The 'Three Cups' Archives

Books (Research access available)

Adelaide, S.S. Jackson’s Harwich Almanac, Harwich, 1884

Anon, Harwich & Dovercourt Information Brochure, 19??, undated copy

Anon, Harwich & Dovercourt Guide, 1929, copy

Anon, An Answer to the Letter From Amsterdam of April the 18th, 1678 Being Found at Harwich, Opened and Carried to the Magistrates of That Place. (1678)

Anon, The Dovercourt Cookery Book, W. A. Byles, Dovercourt, 1901-1910(?)

Anon, Heraldry and Monumental Inscriptions in the Churches, Nonconformist Chapels, and Burial Grounds of Harwich, Dovercourt, and Ramsey, in the Hundred of Tendring and County of Essex, London, 1893

Alderman, L. T. and Weaver, B. A. The Borough of Harwich 1318-1974, Harwich, 1974

Andrews, D. & Crouch, B. The Harwich Crane Restored, Transactions of the Essex Society for Archaeology and History Vol.32, 2001

Andrews, David; Milton, Brian and 

Arnott, W. G. Orwell Estuary, The Story of Ipswich River, Ipswich, reprinted 1976

Auston, E. Trips and Tours from Clacton, Dovercourt and Colchester with History Notes on Clacton-on-Sea and Surrounding Villages, Standard Printing & Publishing, Harwich & Dovercourt

Auston, E. Old Harwich. The Ships and Homes of an Ancient Borough, Dovercourt, 1950

Auston, E.  24 Villages in the Tendring Hundred, hard back from Essex County Library 

Benham, Hervey The Salvagers, Colchester, 1980 

Benton, G. Roof-brackets from Harwich Old Church, Transactions of the Essex Society for Archaeology and History Vol.23, 1940

Bettley, James and Pevsner, Nikolaus The Buildings of England, Essex, reprinted 2010

Brown, A. F. J. Essex at Work 1700 - 1815, Chelmsford, 1969

Brown, A. F. J. Essex People, Ipswich, 1972

Brown, Peter C. Essex Witches, Stroud, 2014

Campaign for Real Ale, 9th Essex Beer Guide, Maldon, May 1999

Carnie, T. West "Happy-Go-Lucky Harwich", George Pulman & Sons, Ltd., Marylebone and Chiswick, after 1899 - Proprietor of the Three Cups 1905-1912

Carnie T. West In Quaint East Anglia, London, 1901 - Proprietor of the Three Cups 1905-1912

Carlyon-Hughs, B. Calendar of Muniments in the Possession of the Borough of Harwich with report of the Borough Muniments Committee, October 1931, The Arden Press, London, S. E., 1932

Carter, A. R. & Wood, Brian Just Thinking About Harwich, private publication, Harwich, 1997 (photocopy)

Christy, Miller The Trade Signs of Essex, 1st Edition, Chelmsford, 1861 (Ex Libris Alexander Christy, with frontispiece)

Church Rebuilding Committee, Account of Cash Received and Paid For The Taking Down of The Old Church and Building The New Church of Saint Nicholas, Harwich, 1820 - 1824

Cooper, Fenimore The Last of the Mohicans, gilded on front cover with: To commemorate the Coronation of His Majesty King George V, 'Presented by H. K. Newton Esq. P.P. Harwich Division of Essex, June 22, 1911', stamped inside: Harwich School Board * Main Road * Girls School

Cooper, Janet A History of the County of Essex, The Victoria History of The Counties of England, Volume IX, London, 1994

Cooper, Janet A History of the County of Essex, The Victoria History of The Counties of England, Volume X, London, 2001

Cowley, Phil Harwich and Dovercourt, Zaltbommel, Netherlands, hardback, 1992

Cowley, Phil Harwich, Dovercourt and Parkeston, In Old Picture Postcards: Volume 2, East Sussex, 2001

Cowley, Phil Harwich, Dovercourt and Parkeston, In Old Picture Postcards: Volume 3, Wymondham, 2004

Cowley, Phil Harwich, Dovercourt & Parkeston, Then and Now, Wymondham, 2007

Cutler, Richard A Historical and Archaeological Sketch of the Town Harwich, Church Street Harwich, c.1863

Dale, Samuel Dales Harwich, London, 1730

Dale, Samuel The History and Antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt, in the County of Essex, by Silas Taylor, Gent., London, 2nd ed., for James S. [H?]ales

Doubleday H. Authur and Page, William A History of the County of Essex, The Victoria History of The Counties of England, Volume I, London, 1903

On the Road, the Dunlop Pictorial Road Plans, Vol. VII, Cheltenham & London, 1926(?)

Essex Archaeological & Historical Congress, Essex Journal Invorporating Essex Review, Volume 6, Spring 1971, No.1, Phillimore, Colchester

Essex County Council, Essex and The Sea, Chelmsford, Essex Record Office Publications, No.31, Chelmsford, 1959

Essex County Council, Harwich Gateway to Essex and Eastern England, map

Essex United Service Lodge No,3804, Harwich United in Service "Forever & Eye", A contextual centennial history 1917 - 2017

Fremantle, Katharine Sir James Thornhill's Sketch-Book Travel Journal of 1711, vols.I & II, Utrecht, 1975

Goodwin, Peter R. Harwich and Dovercourt Pubs, Stroud, 2004

Gray, Adrian Crime and Criminals in Victorian Essex, Newbury, 1988, Ex Libris W. Gregg with frontispiece

Green, H.L. Royalty in Essex, Dagenham, 1953

Grieve, Hilda The Great Tide, London, Dunstable and Dagenham, 1959

Hallmann, Robert Essex Ghost Stories, Stroud, 2009 

Harwich Heritage Partnership, The Harwich Experience, project reference No.96-03041, 1997

Harwich Town Council Harwich & Dovercourt Official Guide, East Sussex, after 2003(?)

Hitchman, Harry G.,McBurney, Terry & Driver, Philip Dovercourt - The Viking Connection, booklet, undated

Hitchman, Harry G. & Driver, Philip "For England and Europe" A nautical review of the harbour of Harwich, draft manuscript copy of Chapter Two (Naval History), Harwich, November 1977(?)

Hitchman, Harry G. & Driver, Philip "For England and Europe" A nautical review of the harbour of Harwich, manuscript copy, Harwich, November 1977

Hitchman, H. & Driver, P. Harwich A Nautical History, Harwich, 1984

Hitchman, Harry G. & Driver, Philip Harwich R.N. A Chronicle, Part 1, 1017-1914, Parkston 

Harwich Town Council From Serf to Citizen, A thousand years of Local Government in Harwich, Clacton, 2004

Holmes, Richard Southey on Nelson (The Life of Nelson by Robert Southey), Suffolk, 2004

Hope, T. M. An Essex Pie, Colchester, 1951

Hughes, B. Carlyon, The History of Harwich Harbour, Particularly the Work of The Harwich Conservancy Board 1863 - 1939, Dovercourt, Harwich, 1939, signed A. F. Carrick

Hussey, Frank The Royal Harwich, Ipswich, 1972

Hutchinson, Robert Elizabeth's Spymaster, London, 2007

Imeson, William Tanner An Account of a Dream at Harwich. In a Letter to a Member of Parliament About the Camisars, printed for B. Bragg in Pater-noster-Row, M.DDC.VIII, reprint.

