The following summaries of documents held in the Gloucestershire Archives are now available:
Summaries of Ledgers for 1775-1802 and 1814-1823.
These files are not included in our global search function and must have their contents searched individually.
Images of Tonnage Books for 1776-1798, 1798-1813, 1813-1816, 1816-1818 and 1818-1820, For each year lists of entries by date, cargo, destination and consignee have been prepared, and key details, such as total tonnage, total revenue, main cargo types, amounts delivered to key destinations and main consignees are being recorded. Key details will are returned in searches.
Analysis of 18th century trade (1777-1799) on the Stroudwater Navigation is available in here. Analysis of trade between 1800 and 1819 is provided here
Analysis of specific end-of-accounting-period entries for March in the following years are also available: 1820, 1825, 1830, 1835, 1840, 1845, 1850, 1855, 1860, 1865, 1870, 1875, 1880, 1885, 1890, 1895. For the March 1835 entries the equivalant entries from the Brimscombe Port Import and Export Books of the Thames and Severn Canal have also been recorded. For 1845 the whole year has been recorded in a spreadsheet, and a list of the 270 boat masters who made multiple trips along the Stroudwater is available. For 1870 the tonnage recorded for movements within the Thames & Severn Canal have also been added.
In 1795 a law was passed requiring boats travelling on navigable rivers and inland waterways to be registered. Boats on the Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames and Severn Canal were required, until 1798, to register at the Gloucester Quarter Session. A list of the certificates issued there, as held in the Gloucestershire Archives (Q/RR/1), has been prepared by The EurekA Partnership. A summary of the entries is provided in 1795 Registered Boats
Information relating to the sale of shares is recorded in a number of places, including minute books and share registers. These have been collated into a Share Transactions spreadsheet and summarized in date order, by share number and by purchaser's name. When reviewing these files please note:
