The Ackworth Hoard - Wakefield Museums and Castles

A pile of gold and silver coins from the 1600s

The Ackworth Hoard

The Ackworth Hoard is a collection of silver and gold coins, along with a gold ring. They were buried in a ceramic pot for safe keeping.

The hoard dates to the English Civil Wars, specifically around 1645 to 1646. It was found in a back garden in Ackworth in 2011.

Part of the Ackworth Hoard is on display at Pontefract Museum. It is the only hoard that has been found in the Wakefield district.

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A partially broken small brown pot with various gold and silver coins spilling out of it. There is also a gold ring.

The Ackworth Hoard

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A display case containing individual gold and silver coins and a ring on small stands, and more coins spilling out of a brown ceramic pot

About the Ackworth Hoard

Find out more about the mystery of the Ackworth Hoard. Discover how old it is and who it might have belonged to.

Part of a silver ducaton coin featuring the head of Philip IV of Spain

Ducaton, 1640s

Discover an unusual Spanish coin found as part of the Ackworth Hoard.

A gold ring with an inscription on the inside, sat on top of a pile of gold and silver coins

Posy ring, 1600s

Find out what this romantic gold ring can tell us about the Ackworth Hoard.

A dull silver coin with an image of Charles I on horseback on the heads side

Royalist half-crown, 1644

This coin was issued by Charles I in the English Civil Wars. Discover what it can tell us about the Royalist cause.

A dull silver coin with an image of Charles I on horseback on the heads side

Parliamentary half-crown, 1645

This coin was issued by the Parliamentarians in the English Civil Wars. It still features King Charles I, despite the fact they were at war with him.