James, Betty Essex: Buildings of England Series, Yale University Press, 2007

Johnson, W. H. Essex Tales of Mystery & Murder, Newbury, 2001, Ex Libris W. Gregg with frontispiece

Journal of The Nelson Society, The Nelson Dispatch, Volume 13, part 1, Winter 2018, Scanplus, 2018

Kemp-Luck, Elizabeth A. The Harwich Society, The First Forty Years of an Amenity Society, Harwich, 2009

Kindred, David and Goodwin, Peter Harwich and Dovercourt: the photographs of Alfred Smith, Ipswich, 2010

Kingsley, Charles Westward Ho!, London 1927, reprinted July 1935, with fronticepiece 'Harwich Covnty High School, to D. Rumble, prize for general progress, form IIIA, 1937, gilded Harwich crest on cover with NISI DOMINUS FRUSTRA SICILLUM SCHOLAE HERVICENSIS around

Knight, E.F. The Harwich Naval Forces, Fairford, 2010

Lavery, Brian Deane's Doctrine of Naval Architecture, 1670, Conway Maritime Press, 1986 

Hay, David & Joan East Anglia from the Sea, London, 1972

Hitchman, Harry G. and Driver, Philip Harwich and Europe Prior to 1992, A Shipping Story, Dovercourt, 1992(?)

Horn, Frank Leslie Harwich and Dovercourt Bay Official Handbook, 1951, C. Tinling & Co. Ltd., Liverpool, London and Prescot, 1951

Johnson, Roger In the Night - In the Dark, London, 2011

Keessey, W.M., A.R.I.B.A., A.R.C.A., Tales of Old Inns, London, 1929

Lindsey, W. H. A Season at Harwich, with Excursions by Land and Water, London, 1851, 1st ed. 

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown Excursions Through Essex, Volume 1, London, 1818

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown Excursions Through Essex, Volume 2, London, 1819

Male, David Christopher Jones and the Mayflower Expedition 1620 - 1621, Harwich, 1999

Male, David A. Christopher Newport, Worth Seaman and Commander 1561 - 1617, Harwich, 2007

Meynell, Esther Nelson in England: A Domestic Chronicle, reprinted 2018

Moles, A. C. Official Guide to Harwich and Dovercourt Bay [Holiday Guide], Dovercout, late 1950s(?) 

Moorhouse, E. Hallam Nelson in England: A Domestic Chronicle, London, 1913

Morgan, Glyn The Romance of Essex Inns, Letchworth, 1983

Morton & Co. Metropolitan Railway Illustrated Guide, London 1883

Maxwell, Donald Unknown Essex, London & New York, 1925 

Meynell, Esther Nelson in England: A Domestic Chronicle, New York, 1913, reprint

Mowle, John Harwich and Dovercourt, Stroud, 2001  

Mowle, John Harwich and Dovercourt Volume II, Stroud, 2003

Page, William A History of the County of Essex, The Victoria History of The Counties of England, Volume II, London, 1907

Palmer, Terry, Clacton and Harwich and the 'Essex Sunshine Coast', Colchester, 1976 

Parker, Philip M. Harwich, Webster's Timeline History 1578-2006, USA, 2009

Pattinson, E. C. (High Street & Kingsway), Delightful Dovercourt, A Collection of Hand Coloured Prints with Descriptive Sketch, West Drayton, Middx. 1908/9.  

Peaton, A Pictures of East Coast Health Resorts, London, 1880

Phillips, Godfrey W. Lighthouse and Lightship, And the men who man The Trinity House Service, London, 1949

Powell, W.R. A History of the County of Essex, The Victoria History of The Counties of England, Volume VI, London, 1973

Powell, W.R. A History of the County of Essex, The Victoria History of The Counties of England, Volume VII, London, 1978

Powell, W.R. A History of the County of Essex, The Victoria History of The Counties of England, Volume VIII, London, 1983

Pugh, R.B. A History of the County of Essex, The Victoria History of The Counties of England, Volume III, with Index to Volumes I-III, Kent, 1977

Reid, W. & Son The London and Leith Smack and Steam Yacht Guide, Edinburgh, 1824

Roe, Fred, R.I., R.B.C. Essex Survivals with Special Attention to Essex Smugglers, London, 1929

Rogers, N. G. The Valley of the Stour from Weston Green to Harwich, 1992

Roof, Katherine Metcalf Colonel William Smith and Lady, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1929 

