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  • Eastern Caribbean Court House records

    Collection Ref: EAP794/1
    The vault of the Eastern Caribbean Court House, Nevis, holds numerous historic manuscript documents connected with the legal and colonial…

  • Common Record Deed Books 1707-1956

    Collection Ref: EAP794/1/1
    The Common Deed Record Books run in an almost continuous series from 1707 to 1922. There are 52 Common Record books in total to 1922, plus one…

  • Court of King’s/Queen’s Bench and Common Pleas

    Collection Ref: EAP794/1/2
    The Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas on Nevis was at the time considered to have been regulated by Acts of Parliament passed prior to…

  • Supreme Court

    Collection Ref: EAP794/1/3
    The early records of the Supreme Court in Nevis stem from the passage in 1871 of the Leeward Islands Act. This created the Federal Colony of the…

  • Other Courts

    Collection Ref: EAP794/1/4
    This series includes the records of those courts which could not sensibly be included in other series. It includes one volume of a Court of…

  • Wills 1763-1880

    Collection Ref: EAP794/1/5
    The books of wills are held in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) Registry vault. The books record the copies made of the originals. They…

  • Ships Bonds

    Collection Ref: EAP794/1/6
    The books of Ships' Bonds cover a twenty year period for Nevis from 1847 to 1867. There are two gaps, one in 1852 and another from 1861 to…

  • Provost Marshal’s Sales

    Collection Ref: EAP794/1/7
    The series is comprised of nine volumes which run from 1847-1935. There is considerable overlap in the dates of volumes but there is a gap for the…

  • Land Title Register

    Collection Ref: EAP794/1/8
    The historic Land Title Register Books are generally thick volumes, 28 cm x 43 cm with anything up to 100 pages plus numerous attachments. The…

  • Miscellaneous

    Collection Ref: EAP794/1/9
    This series of Miscellaneous Records encompasses anything from a single book of prescriptions, formerly the Infirmary Book, to a volume of…

  • Plans and Maps

    Collection Ref: EAP794/1/10
    The loose digitised estate plans are comprised of a few large sheets, and a far greater number of smaller-sized plans. The large plans date between…

  • Common Records 1707-1728

    File Ref: EAP794/1/1/1
    Originals in poor condition. Record shots only. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume. Unknown number of pages; 510 x 390 x 130mm.…

  • Common Records 1718-1745

    File Ref: EAP794/1/1/2
    Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of unknown number of pages: last surviving page is numbered 84.; 460 x 240 x 30mm. Fragile.…

  • Common Records 1728-1746

    File Ref: EAP794/1/1/3
    Extent and format of original material: 1 volume, originally of 504 pages plus index.; 470 x 330 x 80mm. Fragile. Some disbound and broken pages.…

  • Common Records 1741-1749

    File Ref: EAP794/1/1/4
    Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 365 pages.; 500 x 330 x 60mm. Fragile. Cover detached. Numerous page-edges damaged.…