Stone
Sir Vauncey Harpur-Crewe, 10th Baronet (1846 - 1924)
Category
Archaeological material
Date
1897
Materials
stone
Place of origin
Barrow upon Trent
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 285879
Summary
Stone/ancient tool/weapon labelled 'The stone or ancient head was found by William Heath, a bricklayer of Sir V.H. Crewe's estate in excavating for foundations for a building at the back of old farm house at Barrow-on-Trent occupied by a family of the manor of Copton ? many years tenant of the estate. V.H.Crewe 1897'.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.
Marks and inscriptions
The stone or ancient head was found by William Hook? a bricklayer of Sir V.H. Crewe's estate in excavating for foundations for a building at the back of old farm house at Barrow-on-Trent occupied by a family of the manor of Copton? many years tenant of the estate. V.H. Crewe 1897 (Labelled)
Makers and roles
Sir Vauncey Harpur-Crewe, 10th Baronet (1846 - 1924), collector