ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Explore the database of all the people associated with the Pitt Rivers English collections. This gives information about their lives; their education, careers, place of residence, and their network of friends and colleagues. Select the first letter of their surname from the list below.

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William and Charles Eley Eley Bros. Limited

Career Manufacturer

Biography Manufacturers of firearms cartridges. Founded by William and Charles Eley in London in the 1820s. Eley Ltd is now based in Birmingham [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 26/04/2007]

Biography References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eley_Brothers / http://www.eley.co.uk/ / http://www.shootingtimes.com/ammunition/eley_101405/

County London [Greater]

Relationship Maker

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Date made around Before 1845

Dates active 1820s-to present

Donated around 1933 / 1927

English collections Felt wads, cartridges

Institution Yes

Oxford based No

English collection size 91

Connections Robert William Theodore Gunther / Miss Hatchett Jackson / Charles Jackson