Apprentice Records for Old Sunderland

[Dunholm]

Hi there,
Where is it possible to read information held in the Apprentice Books 1710-1811?
Anna

[stanmapstone]

By Old Sunderland I assume you mean the parish of Sunderland  What information do you have on the existence  of these apprentice books, are they for shipyards?

Stan

[Dunholm]

Found this mentioned somewhere online but couldn't access more.
It relates to the whole of Great Britain, but having considered this I think it may all be kept at Kew!

'Registers kept by the Board of Stamps of the moneys received in payment of the duty on apprentices' indentures under the statute of Anne c5 and subsequent acts.
In addition to the sums received the registers record the names, addresses and trades of the masters, the names of the apprentices and the dates of the articles. Until the year 1752 the names of the apprentices' parents are given, but after that year very rare.'
 
Anna

[stanmapstone]

The Registers for England & Wales, known as the Apprenticeship Books are at the National Archives in class IR 1. They are divided into city registers and country registers. Some apprenticeships were exempt from duty, and so not listed, such as those arranged by a parish or those for which the premium was less than one shilling.
See http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=295
Stan

[Dunholm]

Thank you for the information, is a visit to Kew the only way to access these documents?

By Old Sunderland I did really mean 'old Sunderland from the 1700's including all parishes'.
My interest in searching these records is to establish a link that has been severed by the fire at St Peter's which destroyed valuable information.
I searched the Bishops transcripts but there too were 'missing' years, especially the ones I needed!

Anna