The Department of Antiquities holds a set of files of archaeological information organised alphabitically by British parish or placename. The files date mainly to the 1960s-1970s, but remained active until the 1990s They cover mostly places in Oxfordshire and surrounding counties, but places in other parts of Britain are represented. The files include correspondence, fieldwork notes, sketches, photographs, press-cuttings, booklets, offprints, and drafts of record cards and publications. The files were originally listed by Department of Antiquities Conservators in 1995, when the files were transferred to archival storage. The catalogue was revised and updated during the AHRC funded British Archaeology at the Ashmolean project.
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England
Bedfordshire
Astwick
Buckinghamshire
Ashendon
Dorset
Allington Hill (see also Bottisham, Cambridgeshire)
Essex
Audley End
Gloucestershire
Alveston (see also Bidford and Stratford-on-Avon).
Isle of Wight
Arreton Down (see also Carisbrooke)
Kent
Ashford
Aylesford
Lincolnshire
Ancaster
Bagmoor, Burton upon Stather
Norfolk
Bale
Northamptonshire
Aston-le-Walls
Astrop
Oxfordshire
Abingdon (includes correspondence with Abingdon Excavation Committee and the Upper Thames Archaeological Committee from 1971 to 1975).
Adderbury
Adwell
Alchester
Alkerton
Alvescot
Ambrosden
Appleton
Ardley
Ascot under Wychwood and Ascot d'Oyley (see also Hanborough)
Asterleigh (see also Kiddington)
Asthall
Aston (see also Cote)
Aston, North and Steeple
Aston Clinton
Aston Rowant.
Aston Tirrold.
Baldon, Marsh and Toot
Badgemore.
Bampton.
Banbury.
Barford St .John and St. Michael parish
Barton, Middle, Steeple and Westcott
Hagbourne Hill (file labelled “Agbourne Hill")
Suffolk
Akenham
Sussex
Alfriston
Warwickshire
Alcester
Wiltshire
Alton Barnes
Alvediston.
Ashton Keynes
Avebury
Badsey
North Yorkshire
Acklam Wold
Wales
Monmouthshire, AbergavennyFurther Information
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- British Collections Online - searchable database of the collection
June 2012
