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Major accessions to repositories in 2018 relating to Law

Local

Bath Record Office

  • Frederick Dowding, solicitor, Bath: letter to H Elwin (probably Hastings Elwin, junior, 1777-1852), in Nice, France 1830 (1251)
  • Merriman, Porter & Long, solicitors, Marlborough: clients papers, incl Joseph Mighell of Midford and Monkton Combe paper mill 1801-1900 (1227)

Berkshire Record Office

  • Forest Petty Sessions: additional minutes and licensing records 1949-1997 (PS/FT)
  • Hungerford and Lambourn Petty Sessions: licensing register 1961-1983 (PS/HL)
  • Maidenhead Petty Sessions: licensing registers c1940-1999 (PS/MD)
  • Newbury Borough Petty Sessions: licensing register 1961-1983 (PS/N)
  • Reading and Sonning Petty Sessions: minutes and licensing register 1988-1997 (PS/RD)
  • Reading Borough Petty Sessions: additional minutes and licensing records c1902-1999 (PS/R)
  • Reading Petty Sessions: court and licensing registers c1940-1999 (PS/RC)
  • Slough Petty Sessions: minutes and licensing records c1962-1999 (PS/S)
  • West Berkshire Petty Sessions: licensing registers c1961-2009 (PS/W)
  • Windsor Borough Petty Sessions: minutes and licensing registers 1952-1981 (PS/WI)
  • Windsor Division Petty Sessions: licensing registers 1972-1997 (PS/WID)
  • Windsor Petty Sessions: minutes 1953-1980 (PS/WIC)

Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office

  • Berwick Borough Police: articles of agreement to serve as officers 1902-1915 (BRO 2490)

Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service

  • Lee Crowder & Co, solicitors: additional records 17th-20th cent (MS 3375 Additional (2018/021))
  • Mills & Reeve, solicitors: records c1855-1963 (MS 4939 (2018/035))
  • Birmingham and Solihull Coroner: inquest files 1986-1990 (CO (2018/050))

Bristol Archives

  • List of persons executed in Bristol since the year 1741 1823 (46071)

Cambridgeshire Archives

  • Isle of Ely Constabulary: notebook of George Hutchings, Chatteris Section 1958-1959 (R118/033)

Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Barrow

  • Poole Townsend solicitors, Barrow-in-Furness: title deeds for Conishead Priory Estate and various properties in Barrow-in-Furness, Ulverston, Dunnerdale, Much Urswick and Hulme Manchester 1728-1965 (BDPT)

Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle

  • Forster Family of Carlisle; Mckay Family of Curthwaite and Isaac Nicholson of Liverpool: solicitor's [Wright Brown and Strong] client records incl probate papers, correspondence, financial papers and deeds 19th-20th centuries (DX 2332)
  • Earl of Oxford: deeds rel to land in Cumberland and Westmorland and other papers c1230-1630 (DX 2334)

Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal

  • Bela Prison, Milnthorpe: surgeon's certificate books (2 vols) 1865-1879 (WDX 1977)
  • Kendal Prison: plan of the prison 1879 (WDX 1980)

Derbyshire Record Office

  • SGC Solicitors, Long Eaton: records incl client papers, title deeds, corresp, cash books and deeds 18th-20th cent (D8160)
  • South Street Prison, Derby: records incl building plans and agreement for the purchase of land in front of prison c1835-1880 (D1842)

East Sussex Record Office

  • Raper & Fovargue, solicitors, Battle: additional client papers incl Catsfield manorial records 1500-1839, Laughton Turnpike accounts 1766-1797, Land Tax Commissioners' minutes 1839-1864 and Battle Land Tax returns 1721-1800 1499-1873 (ACC 13107)
  • Brighton and Hove Coroner: inquest papers 2003 (ACC 13299)
  • East Sussex Coroner: inquest papers 2003 (ACC 13298)
  • Eastbourne County Court: Compensation Authority accounts and cash book 1912-1967 (ACC 13170)
  • Hastings County Court: Workmen's Compensation Act registers 1912-1967 (ACC 13170)
  • HM Prison, Lewes: additional glass negatives of prisoners 1898-1967 (ACC 13164)
  • Magistrates court registers from Brighton and Hove Magistrates' Division; Lewes and Crowborough Magistrates' Division; Eastbourne and Hailsham Magistrates' Division 1998 (ACC 13272)

