Collection: Louth Museum

Collection-level records:

• Collection overview (Cornucopia)

  Decorative and Applied Arts Collection

  Local significance. The collection contains some pieces of furniture; Louth crested china and a large 19th century sheep breeders’ punchbowl.

  Subjects

  Ceramics; Decorative arts; Furniture

  Arms and Armour Collection

  The collection contains yatagan and other swords; blunderbuss, guns and pistols. Local significance.

  Subjects

  Weapons; Guns

  Medicine Collection

  Collection contains surgery equipment; chemists jars etc. Local significance.

  Subjects

  Surgery; Medical sciences; Drugs; Pharmacy

  Numismatics Collection

  Local significance. The collection contains some unspecified coins and medals.

  Subjects

  Numismatics; Medals; Coins

  Costume and Textiles Collection

  Local significance. The collection contains dresses, uniforms, smocks, samplers, boots and shoes, hats, a fireman’s helmet, a 16th century Spanish bedcover and examples of Louth-made carpets.

  Subjects

  Bedding and linens; Hats; Embroidery; Carpets; Textiles; Shoes; Uniforms; Dresses; Costume; Boots

  Science and Industry Collection

  Local significance. The collection contains artefacts relating to local industry, including malting implements; Louth-made carpets; locally-made bricks; carpenters’ tools; blacksmiths’ bellows; printing machine and equipment; Armitage fog signal.

  Subjects

  Carpenters; Trade (practice); Blacksmiths; Carpets; Bricks; Printing industry; Tools; Industry

  Transport Collection

  The Collection contains Boneshaker; Louth-made Le Brun bicycles; 1914 Raleigh bicycles; railway station foundation stone laying trowel; railway station foundation stone laying trowel; bypass open scissors; models of schooner, Donna Nook lifeboat; traction engine, stationary engine; waterwheel. Local significance.

  Subjects

  Railway stations; Traction engines; Roads; Bicycles; Transport

  Agriculture Collection

  Local significance. The collection contains a range of hand tools; sack barrow and potato scales, plus veterinary equipment.

  Subjects

  Agriculture; Farming

  Biology Collection

  Local significance. The collection contains moths, butterflies, beetles, shells, some mounted birds and animals; a few birds’ eggs.

  Subjects

  Natural sciences; Butterflies; Shells; Birds; Insects; Biology

  Geology Collection

  Local significance. The collection contains local rocks, fossils and minerals; large Whin Sill erratic, Ice Age mammal bones, model of formation of Hubbard’s Hills.

  Subjects

  Bones; Quaternary; Rocks; Fossils; Geology; Minerals

  Fine Art Collection

  Local significance. The collection contains paintings, drawings, engravings (J W Wilson, Bartholomew Howlett; Peter De Wint; C.R. Morton; Bennett Hubbard, William Brown, John & Thomas Espin); woodcarvings (Thomas Wilkinson Wallis); busts.

  Subjects

  Fine arts; Engravings; Paintings; Drawings; Woodworking

  Personalia Collection

  Local significance. The collection contains Items relating to: Sir George Broadley; C S Carter; Claribel; R W Goulding; Andreas Kalvos; George Marshall; Edwin Richardson; Stella Sharpley; Alfred Lord Tennyson; T W Wallis; Tom and Margaret Wintringham; Jack Yates.

  Subjects

  Printed ephemera; Personality; Personal history

  Social History Collection

  Local significance. The collection contains domestic items; local shop/trades material; items relating to local fire, police and civil defence; market stall; handcart; model of St James’ church; architects’ plans by James Fowler; gibbet cage.

  Subjects

  Civil defence; Domestic life; Plans; Architects; Social history; Shops

  Archaeology Collection

  The collection contains flint tools; local Anglo Saxon and Romano British material; engraved stone slabs; stone coffin (Cistercian), post medieval pottery. Local significance.

  Subjects

  Roman period; Archaeology

  Photography Collection

  Local significance The collection contains a large number of photographs (some framed) and negatives (glass and film) including work of local photographers; collection relating to 1920 Louth flood; transparencies; cameras; video film of local events.

  Subjects

  Film recordings; Photographs; Video tape recordings; Photographic negatives; Photography

  Archives Collection

  Local significance. The collection is extensive containing indentures and other miscellaneous documents; architects’ drawings/ handbills and posters; estate agents’ records; maps, engraving and prints; scrapbooks, printed ephemera, local newspapers. Part Goulding Collection (on loan from The Collection). Manor Court Rolls on loan to LCRO. Large number of postcards and greetings cards. Large library of books and journals.

  Subjects

  Newspapers; Printed ephemera; Periodicals; Libraries; Engravings; Books; Postcards; Documents; Archives; Maps; Prints

  Source: Cornucopia

  Date: Not known, but before 2015

  Licence: CC BY-NC