Rose, Leonard A Burr Under the Saddle or "A Rose Amongst Thorns", Harwich, 1984

Row, J. The Harwich Guide, Containing an Account of The Ancient and Present State of That Borough, Ipswich 1808, ex Libris F. N. Landon, with engraved armorial frontispiece (Original blind stamped blue boards, rebound early 19th century with replacement spine to accommodate increase in thickness of the volume after insertion of additional materials; illustrations and pencil drawings all by the same hand early 19th century date)

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England.), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume III, London, 1922

Rutter, A. A Walk Around Harwich, Harwich, 2014

Sallows, John Harwich Dovercourt Parkeston & Ramsey, Your Memories, 2014

Sallows, John Very Interesting Harwich, Dovercourt, Parkston & Ramsey, 2016

Smith, Graham Smuggling in Essex, Newbury, 2005

Saint Nicholas Church, St. Nicholas Church Harwich, History and Guide Book, 1980?

Saint Nicholas Church, Harwich Parish Magazine, September 1917, Jackson, Harwich

Saint Nicholas Church, Harwich Parish Magazine, September 1921, Jackson, Harwich

Saint Nicholas Church, Harwich Parish Magazine, September 1930, Jackson, Harwich

Saint Nicholas Church, Harwich Parish Magazine, September 1954, Jackson, Harwich

Saint Nicholas Church, Harwich Parish Magazine, September 1970

Star of the East Lodge no.650, Harwich, One Hundred Years of Masonic Work, 1855-1955, privately printed, Colchester, 1955

Stone, J. W. M. The Maritime Life of Capt. Thomas Langley (?-1696), Commander of the Harwich Packet Boat, Stowmarket, 2002

Strachan, Chris The Harwich Electric Palace, Lavenham, 1979

Sugden, John Nelson The Sword of Albion, London 2012

Summers, D. L. HMS Ganges, 1866-1966, One Hundred Years of Training Boys for the Royal Navy, Shotley Gate, Suffolk, 1966

Taylor, John A Late Weary, Merry Voyage and Journey, Or, Iohn Taylors Moneths Travells by Sea and Land, From London to Gravesend, to Harwich, To Ipswich, To Norwich, To Linne, To Cambridge, and From Thence to London, 1650, reprint

Taylor, J. E. Handbook of Ipswich and the Neighbourhood, Ipswich, 1873

Thames Barge Sailing Club, Centaur Commemoration of a Century, London, 1995

The "Standard" Printing & Publishing Company, Harwich, Dovercourt and Parkstone Guide and Directory, West Street, Harwich, 1931

Tomkins, Herbert W. In Constable's Country, London & New York, 1906

Trinder, Ian The Harwich Packets 1635-1834, Colchester, 1998 

Trinder, I. F. The Postal History of the Tendring Hundred of Essex, Clacton on Sea, 1971

Walker, Helen Harwich: Its Archaeological Potential As Revealed In Excavations At George Street and Church Street, Essex Archaeology & History 21, 1990

Watson, J. Yelloly The Tendring Hundred in Olden Time, Colchester, 1877

Weaver, L. T. Exhibition of Muniments "Harwich Through the Ages" 885=1854 held in the TOWN HALL, HARWICH From JUNE 15th to 19th, 1954, Dovercourt, 1954

Weaver, L.T. The Borough of Harwich 1318-1974, 1974

Weaver, L.T. Mayflower 350th Anniversary Celebrations, 1970, signed on the cover by the author

Weaver, L. T. Official Guide to Harwich and Dovercourt Bay, Dovercourt, 1951

Weaver, L. T. Official Guide to HARWICH and DOVERCOURT, Dovercourt, 1966(?) 

