YLM Database – Summaries
Grosvenor Museum
27 Grosvenor Street
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 2DD
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Guildford Museum / Guildford Heritage Services
Castle Arch
Guildford
Surrey
GU1 3SX
http://www.guildford.gov.uk/GuildfordWeb/Leisure/GuildfordMuseum/
Funded by:
Guildford Borough Council
Number of ancestors in collection:
The collections at Guildford Museum include the remains of 85 individuals. Two are of known Prehistoric date, and one (a skull found on a river bed) is possible Prehistoric. Eight sets of remains date from the early Roman period. All of these are cremations and are thus assumed to be Pagan. One skull is also said to date from the Roman period, although this could well be Saxon. 63 sets of remains date from the Saxon period. The reason this number is so large is that the museum holds the results of two excavations from the Goblin Works site, Ashtead, excavated prior to development in the late 1980s. Of the 63, 19 are from individuals not associated with the Goblin Works excavations, mostly either stay finds or small scale excavations. The religion of most is unclear. Of the 44 individuals from the Goblin Works excavations, 18 are thought to have been Pagan (found with associated grave goods) and 12 are assumed to have been Christians (the site was originally used as a Pagan graveyard, and was then reused as an execution cemetery after conversion to Christianity). he religion cannot be guessed at for the remaining 14. Three sets of remains date from the Medieval period, all originating from excavations at the site of a friary in Guildford. The dating of the remaining seven sets of remains is unknown.
Total: 85
Hailes Abbey Site Museum
English Heritage – West Midlands Region
10 Holiday Street
Birmingham
B3 3AG
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/hailes-abbey/
Funded by:
English Heritage
Number of ancestors in collection:
The museum holds six bones from one skeleton : skull, right ulna, part of the pelvis, part of the rib, two femurs. They are Christian in provenance.
Total: 1
Halesworth and District Museum
Station Road, Halesworth IP19 8BZ
http://www.halesworthmuseum.org.uk/
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Number of ancestors in collection:
Total: 0
Hampshire County Council Museums and Archives Service
Chilcomb House
Chilcomb Lane
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 8RD
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Harris Museum and Art Gallery
Market Square
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 2PP
http://www.harrismuseum.org.uk/
Funded by:
Local authority
Number of ancestors in collection:
39 – the majority are Neolithic to Anglo-Saxon.
Total: 28
Haslemere Educational Museum
78 High Street
Haslemere
Surrey
GU27 2LA
Funded by:
Independent, run by trustees
Number of ancestors in collection:
39 human remains (bones/archaeological) 5 ancient Romano-British, 4 ancient British (late Bronze/Iron Age), 1 Ancient Egyptian, 2 Peruvian, 1 Aboriginal, 2 Saxon, 2 Indian, 1 Vancouver Island, rest provenance unknown. 5 boxes of human tissue samples in microscope slides
Total: 39
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
Bohemia Road
Hastings
East Sussex
TN34 1ET
Funded by:
Local Authority
Number of ancestors in collection:
The museum has 20 boxes of Christian burials and 3 skulls of uncertain origin, thought to be possibly Iron Age.
Total: 23
Helena Thompson Museum
Workington
Cumbria
Funded by:
local authority
Number of ancestors in collection:
partial skeletons that are / have been articulated, approximately two skeletons but unknown if all bones are present
Total: 2
Henfield Museum
n/a
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Number of ancestors in collection:
Henfield Museum has no human remains in its collection.
Total: 0
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