National Annual Reports (England & Wales)
Grant in aid reports for the last three years are shown.  Please click on links below for a specific year.  Each one is in alphabetical order by town/city.  When new reports are published this page will be updated .  Reports for years prior to these listed here were published in the relevant Museums & Galleries Commission Annual Reports. 

1997 - 1998      1998 - 1999      1999 - 2000


National Annual Reports by Category
Grants for the last three years shown here in subject categories.  Note that there is some overlap between the categories, for instance Archives covers all subject areas, and Military soft skinned vehicles appear in Miscellaneous rather than Road Transport. Please click on links below for a specific year.

1997- 1998      1998 - 1999      1999 - 2000
 
 
 
 
 
 

PRISM Fund Annual Report 1999 - 2000

Total PRISM Budget 1999 - 2000 : £ 274,941

Total Grants Paid: £ 267,894


Institution
 £

Ashbourne, Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust
- Conservation: Miniature locomotive "Princess Margaret Rose", by Hudswell Clarke, Leeds, 1938. Final instalment.
8,694

Bath, Radstock, Midsommer Norton & District Museum Society
- Conservation: Various items of mining equipment, 19th century. Final instalment.
503

Beaulieu, National Motor Museum
- Conservation: Landaulette by Renault, 1906.
 4,647

Birmingham, Birmingham City Museum & Art Gallery
- Purchase: Fossilised endoskeleton of marine  crocodile Metriorynchus.
15,000

Bradford, Bradford Industrial Museum
- Conservation: Conservation and cataloguing of engineering drawings. 1st instalment.
3,405

Bristol, Bristol Industrial Museum
- Restoration: GWR/BR(W) 'Mogo' Motor Car Van, 1948. 
1,800

Cambridge, University Museum of Zoology
- Purchase: Three fossil tetrapods.
 8,225

Cambridge, Whipple Museum of the History of Science
- Purchase: Mrs Johnstone's paper terrestrial globe 1812, and Mogg's paper celestial globe, 1813.
6,500
- Purchase: 'Royal Century' telescope by W. Watson &  Sons Co, London, ca 1908.
10,000

Chichester, Weald & Downland Open Air Museum
- Restoration: Horse whim from Knatts Lane. 1st instalment.
9,008

Cobham, London Bus Preservation Trust, The
- Conservation: London Transport STL Omnibus, 1938. Final instalment.
7,733

Coltishall, Norfolk Keel Trust
- Conservation: Norfolk Keel, probably late 18th century.
4,781

Colwyn Bay, Conwy County Borough Museums Service
- Conservation: Longcase clock by Moses Evans, Llangernyw, 1785 - 1819.
998

Coventry, Museum of British Road Transport
- Purchase: 'Minx' motorcar by Hillman Company, Coventry (Engine & Chassis No M1), 1932.
 4,000

Doncaster, Museum of South Yorkshire Life
- Cataloguing, scanning: Photographic collection of Doncaster Museums Service.
1,939

Ellesmere Port, The Boat Museum
- Conservation: Restoration of Grafton Steam Dredger 'Perseverance', 1934. 1st & 2nd instalment.
4,565
- Conservation: Steel dumb barge 'Bigmere' by Yarwoods, Northwich, 1948.
2,248

Frinton on Sea, Frinton & Walton Heritage Trust
- Restoration: RNLB 'James Stevens' No 14, Thames Ironworks, 1900. 1st instalment.
4,798

Gloucester, National Waterways Museum Trust
- Purchase: 21 lots of archival material on waterways.
 502

Hastings, Hastings Museum & Art Gallery
- Purchase: Logie Baird scanning disc used in the 1926 demonstration of television, 26 autograph letters from Baird to his backer Wilfred Day, and 51 autograph copies of Day's replies.
7,345

Hull, Hull City Museums and Art Galleries
- Purchase: Wildfowling Piece by Duncan, Hull, circa 1950.
500
- Purchase: Bullet crossbow by George Wallis, Hull, 18th century.
 775

lkley, Bowers 957 Trust
- Restoration: Lancashire & Yorkshire Locomotive No 957, Beyer Peacock, Gorton, Manchester, 1887.
7,500

Ivinghoe, Pitstone Local History Society
- Restoration: Re-cogging of great spur wheel, Ford End watermill.
1,138

