Ceramic Reference Collection Lists (from MPRG Standards)

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Key to codes:
CTS type: 1 - fabric; 2 - form.
Period: 1 - prehistoric; 2 - Roman; 3 - Anglo-Saxon; 4 - medieval; 5 - post-medieval.

National Ceramic Reference Collections

Area	Contact name	Address	Telephone	Email	CTS type	Period	Comments
National Reference Collection of Medieval Pottery	Beverley Nenk	Dept Medieval and Modern Europe, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG	020 7323 8286/ 8629		12	345
National Reference Collection of Post-Medieval Pottery	David Barker	Archaeology Section, The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Bethesda St, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 3DE	0178 223 2519	david.barker@stoke.gov.uk	1	5
Scotland	David Caldwell, Jackie Moran	Department of History and Applied Art, National Museums of Scotland, Royal Museum, Chambers St, Edinburgh EH1 1JF	0131 247 4068/ 4079	d.caldwell@nms.ac.uk j.moran@nms.ac.uk	1	45
Wales	Mark Redknap	Department of Archaeology and Numismatics, National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF1 3NP	0292 057 3223

Regional Ceramic Type Series in Great Britain and Ireland

Area	Contact name	Address	Telephone	Email	CTS type	Period	Comments
Aberdeen City	Alison Cameron	Learning and Leisure, Arts & Recreation, Aberdeen City Council, Whitespace, 60 Frederick Street, Aberdeen.	0122 45 23654	alisonc@arts-rec.aberdeen.net.uk	1	45
Beds. and N.Bucks., incl. Milton Keynes	Anna Slowikowski	Albion Archaeology, St Mary's Church Archaeology Centre, St Mary's Street, Bedford MK42 OAS	01234 29 4005	office@albion-arch.com	12	12345	Cross-refer with Northants.
Berks.,Wilts., Dorset and some surrounding counties	Lorraine Mepham	Wessex Archaeology, Portway House, Old Sarum Park, Salisbury SP4 6EB	01722 32 6867	l.mepham@wessexarch.co.uk	1	12345
Bristol and Greater Bristol area	Les Good	Bristol City Museum, Queens Rd, Bristol BS8 1RL	01179 22 2633	les_good@bristol-city.gov.uk	1	345	Relevant to parts of pre-1974 S Glos. and N Somerset
Cambs.	Paul Spoerry	Cambridgeshire County Council Archaeological Field Unit, Fulbourn Community Centre, Haggis Gap, Cambridge CB1 5HD	01223 88 1614	p.spoerry@libraries.camcnty.gov.uk	1	34
Carlisle and N. Cumbria	Tim Padley	Keeper of Archaeology, Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle	01228 53 4781		1	45
Chester and N.W. region	Julie Edwards, Gill Dunn and Alison Jones	Historic Environment team, Cheshire West and Chester Council, 27 Grosvenor St, Chester CH1 2DD	01244 40 2027	julie.edwards@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk gill.dunn@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk alison.heke@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk	1	2345	Romano-British covers NW Britain
Cumbria (West), Cockamouth	Peter Davey	Centre of Manx Studies, 6 Kingswood Grove, Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 3NX	01624 67 3074	pjd1@liverpool.ac.uk	12	45
Dunstable (Beds.)	Barry Horne	Manshead Archaeological Society, Beaumont, Church End, Eddlesborough, Dunstable LU6 2EP	01908 65 2301	bhorne@globalnet.co.uk	12	3	Free, but donations welcome
Durham and Co. Durham	Steve Speak	Tyne and Wear Museums Archaeology Department, Jesmond Cemetery Gates, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1NJ	01912 81 6251 or 01207 52 9553	steve.speak@twmuseums.org.uk	1	4
Essex	Helen Walker	Essex County Council Archaeology Field Unit, Fairfield Court, Fairfield Rd, Braintree, Essex CM7 3YQ	01376 33 1431	helen.walker@essexcc.gov.uk	12	345	Cunningham 1985; Drury 1993
Glastonbury	Chris Gerrard and Alejandra Gutierrez	The Shapwick Project, Dept of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Rd, Durham DH1 3LE	0191 37 43634	C.M.Gerrard@durham.ac.uk Alejandra.Gutierrez@durham.ac.uk	1	12345	Deposited in Taunton Museum, Taunton from 2003
