| ID |
Category |
Simple Name |
Detailed Description |
Thumbnail |
Location |
| A391 |
DRESS |
dress, baby's |
hand sewn, decorated with three tucks lace at collar and cuffs |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| A392 |
DRESS |
petticoat |
mid-calf length petticoat machine made. White cotton petticoat, machine sewn with deep bands of tucking and a set-in bank of broderie anglaise in the middle of them. Gathered onto broad waistband and fastened with button and ties. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| A702 |
BLACKSMITHS |
razor strop |
marked 'improved razor strop' |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B217 |
DRESS |
pince-nez |
pince-nez in case with prescription belonging to Col WH Lang. issued by E Stuckly RAME no frame but gold wire joining eye pieces. blue box, metal covered by leather and velvet. also prescription |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B222_1 |
PICTURES |
Pictures |
box of pictures 19 pictures of various nationalities. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B222_2 |
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS |
Globe |
small 18th century terestial globe, no case |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B231 |
DRESS |
christening robes |
complete set of christening robes fine ctton dress with broderie anglais panel, peticoat , fine wool baby's cape cream with gld chain stitch decoration on collar. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B349 |
DRESS |
christening robe with peticoat and cape. |
Christening robe with its simpler petticoat and accompnying lined cream coloured cape. Dress has some lace and broderie Anglais. Petticoat has drawn thread work. Cape has sewn on sequin embrodiery. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B353 |
DOMESTIC |
beer mug |
3 blue beer mugs from the old Chequers Blue earthernware mugs with handles 2 in E 1 in missing Office |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B354_1 |
CONTAINERS |
hot-water bottle. |
stone hot water bottle shaped like a gladstone bag Brown bottle with BED written on one side of it. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B371 |
DOMESTIC |
safety razor |
Rolls safety razor Patented shaving system invented by John Rolls. First safety razor. Strop is included in the box |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B378 |
DOMESTIC |
cigarette case |
cigarette case with plain brown leather outside and ornamented inside. leather cigarette protector embroidered with flowers and red, beige and blue. Orange lining |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B392 |
DOMESTIC |
clothing |
Petticoat |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B481 |
CONTAINERS |
savings box |
book shaped savings box with attached book Book shaped savings box with brassj. Toothed slit for money and hole for notes. Also savings book for same time. Both itimes contained in a black box. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B514 |
CONTAINERS |
money box |
Edward VIII coronation money box red tin money box with Westminster Abbey, medallions etc. Labelled coronation treasure chest. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B531 |
DOMESTIC |
table cloth |
red mirrored embroidered table cloth deep red cotton cloth with pattern of flowers and small mirrors sewn in. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B532 |
FOOTWARE |
boots |
brown laced boots for a small child |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B537 |
EMBROIDERY |
needlework |
slippers embroidered on canvas but not cut out. slippers embroidered with aenemones in tent stitch. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B539 |
DRESS |
fan |
wooden fans, one with paper pattern 1. fretted wood with ribbon. 2. when open displays scene of women and children listening to music. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B546_1 |
DRESS |
jacket |
lace covered buckram jacket. blue material totally covered in black lace. nipped with whalebone to 24 inch waist. patterns of corn dollies on jacket skirt. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B546_2 |
DRESS |
skirt |
Skirt part of B546_1 |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B547 |
DRESS |
shirt |
cotton shirt with frilled front, collar and cuffs elegant shirt |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B548 |
DOMESTIC |
dolls clothes |
assorted dolls clothes probably for one doll. 1. pink cotton dress, 2 flannel petticoat, 3 camiknickers (on doll), 4 full petticoat, 5 bra, 6. nightie, 7 cloak, 8 waist petticoat, 9 pink cotton jacket and hat. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B550 |
DOMESTIC |
artificial flowers |
white silk flowers under a glass dome flowers are stiffly arranged under dome with black base. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B552 |
DRESS |
overblouse |