Keighley, Vintage Carriages Trust
- Conservation: Brake Composite Lavatory Coach No 2856,  Doncaster, 1898. 2nd & 3rd instalment.
8,479

Lancaster, Lancaster Maritime Museum
- Purchase: Watercolour painting of Brockbank's shipyard and St George's Quay, Lancaster. Attributed to John Emery (1777-1822).
750

Leeds, St Aidan's Trust.
- Acquisition: 1150B dragline by Bucyrus Erie, 1948 (relocating, repairing and painting).
15,000

Leek, Cheddleton Flint Mill Industrial Heritage Trust
- Restoration: Canal-side wharf crane by Davenport Grindrod.
247
- Renewal: North mill wheel shaft, Cheddleton Flint Mill.
757
- Restoration: Renewal of bronze bearing shell, and refurbishment of the foot bearing in the North Mill.
1,489

London, Museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
- Purchase: 33 Items of pharmacy glassware. 
1,823

London, University College London
- Conservation: Spirit specimens at Wolfson House.
3,676

Lyme Regis, Lyme Regis Town Mill Trust
- Conservation: Restoration of Town Mill. 1st instalment.
15,992

Maidstone, Museum of Kent Rural Life
- Restoration, Re-erection: Ulcombe Corrugated Iron Village Hall, Final instalment..
9,875

Manchester, Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester
- Conservation: Restoration of the interior of an LMS Medical Examiner's Car, built by L & Y Railway 1908, converted to current form 1923. Final instalment.
2,334
- Purchase: Arkwright water frame, ca1773. 
2,000

Middlesborough, Middlesborough Museums & Galleries Service
- Purchase: Map of the world depicted as two hemispheres showing the voyages of Captain Cook.  Engraving by A. Arrowsmith, January 1794.
383

Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear Museums Service
- Purchase: Album containing five watercolours of Newcastle life, early 19th century.
823

Newport, Isle of Wight County Museums Service
- Purchase: Items of 'Thrust 2' memorabilia.
1,375

Northwood, Picnic Saloon Trust
- Restoration: London & North Western Railway Picnic Saloon carriage No.192, 1894. 4th instalment.
292

Norwich, Norfolk Museums Service
- Conservation: Norfolk County Museums Natural History Collections. 1st instalment.
10,519

Oxford, Museum of the History of Science
- Purchase: Printed azimuth dial plate by Henry Sutton,  London, 1653.
1,000

Peterborough, Railworld: Museum of World Railways
- Restoration: Matheran Light Railway Locomotive No.740, 0-6-0T, by Orenstein and Koppel, 1907, with Heywood-style flexible wheelbase.  Final instalment.
4,268

Richmond, Green Howards Regimental Museum
- Cataloguing: Green Howards Regimental photographic archive. Final instalment.
181

Rotherham, York & Lancaster Regiment Museum
- Photographic Initiative: Cataloguing and preventative  conservation of the York & Lancaster Regimental Photographic Collection.
10,000

Ruddington, Ruddington Framework Knitters' Museum
- Restoration: One-at-once type framework knitting machine, 19th century.
232

Sheffield, Sheffield City Museum
- Purchase: Peal of six cast steel bells made by Naylor Vickers & Co, Sheffield, 1866.
1,500

Sheringham, Sheringham Museum
- Restoration: RNLB 'Forester's Centenary', Groves and Gutteridge, Isle of Wight, 1936, formerly MV 'Seal Morning'.  3rd instalment.
 555

Stockbridge, Kempton Great Engines Trust
- Restoration: Engine No 6, Kempton Waterworks,  Worthington Simpson, Newark, Notts., 1927-29. 1st instalment.
2,599

Stockport, Stockport Museums & Art Gallery Service
- Purchase: Model to quarter scale, of the 'Stockport' open crank gas engine No. 8175 manufactured by J Andrews and Co, Reddish, Stockport, model-maker Mr K C Grey, 1914.
1,840

Swindon, Great Western Railway Museum
- Purchase: Great Western Railway 42XX Class 2-8-0 Heavy Freight Tank Locomotive No 4248, Swindon, 1916.
10,000

Taunton, West Somerset Steam Railway Trust Ltd
- Restoration: Great Western Railway sleeping carriage No 9038,1896. Final instalment.
2,596

Telford, Ironbridge Gorge Museum
- Purchase: 'Memoires sur les travaux publics de l' Angleterre' by Joseph Michel Dutens, 1819.
500

