Major Accessions to Repositories 1994 relating to Legal History

National, Special and University

Bristol University

• Regina v Penguin Books: corresp, depositions and transcripts rel to trial of Lady Chatterleys Lover (DM1599)

British Library, Department of Manuscripts

• John Levett, lawyer, London: memorandum notebooks c1688-1703 (Egerton MS 3873)

House of Lords Record Office

• Trial of Warren Hastings: shorthand notebook 13-15 February 1788 (Hist Coll 367 addnl)

National Library of Ireland

• Michael Noyk, solicitors: papers rel to Michael Collins and other Republican activists c1920-30

National Library of Scotland, Department of Manuscripts

• Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, judge and critic: journal of his visit to the USA 1813 (Acc11099)

National Library of Wales, Department of Manuscripts and Records

• Sir Alun Talfan Davies, QC: corresp and papers c1963-86 (Sir Alun Talfan Davies Papers)

University of Swansea Library

• Transcript of trial of miners for incident at Port Talbot docks during miners strike 1985 (1994/32)

Warwick University Modern Records Centre

• Martin Walker: papers rel to criminological studies (MSS 339)

Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine

• John Wanless Dickson, consultant orthopaedic surgeon (addnl): medico-legal files 1985-92 (PP/JWD)
• Sir John Stallworthy (1906-1993), obstetrician: corresp and papers (PP/JAS)

Local Repositories in England

Bedfordshire Record Office

• Bedford Prison records 1876-1986 (PRIS)
• Bedfordshire Petty Sessions and Magistrates Courts (addnl): records 1872-1990 (PS)

Berkshire Record Office

• West Berkshire Petty Sessions records 1901-82 (PS)

Cumbria Record Office (Barrow)

• Bootle and Millom Divisions Petty Sessions records 1858-1974 (BT/RAG/M)

Bury Archive Service

• Bury County Borough: misc legal opinions and other papers 1885-1911 (ABU add. 011T)

Essex Record Office

• Smith, later Bowyer-Smijth family of Hill Hall (addnl): papers incl justices notebook 1727-43 (D/DSh addl)

Hertfordshire Record Office

• Pishiobury Approved School, Sawbridgeworth (formerly North London Truant School, North London Industrial School and Northcott Approved School): records 1884-1962 (Acc 2914)

Lancashire Record Office

• Manchester and Salford Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Criminals: scheme for the Fylde Community 1994 (DDX 1791)
• Garratt v Grieve and Radford v Grieve: papers rel to case in Chancery 1819-38 (DDX 2048)

Leicestershire Record Office

• North Leicestershire Coroner: inquest papers 1975-78 (DE4480)
• Leicester Crown Court records 1837-1966 (DE4482)

Lincolnshire Archives

• Spilsby District Coroners records 1940-87 (Acc no 94/059:00)
• Boston and Spalding Coroners District: inquest files 1984-91 (Acc no 94/060:00)
• Chattertons, solicitors: records incl predecessor firms and papers rel to murder case Rex v Major 1934 (Acc no 94/136:00)

Greater Manchester County Record Office

• Bolton Coroners Office records 1975 (A1/ADD)
• Manchester Coroners Office records 1988-89 (A2/ADD/)
• Rochdale Coroners Office records 1988-89 (A5/ADD/)
• Joseph Crossfield & Sons: proceedings in the House of Lords against Manchester Ship Canal Co (Q237/)

Tameside Archive Service

• Ashton, Mossley and Denton Criminal and Domestic Court records c1940-90 (2560)

Northumberland Record Office

• Mitford v Tynemouth Corporation: corresp and papers rel to legal case 1902-07 (NRO 4499)

Oxfordshire Archives

• Oxford County Court records 1847-1978 (CCT/1-6)

East Sussex Record Office

• Hastings, Bexhill, Battle, Burwash, Hailsham and Rye Petty Sessional divisions: records 1872-1982 (Acc No 366)
• Sussex Police Authority: papers rel to the Crumbles murder case of Rex v Mahon 1924 (Acc no 6312)

Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies

• Wolverhampton Coroner: inquest files1987

North Yorkshire County Record Office

• Inquests on William, Hannah and John Moore 1909 (MIC 2939)
• Coroners papers rel to Hawes railway crash 1910 (MIC 2791)
• Hang West Magistrates: minute books 1848-1900 (PS/HW/ MIC 2729-30, 2734)
• North Riding Quarter Sessions records 1806-30 (QSB)