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Papers relating to the defence of the Channel Islands and fortifications, includes; St Aubin's Fort, the property of the War Department, Mont Orgueil, Viviers Battery, reports on the Royal Jersey Militia, Martello Towers, and a possible survey of the Channel Islands

Reference: A/D2/1

Date: 15 July 1831 - 10 November 1987

Accounts of T Pipon, Paymaster of the works for the defence of Jersey

Reference: AO 1/2534/678

Date: 1787 - 1801

Accounts of J L Hammond, Paymaster of the works for the defence of Jersey

Reference: AO 1/2535/679-685

Date: 1801 - 1810

Official correspondence with index. Subjects include: ancorage duties charged on the vessel 'La Julie'; arsenals and barracks; coastguard boats; repair of the battery de la Cotte; cattle from France; private chapel in St Helier; petition to raise height of road from St Helier harbour; cider; the Convention of Commerce and Navigation between UK and Norway and UK and France; prohibition of corn exports to UK; petition of islanders on the Corn Bill; the right of Crown Officers to speak in the States; deserters; drill sheds and magazines; contested elections; petitions of the Royal Court; the election of jurats; prohibition of export of wheat flour; proclamation of peace between England and France; prohibition of export of gun powder; relaxation of harbour regulations for the 'Shamrock'; St Helier Harbour; legacy of Jeanne Marett to General Hospital; trial by jury; Nicolas Hamptonne of St Mary; drill shed at St Mary; Royal disapproval of Act of States relating to methodists; the militia training; numbering houses; oyster fishery; petition from Trinity concerning merchants from France; petition of inhabitants of Charing Cross concerning animals; port charges; the prison and the treadwheel; prisoners of war in France; quarantine; enlargement of the Route du Coie, St Helier; vraic; naming of streets; purchase of land at Town Hill for fortifications; trade; relief for sufferers of war in Germany; cultivation of wasteland; preservation of woodland

Reference: C/A5/1

Date: 21 March 1785 - 6 December 1832

Report and Proposition Regarding the Development of Fort Regent, lodged by the Fort Regent Development Committee

Reference: C/A604/1974/P42

Date: 16 April 1974

Report on and Amendment to the Report and Proposition Regarding the Development of Fort Regent (Lodged Au Greffe on 16th April, 1974), lodged by the Finance and Economics Committee

Reference: C/A604/1974/P56

Date: 30 April 1974

Comments on the Report and Proposition Regarding the Development of Fort Regent (Lodged Au Greffe on 16th April, 1974), presented by the Policy Advisory Committee

Reference: C/A604/1974/P57

Date: 30 April 1974

Public Services Committees, 1906 - 1961. Initially the Public Works Committee, then the Public Services Committee which became part of Transport and Technical Services. The functions of TTS are now administered by the Department for Infrastructure. Also includes minutes of Sewerage Board later the Resources Recovery Board.

Reference: C/B/K

Reports relating to Mont Orgueil Castle and Elizabeth Castle, 1953-1991.

Reference: C/B/K/A

Report on an organised tour of certain Ancient Monuments in England and Wales, undertaken by C.J.Such, Chief Architectural Assistant, States' Engineer's Department, arranged by the Ministry of Works. Gives details of the methods used by the Ministry of Works in the preservation of Ancient Monuments. Includes photographs of; Kenilworth Castle, Ewenny Priory, Caerphilly Castle, Beaupre Castle, Tretower Castle, Goodrich Castle, Carreg Cennen Castle, Raglan Castle, Ogmore Castle, Maison Dieu - Ospringe, St. Augustine's Abbey - Canterbury, and Deal Castle.

Reference: C/B/K/A/1

Date: 1 June 1953

Report from the Ministry of Works on Elizabeth Castle and the Islet of St Helier, with recommendations for treatment and preservation. Made after an inspection in June, 1955. Includes the following sections; Condition of and Recommendations for the Outer Ward, Lower Ward, Upper Ward and Mount, The Breakwater and Harbour, The Oratory or Chapel of St Helier, notes on repair and preservation of brickwork and masonry, notes on the treatment of stonework, woodwork, beetle attack, dry rot, and ironwork, programme of work and costs, numerous photographs of the Castle and Islet taken from 7-9 June 1955, and a plan of the Castle. Photographs taken by Le Brocq and Le Clercq of 9, New Street, St Helier.