Thetford, Charles Burrell Museum
- Restoration: Single crank compound traction engine by Charles Burrell, Thetford, 1902.
13,785

Tiverton, Tiverton And Mid Devon Museum Trust
- Conservation: Collection of Farm Wagons. 
3,113

Truro, The Royal Institution of Cornwall
- Conservation: Pair of globes by J and W Cary of  London, one terrestrial, 1815, and one celestial, 1799.
4,200
- Purchase: Tin ingots recovered from the wreck of  SS 'Liverpool'.
350

Whitehaven, Haig Pit Restoration Group
- Restoration: No 4 winding engine, by Bever, Dorling Co Ltd, Bradford, 1914-1916, at Haig Pit, Whitehaven.  Final instalment.
211

Winchester, Hampshire County Museum Service
- Purchase: Coaton Collection of Domestic Laundry Equipment.
2,500
-Purchase: 'Amazon' Chassis with Coles crane unit mounted on it, ex-RAF, by Thornycroft, 1941.
2,000

Wisbech, Wisbech & Fenland Museum
- Conservation: geological collection of c13000 specimens. Final instalment.
4,000

York, Ryedale Folk Museum
- Conservation, cataloguing: Hayes Photographic Collection. Final instalment.
4,246

York, The Yorkshire Museum
- Purchase: Group of Northern County Minerals. 
5,000

York, Yorkshire Air Museum
- Acquisition: Handley Page 'Victor' cockpit simulator, 1960's.
800
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TOTAL PAID 
267,894

 
 
 
 

National grants by category 1999-2000


CLASS No. of CASES TOTAL GRANT
£
No. of ACQUISITION No. of CONSERVATION TOTAL ACQUISTION
£
TOTAL CONSERVATION
£
Rail 9 45,963 1 8 10,000 35,963
Road 4 17,755 2 2 5,375 12,380
Trams 0 0 - - ------ ------
Water 6 17,697 1 5 750 16,947
Aviation 1 800 1 - 800 ------
Prime Movers 2 2,051 1 1 1,840 211
Industrial 15 65,423 4 11 4,673 60,750
Agricultural 1 3,113 - 1 ------ 3,113
Buildings 1 9,875 - 1 ------ 9,875
Scientific Instruments 5 23,523 4 1 19,323 4,200
Horology 1 998 - 1 ------ 998
Photography 4 16,366 - 4 ------ 16,366
Natural History 5 41,420 2 3 23,225 18,195
Geology 1 5,000 1 1 5,000 ------
Archive 5 12,135 4 1 8,730 3,405
Misc 4 5,775 4 - 5,775 ------
TOTALS 64 267,894 25 39 85,491 182,403

  Yorkshire & Humberside Museums Council/PRISM Photographic Initiative included under Archive/Conservation: 4 cases totalling  £16,366
 
 
 
 
 

PRISM Fund Annual Report 1998 - 99

Total PRISM Budget 1998-99 : £ 317,508

Paid: £ 292,567


Institution
£

Ashbourne, Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust
- Conservation: Miniature locomotive "Princess Margaret Rose". Ist instalment.
9,376

Bath, Radstock, Midsommer Norton & District Museum Society
- Conservation: Various items of mining equipment. 1st instalment.
2,553

Beamish, North Of England Open Air Museum
- Acquisition: St Helen's Church, Eston, Cleveland. Final instalment.
3,330
- Purchase: Seven Trade Catalogues, 19-20th century.
755

Bexley, Bexley Museum
- Purchase: Vernier octant and case by George Heath, Erith, 1845-60.
405

Blackpool, Furness Railway Trust
- Restoration: Chassis of Furness Railway Locomotive No 20, 1863.  Final instalment
5,450

Bordon, Road Locomotive Society
- Conservation: Four further volumes of traction engine registers from Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd, Thetford.
1,030

Bristol, Bristol Industrial Museum 
- Restoration: LMS Brake Van, ca 1930.
2,750

Cambridge, Whipple Museum Of The History Of Science
- Purchase: Centrifugal force apparatus, by Breton Freres, Paris, mid-19th century.
2,250
- Purchase: Group of teaching mushrooms, late 19th - early 20th century.
3,700
- Purchase: M. Helie's System of Rolling Napier's Bones.
2,994
- Purchase: Group of twenty-two botannical models.
11,056

