| Summary: | Research notes and related papers on shipping and trade in North West England (particularly Liverpool) in the 18th century compiled by Maurice M Schofield and his wife Eunice Schofield; also papers relating to SSRC research grants which enabled Mr and Mrs Schofield to work on the Liverpool Plantation Registers 1744-1784 and microfilm of original source material |
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| Date: | [c.1959-1989] |
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| Reference Number: | D514 |
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| Separated Material: | The ESRC Data Archive, University of Essex holds copies of the computer files created by Mr Schofield and colleagues. The files were deposited by Dr. D. Richardson (University of Hull) with the Data Archive in July 1992 and the following details are abstracted from the Archive's catalogue record for the same kindly supplied by the Archive's History Data Unit:2923 Liverpool Trade and Shipping, 1744-86 (alternative title: Computerised edition of the Liverpool Plantation Registers, 1744-86).Comprises a machine-readable edition of the Liverpool Plantation Registers 1744-84 and of the known voyages, masters, ship owners and life histories of the vessels listed therein through to 1786. The data sources used comprised not only the Registers, but also Admiralty, Colonial Office and Board of Trade records, together with Parliamentary Papers; Lloyd's Lists; Liverpool, Manchester, and other newspapers; and the Holt and Gregson papers in Liverpool Record Office. |
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| Bibliography: | [Book] Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1959-1989 and 1991,. |
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| Biographical/Administrative Information: | Mr and Mrs Schofield were employed as a Research Fellow and Part-time Research Worker on SSRC research grants made to Dr Peter N Davies in 1977 and 1979 to enable the production of a computerised edition of the Liverpool Plantation Registers 1744-1784. Part of the grant was used to purchase microfilm. Dr David Richardson of the Department of Economic History, University of Hull continued work on the project. Mrs. Schofield died in June 1992. |
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