Records of Banff Harbour Trust

• Reference:GB 228 AS/Bbnf/14
• Dates of Creation:1811 - 1964
• Physical Description:
  15 volumes, 36 bundles, 89 documents, 1 object

• Scope and Content

  AS/Bbnf/14/1 Banff Harbour Trust Minutes, 1892-1963

  AS/Bbnf/14/2 Banff Harbour Trust Financial Records, 1832 - 1960

  AS/Bbnf/14/3 Banff Harbour Trust Correspondence, 1814 - 1960

  AS/Bbnf/14/4 Banff Harbour Trust Extract Minutes and Reports, 1811 - 1922

  AS/Bbnf/14/5 Banff Harbour Trust Election Papers, 1849 - 1878

  AS/Bbnf/14/6 Banff Harbour Trust Legal Statements and Memorials for Opinion of Counsel, 1860 - 1922

  AS/Bbnf/14/7 Banff Harbour Trust Orders, Proclamations, and Notices, 1820 - 1923

  AS/Bbnf/14/8 Banff Harbour Trustees Clerk & Treasurer Brass Plate, nd

  See AS/Bbnf/13/2 and AS/Bbnf/13/3 for plans of Banff Harbour.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Banff Harbour Trust was constituted under the 1840 Banff Municipal and Police Act (see AS/Bbnf/16/6/5) to administer the burgh's harbour; prior to 1840, the harbour was under the control of the Town Council. The Trustees consisted of the Provost, Bailies, and Dean of Guild representing the Council, with six additional Trustees elected annually - four by the burgh's shipowners, and two by traders. The Harbour Trust gained an additional Harbour Order in 1895 to levy dues on the fish landed and exported at Banff; this was to pay for the cost of removal of mud from the harbour basin. An additional Harbour Order was granted in 1911.

• Access Information

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• Related Material

  Museum of Banff have a sign from Banff Harbour, showing the regulations for use of the crane; dated January 1839, see: https://www.bphsmob.org.uk/collection/small_room/1901_Banff_Harbour_Board.html