Introduction
The cataloguing work on these archives was carried out by Mr Edwin King during 2002 / 2003 and part of 2004. The Society wishes to thank the Heritage Lottery Fund which provided a grant to support Mr King during this period.
Only the top level of archival information is listed below. So an entry may refer to a single document (e.g. a will) or several boxes of documents (e.g. Scoresby papers). For further information and detailed breakdown of content of the different archives users are advised -
to consult the printed lists in the Society's Kendall Room
to search the records in the A2A database located at
A2A Search page
The first two sources are the more comprehensive.MAIN ARCHIVAL GROUPS
Deeds
| 0001 | Deeds for a property at Robin Hoods Bay | 1794-1931 |
| 0002 | Deeds for 17 Gray Street, Whitby | 1866-1982 |
| 0003 | Deed for a property in Danby | 1695-1695 |
| 0004 | Deed for a messuage in Whitby | 1818-1818 |
| 0005 | Deeds for land at Newton upon Rawcliffe | 1834-1858 |
| 0006 | Deeds for land at Ewe Cote, Whitby | 1925-1925 |
| 0007 | Deeds for 17 Bracken Close, Eskdale Park, Whitby | 1976-1990 |
| 0008 | Deeds for 'Westfield', 7 Castle Road, Whitby | 1926-1989 |
| 0009 | Deeds relating to 50 Flowergate and Easterby's Yard | 1724-1937 |
| 0010 | Deeds for the site of St Michael's Church, Church Street, Whitby | 1764-1851 |
| 0011 | Deeds of 17 Falcon Terrace, Whitby | 1874-1990 |
| 0012 | Deed for property on Church Street, Whitby | 1859-1859 |
| 0013 | Copy of deed for property on Church Street, Whitby | 1858 |
| 0015 | Copy of deed for Blackburn's Yard, Church Street, Whitby | 1848 |
| 0016 | Copy of deeds concerning 8 George Street, Ruswarp, Whitby | 1876-1948 |
| 0017 | Copy of deeds concerning property in Baxtergate, Whitby | (1688) |
| 0018 | Copy of deed concerning property in Grape Lane, Whitby | 1720/1 |
| 0019 | Deeds for property at Meadowfield, Ruswarp | 18?? |
| 0020 | Copy of deed concerning property in Esk Terrace, Whitby | 1855 |
| 0021 | Deeds concerning "The Haven", Union Road, Bagdale, Whitby | 1809-1874 |
| 0022 | Copy deeds concerning a property on Cliff Street, formerly Cliff Lane, Ruswarp, Whitby (1820s-1894) | - |
| 0024 | Deeds concerning the "Bunch of Grapes", public house, Scaling Dam, Whitby | 1930-1983 |
| 0025 | Deeds concerning 30 Bagdale, Whitby | 1900-1991 |
| 0028 | Deeds concerning Bakehouse Yard, Whitby | [1654] |
| 0029 | Deeds concerning the Coliseum, Victoria Place, Whitby | 1886-1986 |
| 0030 | Deeds for property in Beck Yard, Baxtergate, Whitby | 1686-1914 |
| 0031 | Deeds for 2 The Orchard, Goathland | 1931-1994 |
| 0032 | Deeds concerning 3 Argyle Road, Whitby | 1897-1967 |
| 0033 | Deeds concerning property on Gold Lion Bank, Flowergate, Whitby | 1763-1901 |
| 0034 | Deeds concerning 13 Flowergate, Whitby | 1788-1947 |
| 0035 | Deeds concerning properties in Grape Lane; Elbow Yard, Chrurch Street; and Prestons Broad Yard, Church Street | 1731-1902 |
| 0036 | Photocopies of deeds of the Whitby Museum | 1948-1953 |
| 0037 | Deeds relating to property on Sandgate, Whitby | 1684-1965 |
| 0038 | Deeds relating to the site of the Theatre Royal, Skate Lane, Whitby | 1824-1924 |
| 0039 | Deeds relating to 14 Oswy Street, Fishburn Park, Whitby. | 1862-1992 |
| 0083 | Photocopies of deeds concerning 6 The Paddock, Whitby | 1923-1987 |
| 0088 | Deeds for 10 Abbey Terrace, Whitby | 1857-2002 |
| 0091 | Deeds for Fylingthorpe | 1765 |
| 0120 | Deeds for Property in Stakesby, Whitby | 1734-1960 |
| 0121 | Deeds concerning The Cottage, Spring Vale, Whitby | 1877-1908 |
| 0122 | Deeds concerning Low Mill, Glaisdale | 1663-1960 |
| 0123 | Deeds for Union Street, Whitby | 1811-1874 |
