Guide to the Collections held by the Shropshire Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)

Collection Summary

Creator

Shropshire Record Office

Title

Collections held by the Shropshire Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)

Date Range

1636 - 1913

Collection Number

M2021-M2024

Extent

42 items

Language of Materials

English

Repository

Australian Joint Copying Project

Sponsor

The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Calendars 1786-1845 of prisoners, Shrewsbury Gaol, listing convicts tried at both Assizes and Quarter Sessions.

Papers 1839-1904 of Humphrey, Jonathon and Edward Sandford referring to survey of Adelaide and leases of properties.

Correspondence 1877-1878 concerning emigration of Lewis Kay to Queensland.

Papers 1874-1877 of Lord Hill dealing with mining lease at Ravenswood, Queensland.

Log and letter-book 1863-1865 of Rear-Admiral Robert Jenkins, kept while serving in New Zealand. Includes an account of the attack on Gate Pah, Tauranga, by 68th Regiment and Naval Brigade.

Conditions Governing Access

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred Citation

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Archival History

Material selectively filmed at Shropshire Record Office, Shrewbury, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1985 (AJCP Reels: M2021-M2024). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

Existence and Location of Originals

Shropshire Record Office. Castle Gates, Shrewsbury SY1 2AQ, England.

For further information, see Shropshire Archives (https://www.shropshirearchives.org.uk/).

Existence and Location of Copies

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2288241] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Finding-Aid Notes

This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2019. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.

Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.

Subjects

Adelaide, South Australia; Assizes; Australia; Convicts; England; Gate Pa, New Zealand; Great Britain; Hill, Rowland, 2nd Viscount; Jenkins, Robert, Rear Adm.; Kay, Lewis; Mines and mining; Naval officers; New Zealand; New Zealand Wars; Quarter Sessions; Ravenswood, Queensland; Sandford, Edward; Sandford, Humphrey; Sandford, Jonathon; Shrewsbury Gaol, England; Shropshire Quarter Session; Tauranga, New Zealand

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 415, p.162.