Weaver, Leonard T. Harwich-Holland, The Story of the Service and the Boats Since 1661, Seaford, 1975

Weaver, Leonard Harwich, gateway to the continent, Lavenham, 1990

Weaver, Leonard T. Harwich Papers, 1994

White, William History Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Essex, London, 1848, Harwich pages offprint 

White, William History Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Essex, London, 1863

Williams, Judith The Little History of Essex, Stroud, 2017

Wilson, Charles Harwich and the Continent, LNER, Great Britain, 1947

Woods, Brian Harwich, A Town of Many Pubs, Dovecourt 2002

Woods, Brian The New Harwich Story: The History and Development of an Essex Sea-Port 1170-2004, 2005

Woods, Brian & Carter, A.R. Just Thinking About Harwich, 1998 

Wright, Thos. History and Topography of The County of Essex, London, 1831

Wright, Thos, Esq. History of Essex Volume 2, London, 1835, ex Libris E. R. Benyon, with frontispiece

Rickword, Gerald O. The Essex Revieve, July 1950, no.235, vol.LIX

Original Documents

Aldous, Jas W. and Herbert Wright & Ward Particulars & Conditions of Sale of A Shop, No 31, King's Head Street; also Eligible Building Land Close to Dovercourt Station; to be sold by auction, at The Three Cups Hotel, Harwich, Ipswich, 1910

Barefoot and Gilles Architects, The Former Three Cups Public House Existing Elevations, Ipswich, May 1997, A1 drawing no.BGA 1340 030

Barefoot and Gilles Architects, The Former Three Cups Public House Ground Floor as Existing Survey, Ipswich, May 1997, A1 drawing no.BGA 1340 01, 02 & 011

Barefoot and Gilles Architects, The Former Three Cups Public House Roof Plans, Ipswich, July 1997, A1 drawing no.BGA 1340 013

Borough of Harwich, Flood Damage First Aid Repairs, sheets for repairs carried out by F. H. Budgen, 1953 (1 & 2 St Helens Green, 2 Morans Yard West Street, 6 (x2) & 9 Fernlea Road, 57 (x2) Kings Quay Street, 1 Customs House West Street, 48 & 48A Church Street, 1 Hopkins Lane)

Bullard & Sons Ltd. Schedule of Deeds relating to the "Three Cups Hotel" Harwich, to John Osbourne, 2nd July 1896

Bullard & Sons Ltd. Location Plan relating to the "Three Cups Hotel" Harwich, to John Osbourne, 2nd July 1896

Byles, W.A. Vote Elliot, election window card, printed and published by W.A. Byles, 43 Victoria Street, Dovercourt 

Cobbold, John D. Esq., Particulars & Conditions of Sale of a Well-Situate Property, until recently know as "The New Swan Inn," with yard and Cottage at the rear; to be Sold by Auction at The Three Cups Hotel, Harwich, on Friday, Nov. 18th, 1910

Dickens, Captain / Colonel / Major Fifteen original hand written bills addressed to Captain Dickens dated from 1815-1824

Dr. to J. B. Vincent, Ironmonger, Plumber, Glazier, Gasfitter and Painter, 12 Church Street, Harwich, bill of sale to Mr. A. W. Dunningham, stamped and dated Oct. 15th 1892

Gray, James and Elizabeth Indenture for property "in the town of Harwich in the said County of Essex one head whereof abutts upon the Market Place and the other upon the Church or Middle Street...put up for auction by W. Ross at the "Three Cups Hotel" Harwich in one lot by printed particulars of sale exhibited at the said auction and whereas the said Charles Thomas Waights was at the said auction the highest bidder...", 24th November 1856; along with aother thirty six original deeds and related documents dating back to 4th February 1728 

Hanslip Ward & Co., ABSTRACT of TITLE of The Rev. Arthur Everard Mills to frhld premises in Harwich Essex near the Three Cups Hotel, Harwich, 1928

Hobhouse, Sir John original signed letter: Whitten Park, Hounslow, London. August 13. Gentleman, I have heard from Mr Barrett who has cleared me to appoint a day for meeting you & him relative to the affairs of the cultural(?) ? institution - I ? to name Monday next at 12 O'clock at my rooms No 6. Albany Court Yard when & where I shall have the honour of attending the appointment. Your ? ?,  signed John C. Hobhouse