Gloucester	Philip Greatorex	Gloucester Archaeology Unit, Old Fire Station, Barbican Rd, Gloucester GL1 2JF	01452 39 6344	philpag@glos-city.gov.uk	12	12345
Guernsey	Heather Sebire	c/o Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery, Candie Gardens, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 1UG	01481 70 0477
Hampshire (Test Valley)	Lorraine Mepham	Wessex Archaeology, Portway House, Old Sarum Park, Salisbury SP4 6EB	01722 326867	l.mepham@wessexarch.co.uk	1	2345	Generated by TVAT, lodged with WA from 2006
Hereford	Andy Boucher	Archaeological Investigations Ltd, Hereford House, 3 Offa St, Hereford HR1 2LL	01432 35 4775	ab@ailtd.freeserve.co.uk	1	45	Vince 1985
Hereford	Judy Stevenson	Hereford Museum and Art Gallery, Broad Street, Hereford, HR4 9AU	01432 260692		1	12345
Herts. (St Albans and greyware kilns)	Simon West and Alison Turner-Rugg	St Albans Museums (Field Archaeology), Kyngston House, Inkerman Rd, St Albans AL1 3BB	01727 75 1819/ 81 9338	A.Turner-Rugg@stalbans.gov.uk S.West@stalbans.gov.uk	1	4
Humberside (South)	Peter Didsbury	Scunthorpe Museum		p.didsbury@hull.ac.uk	12	4	Hayfield 1985
Islamic world	Dr Shela Canby	Dept Oriental Antiquities, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG	020 7636 1555		12
Isle of Man (Manx Collection, incl. N.W. MPRG regional type-series)	Peter Davey	Centre of Manx Studies, 6 Kingswood Grove, Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 3LX	01624 67 3074	pjd1@liverpool.ac.uk	12	45
Isle of Wight	Ruth Waller and Rebecca Loader	County Archaeology Service, Archaeological Centre, 61 Clatterford Rd, Carisbrooke, Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 1NZ	01983 52 9963
Kent	John Cotter	Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 92A Broad St, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2LU	01227 46 2062	johncotter@canterburytrust.co.uk		12345
S. Lancs., and Merseyside	Jenny Woodcock	Liverpool University, Dept of Archaeology, William Hartley Building, Liverpool L69 3BX	0151 79 45049	iolanthe@liverpool.ac.uk	1
Leics.	Debbie Sawday	University of Leicester Archaeological Services, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University Rd, Leicester LE1 7RH	0116 25 22848		1	2345
Lincs.	Jane Young	City of Lincoln Archaeological Unit, Charlotte House, The Lawn, Union Rd, Lincoln LN1 3BL	01522 54 5326	jane@youngstow.freeserve.co.uk	12	34
Greater London and sources of supply	Jacqui Pearce	Museum of London Specialist Services, 46 Eagle Wharf Rd, London N1 7ED	020 7490 8447	jpearce@museumoflondon.org.uk	1	2345
Monmouth and N. Gwent	Stephen Clarke	Monmouth Archaeology, Town Wall, St James Sq, Monmouth, Gwent, Wales NP25 3DN	01600 71 4136	monarch@cavedd.freeserve.co.uk	12	45
Nonsuch Palace (Surrey, London area, Essex, Hants./Surrey border)	Martin Biddle Hazel Forsyth	Hertford College, Oxford OX1 3BW Museum of London, London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN	01865 27 9422 020 7600 3699	hforsyth@museumoflondon.org.uk	12	4	Not a type series in the usual sense, but can be used as such with Biddle forthcoming
Norfolk	Andrew Rogerson	Norfolk Archaeological Unit, Union House Gressenhall, nr Dereham, Norfolk NR20 4DR	01362 86 0528		12	34
Northants.	Iain Soden	Northamptonshire County Council Archaeology, 2 Bolton House, Wootton Hall Park, Mereway, Northampton NN4 8BE	01604 70 0493/ 0494		1	345
Northern Ireland	Lesley Simpson	Down County Museum, The Mall, Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland	028 44 615218	lsimpson@downdc.gov.uk	12	45	Individual collection, but the Museum holds material from the two Northern Ireland kiln sites at Downpatrick and Carrick Fergus.
Northern Ireland	Dermot Francis	Derry City Museums Harbour Museum Londonderry County Londonderry	028 71 377331			5	Holds Derry
