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Civil War Buff Coat

English Civil War buff coat thought to have belonged to a Royalist soldier escapring the defeat at Naseby in 1645.

Stuart 1645 Stuart to Georgian

Costrel

Medieval leather flask (costrel) used for water or other drinks. Found in the Market Square, this example is embossed with a sword motif.

Medieval 1425 - 1475 Medieval to Tudor

Roman Chatelaine

This astonishingly well preserved example of a chatelaine (collection of personal grooming objects), is a high-status object made to be seen as much as used.

Roman - first century CE Roman and Early Medieval

Wootton Coin Hoard

Containing over 1900 coins this Roman hoard was found in Wootton Fields. They were buried during the later Roman period in a black pot.

Roman 325 CE Roman and Early Medieval

Hobby Horse

Hobby horse costume worn for the Yardley Gobion Morris dance on May Day in the early 20th century.

Victorian 1890-1910 Modern

Advertising Boot

Large advertising boot for Cottons, a family run boot and shoe business located in Oundle from 1877 to the 21st century.

Victorian 1877 Modern

Cunobelin Stater

A Celtic gold stater minted in the late Iron Age, bearing the name of Cunobelin, ruler of the Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes.

Iron Age 10 - 40 CE Geologic to Prehistoric

Dr Waddy's Sterilising Drum

Sterilising drum belonging to Dr Francis Fisher Waddy, first anaesthetist at Northampton General Hospital. The drum contained small items of anaaesthetic equipment during their sterilisation.

1930 - 1959 Modern

Triangular Lodge

A modern ceramic model made by Hugh Colvin. It represents the Triangular Lodge, a late 16th century building in Rushton bulit by Thomas Tresham.

Tudor 1593 - 7 Medieval to Tudor

Saints Rugby Football Club Shirt

Northampton Saints RugbyFootball Club shirt from the 1950s worn by John Beresford Deeks (Bez).

1949-59 Modern