Holbrook, Betty Photograph Wallet Containing 23 photographs Mainly of the Restoration of the Former Three Cups Coach House Site, some dated 1992 - 1999

Logan, Mr Signed envelope front, London, December thirty first 1835, Mr Logan, Harwich, signed Sir(?) Saphon(?), stamped FREE 31DE31 1835. [Surgeon and one of the Capital Burgesses of Harwich, died 17 November 1836, aged 66]

Owen, J. / Bowen, Emanuel The Road From London to Harwich in Esseex, text to plate 43/44, 1736

Peel, Sir Robert Signed note relating to Harwich, Downing St. Oct. 18th

Harwich: 'The following laconic communication has taken place between Croker & myself - Q. Is the Agincourt ordered round to Harwich. A. Yes. Downing St. Oct. 18th' Integral address panel holed where seal removed, annotated.  

Rose, Fred & Son and Hanslip Ward & Co. Particulars and Conditions of Sale of 3 Freehold Residences with Vacant Possession, and Five Plots of Valuable Building Land Situate Fronks Road, Highfield Avenue and Hawthorn Terrace, Dovercourt, and Fernlea Terrace, Harwich, to be sold by auction at the Three Cups Hotel, Harwich, 1925

Round, Mr. Harwich or North East Essex Election Card, 16th July 1866

Rouse, Michael Harwich & Dovercourt Through Time, Stroud, 2013

Spittal, James The Adventures of James Spittal, copy of three diary pages and transcription, Harwich, 27 September 1815

The Hanslip Ward Lodge No.3399, Programme of Concecration, November 16th, 1909

The Illustrated London News, 19 August 1854 (original copy)

Tindal, Nicholas Conyngham  1776-1846 (Judge and Harwich MP) signed 3 page letter 

Tricker, W. Quantity of Nine Different Printed Butcher's Wrappers and Boxes (New), 5 & 6 Market Street, Harwich, Essex

Articles in Original Magazines (Issue Order)

Hammond, B. M. Did Nelson Go Ashore to Meet Emma at Harwich?, The Nelson Dispatch, Journal of the Nelson Society, Volume 13, part 1, Winter 2018, p.53-56


17 Puck, Alexander Historical Harwich, Essex Countryside, Autumn 1954, vol.5, no17, p.16-17

33 Leonard, F.S. Living at Harwich, Essex Countryside, September/October 1959, vol.7, no.33, 280-281.

67 Cooper, Winifred The Breakwater That Was Never Completed, Essex Countryside, August 1962, no.67, p.430-431

67 Howe, G.W. Harwich Lights, Essex Countryside, August 1962, no.67, p.434-436

68 Essex Countryside, September 1962, vol.10, no.68

77 Cooper, Winifred Harwich to the Discerning Eye, Essex Countryside, June 1963, vol.11, no.77, p.328-330

112 Rudolph, Robert Historic Harwich and Dovercourt, Essex Countryside, May 1966, vol.14, no.112, p.498-499

114 Allen, Rev. James, The Ancient Port of Harwich, Essex Countryside, July 1966, vol.14, no.114, p.680-681

114 McCallum, J.R. The Plan For Promoting Dovercourt As A Spar, Essex Countryside, July 1966, vol.14, no.114, p.682-683

130 Cooper, Winifred, The Changing Face of Harwich, Essex Countryside, November 1967, vol.16, no.130, p.26-28

142 Cooper, Winifred The Nore Lightship, Essex Countryside, November 1968, vol.17, no.142, p.32-34

151 Cooper, Winifred The Three Cups, Harwich, Essex Countryside, August, 1969, vol.17, no.151, p.32-35

151 Tatchell, Molly Dr. Johnson in Essex, Essex Countryside, August, 1969, vol.17, no.151, p.40

151 Howe, Carol He's Been Ringing Bells for Over Seventy Years, Essex Countryside, August, 1969, vol.17, no.151, p.42-43

206 Woodward, R.W.N. Memories of a Harwich Pharmacist, Essex Countryside, March 1974, vol.22, no.206, p.36-37

240 Woodward, R.W.N. Reminiscences of the First World War in the Harwich Area, Essex Countryside, January 1977, vol.25, no.240, p.28-29

