Shipping Registers

Primary maker
HM Customs & Excise
Production date
1855-1984
 Description
This series includes Registers of Sea Fishing Boats in Scotland, Registers of Fishing Boats and Registers of Shipping. These registers record title and property rights in ships and the descent and passage of that property from the date a ship is built until its registration is closed. The registers were administered by the Collectors of Customs in the ports of registration.

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Department
Archives Collections
Administrative History
With the Treaty of Union of 1707, many of the functions of government in Scotland began to be exercised from London, including responsibility for customs and excise. There was a subordinate Board of Customs in Edinburgh until 1829 when it was wound up along with the equivalent in Dublin and all responsibility transferred to London.

The Customs and Excise functions operated separately until 1909 when the combined Board of Customs and Excise was formed by the transfer of responsibility for Excise from the Board of Inland Revenue.

The Board of Customs operated locally through Outports, which included Bo'ness and Grangemouth. Excise operated through local Districts which also included Bo'ness and Grangemouth. Collectors were based at each Outport or District, with subordinate staff at subordinate Outport Stations or Excise Creeks.
Record level
Series
Collection
Bo'ness Outport & District/HM Customs & Excise/Central Government Records Group
Primary maker
Production date
1855-1984
Subject person
Subject place
Bo'ness area
Measurements
10 items
Accession number
CE58/11

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