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influenced him greatly. He built Lomberdale Hall in 1844 as his private residence. Bateman had a long affair with Mary Ann Mason, but she was already married. He married Sarah Parker on 2 August 1847 and they had four daughters and a son.
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Ten Years' Digging in Celtic and Saxon Grave Hills, in the counties of Derby, Stafford, and York, from 1848 to 1858; with notices of some former discoveries, hitherto unpublished, and remarks on the crania and pottery from the
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Margaret O'Sullivan, β€˜Bateman, Thomas (bap. 1821, d. 1861)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006
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of Wetton he continued to excavate barrows, 50 in the period 1848–1849 and a further 22 between 1851 and 1861, when he died. His second book was
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities and Miscellaneous Objects Preserved in the Museum of Thomas Bateman, at Lomberdale House, Derbyshire
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After his death, his son sold most of Bateman's collections, parts of which were acquired by the Sheffield City Museum (now called the
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In 2006, a bequest allowed Derbyshire Libraries to purchase a collection that had been amassed by Bateman by
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Ten Years' Diggings in Celtic and Saxon Grave Hills in the Counties of Derby, Stafford and York
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Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire, and the Sepulchral Usages of Its Inhabitants
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which united his work with that of earlier excavators in the area. With the help of
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Bank Hall Action Group (2005) "The Bank Hall Diary and Documents", Pages 61-63.
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Bateman's first archaeological experience was observing the demolition of a
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Ten Years' Diggings in Celtic and Saxon Grave Hills in the Counties of
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Trigg, David (Autumn 2022). "Meet the Collectors: Thomas Bateman".
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Thomas Bateman's museum at Lomberdale Hall, Middleton-by-Youlgreave
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in 1843 and in 1844, whilst at an archaeological congress in
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Thomas Bateman and his son, William Thomas Bateman, by
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The Journal of the British Archaeological Association
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Oil painting of Thomas Bateman seated at a table with right hand on an ancient skull, with his young pre-teen age(?) son William Thomas Bateman standing at his father's left side, holding a thin wooden rod.
Thomas Joseph Banks
Rowsley
Derbyshire
Middleton-by-Youlgreave
English
antiquary
barrow
Rowsley
Derbyshire
archaeologist
William Bateman
Middleton Hall
Middleton-by-Youlgreave
Richard Colt Hoare

Thomas Joseph Banks
medieval
Bakewell
British Archaeological Association
Canterbury
Derbyshire
Staffordshire

Samuel Carrington
Derby
Heath Wood barrow cemetery
Line drawing of Thomas Bateman, Derbyshire Archaeologist, shown in deep contemplation while seated at a table on which rests an ancient skull. Drawn by his close friend Llewellyn Jewitt, c. 1855.
Llewellyn Jewitt
unconsecrated ground

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