388 Cooper, Winifred, The Tunnel That Never Was, Essex Countryside, March 1985, vol.33, no.388, p.27

Hall, Heather Harwich and the Hook, East Anglian Magazine, March 1982, p.224-225


Also approximately 500 issues of Essex Countryside with many complete years in binders from 1956 being collated

Original Postcards etc

Annon, NELSON ROOM, "THREE CUPS HOTEL," HARWICH, unused

Annon, CLEMATIS COURT YARD, "THREE CUPS HOTEL," HARWICH, used, stamped HARWICH 8.30pm 3 November 1910

Annon, THE THREE CUPS TAVERN & HOTEL, unusded

Annon, HARWICH. Church, rear of St Nicholas Church, Harwich, no.897, stamped Harwich 29th January 1905, addressed to Miss Gordance, 55 Church Street, [ - ] sington, London, W

Annon, The Courtyard of the Three 

Carnie, T. West, postcard to TWC, 2 Cambridge Terrace, Hyde Park, London, W.2., posted 21 February 1922

Cups Hotel, Harwich (The upper window on the left - almost hidden by the clematis - is the window of the room always occupied by Lord Nelson when he stayed in Harwich.); unused, in pencil to verso 'Aug: 1913'; also used staped Harwich 8.30pm, 18 August 1909.

Aerofilms & Aero Pictorial Ltd., St. Nicholas Parish Church, Harwich - Essex, Boreham Wood; unused, in pencil to verso: 'Mum & Dad visited 16/5/64', '320' to top margin

Bells' Photo Co., Ltd, Leigh-on-sea, Essex, "THREE CUPS" HOTEL, HARWICH, LORD NELSON'S ROOMS MAY STILL BE SEEN HERE, used photographic postcard, stamped twice PUTNEY 8.30pm 23 July 1907

Bernards of Harwich, series of 6 Menu cards: 'Rig of the Day' 1805-1830, 1830-1855, 1855-1880, 1880-1905, 1905-1930, 1930-1955

Mrs. J.R. Watson Series, Harwich. (Copyright)., Church Street, Harwich. Showing the THREE CUPS, unsused,  contemporaneous inked inscription to the reverse: 'Nelson stayed at the "Three Cups" on his visits to Harwich'

Tuck's Post Card, Nelson Room, Three Cups Hotel, Harwich, England, Dovercourt and Harwich Series, Postcard 4913, unused

Tuck's Post Card, Nelson Room, Three Cups Hotel, Harwich, England, Dovercourt and Harwich Series, Postcard 4913; in pen to verso, 'Dear Mary Ann, Do you want to very badly? E., Miss M. Carter, 15 Row 102, Great Yarmouth', stamped Ipswich 6.45pm, August 23rd 1906

Walker, John & Co., Three Cups Hotel, Harwich - Nelson's Room & Courtyard, Bell's Series, London; unused, in pencil in right hand margin to verso 'Essex'; and another

Original Photographs

Three Cups Hotel, black and white; in pencil to verso, Harwich in centre and 756 in top right

The Three Cups on old sign, black and white; 22 682 stamped to verso, also ESSEX in pencil and Harwich in a different hand

Seated Young Gentleman, Electric Light Portrait, Cabinet Card by Kerby & Son, 105, St Helens & Tacket Street, Ipswich & at Harwich

Head & Shoulders of an Older Gentleman, Electric Light Portrait, Cabinet Card by Kerby & Son, Ipswich & at Harwich, hand written in pen 1893

head & Shoulders of a Young Gentleman, Electric Light Portrait, Cabinet Card by J. Kerby & Son, Ipswich & Harwich

Harwich Maps

Anon, Harwich, copper engraving, 18th century(?), similar to 'A Prospect of Harwich' by Kip but mirrored, probably copied from a Kip map directly onto copper plate without regard that the printed copy would be reversed

Ordinance Survey Office, Borough of Harwich, Proposed Political Boundary 1868, Southampton  

Material Relating to Harwich MP's


Bonham, Francis Robert signed envelope front, stamped and dated 15 June 1835 & 27 October 1836(?)