| 0124 | Deeds relating to Premises on Haggersgate/Marine Parade, Whitby | 1662-1933 |
| 0125 | Deeds for the Whitby Stone Company | - |
| 0126 | Deeds concerning Grape Lane, Whitby | 1699-1823 |
| 0127 | Deeds concerning Arundel Place, Bagdale, Whitby | 1913-1919 |
| 0128 | Deeds concerning 16 Bridge Street, Whitby | 1919-1924 |
Wills
| 0092 | Photocopy of the Will of John Sneaton | [1788] |
| 0093 | Copy will of Daniel Marsingell | [1653] |
| 0094 | Copy Will and Certificate of Probate of Elizabeth Peart | [1839] |
Indentures
| 0044 | Photocopy of John Walker's Apprenticeship Indenture | 1822 |
| 0045 | Photocopy of the Apprenticeship Indenture of William Thomas Gray | 1864 |
| 0046 | Apprenticeship Indenture of William Harrison Falkingbridge | 1854 |
| 0047 | Apprenticeship Indenture of Frederick Falkingbridge | 1885 |
| 0048 | Photocopy of the Apprenticeship Indenture of George Barnett | 1821 |
| 0049 | Apprenticeship Indenture of Henry Savage | 1837 |
| 0050 | Apprenticeship Indenture of Abraham Hepworth Robinson | 1874 |
Companies / Organisations
| 0061 | Papers Relating to the John Tomlinson Trust | 1870-1894 |
| 0063 | Records of the Smales Brothers, shipowners and shipbuilders | 1852-1939 |
| 0066 | Records of the International Line Steamship Company Ltd | 1890-1917 |
| 0067 | Day Book of Scarborough and Whitby Brewery Ltd | 1920-1934 |
| 0073 | Records of Whitby Temperance Society | 1843-1975 |
| 0078 | Records of Glaisdale Cow Club | 1887-1892 |
| 0079 | Records of Caedmon Orchestral and Chamber Music Society | 1932-1933 |
| 0086 | Records of the Rowland and Marwood Steamship Company | 1889-1993 |
| 0090 | Photocopy of National Egg Collection Certificate | [1919] |
| 0095 | International Line Steamship Company Ltd | 1885-1917 |
| 0097 | Records of Harrowing Steamship Company Ltd | 1899-1916 |
| 0099 | Records of the Robin Hood's Bay Steamship Company Ltd | 1868-1871 |
| 0100 | Records of the Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay Steam Packet Company Ltd | 1853-1857 |
| 0101 | Record of Whitby Insurance Clubs | 1876-1967 |
| 0102 | Marine Insurance Records of Thomas Marwood and Sons | 1849-1862 |
| 0117 | Records of the Whitby Marine Society | 1797-1822 |
| 0119 | Deed of Covenant - Whitby Oil Gas Light Co | 1824 |
| 0137 | Records of Eskdale, Smales and Cato, Shipbuilders | 1802-1810 |
| 0149 | Records of Whitby Co-Operative Society | 1913-1969 |
| 0150 | Records of the Whitby Mutual Plate Glass Insurance Society | 1884-1981 |
| 0151 | Records of Whitby and North Yorkshire Permanent Building Society | 1875-1898 |
| 0152 | Records of William Turner and Son Ltd, fish merchants of Whitby | 1943-1948 |
| 0153 | Records of Boghall Tannery | 1814-1818 |
| 0154 | Papers of the Union Mill Society, Whitby | 1834-1834 |
| 0155 | Records of C Haigh, Cobbler | 1940-1949 |
| 0156 | F J Willis & Son | 1924-1942 |
| 0157 | Whitby & Pickering Railway - Loyal Address | - |
| 0158 | Whitby Waterworks Co | 1855 |
| 0159 | Whitby Bills | 1856-1891 |
| 0160 | Thomas English's Surveying Book | 1791 |
| WHITM:1994/5.5 | Records of the Whitby and London Steam Shipping Company Ltd | 1877-1877 |
| WHITM:1994/5.16 | Records of Thomas Turnbull and Son | 1889 |
Photographs & Postcards
| 0023 | Photographs of a Property at 4a Cliff Street, Whitby | 1994 |
| 0144 | Christmas Cards of Albert Pile | 1949-1958 |
| WHITM:PEF411, PEF420 | Sketchbooks of Albert T Pile | 1956-1967 |
Other Papers
| 0041 | Research Papers: Mrs Katherine Manley's Casebook | 1947-1990s |
| 0051 | Family papers of the Raw, Woodwark and Frank families | 1848-1980s |
| 0052 | Papers relating to James Sharphouse Moss and the Moss family | 1830-1989 |
| 0057 | Terrier : Danby churchyard | 1876 |
