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Place Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

1. EAP981/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1
Title:
Jaffna Bishop’s House Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection contains diverse types of documents; handwritten, bound registers and account books; letters and correspondence; and printed books and paper clippings. They cover the period between 1775 and 1948. They consist of rare documents like personal memoirs; chronicles; account books; co...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Latin, Portuguese, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1500-1999
Extent:
111,196 TIFF images

2. EAP981/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1/1
Title:
Letters and Correspondence
Scope & Content:
This series contains letters and varieties of documents. They bear testimony of the activity and functioning of the Jaffna Diocese, also on pilgrimage and festivals, public instruction, various reports to the Bishop's office and to the government, purchase of land, schools etc. This series cont...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, French, Latin, Portuguese, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1857-1947
Extent:
42,642 TIFF images

3. EAP981/1/1/59

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1/1/59
Title:
Correspondence related to Batticaloa and Trincomalee (1850-1882)
Scope & Content:
1850-1882. Contains correspondence related to Batticaloa and Trincomalee. Physical characteristics: 33 x 21 cm size. Author(s): Several authors. Scribe: Not mentioned.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, French, and Tamil
Date Range:
1850-1882
Extent:
877 TIFF images

4. WD625

Reference (shelfmark):
WD625
Title:
View of Trincomallee (Ceylon); a camp in the foreground by Lieut William Castle.. Artist(s): Castle, William (fl.1796)
Scope & Content:
(1) View of Trincomallee (Ceylon); a camp in the foreground. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Trincomallee by the late Mr Castle’; on back in ink: ‘Trincomallee in Ceylon.’ Water-colour; 16.25 by 22 ins. Note: MacKenzie took part in an expedition to Ceylon in 1795 to 1796. He was left at Trincoma...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1795-1796
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD3843

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3843
Title:
'Admiral’s Trincomalie, from the road leading to Fort Ostenburg. P. Lysaght June 1834'. Artist(s): Lysaght, Patrick (b. 1809)
Scope & Content:
‘Admiral’s Trincomalie, from the road leading to Fort Ostenburg. P. Lysaght June 1834’. Water-colour; 37 by 50 cm. Note: The Admiral’s House, Trincomalee, was the quarters of the officer in charge of naval stores after the department’s transfer from Madras in 1795.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1834
Extent:
1 Item

6. WD3937

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3937
Title:
View of Trincomalee Harbour from the south looking across to Dutch Point, with the official quarters of the Assistant Government Agent in the middle distance and the fortified headland of Fort Frederick beyond. Artist(s): Stockley, George Watts (1837-1
Scope & Content:
View of Trincomalee Harbour from the south looking across to Dutch Point, with the official quarters of the Assistant Government Agent in the middle distance and the fortified headland of Fort Frederick beyond. Inscribed: ‘G.W.S. Trinco. 2.83’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1882-1885
Extent:
1 Item