Record ID: NLM-047A0C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy token. Milled discoid ten shilling token of the Wakefield Industrial Society (1867-1962). Both sides bear a circumferential legend: WAKEFIELD INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY and, in a central roundel: 10/- / LIMITED. Suggested date: Modern, 1945-1962 Diameter: 21.9mm, Weight: 2.33gms, die axis: 12
Created on: Friday 11th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AB97A9
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White metal button. Probably die-stamped concavo-convex lightweight discoid uniform button with an unusual form of loop set centrally on the back: this comprises a white metal star with four arms or rays which are bent inwards, leaving the centre projecting behind the button with apertures between the arms to receive the thread which would attach the button. The front bears the bordered motif of a round grenade issuing flames. This may denote the uniform to have been of the Royal Artillery, the Royal Engineers, or possibly a Volunteer formation. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950 Di…
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thorpe Audlin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AB1E95
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button. Pressed metal hollow uniform button front of plano-convex section with an incurved rim on the back. The front bears the motif of a spoked wheel within a Garter Band and surmounted by a crown; slight traces of white metal plating appear. Suggested date: Modern, 1910-1940. Diameter: 16.5mm, Height (i.e. protrusion): 5.2mm, Weight: 1.90gms
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-98A2BA
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy badge fragment. Pressed metal badge fragment, comprising a cushion crown or Crown Imperial, with its upper edge formed by a single curving arch to either side of the central projection, and with twin vertical strands rising half way up the crown within its frame. Broken along its lower edge. This could have surmounted a Regimental badge, though it does not precisely match any Regimental badge from among those illustrated in detail by the 1900 Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army [Including the Militia], (War Office, HMSO, reprinted by David and Charles, London, …
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Badsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-984416
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy crucifix. Stamped pendant in the form of a Celtic or wheel-headed cross with bordered curvilinear vegetal motifs occupying its arms and traces of closely-spaced rays on the wheel head. Gilded. A suspension loop has broken from the top. Suggested date: Modern, 1920-1970 Height: 25.4mm, Width: 17.2mm, Thickness: 0.7mm, Weight: 1.25gms
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-97F12C
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy spoon fragment. Cast rounded terminal from a spoon handle, bearing white metal plating. Four stamped maker's marks on the back are presumably intended to resemble hallmarks, which they are not. In angular or shield-shaped hollows, they read: [-]/ &/ A / S / PEP; the first three in a Gothic script, the last group of smaller letters in modern style. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1940 Length: 28.2mm, Width: 15.1mm, Thickness: 1.8mm, Weight: 4.65gms
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Elmsell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6C6EF1
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead bag seal. Cast pair of linked discs clamped together to form a disc with a slot in one edge and a bifurcated slot in the opposite edge, to function as a drawstring bag closure. Both sides bear the central motif of a pelican and partial legends. The legend on one side, in two orders, reads: [--]BRA[ND--] // [--]HULL; and on the other side: [--]BRAND[--]. The pelican was the brand used by Earle's Cement Works, South Ferriby, owned by a company based in Hull and promoted 1897-1966. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950. Diameter: 21.6mm, Thickness: 5.8mm, Weight: 9.95gms
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Badsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6C0A72
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead bag seal. Cast pair of linked discs clamped together to form a seal with a slot in one edge and a bifurcated slot in the opposite edge, to function as a drawstring bag closure. A stamped legend appears on both sides: DAMARALAND / GUANO; and: LAWES' CHEMICAL MANU[RE] CO[Y LTD] LONDON / SOLE / IMPORTERS FOR / GREAT BRITAIN. Damaraland is a wilderness district in Namibia, South Africa. Paul Cannon kindly notes records of similar legends incorporating the placename Damarland : Paul's reading supplies the lacuna in the reading:'...I suggest a slightly different reading: DAMARLAND G…
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 9th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Badsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6BFD29
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead bag seal. A pair of cast linked discs clamped together with an aperture either side of their thickest part for a connecting tie. One side bears the legend: BASIC / SLAG, and the other side: THE / LEEDS / PHOSPHATE / WORKS / LTD. The company was incoprporated in 1894 and dissolved in 1921. Suggested date: Modern, 1894-1921. Diameter: 22.9mm, Thickness: 7.1mm, Weight: 15.32gms
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Badsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-CA8AE8
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead toy. Cast figurine with a slightly bulbous and rounded base, in the form of Santa Claus holding a small Christmas tree in the crook of his arm. The figure is robed, bearded and moustachioed, with a brimmed or fur-trimmed hat or hood tapering to a flat-ended point. An incised line separates the base of the robed figure from the broad rounded base of the object, perhaps to emphasise the fur trim of the hem of his robe. Patinated overall. The introduction of the Christmas Tree to Britain is traditionally associated with Prince Albert (1819-1861) in the mid-19th century, and the imag…
Created on: Thursday 13th August 2015
Last updated: Friday 14th August 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-8622B4
Object type: MEDAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White metal medal. Milled medal for a player in the Army Football Association (founded 1888) Cup. The badge bears a shield with the Arms of England with a crowned lion standing left as crest, with sprigs of laurel, within a border with the legend: ARMY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CUP, crowned. On the reverse, there are three stamps resembling hallmarks and a maker's stamp reading: C & Co. There is also a two liner legend rendered by a tool or technique which has left finely billeted impressions: WD WR / / CPL I [or T] OWEN, presumably standing for War Department West Riding, and the rank and…
Created on: Tuesday 18th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thorpe Audlin', grid reference and parish protected.