| 0058 | Family Papers of the Robertson Family | 1805,late C19th |
| 0072 | Letter book of Thomas Smailes | 1869-1883 |
| 0074 | Scrapbooks of the Chronicler of Lealholm | 1960s |
| 0075 | Research Papers of John Davison | 1960-1969 |
| 0076 | The Reverend Daniel Duck's Diaries | 1785-1824 |
| 0077 | Transcript of the Diaries of Reverend Daniel Duck [1785-1824] | - |
| 0081 | Land Tax Assessments | 1903-1945 |
| 0082 | Registers of Electors | 1978-2000 |
| 0085 | J R Harrison Files | 1960-1969 |
| 0087 | Papers of R E Pannett | 1838-1913 |
| 0089 | Service records of Samuel Hudson | 1875-1914 |
| 0110 | Royal Humane Society Award to Robert Stuart | 1862-1862 |
| 0129 | Declaration of Trust of the Smailes Fund | 1919 |
| 0134 | Paul English's Journal | 1770-1770 |
| 0138 | Papers of Richard Weatherill | 1908 |
| 0145 | Diary entitled "Margaret's Travels" | 1816-1816 |
| 0146 | Diary of John Jeffreys | 1793-1814 |
| 0147 | Diary | 1774 |
| 0148 | Diary of Dr Ripley | 1805-1838 |
| 0161 | M R Clarkson's Surveying Book | 1801 |
| 0164 | Robin Hood's Bay Lodge, Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds | 1835-1900 |
| 0165 | Commonplace Book - E Piper | 1949 |
| 0167 | Crispin Bean's Apprentice Book | 1789-1799 |
| 0168 | Hornby's School Accounts | 1794-1806 |
| 0169 | Hornby's Schoo1- Advertisements | c1800 |
| 0170 | J W Twinberrow - Sketchbook | 1901-1902 |
| 0171 | Sanders Family Record | c1750-c1900,c1880 |
| 0172 | Recipe Book | 1860s-1890s |
| 0173 | Posters - Whitby Temperance Hall | 1852 |
| 0174 | Home & Son Ltd | 1925-1965 |
| 0175 | Overseas Club - Certificates | 1915-1916 |
| 0176 | Sleights Peace Celebration Committee | 1919 |
| 0177 | Special Constable's Notebook - Wil1iam R Gaskin | 1939-1941 |
| 0178 | Telegrams - Dora Walker | 1934-1935 |
| 0179 | Poster - Bagdale Academy | 1847 |
| 0181 | Advertising notices | 1849 |
| 0182 | Bills and Receipts - James R Johnson & Son | 1933-1934 |
| 0183 | Bill and Receipt - J Brown & Son | 1907 |
| 0184 | H P Kendall - pictures of antiquities | 1920s-30s |
| 0185 | Whitby Ladies' Oriana choir | 1925-1971 |
| 0186 | Whitby Choral Society | 1881-1889 |
| 0187 | Whitby Stone Co | 1840-1861 |
| 0188 | Papers relating to the Foxton Fami1y | 1810-1897 |
| WHITM:SOH170 | Mrs Katherine Manley's Casebook | 1720-1764 |
Seaman's Papers
| 0043 | Seaman's Papers of Mark Norman Rennie | 1904-1914 |
| 0053 | Seaman's Papers of Captain Kenneth Milburn | 1931-1989 |
| 0054 | Seaman's papers of Joseph Sawyer | 1834-1856 |
| 0055 | Seaman's Papers of George William McKenzie | 1853 |
| 0140 | Seaman's Records of William Bedlington Elder | 1824-1838 |
| 0141 | Seaman's Records of John Readman | 1855 |
| WHITM:1991/17 | Seamen's Records of Captain Frederick Alfred Carter | 1928-1976 |
| WHITM:1993/23-24 | Seamen's Records of James Paul Wood | 1931-1979 |
| WHITM:1994/5.7-5.8 | Seamen's Records of James Paul Wood | 1944-1963 |
| WHITM:1994/5.9 | Seamen's Records of Captain Cecil McKenzie | 1930-1941 |
| WHITM:1994/5.10-5.11,5.23 | Seamen's Records of Richard Smailes | 1874-1882 |
| WHITM:1994/5.12-5.13 | Seamen's Records of Arthur D Milner | 1928-1929 |
| WHITM:1995/13 | Seamen's Records of Captain William H Mutter | 1862 |
| WHITM:CAF465-467 | Seamen's Records of Captain George Arthur Headlam | 1895-1905 |
| WHITM:CAF470-471,478 | Seamen's Records of Thomas Melton | 1892-1922 |
| WHITM:CAF472 | Photocopy of Seamen's Records of John William Dixon | 1923 |
| WHITM:CAF473 | Seamen's Records of Robert Greenbury | 1881-1891 |
| WHITM:CAF474 | Seamen's Records of Robert Dixon | 1874-1894 |
| WHITM:CAF475,481 | Seamen's Records of Oliver B Walker | 1883-1912 |
| CAF482 | Seamen's Records of Henry Taylor Middleton | 1843-1874 |
