Major accessions to repositories in 2019 relating to Environment

Local

Archifau Ynys Mon / Anglesey Archives

• Robin Grove-White, (b 1941), environmentalist: Brynddu and Plas Coch estate papers 1750-1930 (WAB)

Ceredigion Archives

• M Nash, (fl 1959-1993): digital scans of black and white and colour photographs of Aberystwyth 1959-1993 (ADX/1688)
• John Rees, (fl 1856): map of Lampeter Commons Inclosure with schedule 1856 (ADX/1706)

Cheshire Archives and Local Studies

• Manchester Museum: Alderley Edge landscape project documents, photographs and research material 18th-20th cent (D 9168)

Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Barrow

• Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment (CORE): campaign materials, AV material, records rel to monitoring of radioactive discharges and information about radiation and health c1900-1999 (BDSO 173)

Glamorgan Archives

• Phil Bale, (fl 2010-2019), Labour Councillor: papers rel to political career incl time as Leader of Cardiff City Council and Councillor for Llanishen and Thornhill. Also incl material rel to Save Llanishen Reservoir Campaign 2010-2019 (D1732)

Lancashire Archives

• Map of Tummorehouse Estate, in Quarmoor, in the Parish and County Palatine of Lancaster, with fields named 1772 (DP/540)

Norfolk Record Office

• Patricia Cormack of Swanton Abbot: diaries containing daily weather observations 1984-1998 (ACC 2019/199)

North Yorkshire County Record Office

• Appleton (Catterick) tithe map and apportionment 1842 (T/APP)
• Map of Appleton Wiske 1761 (M.125)

Pembrokeshire Archives and Local Studies

• Joan Bird, (1920-2019), campaigner: campaign files rel to Freshwater East 20th cent (HDX/)

Perth and Kinross Council Archive

• George Stewart (b1919), MBE, former Forestry Commissioner: film interview to mark his 100th birthday, conducted by Syd House, MBE, recording recollections of working life in the Forestry Commission 2019 (19/89)

Powys Archives

• Notebook incl minutes rel to tenant farmers and landlords and minutes of Farmers Defence Association 1886-1890 (M/X/295)
• Reference book for survey of Severn Farm Estate, Montgomeryshire 1812 (R/X/262)

Shropshire Archives

• Volume of daily observations on the weather taken at Hanwood, Shropshire 1871-1882 (9661)

Trafford Local Studies

• Edward Mason, (fl 1806), surveyor: plan of the River Mersey between Barlow Lay and the Township of Ashton upon Mersey 1806 (PLA/1/771)

Warwickshire County Record Office

• Pocket diaries containing brief observations on the weather in Tanworth-in-Arden each day 1974-1989 (CR5042)

National

British Library, Manuscript Collections

• Sir John Theodore Houghton (1931-2020), knight, climate scientist: papers and correspondence rel to his work 1960-2015 (Add MS 89409)

National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections

• Extinction Rebellion (XR): papers of the Edinburgh 'office' 2019 (Acc.14120)

Special

Chetham's Library

• Holcombe Moor Heritage Group: reports, sub-committee papers and minutes 2011-2019 (HOLC)

University

Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York

• Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, conservationist trust: deeds to Trust's offices at St George's Place, profits of pasturage agreements, tenure records, Staveley Nature Reserve annual reports 1884-2019 (YWT/2019/078)

Dundee University Archive, Records Management and Museum Services

• Dundee Satellite Receiving Station (DSRS): photographs of weather features, publications and reports 1976-2017 (ACC2019/1138)