Southampton Corporation

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1200-2003
Places:	Southampton, Hampshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (local) > Boroughs, improvement commissions, town councils
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C61578 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O3671 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1275-20th cent: title deeds and estate papers	Southampton Archives Office		NRA 4905 Southampton boro
2	13th-20th cent: records of town administration	Southampton Archives Office	SC 2
3	1382-1966: misc legal, administrative and financial records acquired from town clerks office	Southampton Archives Office	SC/TCBox
4	1426-1833: town court records	Southampton Archives Office	SC7
5	1549-1982: court leet records	Southampton Archives Office	SC 6
6	1339-1590: records rel to defence, incl militia muster books and material pertaining to the royal garrison	Southampton Archives Office	SC 13
7	1495-1945: estate records	Southampton Archives Office	SC 4
8	1302-1873: finance records	Southampton Archives Office	SC 5
9	1446-2003: records rel to officers and electors, incl burgess lists, voters' registers	Southampton Archives Office	SC 3
10	c1400-1798: parliamentary taxes	Southampton Archives Office	SC 14
11	1552-1786: poor relief records incl assessments and accounts, bastardy bonds	Southampton Archives Office	SC 10
12	1543-1827: court of admiralty records	Southampton Archives Office	SC 8
13	1770-1983: building plans	Southampton Archives Office	SC 20
14	1679-1857: records rel to elections, incl MP returns, poll books	Southampton Archives Office	SC 12
15	1411-1784: misc records	Southampton Archives Office	SC 15