Guide to the Collections held by the Shropshire Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)
M2021-M2024
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2019
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Fonds. Quarter Session Records, 1786 - 1845
Fonds 465. Papers of Sandford Family of the Isle, August 1842 - 8 February 1904
Series 779-885. Papers of Jonathan Sandford, August 1842 - 3 April 1865
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Map of district of Adelaide. (London, 1839) Sections 264-65, 270-72 alloted to J. Sandford (File 877)
Lease of Section 264, Adelaide, from Rev. E. Sandford (Elland, Yorks.) to C. Luhrs (Adelaide), (draft), 1864 (File 882)
Series 886-900. Papers of Humphrey Sandford, 15 May 1873 - 8 February 1904
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Lease of Section 1048, River Light, South Australia, from H. Sandford (Salop) to Margaret Griffin (Waterloo, S.A.), 15 May 1873 (File 891)
Memorandum of agreement between H. Sandford and A. Tennant (Port Lincoln) concerning sale of Sections 270-71, Adelaide, 8 October 1874 (File 892)
Plan of township of Edgerton, near Magill (Adelaide), to be sold by auction on (printed), 11 October [1881?] (File 894)
Conveyance of Section 1048, River Light, from H. Sandford to J. Janson (Steelton, S.A.) (draft), 1878 (File 895)
Plan of Wellington Run, property of H. K. Hughes and E. C. Hughes, near Wellington, River Murray, to be sold by auction, 9 September 1880 (File 896)
Series 906-908. Papers of Edward Sandford, 24 October 1863 - 10 January 1887
Edward Sandford (Melbourne) to Folliot Sandford, 24 October 1863 (File 906)
Details of legal career; seeks any business for firm of Nutt, Sandford and Allport; interest in pedigree.
Fonds 484. Papers of Venables Family, 16 August 1878 - 7 August 1882
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Fonds 631. Marrington Hall Collection, 15 January 1862 - 1878
Series 3. Correspondence and Personal Papers, 15 January 1862 - 1878
Subseries 3/1-1228. Papers of Davies Family of Brompton, Peniarth and Marrington, 15 January 1862 - 12 February 1863
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Charles Snape (Warialda, N.S.W.) to [Rev. R.J. Davies], 12 February 1863 (File 237)
Death of brother Tom; no opening for medical practice in Warialda; plans to return to Sydney; drought; family news.
Subseries 3/1229-3184. Papers of Price Family, 1877 - 1878
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Correspondence concerning emigration of Lewis Kay to Queensland, 1877 - 1878 (File 2292-2308)
The letters refer to Kay's departure in 1877, poverty in Brisbane, his inability to find work, mining papers, cotton production, and his return to England in 1878. Correspondents are L.R. Price (London), Fanny Kay (Florence), Lewis Kay (Brisbane), G.J. Davis...
Fonds 731. Bygott Collection, 1874 - 1877
Papers of Hill Family of Hawkstone.
Series Box 230. Papers concerning mines in Queensland, 1874 - 1877
Lord Hill owned a mining lease at Ravenswood, Queensland. The papers comprise reports, correspondence, financial papers, plans and sketches. They deal with the treatment of Ravenswood pyrites, assays on samples of ore, reports by E. Briscoe, Lord Hill's agent, mission of E. Haste to Queensland in 1876 to inspect mine and investigate London Pyrites Company, possible formation of new company, and winding up of mine in 1877...
Fonds 1040. Papers of Rear-Admiral Robert Jenkins, 1857 - 1865
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Log kept by Capt. R. Jenkins (H.M.S. Miranda) while serving in New Zealand War, 1 December 1863 - 3 June 1865 (File 2)
Although mainly a log, with brief remarks, there are detailed accounts of the attack on Gate Pah, Tauranga, by 68th Regiment and Naval Brigade (29 April 1864), defeat of Maoris at Te Ranga (21 June 1864), and meeting between Sir George Grey, Sir Duncan Cameron and Tauranga natives (5-6 Aug. 1864). There are some copies of despatches and letters and a sketch map of Auckland and Waikato districts. H.M.S. Miranda left New Zealand on 7 February 1865 and returned to England via Cape Horn.
Fonds 1104. Papers of W. Watkins-Pitchford of Bridgnorth, 25 January 1877
Fonds 18294. Corbet (Sundorne) MSS: Papers of Piggott Family, 23 October 1853 - 7 June 1876
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Frederick Piggott (Cape of Good Hope) to Mrs Piggott (Shrewsbury), 23 October 1853 (File)
Voyage to Australia on Earl Selkirk; drunkenness of captain; thefts by crew; health; plans to go to diggings.
Frederick Piggott (Tamberoora, N.S.W.) to Frank, 4 June 1854 (File)
Journey from Sydney; experiences on goldfields; climate and resources of N.S.W.