Famed in the 19th century for its sporting prowess, most notably in rowing and cricket, our collections are especially rich if you are interested in the history of University sport. We hold records of sporting clubs and activities from 1837 onwards.
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Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS) have items relating to gymnastics, lawn tennis, horse racing, golf, hunting/fishing/shooting, boating, cycling, chess, archery and rowing.
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The National Portrait Gallery has a vast collection of images relating to sporting heroes of Great Britain from both past and present. Images trace the popular image of the British sporting hero in works of art dating from the 18th century to the present day.
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We hold the archive and local studies collections for Oxfordshire, including a number of sporting records.
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School sporting history from 1847 to present. Includes photographs, fixtures lists, team reports, log books for soccer, rowing, rugby, athletics, racket sports (including real tennis, rackets, squash, fives).
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One of the UK’s leading independent Museums, the River & Rowing Museum has over 116,000 visitors a year. The Museum opened in 1998 to celebrate the River, the international sport of Rowing and the town of Henley on Thames.
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We hold records of sporting activity in an Oxford college (women only 1893-2008, mixed from 2008).
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Organisational records, photographs and artefacts from the history of Thames Rowing Club (founded 1860). Thames Rowing Club has occupied the same clubhouse, on Putney Embankment, since 1879 and a sizeable collection has survived.
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Based in the headquarters of English freemasonry, this collection includes items relating to individual lodges connected to sports including rowing, athletics, rugby and membership information about English sportsmen who were freemasons.
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