Major Accessions to Repositories 1997 relating to Transport

National, Special and University

Institution of Mechanical Engineers

• Livesey & Henderson, railway engineering contractors, London: records 19th-20th cent (IMS.283)

The University of Hull, Brynmor Jones Library

• Willie Brayshaw Yeadon (1907-97), railway historian: records rel to London & North Eastern Railway

Keele University Library

• William Jack collection rel to railway and mining history incl Chatterley-Whitfield Collieries Ltd minute book 1891-1926

National Railway Museum

• Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell, locomotive engineer: personal and professional papers 1895-1944 (1998-7513)
• Sir John Rennie (1794-1874), civil and railway engineer: accounts rel to survey work (1998-7514)
• British Transport Hotels Ltd: minutes, corresp and papers c1970-91 (1997-8807)
• Locomotive Manufacturers Association: minutes, accounts, production records and legal papers 1875-1963 (1997-8434)
• North Eastern Railway Station Masters and Agents Association: minutes, corresp and papers c1910-30 (1997-8466)

Royal Air Force Museum

• Major JBLH Cordes: log books and papers as Handley Page test pilot (AC 1997/75)
• Captain OP Jones: papers rel to service in Royal Flying Corps and career with Imperial Airways and British Overseas Airways Corporation (AC 1997/116)

Scottish Record Office

• Alexander Gibb (1804-67), civil and railway engineer: drawings of railways and north east Scotland c1840-50 (GD471)
• Maps of roads in various counties c1750-89 (RHP94676-9)
• Railway plans for various counties 1848-1962 (RHP94961-504)

Science Museum Library

• William Lunn, land surveyor: account book rel to railway surveying 1843-61 (MS 448)
• GSF Rutty: papers rel to building the Disley tunnel on New Mills to Heaton Mersey branch of Midland Railway 1899 (MS 1418)
• Robert Stephenson (1803-59) MP and locomotive engineer: papers rel to winding-up of his estate (MS 2033)

Local Repositories in England

Berkshire Record Office

• Treacher family of Sonning: records incl plans and papers rel to the Thames Navigation 1787-1862 (D/EX1457)

Buckinghamshire Record Office

• Metropolitan (Aylesbury & Buckingham) Railway: plan of line from Aylesbury to Verney Junction 1893-95 (Ma)
• Wycombe Railway Extension: plans of Aylesbury station 1863 (D/X 1358)

Bury Archive Service

• Prestwich Bury and Radcliffe turnpike trust: minute book 1829-57 (APT)

Cambridgeshire County Record Office

• Nene Valley Railway Ltd: plans and drawings rel to Thrapston to Peterborough line 1877-1986

Cornwall Record Office

• Hayle harbour: records 1801-1988 (AD 1175)

Derbyshire Record Office

• Midland Railway Co: records rel to a dispute with the freemen of Derby 19th cent (D4655)

Gloucestershire Record Office

• Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Co (addnl): directors minutes and shareholders register 1942-86 (D4791)

Norfolk Record Office

• Thomas Drake of Hautbois: papers rel to Aylsham navigation 1779-91 (MC 1604)

Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft Branch

• CWV and CDV Marjoram, taxi proprietors, Lowestoft: corresp rel to taxi service 1929-86 (Acc 1193)

Surrey Record Office

• Godstone Highway Dictrict and Rural District Council: highway wages books 1880-97 (4546)
• Warlington highway rate book 1862 (4546)

Surrey Record Office, Guildford Muniment Room

• FE Box: notebooks rel to history of Portsmouth Direct Railway 1906-12 (5396)
• Dennis Bros, commercial motor vehicle mfrs, Guildford: reminiscences by former employees 20th cent (5392)

West Sussex Record Office

• Littlehampton Harbour Board: records 1863-1986 (Acc 11,037)

London Metropolitan Archives

• North London Line Committee: minutes, corresp and papers 1970-89

Tyne and Wear Archives Service

• Business Travel Service: deeds rel to the Wheatsheaf Bus Depot, Monkwearmouth
• Tyne General Ferry Co: plans and charts 1865-1907
• McDowell Trust: papers rel to the Stephenson Railway Co and George and Robert Stephenson
• Port of Tyne Authority: records 1850-1969

Walsall Archives Service

• Birmingham Canal Navigation (addnl): boat registers 1899-1917 (904)

Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies

• British Transport Commission, Running and Maintenance Officer, Wolverhampton: records 1957-67 (DX/457)

East Riding of Yorkshire Archive Office

• York-Kexby Bridge turnpike trust: accounts 1786-1849 (DDX 628)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford

• Great Northern Railway: Windhill station records 1880-89 (8D97)

Local Repositories in Wales

Denbighshire Record Office

• Llangollen railway (addnl): accounts, train registers and plans c1860-1935 (DD/DM/1258)

Local Repositories in Scotland

Ayrshire Archives, County Buildings, Wellington Square, Ayr KA7 1DR

• Glasgow and South Western Railway: records 19th-20th cent
• Western Buses Co: records c1930-79
• Girvan Harbour Trustees: records c1800-1920

Edinburgh City Archives, Department of Corporate Services, City of Edinburgh Council, City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1YJ

• Lothian Region Transport: records incl predecessor bodies 19th-20th cent (409)

North Lanarkshire Archives, 10 Kelvin Road, Lenziemill, Cumbernauld G67 2BA

• Archibald Scott Ltd, van and carriage builders, Bellshill: records 1900-64 (U49)