Chalfont St Giles, Chiltern Open Air Museum
- Purchase: Chesham Woodware Collection.
1,000

Chard, Chard & District Museum
- Conservation: Portraits, in oils, of John Stringfellow and his wife, 19th century.
582

Chichester, Weald & Downland Open Air Museum
- Purchase: Wooden waterwheel formerly used at North Mill, Midhurst, date unknown.
600

Cobham, London Bus Preservation Trust, The
- Conservation: London Transport STL Omnibus, AEC Regent 1 chassis, body by London Passenger Transport Board, Chiswick Works, London, 1938. 1st & 2nd instalments.
12,267

Cockermouth, The Printing House Trust 
- Purchase: "Britannia" printing press, ca 1840.
2,000

Colchester, East Anglian Railway Museum
- Purchase: 33.5 ton railway ironstone hopper wagon No DB43771, British Railways, Shildon, 1957.
354

Coventry, Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Ltd
- Purchase: Austin Swallow Saloon, Swallow Sidecar Company (later Jaguar Cars), Coventry, 1929.
5,000

Coventry, Museum Of British Road Transport
- Purchase: Coventry Victor motorcycle, 1921 and sidecar by Whitley, Coventry. Registration No. HP 2860.
1,750

Diss, Bressingham Steam Museum And Gardens
- Purchase: Re-erection: Signal Box from Capel St Mary.  Final instalment.
2,250

Doncaster, Museum Of South Yorkshire Life
- Cataloguing, scanning: Photographic collection of Doncaster Museums Service.
5,665

Ellesmere Port, The Boat Museum 
- Restoration: NCB Box Boat No 337, early 20th century.
4,604
- Restoration: M3 MKII diesel engine, McLaren,1952.
3,500
- Restoration: Steam Launch Engine, Bellis, 1882.
1,400

Goole, Waterways Museum And Adventure Centre
- Conservation: 'Tom Pudding' tug 'Wheldale', E A & H Sandford, Gravesend, 1958.
591

Henley On Thames, River And Rowing Museum 
- Purchase: A E Hobbs Angling Specimen Collection, 1895-1922.
11,250

Hull, Hull City Museums & Art Galleries
- Purchase: Painting "HMS 'Britannia' and Units of the Fleet at Spithead by John Ward, 1847.
5,500
- Purchase: Flintlock fowling piece by Probin of Hull, 1805-10.
950

lkeston, Erewash Museums Service 
- Restoration: Pattisson 'Sports' turf tractor, 1952.
700

Ilkley, Keighley Bus Museum Trust Ltd
- Purchase: Nine West Yorkshire buses from 'Transperience'.
5,000

Keighley, Vintage Carriages Trust
- Conservation: Brake Composite Lavatory Coach No 2856, Great Northern Railway, Doncaster, 1898. 1st instalment.
5,858

Lancaster, Lancaster Maritime Museum
- Purchase: Watercolour painting of the schooner 'Francis' by Reuben Chappell, believed ca. 1904.
325

Leeds, Leeds City Museums
- Conservation of photographic collection.
6,444

Lincoln, Museum Of Lincolnshire Life
- Restoration: Traction engine by Richard Hornsby, Lincoln, 1892.  7th instalment.
1,028
- Purchase: DX 6 motor roller, registration no. AD670, Aveling Barford, 
Grantham,1939.
1,700

Liphook, Hollycombe Working Steam Museum Ltd, The
- Purchase: Showman's steam road locomotive, no. 1876, 'Emperor' , 
by Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd, Thetford, 1895.
20,000

London, London Transport Museum, The
- Restoration: AEC `Renown' single-deck 'bus, fleet no. LT 1076, 1931. Final instalment.
2,746

London, Merrion Monotype Trust 
- Purchase & Transport of Delittle woodletter manufacturing material.
6,213

London, Solent Steam Packet Ltd, The 
- Conservation: Relaying mastic decking of SS 'Shieldhall'.
5,922

London, University College London (Grant Museum) 
- Conservation: Fish specimens preserved in spirits.
455

Maidstone, Museum Of Kent Rural Life
- Restoration, Re-erection: Ulcombe Corrugated Iron Village Hall.  2nd instalment.
7,500

