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GB 0221 WD2 Anglesey County Record Office/Archifdy Ynys Mon This catalogue was digitised by The National Archives as part of the National Register of Archives digitisation project NRA 40676 The National Archives Papers of William Thomas and Sons, Amlwch Port Marc Catalog WD 2 Catalogue Mark Catalogiwyd gan Uwch Archifydd Anne Venables Catalogued by Senior Archivist Archifdy Rhanbarthol Llangefni Gwasanaeth Archifau ac Amgueddfeydd Gwynedd Llangefni Area Record Office Gwynedd Archives and Museums Service 1994 Papers of William Thomas and Sons, shipbuilders, ship repairs, and shipowners and managers, Amlwch Port and the family. Captain William Thomas (1822-1893) was the son of Lewis Thomas, Cae Pant. By 1858 he was involved in shipbuilding and by the mid 1860s was managing more than a dozen vessels. By 1870 he was living at Pone Taldrwst and the owner of a warehouse and yards at Amlwch Port. By 1872 he had bought the Treweek yard and dry dock and had a ship chandlery business and close connections with Duddon/Millom in Cumbria and William Thomas of Liverpool (born Llanrhuddlad). In the 1880s the firm base established by Captain Thomas was expanded and developed by his sons William (who had trained as a naval designer) and Lewis. The collection also includes family papers including documents about Bryn Eilian and other family business interests. Some documents cover both the shipping business and the household. [The majority of the documents are badly damaged by previous damp storage]. [For further details see 'Ship and Seamen of Anglesey, 1558-1918' by Aled Eames, p.p. 271-318 and 'A Curious Place, the Industrial History of Amlwch (1550-1950)' by Bryan D.Hope, p.p. 114-149]. Some other records of the Company are with WM 427 "Shipping Papers' which are a mixed collection of shipping records from various sources including Miss Thomas. Contents Amlwch Port WD 2/1-364 Office and Yard WD 2/1-229 Administration WD 2/1-67 Notebooks WD 2/68-78 Correspondence, accounts etc. WD 2/79-123 Plans WD 2/124-155 Insurance WD 2/156-162 Books WD 2/163-205 Stationary WD 2/206-216 Artefacts WD 2/217-229 Shipping WD 2/230-352 William Thomas and Co., Liverpool WD 2/353-364 House and Yard WD 2/365-371 Household (including Bryn Eilian and Pone Taldrwst) WD 2/372-380 Property and Financial interests (including Towyn Trewan WD 2/381-427 and tobacco work). Administration of estates WD 2/428-432 Development of Amlwch and area including concerns re WD 2/433-440 unemployment. Family and Personal WD 2/441-478 Photographs and Paintings WD 2/479-499 Additional deposit, 1997 WD 2/500-548 [Placed with relevant documents therefore scattered throughout the catalogue] WD 2/1-364 AMLWCH PORT. WD 2/1-364 Office and Yard. WD 2/1-28 ACCOUNT BOOKS. WD 2/1 1879 Dec.-1886 June LEDGER: Individual firms. WD 2/2 1880 Feb.-1882 Sept. LEDGER: Individual firms. WD 2/3 1882 Sept.-1895 Dec. LEDGER: Individual firms. WD 2/4 1886 May-1912 Feb. LEDGER: Individual firms. WD 2/5 1891 Sept.-1900 Sept. LEDGER: Individual firms. WD 2/6 1903 Jan.-1932 Dec. LEDGER: Individual firms and people. WD 2/500 1878-1885 LEDGER: Named vessels. WD 2/7 1878 Feb.-1882 Feb. LEDGER: Named vessels. WD 2/8 1903 Jan.-1932 Dec. LEDGER: Named vessels. WD 2/9 1906 Jan.-1937 Nov. SALES BOOK: Named vessels. WD 2/508 1870-1877 BOOK: Statements of Account for named vessels. WD 2/509 1881-1885 BOOK: Statements of Account for named vessels. WD 2/510 1883-1888 BOOK: Statements of Account for named vessels. WD 2/10 1880 April-1882 April LEDGER: Amlwch Port (Summary accounts). WD 2/501 1874-1885 LEDGER: Yard, new yard, draft room, saw mill, rigging yard, engine, smithy, block shop. WD 2/11 1885 Nov.-1899 June LEDGER: Counting house, yard, smithy, sawmill, boat shop, block shop, wages etc. WD 2/12 1897 Jan.-1932 Dec. LEDGER: Counting house, yard, insurance, wages, sailroom, smithy, warehouse etc. WD 2/13 1880 April-1884 June STOCK LEDGER [Includes other items]. WD 2/14 1882 June-1912 June INSURANCE LEDGER. WD 2/15 1885 Nov.-1910 Dec. PURCHASES BOOK. WD 2/516 1873-1881 COAL ACCOUNT BOOK. WD 2/16 1889 May-1904 Oct. SAWING BOOK. WD 2/17 1890 Oct.-1903 Nov. TIMBER BOOK. WD 2/511 1915-1924 TIMBER BOOK: Names ships. WD 2/18 1906 Mar.