Canning, George original signed envelope front, stamped 1826, and dated 13th July 1826 

Dawson, Robert George signed envelope front to J. Blake, stamped 1st November 1822

Freemantle, Sir William Freepost Front Cover, Royal Courtier and Harwich MP, to The Reverend William Corn, Christ Church, Oxford (Oxford University), signed and stamped March seventh 1814

Freemantle, William Henry Signed Free Front dated 1826, to Edward Barry(?) Esquire, Bagshot Pack, Bagshot

Herries, John Charles signed envelope fronts, stamped 23rd April 1827 & 1832

Huskisson, William envelope in display with photograph, signed and stamped 1822

Kelly, Sir Fitzroy signed original enevelope back and front, stamped 20th November 1852, post office, Newcastle on Tyne

Pybus, P. J. original photograph shaking hands with Harwich farm girl, copyright by Agence Trampus, 20 Rue du Louvre, Paris, with newspaper title clipping to verso

Sproat, Iain signed letter clipping

Tindal, Nicholas Conyngham (1776-1846) Judge and Harwich MP (1826), autographed 3 page letter: 'Judges Lodgeings.[   ] My dear Lord, I cannot refuse myself the pleasure of thanking your Lordship for your very [ -ing] note, and at the same time of expressing the regret of Mr Justice Erskine and myself that we are not to expect the Honor of your Company at dinner on Monday with the members of the church of Worcester and the Magistrates of the County.. I should only express that if any alteration should take place in your Lordships plans, so as to bring you back to Worcester on May day, then it would be a high [   ] [   ] [   ] [   ] your Lordship at 7 o clock; and [   ] particularly to myself, who has for so many years the opportunity of [   ] your Lordship not only as the Brother of my excellent friend [   ] [   ], but for [   ] [   ] [   ] to your Lordship [   ] me my dear Lord faithfully and  [   ] [   ] [signed] N C Tindal', undated,  (Addressee Lord (Panmure?), brother to Sir William (Maule), Erskine may refer to the Rt Hon Thomas Erskine 1788-1868)

Tyler, Henry Whatley portrait facing right, original newspaper clipping, 1880

Tyler, Henry Whatley portrait facing left, mounted original newspaper clipping

Vansittart, Nicholas signed original enevelope front, dated 3rd May 1814 

Waddington, David,  Article and Parliamentary Portrait, Illustrated London News pages, 12 February 1848, p.83 & 84 


Harwich Material Wanted & Help Required:

to find the following source:

Sketch on page 26 of: Harwich, A Town of Many Pubs, by Brian Woods, Dovecourt 2002 (the image is page 12 of another publication?)

to purchase or copy pages from the following Books:

Auston, E. The History of Old Harwich


Peter R Goodwin, LAST ORDERS, The Pubs, Inns and Taverns of Harwich, Dovercourt and the Villages of Parkston, Ramsey and Little Oakley

 

Foster, Frank The Visitors Guide to Harwich and Dovercourt, printed at 54 Church Street, Harwich by Messrs. Botham & Jackson (also at 17 Market Street), "the leading booksellers in Harwich" at 6 pence.


A Hand-Book to the River Orwell, printed in Church Street, Harwich


Huggins's View of Harwich, printed in Church Street, Harwich


Steroscopic and Photographic Views of the most prominent public buildings and scenery in Harwich and Dovercourt, printed in Church Street, Harwich



to purchase all Harwich and Nelson related antiques and ephemera for publication and future display:

Cards

Menus

Match Books & Boxes

Documents

Books

Ephemera

Photographs

Coins

Medals

Postcards

Clocks

Watches

Charts

Maps

Prints 

Engravings

Tokens

Memorabilia

Badges

etc.