Manchester, Museum Of Science & Industry In Manchester
- Purchase: Clinometer signed by A G Thornton, Manchester, ca 1900.
529
- Purchase: Four swatch books labelled Williamson Brothers, Manchester, 1830-40.
412
- Purchase: RAS Gold Medal awarded to Hayne Constant for his outstanding contribution to gas turbine development, 1963.
283

Manchester, The Manchester Museum 
- Purchase: Two hundred and one mineral specimens.
12,917

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear Museums Service
- Restoration: Electric locomotive from Harton Colliery, by Siemens-Shuckert, Berlin, 1909. Final instalment.
7,100
- Restoration: Motors of the Harton locomotive.
7,900

Newport, Newport Museum & Art Gallery
- Conservation: Documents concerning Newport Transporter Bridge.
550

Northleach, Cotswold Countryside Collection
- Purchase: Two South Midlands pattern farm wagons, 19th century.
625

Norwich, Norfolk Museums Service
- Conservation: Fossil remains of elephant from West Runton. Final instalment.
  13,294

Oxford, Merton College, Oxford
- Conservation: A pair of globes, celestial and terrestrial, by John Sennex, FRS, ca 1740.
4,804

Oxford, Museum Of The History Of Science
- Purchase: 'Planchette', or theodolite, by Chapot, Paris, early 18th century.
1,000
- Purchase: 'Taxiphote' stereoscope by Jules Richard ca.1910.
100
- Purchase: 'Verascope' stereoscopic camera by Jules Richard ca.1900.
129

Peterborough, Railworld: Museum Of World Railways
- Restoration: Matheran Light Railway Locomotive No.740, 0-6-0T, by Orenstein and Koppel, 1907, with Heywood-style flexible wheelbase. 1st instalment.
2,232

Pontefract, Pontefract Museum
- Photographic Initiative: Repacking of glass negatives from the Maud collection and the production of copy prints.
2,065

Richmond, Green Howards Regimental Museum
- Cataloguing Green Howards Regimental photographic archive on to computer.  3rd instalment.
164

Salford, Lancashire Mining Museum
- Purchase: Two medals commemorating the Hulton Colliery Disaster, 1910, and presented to rescueman Mr Hunt who was in attendance.
300

Scarborough, Scarborough Museum & Art Gallery
- Accessioning, cataloguing: John Cave Photographic Archive. 1st instalment.
4,872

Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire Museum
- Photographic Initiative: Making copy prints and negatives and re-storage of the photographic collections of North Lincolnshire Museum.
4,202

Sheffield, Kelham Island Museum
- Storage and cataloguing of 20,000 glass plate negatives from the Firth-Brown company. Final instalment.
7,263

Sheffield, Ken Hawley Collection Trust
- Purchase: Hawley Collection of tools.
20,000

Sheringham, Sheringham Museum
- Restoration: RNLB 'Forester's Centenary', Groves and Gutteridge, Isle of Wight, 1936, formerly MV 'Seal Morning'.  3rd instalment.
534

Southampton, Southampton Hall Of Aviation
- Purchase: 'Scimitar' aircraft, XD332, by Supermarine Ltd,  Southampton,1958.
2,900

Whitby, Whitby Literary And Philosophical Society
- Conservation: Collection of fossil marine reptiles and geological specimens. Final instalment.
2,700

Whitehaven, Haig Pit Restoration Group
- Restoration: No 4 winding engine, by Bever Dorling, Bradford, at Haig Pit, Whitehaven. 2nd instalment.
62

Winchester, Hampshire County Museum Service
- Purchase, cranage and transport: Mark 6 4.5" Twin gun and gun house (naval armament), 1950-88.
5,553
- Purchase: 'Volcanic' pistol, serial no 572, by the Volcanic Repeating Arms Co, New Haven, Conneticut, 1855-57.
1,450

Wisbech, Wisbech & Fenland Museum
- Conservation: geological collection of c13000 specimens. 1st & 2nd instalment.
8,000

York, Ryedale Folk Museum
- Conservation, cataloguing, storage: Hayes Photographic Collection. 2nd instalment.
11,824
 
______
TOTAL PAID
292,567

 
 
 
 

