Society of Antiquaries of London
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- Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BE, England, UK
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- Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm [closed in August]
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- A small amount of material has restricted access; this will be noted in the catalogue entry. Material that has been digitised is only available for physical consultation in exceptional circumstances. Photography allowed subject to permission of archive staff.
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- Yes (without flash)
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- Yes
List of Collections(View as Search Results)
- The Book of Gorley. Accounts of Cranborne Chase and Ashley Rails by Heywood Sumner
- The Heraldry of Canterbury Cathedral by A W B Messenger
- "The Ladies of Westminster Abbey" by H V Stuart
- 'The Lesser Ensigns of the Royal Families of England' by H L Elliot
- 'The Military Antiquities of the Romans in North Britain' by William Roy
- The Richborough Album
- 'A Catalogue of Brass Rubbings belonging to Arthur and Raphael Salaman'
- 'A Description & Classification of Egyptian Deities...' by John Davidson FSA
- 'A Monumental Armory’ by J H Sperling
- Achievements of arms
- Acts relating to Windsor Forest
- Album on the tomb of the Volumnii in Perugia
- ‘An Account of an ancient painting’ by J S Hawkins, FSA
- ‘An History of the Beautiful Elizabeth Blount…’ by the Rev. Mark Noble
- Archaeological notebook of George Clinch
- 'Architectural Drawings in the Library of the S. A.’ by S R Pierce
- Architecture notebook of Alexander Nesbitt, FSA
- Augustus White photographs of royal arms
- Autographs
- Barron collection on heraldry and genealogy
- Blazons of arms of Yorkshire families compiled by J W Clay FSA
- British Topographical Collections
- Catalogue of drawings and pictures owned by Thomas Kerrich
- Catalogue of R W Goulding’s collection of medals
- Catalogue of seal casts
- Catalogue of the collection of English portraits of James Bindley
- Catalogues of Conrad Loddiges and Son(s)
- Cely-Trevilian collection of autographs and signed documents
- Charles Hamilton Smith collection of monumental effigies
- Charles Windmill photographs of churches in Norfolk
- ‘Christianity in the Nile Valley' by W H C Frend FSA
- Christopher Stell collection on Staffordshire crosses
- Church notes of A G Francis
- 'Churchill Manor and Court Somerset 1231-1952' by J W Walker
- Clem Rikard photographs of Cornwall
- Collection of Bryan H SJ O'Neill, FSA on castles
- Collection of Captain Edward Jones
- Collection of H Clarence Whaite on wall paintings of St Christopher
- Collection of Norman F Ticehurst on swan marks
- Collection of Richard Morris on mouldings (“Warwick mouldings”)
- Collection of sketchbooks
- Collection of the Rev Bryan Faussett FSA on Kent
- Collection of William Bromet, mostly relating to Windsor and Berkshire
- Collection on bridges of W H A Vallance, FSA
- Collections of arms of Northern gentry by E G Parker
- Collections of Dudley Snelgrove relating to Francis Grose
- Collections of G A Sherwin FSA on the Isle of Wight
- Collections of Thomas Farmer Dukes, FSA on Uriconium
- Collections on the Greek inscription on the Rosetta stone
- Copies of expenses of the executors of Eleanor, Consort of Edward I
- Copies of medieval papers on heraldry
- Copies of signatures of members of the Royal Academy
- Cornwall collection of W C Borlase
- Correspondence and church notes of Richard Gough
- Correspondence and papers of R L Hine relating to graffiti in English churches
- Correspondence and papers relating to Cobham brasses
- Correspondence of C F Tebbutt FSA
- Correspondence of Hayman Rooke
- Crawford Tait Ramage papers
- Debate speech on the right of public meeting
- Description by Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy of the globe clock at the Society of Antiquaries
- Description of Margam Abbey by Samuel Rush Meyrick, FSA
- Details of British graves in Aleppo
- Details of stained glass shields at Lavenham, Suffolk
- Diaries of George Philip Burstow FSA
- Diaries of Rev John More
- Diary of Thomas Crofton Croker
- 'Discoveries in a Somerset Church' by the Rev. Basil Roberts Tucker
- Dissertation on artillery fortification by J R Kenyon, FSA
