Collection: Alford Manor House

Collection-level records:

• Collection overview (Cornucopia)

  Fine Art Collection

  Local significance The collection includes domestic pictures.

  Subjects

  Domestic life; Fine arts

  Military Collection

  Collection includes photographs of the armed services. Local significance.

  Subjects

  Military history; Photographs; Military life; Armed forces

  Music Collection

  Collection includes a Broadwood piano and sheet music.

  Subjects

  Music manuscripts; Music; Musical instruments

  Archives

  Library of c. 5000 volumes on horology and related subjects in 19 languages. Which is widely acknowledged to be one of the most foremost such collections in the world. Includes other documentary details.

  Subjects

  Horology

  Decorative and Applied Arts Collection

  Local significance Furniture, including Meissen-type cabinet; ornaments.

  Subjects

  Furniture; Decorative arts; Ornaments

  Personalia Collection

  Local significance Material associated with histories of Anne Hutchinson, Thomas Paine and John Smith.

  Subjects

  Personal papers; Personal narratives; Personal history; People

  Science and Industry Collection

  Local significance Cobbler’s tools, lasts and part-made shoes; locally-made bricks; blacksmith’s anvil and bellows; wheelwright’s tools; cooper’s tools; local brewer’s flagons and bottles; sweet-cutters and jars from Hildred’s sweet factory. Replica of Alford windmill.

  Subjects

  Manufacturing industry; Trade (practice); Blacksmiths; Windmills; Bricks; Shoes; Science; Wheelwrights; Tools; Industry

  Transport Collection

  Local significance Information on local railway; photos and other material associated with Alford-Sutton Railway; plans of proposed canal. Photos of other transport types. Horse drawn hearse. Child’s bicycle.

  Subjects

  Canals; Bicycles; Railways; Transport; Photographs; Canal construction; Horse-drawn vehicles; Children (age group)

  Archaeology Collection

  Local significance Small collection of Roman and medieval pot sherds, kiln props and debris from Roman salt production.

  Subjects

  Roman period; Medieval period; Archaeology; Archaeological objects

  Archives Collection

  Local significance Maps and plans; information on local economy, reclamation and conservation, newspapers, certificates, sheet music, novels, encyclopaedias.

  Subjects

  Certificates; Newspapers; Music manuscripts; Plans; Economic systems; Encyclopaedias; Local history; Novels; Archives; Maps

  Costume and Textiles

  Clothing from 1850-1950; domestic textiles.

  Subjects

  Costume and Textile

  Medicine Collection

  Contents of local chemists shop Local significance.

  Subjects

  Chemistry; Chemists; Medical sciences; Drugs; Shops

  Photography Collection

  Local significance Photographs of buildings and town; agriculture; livestock; market; local groups and societies; armed services; local railways; canals and other transport. Photograph albums. Nainby photograph collection.

  Subjects

  Agriculture; Canals; Railways; Transport; Photographs; Societies; Buildings; Livestock

  Social History Collection

  Local significance Domestic cooking and laundry items; sewing machines; smoking, writing, shaving and other toiletry items; toys; educational material, items associated with local shops, services, societies etc.; local hunt material.

  Subjects

  Smoking; Education; Domestic life; Writing; Childhood; Societies; Sewing machines; Toys; Social history; Shops

  Agriculture Collection

  Tools, machinery and photographs relating to local agricultural practice. Tools and certificates associated with livestock. Dyke-cutting and pipelaying tools. Animal traps. Local significance.

  Subjects

  Agriculture; Certificates; Animals; Photographs; Tools; Livestock

  Source: Cornucopia

  Date: Not known, but before 2015

  Licence: CC BY-NC