The
History of Locks
Museum & Archive curator: Brian Morland
Preserving artefacts from antiquity to the cutting edge examples of today
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HoL Heritage Collection
This file lists the pool of locks that have been prepared for display and rotate around our various sites. Note: the file currently lists about 1,000 items and is regularly updated from the much larger Reference Collection or as further items are acquiesces into the collection.
The Archive Documents
Listings of the documents in our archive which we have also included a thumbnail image of the document. Every record has a reference number; in most cases you can order high-
Genealogy, Your Family History and Ancestry
When compiling our index's and apart from the usual data we have meticulously recorded peoples names… more
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Index to the HoL Heritage Collection
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Index to the HoL Archive
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Index to the HoL collection featured in the MLA Heritage Room.
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Index to the HoL Chubb display within the Fordingbridge Museum
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We also have a regular Column in Keyways the Journal of the Master Locksmiths Association, although its a trade only magazines we have special permission to provide a selection of our own articles as downloads here. The History of locks Museum strongly recommends that those seeking a locksmith career should Join the MLA
Keyways
Evolving Technologies
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Locksmiths’ Leisure Activities
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Scandinavian Story
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Chatwood’s Single Spindle Letter Lock
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More on Tann
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