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Coin Collection
c.Iron Age-20th century
The collection consists of about 15,000 coins and medals ranging from classical to modern also included are trade and town tokens. The collection has particular strengths in the Classical period and s...
Artefacts collected by James Roberts Ogden
Ogden, James Roberts (1865-1940)
2000 BCE-1940
This collection includes jewellery, beads, ornaments, seals, coins, pottery, cuneiform tablets, facsimilie objects and glass slides. Many items are said to be from Ur, ancient Mesopotamian (now Iraq)...
J W WALKER COLLECTION: PAPERS RELATING TO HISTORY OF THE WAKEFIELD AREA
1860-1904
Contains: Photographic negatives of Wakefield Cathedral plate, 1888, and Chapelthorpe Hall, 1904; photographs of coins and flints; photographs of men and women of Wakefield 1860-70, with some Wakefiel...
Numismatics
A large proportion of the works date from the early 20th century, and the late 18th century. The works cover many aspects of numismatics, but the majority of them focus on the classical era. Coins of ...
RECORD SHEETS OF METAL DETECTING FINDS INCLUDING BROOCHES, SEALS, TOKENS, AXES ETC
1992-2004
MS1911/1 1. Strap ends 2. Coins 3. Buttons 4. Axes 5. Book Clasps 6. Sputs 7. Dress Accessories 8. Mirrors MS1911/2 1. Brooches 2.Seal Matrix 3. Tokens MS1911/3 1. Buttons 2. B...
William Boyne folios
Boyne, William (1893)
mid 19th century
Ten volumes of lithographs, engravings, photographs and original drawings of the exteriors and interiors of buildings and of views in the Yorkshire Ridings. The volumes were compiled by William Boyne...
COPY LETTERS FROM RALPH THORESBY TO VARIOUS CORRESPONDENTS
1695-1724
Also includes a list of books, and a copy of the "Answer to Priestcraft" written by Thoresby's friend Richard Thornton (see Ducatus Leodiensis p536).