Reference: C/B/K/A/2

Date: 1 August 1956

Copy of the report from the Ministry of Works on Elizabeth Castle and the Islet of St Helier, with recommendations for treatment and preservation. Made after an inspection in June, 1955. Includes the following sections; Condition of and Recommendations for the Outer Ward, Lower Ward, Upper Ward and Mount, The Breakwater and Harbour, The Oratory or Chapel of St Helier, notes on repair and preservation of brickwork and masonry, notes on the treatment of stonework, woodwork, beetle attack, dry rot, and ironwork, programme of work and costs. Also includes four photographs of brickwork. Photographs by Le Brocq and Le Clercq of 9 New Street, St Helier.

Reference: C/B/K/A/3

Date: 1 August 1956

Report from the Ministry of Works on Mont Orgueil Castle, with recommendations for treatment and preservation. Made after an inspection in June, 1955. Includes the following sections; Condition of and Recommendations for the Outer Ward, Lower Ward, Middle Ward and Keep, notes on repair and preservation of brickwork and masonry, notes on the treatment of stonework, woodwork, beetle attack, dry rot, and ironwork, programme of work and costs, numerous photographs of the Castle and Islet taken 10 June 1955, and a plan of the Castle. Photographs taken by Le Brocq and Le Clercq of 9 New Street, St Helier.

Reference: C/B/K/A/4

Date: 1 August 1956

States of Jersey Public Services Department Safety Report on Mont Orgueil Castle and Elizabeth Castle. Compiled with the assistance of Mr Nick Reading, Head of the Architectural Section of English Heritage. Includes coloured pictures of the safety risks highlighted in the two Castles, and details of the problems and proposed solutions.

Reference: C/B/K/A/5

Date: 1 September 1991

Photographs relating to Mont Orgueil Castle, Elizabeth Castle and other fortifications in Jersey, 1922-1985.

Reference: C/B/K/C

Set of photographs of Elizabeth Castle. Half the photographs were taken in 1922 by E. Guiton, the other half were taken in 1984 showing exactly the same view of the castle, over 60 years later.

Reference: C/B/K/C/1

Date: 1 January 1922 - 1 January 1984

Set of Photographs of the return of the cannons from the Grand Battery of Elizabeth Castle, to Jersey. Includes pictures of the cannons on a ship in the Jersey harbour. This set of photographs has been taken by Senett and Spears Ltd., Photographers. Also includes a photograph of Library Place, St Helier and four unidentified photographs of a staircase. Undated.

Reference: C/B/K/C/2

Date: 1960 - 1965

Set of Photographs of the maintenance, restoration and repair work of the fabric of the following fortifications in the Channel Islands; Fort Henry, La Crete Fort, Fort Regent, La Cotte, Kempt Tower Battery, Portelet Tower, L'Etacquerel Fort, Elizabeth Castle, St Marys Priory Chapel, and Old Fishermens/Quarrymens Cottages.

Reference: C/B/K/C/3

Date: 5 May 1977 - 19 May 1985

Set of Photographs of the maintenance, restoration and repair work of the fabric of Mont Orgueil Castle. Also includes a set of photographs relating to the discovery of unexploded shells in the Grand Battery of the Castle, and their subsequent disposal. Includes a small number of photographs of Pendennis Castle, Falmouth.

Reference: C/B/K/C/4

Date: 22 November 1978 - 22 December 1982

Sound recording of Mervyn Billot speaking about the Occupation and the years after. He was interviewed on 12/11/2004 by Stuart Nicolle for the Liberation to Coronation Oral History Project. Mr Billot speak of being in the Royal Navy during the Liberation and his family, who lived throught the occupation, of being sick and brought back to England, of waiting a month to go back to Jersey because of restrictions and shortages on the island, and of visiting the island and seeing the bunkers and germans fortifications. He talks about foods, being on leave on the island, the first potato crops, going back to England before being de-mobbed, working on his fathers farm, going to the Hampshire County Farm Institute and his schooling, farm work after the war with the machineries, the farm workers, the exportation of potatoes and tomatoes crops, using a lorry to bring the crop to town, the political changes in the States, the Jersey Democratic Party, the Jersey Young Farmers club, the entertainment post-Occupation and the tourism.

Reference: C/D/P/P1/6

Date: 12 November 2004

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