- Dissertation on Cornish fogous by S V P Leleux
- Dissertation on medieval pottery by J W G Musty, FSA
- Documents relating to the excavation of the Roman villa at Lullingstone
- Donald Mackreth material on Anglo-Saxon Architecture
- Drawings and correspondence of Jacob Schnebbelie
- Drawings and tracings by Joseph Strutt
- Drawings by Worthington George Smith
- Drawings of Castel del Monte
- Drawings of glass quarrel-panes by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
- Drawings of seals of religious houses by Bartholomet Howlett
- Drawings of the collection of the Marquès del Carpio in Rome
- Earle collection on Essex and Suffolk
- 'Earthwork of England' by A Hadrian Allcroft
- Ephemera relating to Kelmscott Manor
- Essay on French art by J J de Vasselot
- Fairfax Moresby collection on megalithic monuments
- G E Chambers papers and photographs
- Genealogical notes of W H Bird
- Gertrude Caton Thompson collection on beads
- H A Freeman photographs of London
- H M Baillie collection on orders of knighthood, European palace architecture and ceremonial
- Habington collection of material relating to Worcestershire
- Hartshorne collection on monumental sculpture in churches and military architecture
- Hatton book of seals. Description by Hugh Sadler Kingsford
- Heraldic collections of Walter John Weston
- Heraldic notebook of Henry Gough
- Index to Cartularies by Sir Thomas Phillipps
- Indexes to printed armories, compiled by John Tuckett
- Inscriptions in Rickmansworth Church recorded by J B Sharpe
- Ipsi Sibi. Novel by Constance Bullock, FSA
- Thesis by P J Willoughby Higson on Willoughby of Parham
- Thesis on castles by R A Brown, FSA
- Thesis on glass painting by P A Newton, FSA
- Thesis on painting in Scotland by M R Apted, FSA
- Thesis on the Church of the Holy Trinity in Tattershall by R C Marks, FSA
- Thesis on timber roofs in Suffolk by J P Fallon
- John Yonge Akerman
- Journal of William Dowsing
- Letters addressed to George Steinman Steinman
- Letters of A Hamilton Thompson to Charles Travis Clay
- List by Edwin Freshfield of churches etc. in Constantinople
- List of monumental effigies compiled by William Henry Richardson, FSA
- Lists of grants of arms compiled by Joseph Foster
- Lord Alwyne Compton collection on tiles
- Material on bridges collected by E Jervoise, FSA, and C G Henderson
- Material on castles of David Cathcart King, FSA
- Material on Corpus Basilicarum Cristianarum Romae
- Material on ‘Knights of Edward I’ by the Rev Charles Moor FSA
- Material related to Wiltshire, collected by J E Jackson
- Material relating to Rev John Brand
- Material relating to the Corpus of Ancient Brooches in Britain
- Material relating to the Savoy
- Material supplementary to Burke's General Armory
- Memoirs of Lesley Lewis FSA
- Mill Stephenson collection mostly relating to brasses
- Mitford family history and genealogy
- Notebook of Edward Rowe Mores
- Notebook of G H Birch
- Notebooks and drawings of John Henry Middleton
- Notebooks and papers of Sir A W Clapham
- Notebooks and photographs of Ralph Griffin
- Notebooks of Alfred Heales, FSA
- Notebooks of E W Lovegrove relating to church architecture
- Notebooks of J G and L B Waller
- Notebooks of W K R Bedford on heraldry
- Notes and papers of John Mitchell Kemble relating to excavations in Germany
- Notes of J R C Hamilton relating to the history of horses
- Notes of Sir Edward Dering on Kent churches
- Notes on and transcripts of sources of English history
- Notes on heraldry and genealogy of Willoughby Aston Littledale FSA
- Noviomagian Society
- Onslow Album of Antiquities of Scilly
- Pamela Jane Smith collection of interviews with archaeologists
- Paper by Edward Rumsey, FSA, on Granada inscriptions
- Paper by John Rickman on Avebury and Stonehenge
- Paper by Jonathan Williams on the early history of Britain
- Paper on Anglo-Norman castles by J C Perks, MC, FSA
- Papers and correspondence of Sir Edward Walker
- Papers and topographical drawings etc. of members of the Lysons family
- Papers of A W Gould relating to a history of the Society of Antiquaries
- Papers of Anthony Lowther FSA
- Papers of Arthur Gardner on English medieval sculpture
- Papers of Canon Binnall and Robert Hope FSA on holy wells
- Papers of Charles Octavius Morgan
- Papers of Conrad Loddiges on church altars
