River Wear Commissioners

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:	1718-1984
Places:	Sunderland, Durham
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (local) > Drainage and waterway authorities
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C15166 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O50710 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1718-1984: records	Tyne and Wear Archives	IC.W
2	1859-1887: accounts	See information in published source		See Wendy Habgood, Chartered accountants in England & Wales 1994
3	1900-70: records	Sunderland Antiquarian Society
4	c 1914-60: Plan of shipyards c 1914, photograph of the mouth of the River Wear and plans of shipyards, c 1940-60	Tyne and Wear Archives		See Annual Return 2011
5	1926-1976: plans, photographs and log books rel to Roker Pier Lighthouse	Tyne and Wear Archives	IC.W	See Annual Return 2016