-1918 Aug. DEBTOR ACCOUNT. WD 2/502 1888-1910 JOURNAL. WD 2/19 1886 July-1888 June SALES AND DEBITS DAY BOOK. WD 2/20 1889 July-1891 March LEDGER DAY BOOK NO.3. WD 2/520 1880-1883 INCOME TAX BOOK. WD 2/521 1893-1913 INCOME TAX BOOK. WD 2/526 1944, 1950-1951 INCOME TAX/EMPLOYMENT SHEETS for a vessel. WD 2/21 1876 Sept.-1882 Dec. CASH BOOK. WD 2/22 1882 Dec-1893 March CASH BOOK. WD 2/503 1882 CASH BOOK. WD 2/23 1885 Nov.-1894 June CASH BOOK. WD 2/504 1890-1896 CASH BOOK. WD 2/24 1894 July-1904 Jan. CASH ACCOUNT BOOK. WD 2/505 1903-1905 CASH BOOK. WD 2/25 1904 Feb.-1914 Mar. CASH BOOK N0.3. WD 2/26 1914 April-1925 Oct. CASH ACCOUNT BOOK. [See also WD 2/57-58]. WD 2/512 1890-1891 STEM/STERN BOOK kept by Elias Williams, foreman at the yard naming people. WD 2/27 1892 April-1899 April WAGES BOOK: General (Yard and Houses). WD 2/28 1899 May-1906 Feb. WAGES BOOK: General (Yard and Houses). [See also WD 2/53 -54]. WD 2/29-49 LETTER BOOK. WD 2129 1888 Aug.-1889 Oct. WD 2/30 1893 June-1894 March WD 2/31 1894 March-Oct. WD 2/32 1894 Oct.-1895 Aug. WD 2/33 1895 Aug.-1896 July WD 2/34 1896 July-1897 March WD 2/35 1898 Aug. WD 2/36 1898 Aug.-1899 April WD 2/37 1899 April-1900 Jan. WD 2/38 1900 Jan.-Aug. WD 2/38a 1900 Aug.-1901 June WD 2/39 1901 June-1902 March WD 2/40 1902 March-1903 Jan. WD 2/41 1903 Jan.-Aug. WD 2/42 1904 April-1905 March WD 2/43 1905 March-1906 Feb. WD 2/44 1906 Feb.-Nov. WD 2/45 1906 Nov.-1907 Aug. WD 2/46 1908 March-Oct. WD 2/47 1911 Jan.-Sept. WD 2/48 1913 Sept-1914 May WD 2/49 1914 May-1915 Feb. [See also WD 2/56]. WD 2/50 1893-1896 PASS BOOK of Messrs. Lewis Thomas and William Thomas, shipbuilders, Port Amlwch with the National Provincial Bank of England. WD 2/51 1899-1902, BUNDLE of Accounts and Balance Sheets of 1922-1924, William Thomas and Sons, Amlwch Port with a 1926-1928, 1951 little correspondence about their preparation. WD 2/523 1900 Dec. 12 ANALYSIS of Pay Sheet. WD 2/52 1900-1926 ACCOUNT BOOK showing accounts rendered and accounts paid. WD 2/522 1888-1900 FORTNIGHTLY PAY SHEET. WD 2/525 1912-1920 PAY SHEET BOOK. WD 2/53 1920-1932 PAY SHEET BOOK: ? Shipbuilding yard. WD 2/54 1932-1943 PAY SHEET BOOK: Shipbuilding yard. WD 2/524 1992 March 29 GRATUITY SHEET. WD 2/55 1927-1933, 1937-1943 RECEIPT BOOK STUBS (2). WD 2/56 1929 Dec.5-1939 LETTER BOOK. Dec. 13 CASH BOOK. WD 2/57 1935-1944 CASH BOOK. WD 2/58 1943-1947 CHEQUE BOOK STUBS. WD 2/59 1946-1949 DUPLICATE BOOK [unused] for the weighing machine, dry docks, ironship building yard, WD 2/60 [188-] Amlwch Port of Wm.Thomas, ship builder. WD 2/61 190- DUPLICATE RECEIPT BOOK [unused] of W.Thomas and Sons, Amlwch Port. WD 2/62 n.d. STEAMSHIP LOG BOOK: [unused]. WD 2/63 n.d. DUPLICATE TELEGRAM BOOK: [Blank]. WD 2/64 n.d. DUPLICATE POSTCARD BOOKS of William Thomas and Sons, iron and wood ship builders, Amlwch Port. [Only a few postcards are missing and the duplicate system has not been used]. WD 2/65 18- BLANK CHEQUES (2): Amlwch (Anglesea) Branch of the National Provincial Bank of England. WD 2/66 187- BUNDLE of Billheads of William Thomas, ship builder, ship chandler, sailmaker and coal and timber merchant, dealer in slates, tiles, bricks, laths and ironmongery, dry dock for repairing vessels, Amlwch Port. WD 2/67 187- MEMORANDUM FORMS (2) [Blank] of William Thomas, ship and boat builder, sailmaker, smith, coal and timber merchant, dry dock for repairing vessels, Amlwch Port. WD 2/68 1871 NOTEBOOK including accounts re Anglesea Lass. WD 2/69 1890 NOTEBOOK containing notes re the fitting of a vessel/vessels, accounts, notes of dimensions of spars etc. WD 2/70 1904-1907 NOTEBOOK including accounts, details of vessels, details of the 1895 election results, numbers in the new chapel, names and addresses, prices for vessel's fittings, details for fitting ships, dock dues. WD 2/71 1905 NOTEBOOK including accounts, details re ship building/repair. WD 2/72 1908 NOTEBOOK containing accounts of ships, ? notes of letters sent, details of vessels, accounts, dock charges at Port Dinorwic, notes re shipwreck, notes re voyages of ships and re ships. WD 2/73 c. 1909 NOTEBOOK including accounts, names and addresses and details of vessels. WD 2/74 1909-1910 NOTEBOOK including accounts, notes re voyages of vessels and names and addresses, specification for fitting out of a vessel. WD 2/75 1909-1913 NOTEBOOK containing accounts, estimates of expenses of vessels (sometimes for named ships), details of work on ships, diagrams, notes re a new motor schooner, notes, and estimates of costs of repairs to named vessels.