Happy Christmas To All Our Regulars, Old and New, Around The World. From Britain's Favourite Specialist Collectors Shop

To one and all, we wish a Merry Christmas

Feliz Navidad
聖誕快樂
Joyeux Noël
عيد ميلاد مجيد
Frohe Weihnachten
Buon Natale
Prettige Kerstdagen
Feliz Natal
メリー クリスマス

CHRISTMAS OPENING TIMES;

Friday 29th 11.00 am till 4.30 pm
Saturday 30th 11.00 am till 4.30 pm
Sunday 31st Closed
Monday 1st closed
Tuesday 2nd onwards, our normal hours are resumed





Some of The Best Ideas For Christmas & New Year Have Come From The Lanes Armoury. Our 103rd Christmas, and the dawn of our 104th year. The world famous New York Times included our gallery in their list as one of the very best places to visit in the UK when travelling to Europe from America.

Unique, ancient, antique and vintage beautiful items are our speciality, and be sure and certain that anything from us will be the best choice you can make this Christmas time. Just arrived this week! A 600 year old samurai sword of breathtaking beauty, a collection of original Ist edition Ist Impression James Bonds by Ian Fleming, plus, a delightful collection of Roman rings, including a Preatorian Guard ring, plus an Agincourt find, of a knights magical or mystical Talismanic ring, meant to imbue the owner with protective powers, and a Battle of Waterloo French cuirassiers sword and armour breast plate {now both sold.}

All kinds of other unique and fabulous conversation pieces, have been acquired lately, such as, for example, how about a 10 inch mortar explosive cannon ball that was aboard the Royal Naval bomb ships of Admiral Cochrane, for the bombardment of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812 in America, and the actual event that created “The Star Spangled Banner”. Or, maybe an original French Howitzer cannon ball, actually fired at Waterloo. Plus, A Napoleonic Wars French P.O.W's desk top valuables or jewellery case in straw work marquetry, or two cannonballs fired in the English Civil War, at the 'Seige of Hull' from Queen Elizabeth Ist's Basilisk, a 24 foot long cannon, and, not forgetting a Baker Rifle sword {bayonet}

We have had arrive here recently some wonderful, original pieces of history, many from the Waterloo battle site. Act fast though, some have been sold within minutes of them being added to our site for sale. Many artefacts we have added from the collection, have been snapped up but we are not adding them all at once so you might want to check back on our site every day, and see what fresh pieces are being shown.

Every item, as usual, will be accompanied with our unique, presentation quality, 'Certificate of Authenticity' that will not only fully certify it's genuineness, but it will detail the circumstance of it's origin, and where and when it may have been used in it's specific or generic history. Where else in Britain could you walk out of the store with an original souvenir from Alexander the Greats battle with the Persians in 334 B.C, for only £60, to a fabulous unique handmade gold, diamond and ruby timepiece once owned by movie legend, Elizabeth Taylor, or, the 2500 year old ancient sword that may likely have once been the sword of a king!

We are very proud to offer a superb selection of ancient antiquities, swords, daggers and spears from all the major past empires and civilisations of the world from over the past 3,500 years. In fact many recognise our unique and original selection is likely the best and most comprehensive to be seen, and offered for sale, anywhere in Europe, and possibly even the world over.

And please be further assured, all gift purchases may be changed after Christmas for any form of suitable alternatives.

"Doesn't someone you know deserve something unique from The Lanes Armoury"

The Lanes Armoury described by the 'New York Times' as one of the very best stores and destinations to visit when in Europe.
A living, breathing gallery that is a huge walk around ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’, containing thousands of original historical and magical pieces from the ancient long past, to the near recent. In fact, from 300,000 years of human history, and 100 million years of world history.

We are certainly not the biggest premier store in Europe recommended by the New York Times, in fact we are probably the smallest, but what we lack in size, apparently, we more than make up for in amazement, and wonder, and, we have been doing so for over 103 years

For example, we added recently items that range from a Samurai Ancestral Sword Around 700 years old {or more}, a WW2 Japanese Officer's Sword With An Ancestral Blade 450 Years Old, an incredibly rare original Knights Templar sword around 1000 years old, a Longbow arrowhead from The Battle of Agincourt battle site, a beautiful 25 million year old Megalodon Tooth, an Ancient Roman Gladiators ring 1700 years old, to relics, weapons and armour from the Battle site of Waterloo, plus, even a Crusader Knight’s Dagger around 900 years old.

Photo 10 in the gallery is of David Hawkins senior, one of the early Brylcreme Boys, in his RAF uniform and Irvin flying jacket, sitting astride his 1938 Ariel. Apparently it was still registered in 2005, if anyone knows its whereabouts we may well be interested in acquiring it back.

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