In many cases, the individuals' names and details about their death were available from records – making it a treasure trove for epidemiologists with valuable clues about how diseases spread in earlier times.
The unidentified artwork belonged to a trove of some 1,400 works that German police discovered at Cornelius Gurlitt's home in the Munich borough of Schwabing two years ago.
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"No one imagined that all this private information, this treasure trove about just the sort of people who filled these newspapers in their millions, could be accessed and listened to in this way, let alone plundered as a source for stories".
Beyond its walls are the shingle beach, a breezy promenade and Bexhill town, a treasure trove of vintage and antique shops, including the recently opened Eras of Style (erasofstyle.com) on Terminus Road.
Orford itself is a quiet village, home to the seafood treasure trove, the Butley Orford Oysterage (01394 450277, butleyorfordoysterage.co.uk).co.uk
For Angela Merkel, the awkward possibility remains that the elusive Mr Gurlitt may be able to die with his treasure trove intact after all.
He is the secretary of Clowns International, the accreditation body of clowning, and the co-curator of the Clown Museum, a cramped one-room trove of all things red-nose that was once the vestry of a church in Hackney.
