Collections highlights
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The tale of Wiltshire Moonrakers
Read moreUS WUR CLEVERER THAN ‘E-AH, US DIDDLED ‘E ALRIGHT. In a pond up ‘Vizes way – smugglers ‘ad ‘idden a keg ‘o brandy & us
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Sir Richard Colt Hoare – catalogue of books and manuscripts
Read moreSir Richard Colt Hoare was born 9 December 1758 died 19 May 1838. He was a descendant of the famous banking family which was founded
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Gift of Stonehenge to the Nation – letter from Cecil Chubb
Read moreA thank you letter written to Canon Goddard from Cecil Chubb dated 1st October 1918 found whilst cataloguing a book entitled Wiltshire Autographs. This year
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Ship Money Tax – Kingsbridge Hundred 1635
Read moreStored in the Archives are over 450 boxes of papers given to the Museum over the years. The papers were donated and often represented research
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Cunetio hoard – the largest coin hoard from Roman Britain
Read moreThe Cunetio hoard of 54,951 coins was discovered at the site of the Roman town of Cunetio, near Mildenhall in Wiltshire. In 1978, after the
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Roundway Archer
Read moreBeaker from Roundway Down. A 3D model of the Roundway Beaker is featured on the BBC Civiliations Augmented Reality App – available for modern smartphones
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Calne Fates sculpture
Read moreThis sculpted block has been identified by Dr Martin Henig as depicting the three ancient goddesses of fate, the Parcae , and may come from
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Sir John Popham – Reports and Cases
Read moreWe have recently been donated ‘Reports and Cases’ by Sir John Popham of Littlecote, written in 1682. The Reports and Cases collected by the Learned
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John Britton
Read moreJohn Britton was born at Kington St Michael in Wiltshire (7 July 1771 – 1 January 1857) From an unpromising beginning he became an English
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William Cunnington III
Read moreA figure who should not be overlooked in the centenary year of his death is William Cunnington III (1813-1906), the principal founder of Wiltshire Archaeological
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Hungerford Papers
Read moreAmong the Library holdings are the Research papers of Canon J E Jackson (1805-1891) relating to the Hungerford family, their seat at Farleigh-Hungerford, and their
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Half Length Portrait of an Unknown Man by Sir Thomas Lawrence
Read moreThomas Lawrence (1769-1830) was a portrait painter born in Bristol, and the youngest of 16 children. In 1772 the family moved to Devizes where Lawrence’s