• Layton’s Bequest
    • Archaeology & Ethnography overview
      • Archaeological artefacts
    • Books & Manuscripts overview
      • Book & Manuscript selection
    • Maps & Prints overview
      • Maps & Prints selection
    • Medals & Coins overview
      • Coins in the Layton Bequest, 1915
      • Medals & Coins selection
    • The 1914 Auction Sales Catalogues
    • The Virtual Museum
  • Thomas Layton
    • Thomas Layton’s Life
    • Layton’s Civic Legacy
  • Layton’s Brentford
    • The Layton Trail
    • Layton Exhibition
  • Layton’s Library Project
    • Online Exhibition
    • Layton’s Library Film
    • Layton’s Library: Discovering a Hidden Book Collection
  • Research
    • Research into Layton’s collection
      • Book Catalogue
    • The Kew Bridge Station railway cutting, 1849
    • Read more
  • Layton’s Bequest
    • Archaeology & Ethnography overview
      • Archaeological artefacts
    • Books & Manuscripts overview
      • Book & Manuscript selection
    • Maps & Prints overview
      • Maps & Prints selection
    • Medals & Coins overview
      • Coins in the Layton Bequest, 1915
      • Medals & Coins selection
    • The 1914 Auction Sales Catalogues
    • The Virtual Museum
  • Thomas Layton
    • Thomas Layton’s Life
    • Layton’s Civic Legacy
  • Layton’s Brentford
    • The Layton Trail
    • Layton Exhibition
  • Layton’s Library Project
    • Online Exhibition
    • Layton’s Library Film
    • Layton’s Library: Discovering a Hidden Book Collection
  • Research
    • Research into Layton’s collection
      • Book Catalogue
    • The Kew Bridge Station railway cutting, 1849
    • Read more

The Layton Collection

THE THOMAS LAYTON TRUST & LAYTON'S COLLECTION

Secrets of the Thames, London Museum Docklands, until 1 March 2026

Thomas Layton would have been thrilled to see the UK’s first major exhibition dedicated to the hidden world of mudlarks. A landscape unknown to most Londoners is exposed twice a day by the tidal Thames; among the mud and stones remarkable objects from every era
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The Collection

Thomas Layton collected books, coins, and archaeological items (usually described as ‘antiquities’) for 70 years. In that time he had accumulated what has been described as “probably the largest collection of London antiquities ever amassed by a single individual”.

Archaeology & Ethnography

Medals and Coins 5,200 archaeological and ethnographic artifacts including items from UK, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Peru and N. America.

Medals and Coins

Medals and Coins A remarkable collection of 3,500 coins, tokens and medals - Roman, Greek, Indian, American and British.

Maps and Prints

Medals and Coins 4,000 maps and prints and 150 framed prints, maps and paintings.


Books & Manuscripts

Medals and Coins 8,000 from the 16th century to 19th century, remain in the collection, together with a small collection of manuscripts and some of Layton's personal papers.

THOMAS LAYTON

Thomas Layton lived in Brentford, Middlesex between 1826 and 1911... read more

THE LAYTON TRAIL

Download a walk through Victorian Brentford and discover some of Layton's legacy

LEARNING RESOURCES

Discover materials for primary school teachers and students

ON SALE – LAYTON’S LEGACY

Purchase a beautifully illustrated book by Mike Galer, called Layton's Legacy.

THOMAS LAYTON TRUST

The Layton Collection,
Registered Charity 801711. Read more...

Thomas Layton Trust,
Hounslow Local Studies Library,
The Centre, High Street, Feltham TW3 4GU
localstudies@hounslow.gov.uk
020 8583 5497

LAYTON LINKS

Gunnersbury Park Museum
Museum of London - search "Layton"
British Museum - Layton's Sword
Thames Pilot
Feltham Library
Schools Library Service

LOCAL INTEREST LINKS

Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society
Brentford High Street Project
BrentfordTW8.com
Brentford history timeline
Hounslow Heritage Guides
London Museum of Water & Steam
Little Ealing History Group
The Musical Museum

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