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Henry Durden

Also known as: Henry Durden; primary name: Durden, Henry
Details: individual; collector; British; Male
Life dates: 1807-1892
Biography: Collector. Owned grocery business in Blandford. Collected Dorset antiquities for his own museum and excavated (but did not publish). Little-known outside the county until 'discovered' by Charles Roach Smith. His coin cabinet sold upon his death; some of the rest of the collection catalogued by George Payne and published in 1892. (Durden died while this was in press). Part of the collection sold to the British Museum by Durden's son John (q.v.) in two tranches, September 1892 and June 1893 (1796 and 472 objects respectively). Augustus Franks (q.v.)was Keeper of the relevant department at that time. Most material was from Dorset, with a small collection of Irish antiquities obtained from Dr Cotton and Danish antiquities (plus some lithics from the Mississippi valley) from Mr Bryce Wright. Durden also acquired Anglo-Saxon antiquities from Kent. Among the prehistoric material were important collections from Hod Hill and from various Dorset barrows.
Bibliography: I Longworth and C Haith, 'Henry Durden and his Collection', Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 114, 1992, pp.151-160.

2,290 related objects

accessory cup

Museum number: 1892,0901.243 |
Cultures/periods: x13796 Early Bronze Age |
Production date: 2200BC-1600BC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deveril Down

adze; roughout

Museum number: 1892,0901.27 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Durweston

adze; chisel

Museum number: 1892,0901.29 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Stourpaine

adze

Museum number: 1892,0901.18 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Stourpaine

adze

Museum number: 1892,0901.1258 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Production date: 1stC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

adze

Museum number: 1892,0901.1256 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Production date: 1stC(mid) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

adze

Museum number: 1892,0901.100 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Stourpaine

adze

Museum number: 1892,0901.33 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Stourpaine

adze

Museum number: 1892,0901.46 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Stourpaine

adze

Museum number: 1892,0901.21 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Stourpaine

adze

Museum number: 1892,0901.41 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Stourpaine

adze

Museum number: 1892,0901.22 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Stourpaine

adze

Museum number: 1892,0901.1257 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Production date: 1stC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

ammonite

Museum number: 1892,0901.1392 |
Cultures/periods: x96126 Iron Age/Romano-British |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Hod Hill

amphora

Museum number: 1892,0901.393 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Badbury (Wiltshire)

amphora

Museum number: 1892,0901.406 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

ampulla

Museum number: 1893,0601.313 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 12thC - 13thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Blandford St Mary

ampulla

Museum number: 1893,0601.324 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Charborough

amulet

Museum number: 1892,0901.489 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

annular brooch

Museum number: 1893,0601.277 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Cerne Abbas

annular brooch

Museum number: 1892,0901.1525 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bartons Hill

annular brooch

Museum number: 1893,0601.287 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Spetisbury

annular brooch

Museum number: 1893,0601.276 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Sturminster Marshall

annular brooch

Museum number: 1892,0901.1729 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Okeford Fitzpaine

annular brooch

Museum number: 1893,0601.278 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Blandford ForumFound/Acquired:Ash (Dorset)

annular brooch

Museum number: 1893,0601.283 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval

annular brooch

Museum number: 1893,0601.284 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval

annular brooch

Museum number: 1893,0601.220 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sarre

annular brooch

Museum number: 1893,0601.221 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-6thC(early) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sarre

annular brooch

Museum number: 1893,0601.279 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tarrant Monkton

annular brooch

Museum number: 1892,0901.777 |
Cultures/periods: Romano-BritishMedieval |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

apostle spoon

Museum number: 1893,0601.356 |
Producer name: BIOG72216 Made by:Evodias Inman |
Production date: 1641 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

apostle spoon

Museum number: 1893,0601.367 |
Production date: 1769

apostle spoon

Museum number: 1893,0601.357 |
Producer name: BIOG64589 Made by:Edward Anthony |
Production date: 1653 |
Production place: Made in:Exeter

arm-ring

Museum number: 1892,0901.302 |
Cultures/periods: x14243 Middle Bronze Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bryanston

arm-ring

Museum number: 1892,0901.327 |
Cultures/periods: x14243 Middle Bronze Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Haselbury Bryan

armour

Museum number: 1892,0901.962 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Production date: 1stC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

armour

Museum number: 1892,0901.964 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Production date: 1stC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

armour

Museum number: 1892,0901.870 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

armour

Museum number: 1892,0901.869 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

arrow-head

Museum number: 1892,0901.122 |
Cultures/periods: x14337 Neolithic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Hod Hill

