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LIN-77F065: Leather shoe

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SHOE

Unique ID: LIN-77F065

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Leather shoe discovered concealed in an old cottage fireplace. The shoe is more accurately an ankle boot which has eight lace holes set four on either side of the rectangular tongue. At the back of the boot there are two opposing decorative swirls of stitches. The boot would fit an adult and shows clear signs of wear. Both the sole and the heel show evidence of repair in the form of new patches and iron tacks. The boot was discovered by workmen in a cavity in a fireplace wall as they were demolishing it. There have been reports that the house from which it came was once a cobblers shop, however this is yet to be proven by literary sources. The shoe was found in 1 Sleaford Road, Branston.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1800
Date to: AD 1900

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 258 mm
Width: 54 mm
Thickness: 100 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Leather

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Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Branston and Mere (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF0267
Four figure Latitude: 53.190318
Four figure longitude: -0.474845
1:25K map: TF0267
1:10K map: TF06NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Building work
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: In use as a building

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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