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Society of Antiquaries of London

Also known as: Society of Antiquaries of London; primary name: Society of Antiquaries of London
Details: organisation; institution/organisation; British
Other dates: 1707- (formal inauguration)
Address: Burlington House, Piccadilly, London SW1
Biography: One of the oldest learned societies in Britain which traces its roots to the foundation of a College of Antiquaries in about 1586 which had the aim of establishing a "cultural longevity" for England. However in 1614 "his Majesty [James I] took a little Mislike of our Society … yet hereupon we forebare to meet again …". Following this there are some indications of an informal society existing in the seventeenth century and at times the Royal Society (charter granted in 1662) displayed an interest in archaeology. The formal inauguration of the present Society of Antiquaries was in 1707, and it was in receipt of a Royal Charter in 1751. Its aims are "the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries". It has a body of elected Fellows, maintains a library, publishes 'The Antiquaries Journal' and other publications, and offers small research grants.
Bibliography: Joan Evans, 'A History of the Society of Antiquaries' (Oxford 1956); Pamela Willetts, 'Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Society of Antiquaries of London' (Brewer 2000).

4,446 related objects

album; painting

Museum number: 1958,0412,0.3 |
Production place: Made in:China

applied brooch

Museum number: 1875,0310.217 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

applied brooch

Museum number: 1875,0310.64 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

applied brooch

Museum number: 1875,0310.44 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-6thC(early) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

applied brooch

Museum number: 1875,0310.270 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

applied brooch

Museum number: 1875,0310.45 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-6thC(early) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

applied brooch

Museum number: 1875,0310.216 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

applied brooch

Museum number: 1875,0310.63 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

applied brooch

Museum number: 1875,0310.269 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

architecture

Museum number: 1973,0403.196 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ashtead

armlet

Museum number: 1875,0310.324 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC(late)-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

artefact

Museum number: 1991,0411.2900 |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

artefact

Museum number: 1991,0411.2839 |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

artefact

Museum number: 1875,0310.371 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-7thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

artefact

Museum number: 1991,0411.2248 |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

artefact

Museum number: 1991,0411.2925 |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

artefact

Museum number: 1991,0411.2904 |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

artefact

Museum number: 1991,0411.2901 |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

artefact; bead

Museum number: 1991,0411.2214 |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

artefact

Museum number: 1991,0411.2249 |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

artefact

Museum number: 1991,0411.2246 |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

artefact

Museum number: 1991,0411.2247 |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

artefact

Museum number: 1991,0411.2808 |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

artefact

Museum number: 1991,0411.2841 |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

artefact

Museum number: 1991,0411.2924 |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

artefact

Museum number: 1991,0411.2221 |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

artefact

Museum number: 1991,0411.2250 |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

artefact

Museum number: 1991,0411.2251 |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

awl

Museum number: 1991,0411.64 |
Cultures/periods: x14420 Prehistoric |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

awl

Museum number: 1991,0411.69 |
Cultures/periods: x14420 Prehistoric |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

awl

Museum number: 1991,0411.68 |
Cultures/periods: x14420 Prehistoric |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

awl

Museum number: 1991,0411.76 |
Cultures/periods: x13796 Early Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

axe

Museum number: 1991,0411.77 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

axe

Museum number: 1991,0411.78 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

bag

Museum number: 1991,0411.2919.a-c |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

balance

Museum number: 1875,0310.219 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: 1991,0411.56 |
Cultures/periods: x13796 Early Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: 1991,0411.60 |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head; roughout

Museum number: 1991,0411.53 |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: 1991,0411.57 |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: 1991,0411.62 |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: 1991,0411.58 |
Cultures/periods: x13796 Early Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: 1991,0411.50 |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head; roughout

Museum number: 1991,0411.59 |
Cultures/periods: x13796 Early Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: 1991,0411.2185 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: 1991,0411.54 |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: 1991,0411.52 |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: 1991,0411.61 |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: 1991,0411.49 |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: 1991,0411.48 |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head; roughout

Museum number: 1991,0411.55 |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: 1991,0411.51 |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.274 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.132 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC(late)-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.231 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC(late)-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.198 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.129 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.165 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC(early) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.283 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC(late)-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead; spindle-whorl

Museum number: 1875,0310.131 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC(late)-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead; spindle-whorl

Museum number: 1875,0310.260 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.319 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.285 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: OA.368 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Stowting

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.301 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.282 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC(late)-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.56 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.318 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.250 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC(late)-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1991,0411.2914 |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.273 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.243 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.99 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.58 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.130 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.88 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.57 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.300 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: OA.369 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Stowting

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.197 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.286 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.317 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.203 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC(late) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.244 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.232 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC(late)-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.201 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.66 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.68 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.251 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC(late)-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.259 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.309 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.67 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1991,0411.2812 |
Cultures/periods: x41012 Anglo-Saxon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.287 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.164 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC(late)-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.70 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.100 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.364 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-7thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.173 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

bead

Museum number: 1875,0310.69 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Long Wittenham

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