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Catalogue description Bridport Borough
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| Title: | Bridport Borough |
| Description: |
COURT RECORDS QUARTER SESSIONS LICENSING COURT OF RECORD MANORIAL ADMINISTRATION CUSTUMALS, FORMULARIES MINUTES, MEMORANDA, ORDERS APPOINTMENTS OF OFFICIALS CHARTERS AND CONSTITUTION CORRESPONDENCE FINANCE HARBOUR MARKET WEIGHTS AND MEASURES PROPERTY MAPS DEEDS (BRIDPORT AND OTHER PARISHES) DEVON: SOMERSET: ROADS BRIDGES RAILWAYS WATCH, POLICE AND GOALS LEGAL WILLS APPRENTICESHIP CHARITY SCHOOLS ECCLESIASTICAL ST MARY'S CHURCH ST KATHERINE'S CHANTRY AND ST LEONARD'S CHAPEL ST MARY'S CHANTRY ST ANDREW'S CHAPEL ST JOHN THE BAPTIST'S HOSPITAL OR PRIORY ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL, ST MATHERINE'S CHANTRY, MUNDEN'S CHANTRY ST MICHAEL'S CHAPEL AND MUNDEN'S CHANTRY OTHER ECCLESIASTICAL DOCUMENTS POOR ELECTIONS SPECIAL COMMISSION BOROUGH FROM 1835 COURT RECORDS ADMINISTRATION CORRESPONDENCE FINANCE ELECTIONS LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY RURAL DISTRICT BURIAL BOARD MISCELLANEOUS BRIDPORT DORSET GENERAL PRINTED ITEMS RECORDS OF THE BATTISCOMBE FAMILY OF SYMONDSBURY DEEDS ESTATE FAMILY LEGAL BUSINESS CHARITY |
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A manuscript calendar of the Bridport borough records (numbered PQ28 in the present list) was completed in 1903 by Thomas Wainwright. Not all the items listed in this have been found, while many of the existing documents, especially those of later date, were not included by Wainwright; there are also some inaccuracies in his descriptions. "A Brief Guide to the Municipal Records of Bridport", by E S Scroggs, 1953, gives a summary of Wainwright's classes with some additions, but it was not found practicable to keep this classification in the present list. Miss Scroggs also makes some brief remarks on the contents and scope of the collection. Many documents are marked with physical numbers which are mentioned in Wainwright's calendar, but seem to be unrelated to his arrangement. These have been added in round brackets in the present list after the description of some items only, where it was felt that they might be a useful means of identification. The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts described some of the records in the Appendix to their 6th Report, 1877 (see PQ26); references to transcripts or descriptions in this volume appear in the list in the form [H.M.C. p 475]. "The Bridport Borough Records and Ancient Manuscripts" by Thomas Wainwright, 1900, contains a series of articles reprinted from the Bridport News, including transcripts of selected documents (see PQ27). References to this appear in the form [Wainwright p 1]. For Wainwright's work on the records, see PQ26-32. " |
| Date: | 1265-1987 |
| Held by: | Dorset History Centre, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical description: | 26 sub-fonds |
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Deposited by the Bridport Borough Council, 20 July 1966, 11 November 1966, 15 March 1968 and 11 November 1969 |
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Bridport Borough Recorders 1456/1457 John Newburgh August 1 1667 John Hurden of Long Bredy September 11 1667 Hugh Hodges of Sherborne August 21 1693 William Bennet of Shaston, esquire December 22 1707 Thomas Strangways of Melbury Sampford, esquire October 3 1726 John Way esquire of St John's May 11 1749 Richard Bradrepp of Mapperton, esquire February 10 1775 James Kirkpatrick March 28 1796 John Gurney, esquire September 14 1807 John Disney, esquire October 21 1823 Charles Frederick Williams, esquire April 2 1833 David Jardine, esquire |
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