Ceramic Refence Collection Lists (from MPRG Standards)

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National Ceramic Reference Collections

 

Area

Contact name

Address

Telephone

Email

CTS type

Period

Comments

National Reference Collection of Medieval Pottery

Beverley Nenk

Dept Medieval and Modern Europe, British Museum,

Great Russell St, London

WC1B 3DG

020 7323 8286/ 8629

 

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National Reference Collection of  Post-Medieval Pottery

David Barker

Archaeology Section,

The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Bethesda St, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

ST1 3DE

0178 223 2519

david.barker@stoke.gov.uk

 

 

 

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Scotland

David Caldwell,

Jackie Moran

Department of History and Applied Art, National Museums of Scotland, Royal Museum, Chambers St, Edinburgh

EH1 1JF

0131 247 4068/

4079

d.caldwell@nms.ac.uk

j.moran@nms.ac.uk

 

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Wales

Mark Redknap

Department of Archaeology and Numismatics,

National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff

CF1 3NP

0292 057 3223

 

 

 

 

 

Regional Ceramic Type Series in Great Britain and Ireland

 

Area

Contact name

Address

Telephone

Email

CTS type

Period

Comments

Aberdeen City

Alison Cameron

Learning and Leisure,

Arts & Recreation,

Aberdeen City Council,

Whitespace,

60 Frederick Street,

Aberdeen.

0122 45 23654

alisonc@arts-rec.aberdeen.net.uk

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Beds. and N.Bucks., incl. Milton Keynes

Anna Slowikowski

Albion Archaeology,

St Mary's Church Archaeology Centre,

St Mary's Street,

Bedford MK42 OAS

01234 29 4005

office@albion-arch.com

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Cross-refer with Northants.

Berks.,Wilts., Dorset and some surrounding counties

Lorraine Mepham

Wessex Archaeology,

Portway House,

Old Sarum Park,

Salisbury

SP4 6EB

01722  32 6867

l.mepham@wessexarch.co.uk

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Bristol and Greater Bristol area

Les Good

Bristol City Museum,

Queens Rd, Bristol

BS8 1RL

01179 22 2633

les_good@bristol-city.gov.uk

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345

Relevant to parts of pre-1974 S Glos. and N Somerset

Cambs.

Paul Spoerry

Cambridgeshire County Council Archaeological Field Unit, Fulbourn Community Centre, Haggis Gap, Cambridge

CB1 5HD

01223  88 1614

p.spoerry@libraries.camcnty.gov.uk

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Carlisle and N. Cumbria

Tim Padley

Keeper of Archaeology,

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery,

Carlisle

01228 53 4781

 

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Chester and N.W. region

Julie Edwards, 

Gill Dunn and

Alison Jones

Chester Archaeology,

Grovenor Museum,

27 Grovenor St, Chester

CH1 2DD

01244 40 2027

j.edwards@chestercc.gov.uk

g.dunn@chestercc.gov.uk

a.jones@chestercc.gov.uk

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Romano-British covers NW Britain

Cumbria (West), Cockamouth

Peter Davey

Centre of Manx Studies,

6 Kingswood Grove, Douglas, Isle of Man

IM1 3NX

01624 67 3074

pjd1@liverpool.ac.uk

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Dunstable (Beds.)

Barry Horne

Manshead Archaeological Society, Beaumont, Church End, Eddlesborough,

Dunstable

LU6 2EP

01908 65 2301

bhorne@globalnet.co.uk

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Free, but donations welcome

Durham and Co. Durham

 

 

Steve Speak

Tyne and Wear Museums Archaeology Department,

Jesmond Cemetery Gates,

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE2 1NJ

01912 81 6251 or

01207 52 9553

steve.speak@twmuseums.org.uk

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Essex

Helen Walker

Essex County Council Archaeology Field Unit,

Fairfield Court, Fairfield Rd, Braintree, Essex

CM7 3YQ

01376 33 1431

helen.walker@essexcc.gov.uk

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Cunningham 1985; Drury 1993

Glastonbury

Chris Gerrard and

Alejandra Gutierrez

The Shapwick Project,

Dept of Archaeology,

University of Durham,

South Rd, Durham

DH1 3LE

0191 37 43634

C.M.Gerrard@durham.ac.uk

Alejandra.Gutierrez@durham.ac.uk

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Deposited in Taunton Museum, Taunton from 2003

Gloucester

Philip Greatorex

Gloucester Archaeology Unit, Old Fire Station, Barbican Rd, Gloucester

GL1 2JF

01452 39 6344

philpag@glos-city.gov.uk

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Guernsey

Heather Sebire

c/o Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery, Candie Gardens,

St Peter Port,

Guernsey, GY1 1UG

01481 70 0477

 

 

 

 

Hampshire (Test Valley)

Lorraine Mepham

Wessex Archaeology, Portway House, Old Sarum Park, Salisbury SP4 6EB

01722 326867

l.mepham@wessexarch.co.uk

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Generated by TVAT, lodged with WA from 2006

Hereford

Andy Boucher

Archaeological Investigations Ltd, Hereford House, 3 Offa St, Hereford

HR1 2LL

01432 35 4775

ab@ailtd.freeserve.co.uk

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Vince 1985

Hereford

Judy Stevenson

 

Hereford Museum and Art Gallery, Broad Street, Hereford, HR4 9AU

01432 260692

 

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Herts. (St Albans and greyware kilns)

Simon West and 

Alison Turner-Rugg

St Albans Museums (Field Archaeology),

Kyngston House,

Inkerman Rd, St Albans

AL1 3BB

01727 75 1819/

81 9338

A.Turner-Rugg@stalbans.gov.uk

S.West@stalbans.gov.uk

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4

 

Humberside (South)

Peter Didsbury

Scunthorpe Museum

 

p.didsbury@hull.ac.uk

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4

Hayfield 1985

Islamic world

Dr Shela Canby

Dept Oriental Antiquities,

British Museum,

Great Russell St, London

WC1B 3DG

020 7636 1555

 

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Isle of Man

(Manx Collection, incl. N.W. MPRG regional type-series)

Peter Davey

Centre of Manx Studies,

6 Kingswood Grove, Douglas, Isle of Man

IM1 3LX

01624 67 3074

pjd1@liverpool.ac.uk

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Isle of Wight

Ruth Waller and

Rebecca Loader

County Archaeology Service, Archaeological Centre,

61 Clatterford Rd, Carisbrooke, Newport, Isle of Wight

PO30 1NZ

01983 52 9963

 

 

 

 

Kent

John Cotter

Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 92A Broad St, Canterbury, Kent

CT1 2LU

01227 46 2062

johncotter@canterburytrust.co.uk

 

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S. Lancs., and Merseyside

Jenny Woodcock