arrow-head

Museum number: 1892,0901.123 |
Cultures/periods: x14337 Neolithic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Hod Hill

arrow-head

Museum number: 1893,0601.424 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:England

arrow-head

Museum number: 1893,0601.419

arrow-head

Museum number: 1893,0601.421 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Damory Farm

arrow-head

Museum number: 1893,0601.423 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Blandford St Mary

arrow-head

Museum number: 1893,0601.415 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tarrant Monkton

arrow-head

Museum number: 1893,0601.416 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Charlton Marshall

arrow-head

Museum number: 1892,0901.1570 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Blandford St Mary

arrow-head

Museum number: 1892,0901.1186 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Production date: 1stC(mid) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

arrow-head

Museum number: 1893,0601.425 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Blandford St Mary

arrow-head

Museum number: 1892,0901.1185 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

arrow-head

Museum number: 1893,0601.422 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bartons Hill

arrow-head

Museum number: 1893,0601.418 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bartons Hill

arrow-head

Museum number: 1893,0601.414

arrow-head

Museum number: 1893,0601.427 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tarrant Monkton

arrow-head

Museum number: 1893,0601.420 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:England

arrow-head

Museum number: 1893,0601.426 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Blandford St Mary

arrow-head

Museum number: 1893,0601.417

arrow-head

Museum number: 1892,0901.1518 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tarrant Hinton (village)

artefact

Museum number: 1892,0901.475 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

artefact

Museum number: 1892,0901.582 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

artefact

Museum number: 1892,0901.1431 |
Cultures/periods: x96126 Iron Age/Romano-British |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Hod Hill

artefact

Museum number: 1893,0601.323 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Charlton Marshall

artefact

Museum number: 1893,0601.61 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

artefact

Museum number: 1892,0901.1271 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Production date: 1stC(mid) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

artefact

Museum number: 1960,0405.885 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

artefact

Museum number: 1892,0901.1763 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

artefact

Museum number: 1892,0901.586 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

artefact

Museum number: 1960,0405.960 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

artefact

Museum number: 1892,0901.1641 |
Cultures/periods: x96126 Iron Age/Romano-British |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kimmeridge

artefact

Museum number: 1893,0601.439 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Europe

artefact

Museum number: 1892,0901.1750 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Dunmow

artefact

Museum number: 1892,0901.994 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

artefact

Museum number: 1892,0901.210 |
Cultures/periods: NeolithicBronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Hambledon Hill

artefact

Museum number: 1892,0901.1459 |
Cultures/periods: x96126 Iron Age/Romano-British |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Hod Hill

artefact

Museum number: 1960,0405.946 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

artefact

Museum number: 1893,0601.143 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

artefact

Museum number: 1892,0901.585 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

artefact

Museum number: 1892,0901.542 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

artefact

Museum number: 1892,0901.543 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

artefact

Museum number: 1892,0901.1502 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Spetisbury

artefact

Museum number: 1960,0405.945 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

artefact

Museum number: 1893,0601.66 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

awl

Museum number: 1892,0901.1433 |
Cultures/periods: x96126 Iron Age/Romano-British |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Hod Hill

awl

Museum number: 1892,0901.1286 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Production date: 1stC(mid) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

awl

Museum number: 1892,0901.1292 |
Cultures/periods: Iron AgeRomano-British |
Production date: 1stC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

awl

Museum number: 1892,0901.1290 |
Cultures/periods: Iron AgeRomano-British |
Production date: 1stC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

awl

Museum number: 1892,0901.1284 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Production date: 1stC(mid) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

awl

Museum number: 1892,0901.1291 |
Cultures/periods: Iron AgeRomano-British |
Production date: 1stC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

awl

Museum number: 1892,0901.1288 |
Cultures/periods: Iron AgeRomano-British |
Production date: 1stC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

awl

Museum number: 1892,0901.1293 |
Cultures/periods: Iron AgeRomano-British |
Production date: 1stC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

awl

Museum number: 1892,0901.1289 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Production date: 1stC(mid) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hod Hill

axe

Museum number: 1892,0901.32 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Stourpaine

axe

Museum number: 1892,0901.38 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Stourpaine

axe

Museum number: 1892,0901.103 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Durweston

axe

Museum number: 1892,0901.43 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Stourpaine

axe

Museum number: 1892,0901.78 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Stourpaine

axe

Museum number: 1892,0901.50 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Stourpaine

axe

Museum number: 1892,0901.40 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Stourpaine