white twill blouse with broderie anglais, collar and cuffs. leg of mutton sleeves very wide body with heavy broiderie anglais decoration. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B556 |
DRESS |
apron |
black apron decorated with embroidered daisies and lace. fancy apron for best occasions lace is machine made. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B557 |
DOMESTIC |
tea set |
rose patterned tea set. 6 saucers, 5 cups, milk, tea, sugar all complete and not chipped. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B558 |
DOMESTIC |
hat pins |
12 pins in a steel holder designed to clip onto a bag 1. treble clef; 2. bass clef; 3. art noveau; 4. 3xtwisted wire; 5. beaded jet; 6. blue button; 7. yellow button; 8. pink button; 9. mottled red 10. 1 gold ball. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B559 |
CONTAINERS |
tin |
small flat tin with coronation decoration lid medallions of king and queen with symbols on blue background |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B561 |
DOMESTIC |
toilet pins |
twist of pins in paper. black headed pins wrapped in paper with label Dewberry and wreath and lion trade mark. green writing |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B563 |
DOMESTIC |
doll |
dressed doll G32786 hair missing large doll missing her hair. eyes still just open. fully dressed in cloak, dress, cotton petticoat, flannel petticoat cami knickers.woollen knickers. woollen vest. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B565 |
DRESS |
fan |
paper and ivory fan with Egyptian symbols on it. white with patterns in brown, Includes vases and dancing lady |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B569 |
DRESS |
hat |
Bucks lace hat |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B570 |
DOMESTIC |
doll |
eight inch doll with china face |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B571 |
DRESS |
petticoat |
waist petticoat deep broiderie anglais border, waist tie and buttns |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B575 |
DOMESTIC |
doll |
doll leather bodied no clothes of her own wearing cami knickers from B548 |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B686 |
PHOTOGRAPHY |
PROJECTOR |
GERMAN ELECTRIC PROJECTOR c1930 Black triangular shape with 6 air holes on each side. White handle at rear. Silver lens mounting. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B697 |
DOMESTIC |
razors |
Pair open razors in case Pair of open razors in case. Black with gold lettering. J. Morton late MacDaniel 348, Oxford St.London Razors white ivory one of which is broken. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B704_2 |
DOMESTIC |
travelling strops |
Razor strop similar to B704 but smaller with dark brown handle. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B706 |
CONTAINERS |
snuff boxes |
Small circular snuff boxes 2 circular snuff boxes, dark brown with black red and white lettering on lid. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B708 |
CONTAINERS |
cigarette tin |
50 place cigarette tin Tin originally containing -Craven Plain- cigarettes. Green with black and white lettering and -Black cat- trade mark. Inside lid black lettering explaining difference between-Craven Plain- and -Craven -A-cigarettes. Datails of make |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B711 |
DOMESTIC |
scrap book |
scrap book see Papers & Documents file |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B712 |
DOMESTIC |
card |
card see Papers & Documents file |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B713 |
DOMESTIC |
card |
card see Papers & Documents file |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B714 |
DOMESTIC |
card |
card see Papers & Documents file |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B715 |
DOMESTIC |
card |
card see Papers & Documents file |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B716 |
DOMESTIC |
card collection |
card collection see Paper & Documents file |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B718 |
DOMESTIC |
photo album |
Family photographic album. See Papers & Documents file |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B719 |
DOMESTIC |
photo album |
Family photographic album. See Papers & Documents file |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B721 |
DOMESTIC |
photo album |
Family photographic album. See Papers & Documents file |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B727 |
CONTAINERS |
wood box |
Circular wood box with lid Turned wooden box with lid. Light brown colour. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| B970 |
RECORD BOOK |
Time Book |
Time and Wages book. Detailing Hours worked and wages. Dated 5th Jan 1929 on. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| C201 |
DOMESTIC |
china |
cups and saucers belonging to the Baptist Chapel, Ivinghoe cups and saucers are decorated with the crest of the chapel and the name. There are 1 cup and two saucers with a clover leaf on them and one plain saucer that belong with them I think in the chin |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| C325 |