Nottingham	Anne Insker	Brewhouse Yard Museum, Castle Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 1FB	01159 15 3600
Oxon.	Leigh Allen	Oxford Archaeological Unit, Janus House, Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0ES	01865 26 3800		1	3
Oxford region	Arthur MacGregor	Dept of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont St, Oxford OX1 2PH	01865 27 8028	PotWeb@ashmus.ox.ac.uk	1	345
Republic of Ireland	Clare McCutcheon	Old Chapel, Bandon, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland	Use email	mccutcc@gofree.indigo.ie
Salop.	Mike Stokes	Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery (Rowley’s House), Barker St, Shrewbury, Shropshire SY1 IQH	01743 36 1196	museums@shrewsbury-atcham.gov.uk	12	12345	Shrewsbury Abbey material currently held by Victoria Bryant until summer 2001 (see Hereford and Worcs.). Wroxeter Romano-British collection 1920.
Southampton	Duncan Brown	Cultural Services, Southampton City Council, Civic Centre, Southampton SO14 7LP	02380 63 5904	duncan@potboiler.fsnet.co.uk	12	345
Stafford Castle	Stephanie Ratkai	7 Pinehurst Drive, Kings Norton, Birmingham B38 8TH	01214 59 4108	JERRYEVANS@ERPX.fsnet.co.uk	12	4	To be deposited at Stoke Museum or with the Borough Council.
Staffs. incl. Stafford	Debbie Ford	Archaeology Section, The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Bethesda St, Hanley, Stoke on Trent ST1 3DE	01782 23 2519	deb.ford@civic2.stoke.gov.uk	12	4
Suffolk	Richenda Goffin (med and later) Cathy Tester (Roman)	Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, Shire Hall, Bury St Edmunds IP33 2AR	01284 35 2446	richenda.goffin@et.suffolkcc.gov.uk	1	2345
Sussex (E./W.) and Romney Marsh (W. Kent)	Luke Barber	Archaeology South-East, 1 West St, Ditchling, Hassocks, West Sussex BN6 8TS	01273 84 5497	fau@ucl.ac.uk	1	2345
Surrey	Phil Jones	Surrey County Archaeology Unit, Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Rd, Woking, Surrey GU21 1ND	01483 59 4629		1	4
SW England (Avon and Somerset, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset)	John Allen	Exeter City Museums, Queen St, Exeter EX4 3RX	01392 26 5858	john.allan@exeter.gov.uk	12
Tyne and Wearside and NE region (Cleveland, Newcastle, Northumberland)	Lindsey Allison-Jones	Museum of Antiquities, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle NE1 7RU	01912 22 7846	m.o.antiquities@ncl.ac.uk		45
York	Ailsa Mainman	York Archaeological Trust Cromwell House, 13 Ogleforth, York YO1 7FG	01904 66 3000
E Yorks. (Escrick and Deighton parishes)	Trisha Lane	Chy an vre, Trenant Close, Polzeatch, Cornwall, PL27 6SW	01208 86 2897		1	12345
S Yorks. and N. Derbys.	Gill Woolrich Chris Cumberpatch	Sheffield City Museum, Weston Park, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TP 22 Tennyson Road Lower Walkley, Sheffield S6 2WE	01142 78 2600 01142 31 0051	cgc@ccumberpatch.freeserve.co.uk	12	45
W Yorks. - Hull, Humberside, E Riding and N Lincs. imports	Peter Didsbury	Humber Archaeology Partnership, The Old School, Northumberland Avenue, Hull HU2 0LN	01482 21 7466	p.didsbury@hull.ac.uk	12	4
Wharram Percy and region	Anna Slowikowski, Peter Didsbury	See Beds. and W Yorks.	See individual names		1	12345	To be accessioned to Hull Museum on completion of project
Winchester	Helen Rees (post- 1972 material) Geoff Denford (pre-1971 material)	Winchester Museums Service, Historic Resource Centre, 75 Hyde St, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 7DW	01962 84 8269 01962 84 3396	hrees@winchester.gov.uk gdenford@winchester.gov.uk	1	12345
Worcester	Victoria Bryant, Derek Hurst and Laura Griffin	Worcestershire Historic Environment and Archaeology Service, Woodbury Hall, University of Worcester, Henwick Grove, Worcester WR2 6AJ	01905 85 5495	lgriffin@worcestershire.gov.uk dhurst@worcestershire.gov.uk	1	12345	Worcestershire online ceramic database: www.worcestershireceramics.org