- Papers of D C Bell, FSA on royal interments
- Papers of Dr William Martin, FSA relating to Treasure Trove and Ancient Monuments legislation
- Papers of F C Eeles on consecration crosses
- Papers of F F barde, mainly relating to Kent
- Papers of F R D Needham, FSA on armorial book stamps
- Papers of Francis Harold Fairweather FSA on churches and castles
- Papers of George Grazebrook FSA on genealogy and heraldry
- Papers of George Henry Nevinson and John Lea Nevinson
- Papers of Henry Stewart Gracie on pre-historic cart tracks in Malta
- Papers of Horace William Sandars, FSA on mining
- Papers of I D Margary, FSA, relating to Roman roads
- Papers of J G Joyce relating to Ewhurst Church
- Papers of John Disney relating to laws against immorality
- Papers of John Topham FSA
- Papers of K J Barton, FSA on medieval pottery
- Papers of Katharine Galbraith on early medieval sculpture in England
- Papers of N L MacMinn on William Morris
- Papers of Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford relating to Bronze Age finds
- Papers of Peter Hutchinson relating to Sidmouth, Devon
- Papers of Sir Mortimer Wheeler, FSA, Katherine M Richardson, FSA, and others on Hill Forts of Northern France
- Papers of the International Committee on Ancient Glass and British Committee on Ancient Glass
- Papers of the Rev. Henry Lawrance on military effigies
- Papers of Thomas Banks and George William Marshall on bastardy
- Papers of Thomas May, FSA on pottery
- Papers of Thomas Morgan on Roman Britain
- Papers of William Grimes on Beaker culture
- Papers of William Hamilton Hall, FSA relating to Babylonian and Judaic chronology
- Papers on Stonehenge of Col. William Hawley
- Papers relating to Sir Charles Peers
- Papers relating to study of the Grand Menhir
- Papers relating to the medal collections and work of William Debonaire Haggard
- Papers relating to the Roman fort at Richborough, Kent
- Photograph albums of E S Prior
- Photographs by B C Clayton of early crosses
- Photographs by Sidney Pitcher
- Photographs of Quarr Abbey, Isle of Wight
- Plans of medieval churches and monasteries collected by Michael Baird FSA
- Pocket book of J H Packer
- Raymond Russell collection relating to military architecture in Malta
- Records and correspondence of the British Archaeological Association
- Records of the Architectural Detail Postal Club
- Regalia of Queen Elizabeth. Study by D H B Chesshyre
- Research by R H Little on The Golden Rose
- Rev G E C Knapp collection on medieval tiles in Hampshire & surrounding districts
- Ritual in Early Bronze Age Grave Goods research project
- Rolls of arms and related notes on heraldry
- 'Roman Remains in NW Kent' by Frank Charles Elliston-Erwood FSA
- Roman Wall at Gloucester
- Rubbings and dabbings from York Minster by John Dent
- Sanders collection of architectural photographs of sites in Europe
- Scrapbook of Charles Seidler on metalwork
- Scrapbook of Edward Dalton on fonts
- Scrapbook of masons marks
- Scrapbook of Thomas Lewin
- Sixteen watercolours of Westminster by William Capon
- Sketchbook of Cambridgeshire churches by G R Boissier
- Sketchbook of Charles Alfred Stothard FSA
- Sketchbooks by J F Turner of English ecclesiastical buildings
- Sketchbooks of Arthur Ashpitel
- Sketches of London buildings by Paul Pym
- Slide collection of Ruth Plant on churches in Northern Ethiopia
- Standing Conference on London Archaeology (SCOLA) papers
- Study by W A P Waddington on the genealogy of Ibelin
- Study of Limoges enamel by S Caudron
- Thomas Stockton Gowland collection on heraldry
- Transcripts from the muniments in St Margaret's, Westminster
- Transcripts of epitaphs and descriptions of monuments in Rome
- Transcripts of grants of arms at the Harleian Society
- Travel journal and verse translations of Hudson Gurney
- Two related papers on Exeter cathedral
- Typescript by Leslie Grinsell, FSA on folklore of prehistoric monuments
- V J Torr collection of inscriptions etc. in Kent churches
- W D Sweeting drawings of cross-slabs and sundials
- Watercolours of wall paintings by Clive E Rouse
- Weever Collections
- 'William Cunnington's Account of Barrows &c for Sir Richard Hoare Bart.'
- William Tapp photographs of dolmens
- William Walters collection on fonts
- Work on the Lleyn peninsula by J G Williams
- Writings of Barak Longmate
- Writings of Henry Evans (H. Ddu o Ddyfed)