National grants by category 1998-1999


CLASS No of CASES TOTAL GRANT 
£
No of ACQUISITIONS No of CONSERVATION. TOTAL ACQUISITION
£
TOTAL CONSERVATION
£
Rail 9 43,270 2 7 2,604 40,666
Road 7 47,791 4 3 31,750 16,041
Trams 0 0 - - ------ ------
Water 8 22,376 2 6 5,825 16,551
Aviation 3 3,765 2 1 3,183 582
Prime Movers 1 62 - 1 ------ 62
Industrial 8 34,478 7 1 31,925 2,553
Agricultural 2 1,325 1 1 625 700
Buildings 2 10,830 1 1 3,330 7,500
Scientific Instruments 6 11,982 5 1 7,178 4,804
Horology 0 0 - - ------ ------
Photography 2 229 2 - 229 ------
Natural History 7 50,455 3 4 26,006 24,449
Geology 1 12,917 1 - 12,917 ------
Archive 11 44,834 1 10 755 44,079
Misc 4 8,253 4 - 8,253 ------
TOTALS 71 292,567 35 36 134,580 157,987

  Yorkshire & Humberside Museums Council/PRISM Photographic Initiative included under Archive/Conservation: 8 cases totalling  £42,499
 
 
 
 
 

PRISM Fund Annual Report 1997 - 98

Total PRISM Budget 1997-98 : £ 278,812

Paid: £ 213,042


 Institution
£

Amberley, Amberley Chalk Pits Museum 
- Purchase: Hudson 'Go-Go' Rail Tractor.
775

Beamish, North Of England Open Air Museum
- Purchase: Armstrong Whitworth Touring car, 1903.
20,000

Beaulieu, National Motor Museum 
- Restoration: Three manual petrol pumps, ca 1930.
1,082

Birmingham, Birmingham City Museum & Art Gallery
- Purchase: 'Stick' barometer signed by Robert Masefield of Birmingham, and dated 1767, in mahogany case.
14,500

Blackpool, Furness Railway Trust
- Restoration: Chassis of Furness Railway Locomotive No 20, 1863. 1st Instalment.
5,318

Blyth, Blyth Library
- Conservation: Model of sailing ship `Ivy', ca 1900.
425

Bolton, Bolton Steam Museum
- Purchase: Inverted vertical compound steam mill engine, by Scott & Hodgson, Guide Bridge, Manchester, 1912.
776
- Removal, re-erection: Inverted vertical compound steam mill engine by Scott & Hodgson, Guide Bridge, Manchester, 1912.
2,423

Bordon, Road Locomotive Society
- Conservation: Four traction engine registers from Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd, Thetford.
1,150

Bournemouth, Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust
- Dismantling, transport, conservation: Hand-operated crane from Binegar goods shed. Final instalment.
88
- Restoration: SDJR coach body. Final instalment.
1,170
- Restoration, transport: LSWR Road Van No 12424.
437

Bristol, Bristol Industrial Museum
- Restoration: Port of Bristol motor tug `John King', ex `Durdham', by Charles Hill & Sons, Bristol, 1935, Final instalment.
6,637

Bromsgrove, Avoncroft Museum Of Historic Buildings
- Acquisition, re-erection: Glass-fibre spire from St Paul's Church, Smethwick, ca 1961.  Final instalment.
3,678
- Restoration, re-erection: Coventry City Police Force timber telephone kiosk, ca 1955.
1,103

Cambridge, Whipple Museum Of The History Of Science
- Purchase: Celestial globe of Indian sub-continental origin, in high zinc brass, probably 19th century.
10,000

Canterbury, Canterbury Museums And Galleries Service
- Purchase, transport: Whelk boat 'Floreat', built in Whitstable, 1959.
877

Cullompton, Coldharbour Mill Working Wool Museum
- Restoration, re-erection: Beam engine by Kittoe and Brotherhood, 1867. 4th instalment.
706

Derby, Derby Museums & Art Gallery
- Purchase: 1839 pattern Constabulary Percussion Carbine and Socket Bayonet by Alport of Derby.
350

Diss, Bressingham Steam Museum And Gardens
- Purchase, transport, re-erection: Signal Box from Capel St Mary. 1st instalment.
1,900

Dudley, The Black Country Museum
- Restoration: Wolverhampton Corporation tramcar No.49, ca 1905.  6th instalment.
242

Fleetwood, Fleetwood Museum 
- Purchase: Collection of Lepidoptera.
1,000

Gloucester, National Waterways Museum Trust
- Restoration: Butty narrowboat 'Northwich', built and operated by Fellows, Morton, and Clayton, 1898.  Final instalment.
315