Glamorgan Archives

  • Stanley Bevan (fl 1938-1943), Police Constable, of St Brides Major: police notebooks 1938-1949 (D1582)
  • Michael O'Brien (fl 1970-2018): scrapbooks and corresp rel to successful appeal against his murder conviction c1990-2009 (D1603)
  • Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan Coroner: files 1996-1998 (CORCV)
  • Cardiff Magistrates Court: additional court registers 1986-1990 (PSCBO)
  • Dinas Powis Petty Sessions: additional records, comprising remitted fee book, register of child maintenance payments 1937-1973 (PSD)
  • South Glamorgan Coroner: files 1993-1995 (CORS)
  • Vale of Glamorgan Magistrates Court: additional registers 1981-1986 (PSVG)

Glasgow City Archives

  • Strathclyde Police: additional records incl photographs 1786-2000 (SR22)

Gloucestershire Archives

  • John Wilton Haines (1875-1960), poet, botanist and solicitor: additional papers and corresp, incl diaries and writings, with research papers rel to other material sold by Bonhams and not purchased by Gloucestershire Archives c1895-1950 (D10828)
  • Gloucestershire Coroner: inquest files 2002-2003 (CO10)

Gwent Archives

  • Gwent Coroner: additional files 2014 (CCOR/2014)

Gwynedd Archives, Caernarfon Record Office

  • North West Wales Coroner: files 2007 (XCR)

Gwynedd Archives, Meirionnydd Record Office

  • Bala Petty Sessions: copy letter book and bundle of papers rel to trial of Emyr Llewlyn Jones 1965

Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

  • Andover County Court: misc records incl Workmen's Compensation registers, records rel to bankruptcy and creditors 1873-1983 (55A18)
  • North East Hampshire Coroner: inquest papers rel to death of Alan Maurice Dinsey 1996-1997 (152M71)

Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre

  • Bodenham & James, solicitors, Hereford: solicitor's copies of Petty Sessions, Quarter Sessions and Assize papers largely giving briefs for prosecution, defence, appellants and prisoners 1859-1882 (DB93)

Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies

  • H M Coroner: coroner inquests: Hitchin, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, St Albans/Watford 1996-1997 (Off Acc 1923)
  • Metropolitan Police Accident Map covering Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Essex and Middlesex. 1930-1946 (Off Acc 1919)

Huntingdonshire Archives

  • Huntingdonshire Police Constabulary: records incl plans and posters 1915-1960 (6030)

Kent History and Library Centre

  • Park House, remand home, Southborough: log book 1943-1966 (C/Ch)

Lancashire Archives

  • Pearson & Pearson, solicitors: various North Lancashire deeds and material rel to Kirkby Lonsdale 1815-1942 (DDX 3232)
  • Lancaster Castle Prison visiting justices book and calendar of Preston sessions 1843-1878 (DDX 3213)

Lincolnshire Archives

  • Dick Chatterton (fl 1914-1917), founder Chatterton of Horncastle, solicitors, Lincoln: letters from Jim and Dick to their parents in Field House, Horncastle whilst serving in the army 1914-1917 (MISC DON 2041)

Liverpool Record Office

  • Richard Richardson (fl 1895-1937), magistrate: records incl legal and Conservative Party corresp 1895-1937 (ACC 7246)
  • Cleaver, Holden & Co, solicitors: wills 1856-1920 (ACC7149)

London Metropolitan Archives: City of London

  • Battersea and Wandsworth Magistrates Court: youth and care court registers 1899-1983 (B18/093)

Norfolk Record Office

  • William Forster (1827-1906), solicitor: deeds and papers 1743-1979 (ACC 2018/160)
  • William Repton (1783-1858), solicitor: Aylsham Navigation papers c1773-1879 (MC 3453)
  • Fowell, Thorold & Prentice, solicitors, Norwich: financial records c1930-1950 (BR 400)
  • Steeles Law Solicitors, solicitors, Norwich: deeds rel to The Eagle Public House in Attleborough and freehold property in Thurlton and Norton Subcourse 18th cent-20th cent (ACC 2018/121)

