Collection: Bloxham Village Museum

Collection-level records:

• Collection history (Collection development policy)

  The collection was begun under the guidance of Mrs Yvonne Huntriss (Museum founder) to preserve the history of Bloxham, its residents and activities associated with the village. The Museum has been running for 42 years.

  Source: Collection development policy

  Date: 2020

  Licence: CC BY-NC

• Collection overview (Collection development policy)

  1. Farming: We have a comprehensive collection of farming implements
  2. Wartime Memorabilia: Military and on the home front.
  3. The Building Trade: Including bricklayers’ and masons’ tools; samples of techniques and materials: and examples of local blacksmiths’ work.
  4. Domestic: Under subdivisions such as cooking, laundry, childcare. needlework, containers. crockery/cutlery and toiletry.
  5. Craftsmen: We have an extensive collection of tools used by the village cobbler, carpenters, plasterers and plumbers. Also a few items belonging to wheelwrights, thatchers, saddlers, blacksmiths and printers.
  6. Shops: Including tools used in shops and some old merchandise/bills/bags etc.
  7. Education: Principally collection from Bloxham Village School and All Saints School.
  8. Fire Protection: Tools used in firefighting.
  9. Horticulture: Tools and containers and tiles associated with Bloxham gardens.
  10. Field sports and Trapping: Collection of traps used in Bloxham countryside and one gun.
  11. Medals and Coins: Coins dating back to Charles 1 found in locality and medals.
  12. Medical care: Collection of old medicine bottles and local home remedies.
  13. Religion: Bibles, prayer and hymn books and photos of church, church material and Sunday school memorabilia.
  14. Transport: Collection of memorabilia from old railway. 2 model carts.
  15. Recreation: Children’s toys and games, cameras and photographic. equipment, and a number of papers and smoking accessories.
  16. Fossils/archaeology We have some fossils, fragments of medieval pottery, Roman artefacts, a small collection of Anglo-Saxon human remains. We do not intend to collect any human remains in future.

  These areas are backed by a collection of photographs, posters, maps, pictures and books all of which help to present the above items in exhibitions. We can also draw on a collection of papers belonging to the Bloxham Feoffees on loan to us representing their work in the village in the past.

  Recollections of villagers, many now gone, are stored on tapes, and press cuttings and research work on Bloxham is on file.

  Source: Collection development policy

  Date: 2020

  Licence: CC BY-NC