Goole, Waterways Museum And Adventure Centre
- Purchase: 'Tom Pudding' tug 'Wheldale' by E A & H Sandford Ltd, Gravesend, 1958.
5,500

Hartlepool, Gray Art Gallery & Museum
- Conservation: Plater's half-block ship model of SS `Tom Bell' built by William Gray and Company, Hartlepool.
290
- Conservation: Builder's model of SS `Stanley', by Irvine's, West Hartlepool, 1914.
484
- Conservation: Builder's model of SS `Marmion' by William Grey and Co, West Hartlepool, 1889.
678
- Conservation: Builder's half model of SS `Windsor and Hounslow' purpose built gas carrying ship by William Gray and Co, West Hartlepool, 1888.
140
- Conservation: Builder's model of SS `Vera' by Irvine's, West Hartlepool, 1903.
135

Haworth, Keighley, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Trust
- Conservation/Restoration: L & Y Railway six-wheeled coach body, ca 1885.  Final instalment.
1,127
- Restoration: Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 'Pug' 0-4-0 saddle-tank locomotive No 51218, 1901.  Final instalment.
3,865
- Restoration: 1st Class 6-wheeled Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway carriage, Manchester, ca 1880.  2nd instalment.
1,349

Hove, Fairground Heritage Trust
- Purchase of 'Noah's Ark' fairground ride, by Orton and Spooner, Burton-on-Trent, 1933.
10,000

Hull, Hull City Museums & Art Galleries
- Purchase: Bridge Telegraph from 'Arctic Corsair' by Charles D Holmes, ca. 1960.
1,250
- Purchase: Oil painting "The whaleship 'Lee' of Hull" by Robert Willoughby, 1768-1843.
5,894

Ilkeston, Erewash Museums Service
- Purchase: Turf tractor, by Pattisson, Stanmore, Middlesex, 1952.
850

Kidwelly, Kidwelly Industrial Museum
- Purchase, conservation, re-erection: 5 ton overhead crane by Herbert Morris, ca.1911. Final instalment.
216

Kingswinford, Broadfield House Glass Museum
- Removal: Glass furnace from Little Birches, Wolseley, Rugeley, Staffordshire, 16th century.
3,805

Lincoln, Museum Of Lincolnshire Life
- Restoration: Threshing Drum by Richard Hornsby & Son, Grantham, 1896.  Final instalment.
588

London, London Transport Museum, The
- Restoration: AEC `Renown' single-deck 'bus, fleet no. LT 1076, 1931.  4th instalment.
2,355

London, Merrion Monotype Trust
- Acqusition: Stephenson Blake company collection of monotype material.
11,127

London, Museum Of The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Of Great Britain
- Purchase, transport: Chemist's shop interior from 24, Upper Tachbrook St., London, late 19th century.
5,732

London, Royal Institution Of Great Britain
- Purchase: Eleven octavo notebooks plus loose pages on Royal Institution Lectures, 1852-55.
750

Luton, Luton Museum & Art Gallery
- Purchase: Tandem steam roller, No 6530, by Aveling and Porter, Rochester, 1908.
7,000

Maidstone, Museum Of Kent Rural Life
- Restoration, re-erection: Ulcombe Corrugated Iron Village Hall. 1st instalment.
2,625

Manchester, Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester
- Purchase: Material relating to the microphotography of J B Dancer, Manchester, 1853-1900.  Final instalment.
1,500
- Restoration: Midland & Scottish Railway Medical Examination Car converted from Lancashire & Yorkshire Third class coach originally built in early 1900s.  Final instalment.
1,424
- Purchase: Harper Runabout 3-wheeled vehicle, designed by R O Harper, Stretford, Manchester, 1921, and built at the factory of A V Roe, Manchester, 1923.
1,250

Manchester, The Manchester Museum
- Purchase: Mineral Specimen from Allenhead Mine.
175

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear Museums Service
- Restoration: Electric locomotive from Harton Colliery, by Siemens-Shuckert, Berlin, 1909. 1st instalment.
700

Newport, Isle Of Wight County Museums Service
- Purchase: Partial fossil skeleton of Leptocleides.
200

Northwood, Picnic Saloon Trust
- Restoration: London & North Western Railway Picnic Saloon carriage No.192, 1894. 2nd instalment (part).
282

Norwich, Friends Of New Mills
- Restoration: BTH 65hp electric motor, 1930, driving air compressor for Shone Ejector.
1,108

