William founded the Percy Society and the Musical Antiquarian Society.

Previously, archaeological interests had been represented at the university by the Brass Rubbing Society (1893-1901) and Antiquarian Society (1901-1914).

Transactions of the Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society.

Proceedings of the Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society.

In 1843 the Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society was established.

He was a co-founder of the Musical Antiquarian Society in 1840, for which he also did editing.

The Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society ceased to exist in 1961.

In 1870, the Finnish Antiquarian Society was formed to care for and document national historical monuments.

Besides this, James Starr belonged to the Scottish Antiquarian Society, of which he had been made president.

It originally started out as a development of The Antiquarian Society in Brighton.