DOMESTIC |
comb |
tortoishell comb Ladies tortoiseshell hair comb. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| C340 |
COLLECTIONS |
snake |
Jet snake Snake is jointed by string threaded through. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| C345 |
CONTAINERS |
tin box |
small tin box made for Rowntree Miniature of Rountrees chocolate biscuits.Used for window displays. Pale green with symbols in black or gold. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| C489 |
DRESS |
gown |
gown belonged to Grandma Kempster and is at least 100 years old |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| C602 |
DOMESTIC |
storage jar |
storage jar |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| C606 |
DOMESTIC |
pins |
pins- safety |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| C607 |
DRESS |
coat |
silk coat 1910 |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| C609 |
DOMESTIC |
dolls bed |
dolls bed |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| C613 |
BADGES |
badges and pictures |
National Farmers Union Badges and Pictures |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| C614.2 |
STATIONARY |
pens |
pens 2 (1) |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| C621 |
MONEY |
coins and note |
George V and George VI coins and £1 note |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| C623 |
CONTAINERS |
tobacco tin |
tobacco tin Craven Mix |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| C829 |
TOYS |
doll |
clothed 19th century doll |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| C991 |
DOMESTIC |
stretcher |
Glove/ Finger Stretcher in black wood with spring hinge |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| C992 |
CLOTHING |
letter opener |
Letter Opener Knife with concealed screw in pen nib |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| E183 |
SOCIAL |
Greetings Cards |
x3 Victorian Christmas cards, x1 card - Greetings from France |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| E185 |
PROJECTOR |
Slides |
Castle Collection of Magic Lantern Slides' - Wooden box containing large selection of Magic Lantern slides see accession form for detail |
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E Farming & Village Life. Spares in AA Office |
| E219 |
TOY |
Pretty Pets Puzzle Box |
2 child's puzzles in a box with picture sheets owned by Isabel Thomson from Billington about 1900 |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| E220 |
CLOTHING |
Ladies small Hat |
Handmade, black, velvet and lace hat. Probably late Victorian / Edwardian. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
E304
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DOCUMENTS |
Memorabilia |
Collection of memorabilia to celebrate Coronation of Edward VIII.
/1 Small calendar booklet for 1937.
/2 ‘Souvenir Book of King Edward VIII told in pictures’ by Sankey, Hudson & CO.
/3 Souvenir Book – ‘The Pictorial Life of King Edward VIII’ by W & G Foyle, Ltd.
/4 Postcards to commemorate George V & Queen Mary.
/5 Postcard type Christmas Card. |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| E310 |
CERAMIC |
Match Spill Holder |
Match spill holder in shape of Negroid Boy |
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E Farming & Village Life |
E311 /
1, 2, 3, 4 |
CHINA |
Doll's coffee set |
Blue and gold, coffee set, 2 cups & saucers, sugar bowl with lid, Coffee pot with lid |
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E Farming & Village Life |
E312 /
1, 2, 3 |
CHINA |
Tea set for one |
Tea set for one, decorated with pink roses. Cup and saucer,Teapot & lid, Milk jug |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| E313 |
CHINA |
Crested Jug |
Crested Jug, Hastings & St Leonards |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| E314 |
DRESS |
Ivory Fans |
2 Ivory Fans |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| E315 |
HOME |
Sewing Kit |
Etui or Husiff sewing kit |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| E326 |
CLOTHING |
Gloves |
Ladies, kid leather, cream coloured, elbow length Opera Gloves |
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E Farming & Village Life |
| E841 |
Toys |
German Doll |
An Arthur Schoenau & Hoffmeister Porzellanfabrik Burggrub German bisque-headed Doll from 1909. Marked with SHPB inside a star at the back of the neck and brown sleep eyes. Large, child-like size.
‘Shirley was owned by Hazel Florence Lawton (nee Baxter), born in 1929. Material body and clothes were made by her Godmother Doris Baxter a milliner, hair said to be Doris’s own. With red cardboard box. |
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E Farming & Country Life
(stored in office until 2026 1st open day) |
| N025 |
DOMESTIC |
Bag |
Victorian plaited string bag with wooden handles |
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E Farming & Village Life |