Norwich, Norfolk Museums Service
- Conservation: Fossil remains of elephant from West Runton 1st instalment.
6,706

Oxford, Bodleian Library
- Conservation: Architectural model of Nicholas Hawkesmoor's design for the Radcliffe Camera, by John Smallwell, ca.1734.
3,530

Oxford, Museum Of The History Of Science
- Purchase: Portable microscope and graticules by John Coventry, 1735-1812.
   1,550

Pontefract, Pontefract Museum
 
- Copying of Nitrate film stock, purchase of copywright: Jack Hulme Collection.
1,894

Richmond, Green Howards Regimental Museum
- Cataloguing Green Howards Regimental photographic archive onto computer.  2nd instalment
1,195

Sheffield, Kelham Island Museum
- Storage and cataloguing of 20,000 glass plate negatives from the Firth-Brown company. 1st instalment.
5,670

Sheringham, Sheringham Museum
- Restoration: RNLB 'Forester's Centenary', made by Groves and Gutteridge, Isle of Wight, 1936, formerly MV 'Seal Morning'.  Ist instalment.
825

Shugborough, Staffordshire County Museum
- Conservation: Barouche, ca 1837.
4,382

Southampton, Southampton City Heritage
- Purchase: Lisbon Tram as source of parts for restoration of Southampton tram No 57.
2,200

Stockport, Stockport Museums & Art Gallery Service
- Acquisition: Hat-making machinery from Christy's and Co.
2,562
- Purchase: Six dye recipe books with colour swatches believed to be from Chadkirk Works, 1820-1830.
941

Taunton, West Somerset Steam Railway Trust Ltd
- Restoration: Great Western Railway sleeping carriage No 9038,1896. 2nd instalment.
826

Tavistock, Morwellham Quay Open Air Museum
- Restoration: SV 'Garlandstone', 1909.  Final phase 
5,000

Wakefield, National Coal Mining Museum For England
- Conservation: The British Coal Collection.
4,000

Weston-Super-Mare, International Helicopter Museum
- Conservation: Seven helicopters.
 848

Weybridge, Brooklands Museum
- Purchase: Hawker 'Hurricane' fighter aircraft, Serial No. Z2389, built at Brooklands, 1940.
3,646

Whitby, Whitby Literary And Philosophical Society
- Conservation: Collection of fossil marine reptiles and geological specimens. 1st instalment.
3,050

Whitehaven, Haig Pit Restoration Group
- Restoration: No 4 winding engine, by Bever Dorling, Bradford, at Haig Pit, Whitehaven. 1st instalment.
244

Winchester, Hampshire County Museum Service
- Purchase: 'Bulldog' A10/OC4 "long" lorry made by Thornycroft, Basingstoke, for Boots, Nottingham, 1931.
5,000

Windermere, Windermere Steamboat Museum
- Purchase: Racing hydroplane 'White Lady II' designed by Hubert Scott Paine and Fred Cooper, made by Power Boat Co. Ltd., 1930.
10,292

Yeovilton, Fleet Air Arm Museum
- Acquisition: Seaplane Lighter, 1917.
1,330
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TOTALPAID
 213,042

 
 
 
 
 

National grants by category 1997-1998
 
CLASS No of CASES TOTAL GRANT 
£
No of ACQUISITIONS No of CONSERVATION. TOTAL ACQUISITION
£
TOTAL CONSERVATION
£
Rail 13 19,261 2 11 2,675 16,586
Road 7 41,069 4 3 33,250 7,819
Trams 2 2,442 1 1 2,200 242
Water 15 38,742 5 10 23,813 14,929
Aviation 3 5,824 2 1 4,976 848
Prime Movers 4 4,149 1 3 776 3,373
Industrial 7 23,759 2 5 3,503 20,256
Agricultural 2 1,438 1 1 850 588
Buildings 4 10,936 1 3 3,678 7,258
Scientific Instruments 4 31,782 4 - 31,782 ------
Horology 0 0 - - ------ ------
Photography 4 10,259 2 2 3,394 6,865
Natural History 4 10,956 2 2 1,200 9,756
Geology 1 175 1 - 175 ------
Archive 2 1,900 1 1 750 1,150
Misc 2 10,350 2 - 10,350 ------
TOTALS 74 213,042 31 43 123,372 89,670

 
 

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