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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP794/1 Subject Land use

1. EAP794/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1
Title:
Eastern Caribbean Court House records
Scope & Content:
The vault of the Eastern Caribbean Court House, Nevis, holds numerous historic manuscript documents connected with the legal and colonial administration of the island. The earliest records date from 1705, with records continuing through to the 20th century. Some recent court documents are also h...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1705-1974
Extent:
10 series comprised of 155 files containing 53149 TIFF images

2. EAP794/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/1
Title:
Common Record Deed Books 1707-1956
Scope & Content:
The Common Deed Record Books run in an almost continuous series from 1707 to 1922. There are 52 Common Record books in total to 1922, plus one Entry Book of deeds, 1884-1956, with others continuing into the twenty-first century. They are large bound volumes and, because of the continuity and con...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1707-1956
Extent:
48 files containing 25993 TIFF images

3. EAP794/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/7
Title:
Provost Marshal’s Sales
Scope & Content:
The series is comprised of nine volumes which run from 1847-1935. There is considerable overlap in the dates of volumes but there is a gap for the years 1862-1865. The Provost Marshal on Nevis had his own office at the opposite end of the courthouse to the Secretary or Registrar. His duties seem...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1847-1935
Extent:
9 files containing 1325 TIFF images

4. EAP794/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/8
Title:
Land Title Register
Scope & Content:
The historic Land Title Register Books are generally thick volumes, 28 cm x 43 cm with anything up to 100 pages plus numerous attachments. The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) Registry office also acts as a Land Registry and is frequently used as such by ordinary Nevisians transferring or ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1887-1922
Extent:
3 files containing 403 TIFF images

5. EAP794/1/8/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/8/1
Title:
Land Title Register 1887-1904
Scope & Content:
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume.; 430 x 300 x 80mm. Old, leather-bound volume too small for the quantity of additional paper and plans inserted into it. Very significant damage to plans.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1887-1904
Extent:
211 TIFF images

6. EAP794/1/8/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/8/2
Title:
Land Title Register 1905-1912
Scope & Content:
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume.; 44 pages plus attachments. Some tearing of much larger plans. Ink damage on some plans
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1912
Extent:
54 TIFF images

7. EAP794/1/8/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/8/3
Title:
Land Title Register 1912-1922
Scope & Content:
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume.; 380 x 300 x 60mm. Old volume too small for the quantity of additional paper and plans inserted into it. 110 pages plus attachments. Significant damage to plans.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1922
Extent:
138 TIFF images

8. EAP794/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/9
Title:
Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This series of Miscellaneous Records encompasses anything from a single book of prescriptions, formerly the Infirmary Book, to a volume of commissions to various public appointees by the Lieutenant Governor of the Leeward Islands between 1863 and 1919 and two surveyor's field notebooks. There ar...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1940
Extent:
23 files containing 3119 TIFF images

9. EAP794/1/9/21

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/9/21
Title:
Surveyor’s Field Notebook 1, 1939-1940
Scope & Content:
For Spring Hill, Kades Bay and Hard Times estates. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 115 pages; 320 x 220 x 30mm. Good condition.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939-1940
Extent:
118 TIFF images

10. EAP794/1/9/22

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/9/22
Title:
Surveyor’s Field Notebook 1, 1939-1940, Book 2
Scope & Content:
For Spring Hill, Kades Bay and Hard Times estates. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 111 pages; 320 x 220 x 30mm. Good condition.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939-1940
Extent:
112 TIFF images