Northamptonshire Archives

  • Northampton Borough Quarter Sessions: Tiffield enclosure award schedule 1780 (N352)
  • Northampton Borough Quarter Sessions: Ravensthorpe enclosure map and award 1787 (INC/78)

Northumberland Archives

  • Dickson, Archer & Thorp, solicitors, Alnwick: vols (2) of First World War corresp and military badges, insignia and Military Cross of Robert Thorp, also incl photographs 1914-2000 (B/DAT)

Nottinghamshire Archives

  • HM Borstal Institution, Lowdham Grange: records incl governor's journals and order book, registers of office, officer transfers, prison letters in/reply book, registers of inmates and photograph books, maps and plans 1930-1989 (9406)
  • Nottingham Magistrates Court: court registers, adult and juvenile 1987-1995 (9440)
  • Nottinghamshire Police: crime panel minutes 2018 (9433)

Oxfordshire History Centre

  • Alfred Truman, solicitors, Bicester: clients papers c1620-1959 (Acc 6663)
  • Darby and Son, solicitors, Oxford: records incl registers of deeds and financial ledgers 19th-20th cent (Acc 6661)
  • Richard Seymour Aram and Co, solicitors, Reading: deeds of properties in Goring, Sonning Eye, Woodstock and Temple Cowley 1776-1964 (Acc 6660)

Pembrokeshire Archives and Local Studies

  • Pembrokeshire Coroner: case files 2014-2015 (T/CR)

Perth and Kinross Council Archive

  • Graham & Finlayson, solicitors, Crieff: additional trust and client papers incl minutes of Muthill School, fiar's stipend papers, St Columba's Episcopal Church papers, St James' Episcopal Church papers, Robertson Educational Trust papers 19th-20th cent (18/48)

Powys Archives

  • Williams, Gittins & Tomley, solicitors, Newtown: client papers incl deeds, probates, and register of members for Patrick Brick & Tile Co Ltd c1800-1999 (M/D/WGT)

Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Library and Archive

  • Rooks, Rider & Co, solicitors, London: property deeds rel to Garrick's Villa, Hampton and the surrounding area 1742-1902 (AD36)

Sandwell Community History and Archives Service

  • JP Pennington, Justice of the Peace: personal corresp 1937 (2018/40)

Sheffield City Archives

  • Arthur Wightman, solicitor: photographs and papers c1860-1949 (X814)

Shropshire Archives

  • Richard Devereux Bromley (fl 1925-1927), mayor and chief magistrate: papers incl corresp and photographs during the office of Councillor Bromley c1920-1939 (9511)
  • L V Priestley and Sons, solicitors, Church Stretton: deeds and documents rel to properties and clients 19th-20th cent (9495)
  • Shrewsbury Street Act Office: receipts for rates collected under the Shrewsbury Street Act 1821-1829 (9421)

Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)

  • Martin Charles Broker (fl 1960-2017), solicitor, of Burnham on Sea: personal and professional diaries, incl rel to Barrington & Sons, solicitors (closed to public access) 1973-2017 (A/ENX)
  • Stephen Weeks, notary public, Somerset: notarial acts registers 1996-2012 (A/EMP)

Special Collections, The Mitchell Library

  • Dallas, McMillan & Sinclair, solicitors, Glasgow: records incl press cuttings, photographs, corresp, court documents, maps, photographs, drawings and charts rel to January 1971 Ibrox Football Stadium disaster 1949-1974 (1001091)

Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch

  • Allen, Cadge and Gilbert Solicitors, Bungay: deeds for properties in Westleton, Weybread 19th-20th cent (HB467)
  • Margary & Miller Solicitors, Suffolk: deeds, papers and files 18th-19th cent (2547)
  • Eye Association for Prosecuting Felons: papers incl subscriptions and payments c1808-1969 (GC860)
  • Saxmundham Magistrates Court: licensing and magistrates registers 1995-1999 (BB2)
  • Quantity of local and national newspapers (65) which reported on the unfolding murder hunt for the killer of 5 women in Ipswich in December 2006 and the subsequent trial in 2008 2006-2008 (HD4131)

