Projects

Rudchester Fort, Hadrian’s Wall

Acquisition of 28-acre site of unexcavated Roman Fort in order to protect it.

22 September 1982

Acquisition of 107.5 acres of hardwood woodland recorded as early as the 16th century as coppice.

15 December 1982

Restoration of the annealing furnace, part of the surviving brass working site at Saltford.

28 April 1982

Acquisition at auction in America of the autograph drafts of Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.

20 October 1982

Acquisition, from a private owner in America, of a navigational sextant, part of a scientific equipm

17 March 1982

Re-processing of at least 18 films held on nitrate stock ranging from a Day in the Life of Munition

17 March 1982

Restoration and installation of an 1851 waterwheel designed by Sir William Fairbairn.

20 October 1982

Re-processing of 43 film titles by transfer from nitrate onto acetate film stock and duplication to

23 June 1982

Acquisition of Sir Peter Lely's 'Portrait of Barbara Villiers', for hanging in Lydiard Park, where i

20 January 1982

Restoration of Painshill, an 18th century landscaped park near Cobham, Surrey

19 May 1982