Beatrix Potter scientific watercolours Conservation of several hundred watercolour drawings of fungi, mosses, lichen, fossils and Roman art 23 November 1983
Amberley Castle medieval painted panels Acquisition of eight wooden panels depicting, in tempera, Nine Ladies Worthy. 26 October 1983
Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty's collection of medals and memorabilia Acquisition of collection of items ranging from presentations from fellow sailors in the Grand Fleet 27 April 1983
Armada Relics Acquisition by private treaty sale of an Elizabethan snaphaunce musket, wheel-lock pistol and powder 27 July 1983
Aberglaslyn Woods, Gwynedd Acquisition of 68 acres of mixed woodland rising steeply above Pont Aberglaslyn to the head of the p 21 December 1983
Western Cleddau Mire, Pembrokeshire Acquisition of 30- acre part of the largest remaining flood-plain mire in Wales. 26 October 1982
Westfield Lakes, Lincolnshire Acquisition of 28.3 hectares of an area of open water, reed-bed, grassland and scrub known as Wetsfi 21 July 1982
Warren Farm, Exmoor National Park Acquisition of 2,250 acres of moorland, near Simonsbath, part of the Fortescue Estate in the centre 23 June 1982
Three pieces of glass by Frederick Kny Acquisition of three pieces of glass designed and engraved by the Bohemian, Frederick Kny working at 15 December 1982
Triumph of Pan by Poussin Acquisition of painting by Nicholas Poussin - The Triumph of Pan. 17 March 1982