Surrey History Centre

  • William Bray (1736-1832), attorney and antiquary: signed autograph letter 1829 (9923)
  • Mayo Wynne Baxter, solicitors, Lewes: deeds rel to property in Dormansland, Burstow and Reigate 1713-1892 (9973)
  • Godstone Petty Sessions: court registers 1986-1996 (8848)
  • HM Prison Latchmere House: governor's journals 1967-1978 (9929)

Teesside Archives

  • Cleveland Police: records incl those of predecessor bodies 19th-20th cent (7679)

Tyne and Wear Archives

  • Newcastle upon Tyne Coroner: inquest files and certificates 2002-2015 (5879)
  • Joshua George Hammond, (fl 1926-1949), Police Superintendent: photograph album incl photos of Jarrow bomb damage and groups of policemen c1926-1949 (DX1693)

Warwickshire County Record Office

  • Sale, Hill & Davenport, solicitors, Atherstone: business records incl corresp, deeds and client papers 18th-20th cent (CR 4935)
  • Warwickshire County Court: judge's notebook, taxing officer's book, deeds of arrangement index, incidental proceedings, bankruptcy ledger and possession fees account book 1888-1988 (CR 4980)
  • Warwickshire Justice Centre: magistrates and juvenile court registers 1986-1991 (CR 4982)

West Sussex Record Office

  • West Sussex County Court: files incl rel to Workmen's Compensation Act and funds c1950-1959 (19215)
  • West Sussex Coroner: case files 2002 (19364)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield

  • John Dickinson and Son, solicitors: deeds and papers mainly rel to Daniel Gaskill's School 1884-1908 (WYW1895)

Wirral Archives Service

  • Wallasey Manor Road police station: records incl reports, corresp, programmes and photographs 1914-1977 (2375)

Wolverhampton City Archives

  • FBC Manby Bowdler, solicitors, Wolverhampton: deeds 1807-1926 (DX-1054)

Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service

  • Bromsgrove Magistrates Court: additional registers 1984 (BA16228)

National

Jersey Archive

  • States of Jersey, Police: copy of States of Jersey training manual written by George Valentine May, with annotated copy of General Index of Jersey Legislation 1972-1985 (JA/3359)

National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections

  • James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton (b1942), Baron Selkirk of Douglas, lawyer and politician: additional papers 1980-2016 (Acc. 13902, 13964)

National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services

  • Peter John Mitchell Thomas (1920-2008), Lord Thomas of Gwydir, barrister, MP, Secretary of State for Wales: personal papers 1940-2008 (99885700002419)

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)

  • Prisons Memory Archive: filmed walk-and-talk recordings set in Armagh Gaol and the Maze and Long Kesh Prison 2006-2007 (D4616/2/1/1-24)

The Postal Museum

  • Post Office Investigation Branch, London: cases 1954-1976 (E15994)
  • General Post Office: records of prosecutions, rules for postmen and security handbook 1931-1967 (E16022)

Special

Bishopsgate Institute

  • Richard Malcolm Ellis Stone (b1937), physician and civil rights campaigner: papers and reports incl material rel to involvement with the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry 1950-2018 (STONE)
  • Urban Chick Supremacy Cell, UC-SC: papers rel to the case brought against the Femdom website by the Authority for Television on Demand (ATVOD) 2013-2014 (UC-SC)

Wellcome Collection

  • Papers of a practitioner of illegal abortions, incl letters sent from prison, court documents and personal items c1970-1990 (MS.9291)

University

King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

  • Emile George Howard Joffe (b1940), professor of geography: papers rel to his work as expert witness in UK asylum appeal cases c1990-2017 (Acc 3490)

Sussex University Library Special Collections

  • Beyond Boxes, community participation and engagement project: collection resulting from Mass Observation Archive engagement activity in partnership with Brighton Housing Trust, Blind Veterans UK and HMP Lewes, and activities around Mass Observation directives on homelessness, prison and disability 2016-2018 (SxMOA56)

Warwick University: Modern Records Centre

  • Lynette Hughes (fl1987 -2017), social worker: records concerning court case against London Borough of Southwark 1987-2017 (HUG)