Morgans 04/06/1863  
03/06/1863 Saphire Liverpool 98 31 Porthcawl David James 05/06/1863  
26/06/1863 Argo Newquay 71 32 Porthcawl John James 27/06/1863  
29/06/1863 Wasp Newquay 52 33 Porthcawl Thomas Nicholas 30/06/1863  
01/07/1863 Nymph Newquay 125 34 Porthcawl David Davies 04/07/1863  
01/07/1863 Elizabeth London 132 35 Porthcawl William Lewis 04/07/1863  
01/07/1863 Hope Liverpool 127 36 Porthcawl Benjamin Hughes 06/07/1863  

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