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NR - Ports of Chester and Runcorn shipping registration - 19th century-1994

Repository	Cheshire Record Office
Level	Collection (Fonds)
Reference	NR
Title	Ports of Chester and Runcorn shipping registration
Date	19th century-1994
Description	Port of Chester registers of sea fishing boats 1898-1988, shipping registers 1914-1994, register of transactions relating to ships registered 1892-1967, index of ships registered c1840-c1994, shipping registration papers 1913-1992; Port of Runcorn shipping registration papers, c1858-1960s, register of sea fishing boats 1903-1989. Port of Chester shipping registers, 1836-1913, are held at the Flintshire Record Office.
Extent	0.015m3
Administrative History	All ships registered in British ports had details of construction and ownership recorded in registers of shipping held by customs offices in each port.

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