| WHITM:CAF488 | Seamen's Records of John Stephen Kipling | 1890-1890 |
| WHITM:CAF507 | Seamen's Records of Arthur Diplock Milner | 1894-1918 |
| WHITM:CAF509 | Seaman's Records of John Readman | 1855 |
| WHITM:CAF511 | Photocopy of Seamen's Records of George Mennell | 1859 |
| WHITM:CAF620 | Seamen's Records of George Crosby | 1899 |
| WHITM:CAF621 | Seamen's Records of Norman Arthur Johnstone | 1928 |
Ship's Logs & Accounts
| 0042 | Log of the SS Germania | 1895-1895 |
| 0062 | Ships' Disbursements Books | 1787-1840 |
| 0064 | Accounts of Ships owned by John Galilee | 1761-1788 |
| 0069 | Ship's Log of the Eagle of Whitby | 1811 |
| 0070 | Ship's Log of the Aid of Whitby | 1809-1809 |
| 0071 | Ships' Log of the Swallow and Henrietta of Whitby | 1762-1768 |
| 0096 | Ships Account for Midsummer Blossom | 1794-1799 |
| 0098 | Ships Accounts for the Brig Liberality and the Sloop Mary Ann | 1813-1835 |
| 0108 | Ship's Log of the bark Alexander | 1803 |
| 0109 | Bills and Receipts for the SS Ravenswood | 1891-1891 |
| 0113 | Accounts of the Ship Mountaineer | 1847-1861 |
| 0131 | Ships' Accounts of William and Jane | 1718-1729 |
| 0132 | Captain Nicholas Pipers ships' account books | 1755-1775 |
| 0133 | Captain Allatson Bell's ships' account books | 1716-1775 |
| 0138 | Log of the Midsummer Blossom | 1769-1769 |
| 0163 | Wakefield Simpson's Shipping Accounts | 1757-1803 |
| WHITM:1994/5.14 | Ship's Accounts of the drifter Energy | 1915-1916 |
| WHITM:1994/5.15 | Ship's Accounts of the SS Darnholme | 1917-1917 |
| WHITM:CAF501 | Voyage Accounts of the Merrie England | 1874-1875 |
other Shipping / Sea-Faring Matters
| 0056 | Bill of Sale concerning the Brig George of Whitby | 1869 |
| 0060 | Captain Mankin's Account of the Kara Sea Expedition | 1926 |
| 0065 | Captain John Coates' Disbursements Book/Recipe Book | 1807-1820,mid C20th |
| 0068 | Midshipman's Log of Cdr Henry Chapman Walker RN | 1861-1864 |
| 0080 | Records of Barry's ship owners and shipbuilders of Whitby | 1802-1840 |
| 0084 | Papers of Captain George J Marsay | 1902-1915 |
| 0103 | Insurance Policy of the Ross-shire | 1854-1854 |
| 0104 | Insurance Policy for the Royal Rose | 1857-1857 |
| 0106 | Letters concerning Captain Henry Harrison | 1830-1832 |
| 0107 | Certificate of Registration for the ship Victory | 1814-1814 |
| 0108 | Papers concerning the Sinking of the SS Streonshalh | 1939-1989 |
| 0111 | Report on Harbour Works by Francis Pickernell | 1861-1861 |
| 0112 | Vouchers, Bills and Receipts concerning the Whitby Piers and Harbour Board | 1837-1838 |
| 0114 | Sailing Notice of the Columbus | 1832-1832 |
| 0115 | Protest Book Concerning Shipping Incidents | 1823-1844 |
| 0116 | Protest Book Concerning Shipping Incidents | 1858-1874 |
| 0118 | Honourable East India Company Licence for the Timandra | - |
| 0130 | Henry Simpson's Navigation Book | 1711-1712 |
| 0136 | Primage Book for the Port of Whitby | 1788-1860 |
| 0139 | Extracts from Whitby Customs Letterbooks 1720s-1830s | - |
| 0142 | Seamen's Agreement concerning the Invasion of Europe | 1943-1944 |
| 0143 | Endeavour Project | 1980s-1990s |
| 0162 | Robert Usherwood's Navigation Book | 1782 |
| 0180 | Certificate - Arctic Convoy Veterans | 1991 |
| WHITM:1994/5.6 | List of Sailor's Outfit for Sea | 1908-1908 |
| WHITM:1994/5.17 | Thomas Smaile's Protest against Harbour Works | 1879-1879 |
| WHITM:CAF508 | Photocopy of Bill of Sale for the Margaret Cunningham | 1861 |
| WHITM:CAF730,CAF1017, CAF1024,CAF1106 | Items Relating to the RNLI and the Work and Death of Robert Patton | 1932-1936 |
| WHITM:CAF1136 | Letter of Marque for Jane and Mary | 1746-1746 |
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