Record ID: LANCUM-3BA303
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead seal possibly used to seal bags of grain dating to the 19th to early 20th century probably originally bearing the name of the processor. This is a very common find on farmland. Lead seals of this type vary in size and the design impression is usually week. Some seals carry bust of monarchs and these were known as Alnage seals and were attached to rolls of cloth. The diameter is 30mm and the weight 25.21g.
Created on: Monday 1st June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HALTON WITH AUGHTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-502B24
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This object is probably a cast lead token. The earlier tokens were made from pewter but the lead tokens are normally associated with the 17th – 18th centuries. The exact purpose has not been ascertained but it seems most likely that they were used by the working class as a form of low denomination currency as they were made at a time when small change was in short supply. The lead tokens seem to be mainly associated with rural areas. They were often used as a gap filler when when copper and brass tokens ceased to be produced in 1672. Landowners often found lead tokens a useful way to…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HALTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2C5D46
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval bag or sack seal made from cast lead. The obverse is decorated with crossed keys within an encompassing concentric circle. There is a small quatrefoil or four-petalled clover leaf between the crossed shanks of the keys. The reverse is plain.
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 20th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catterall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EE8E51
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead seal dating to the medieval to post medieval period. It is circular in shape, with a flat base and slightly concave front, the sides are slightly rounded. The front has a cross on it, whilst the back is patterned with cloth marks.
Created on: Thursday 3rd June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bolton Le Sands', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6EB151
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead or lead alloy bale or bag seal. The seal is circular in plan, with a flat front and back and slightly rounded edges. Two rectangular perforations pass through the thickness of the seal. There is design on both sides, on one side shield and cross design in centre and the other side is looks like a cross with dots although it is difficult to make out. This is possibly french. Dates to between c1500 and c1750 AD. Diameter 18mm, thickness 6mm, and weight 12.35g.
Created on: Monday 21st June 2004
Last updated: Sunday 5th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-00BC21
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a post medieval lead seal. Made of two discs joined by a small strip of lead. One disc seems to have a central design with writing around it which is illegible.
Created on: Monday 28th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-024B44
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A folded lead disk with a tear in it, possibly a post-medieval lead seal.
Created on: Monday 28th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EEEB92
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval bag or sack seal, which had a fleur-de-lis on on the obverse; the inscription around the fleur is virtually illegible: possibly the date (1688 or 1888?) and LIS or ISLE(?). Lettering on the reverse is illegible, too.
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bickerstaffe Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-F4CE42
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead seal, possibly originating from a bale of heckled flax from St Petersburg in Russia. These seals were attached to the bales that were imported into Britain and were eventually thrown out with the woody part of the stem to be mixed with night soil removed from the openb streets or with manure and sold to local farmers as fertliser or to treat the land.
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nateby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EE0032
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead seal. Post-Medieval 16th-18th century in date. The obverse relief decoration depicts crossed keys within an encompassing concentric circle. The keys cross at the centre of the decoration which in turn create quadrants and there is a number 2 between the two shanks and an 'x' in the opposite quarter. The reverse of the object is plain except for an inconspicuous central ridge from one side to the other.
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-FB41A8
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Russian bag seal, dating to the post medieval period. It is cicular in shape with rounded edges and flat top and base. It is made up of two circular pieces of lead stamped with an inscription, and crudely joined together at the edges. There are two holes in the edge which run across the circumference of the seal, there would have been for the string to go through.
Created on: Wednesday 28th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FB5664
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Russian lead bag seal, post medieval in date. Two circular pieces of lead stamped with an inscription on both sides. The two pieces are crudely joined together at the edges. There are two holes in the edges running across the circuference of the seal for string to go through.
Created on: Wednesday 28th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-849D09
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead bag seal of post-medieval date (c. AD 1500 - 1800). The object is formed from two circular discs that have been pressed together, with a rectangular strip extending from the top. Both sides have a hachured design, probably inadvertently as a result of being pressed against textile. The object has a light brown patina. It is 30.87mm in length, 22.01mm width and 3.06mm in thickness. It weighs 9.50g.
Created on: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-84BB00
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken lead bag seal of post-medieval date (c. AD 1500 - 1800). The object is formed from two circular discs that were pressed together but have now seperated, although a central strip from one remains still attached to the other. One face displays a Tudor rose in relief, with the letter H beside it. The other side is blank. The object has a light brown patina. It is 23.80mm in diameter and 3.40mm in thickness. It weighs 8.04g.
Created on: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-AC4CDC
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead bag seal of late medieval to post-medieval date (c. AD 1500 - 1600). The object takes the form of a circular disc which has a rectangular tab extending from the top, the end of which is missing, with a further tab on the back face. The front face has a design in relief of a square shield bordered by an inscription in capitals. A wide ridge runs down the middle of the shield. Unfortunately, the surface of the object is too worn to be able to make out what the inscription says. The back face has a hachured design formed as a result of being pressed against textile. The object has a…
Created on: Thursday 2nd May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-AD8B1E
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn lead bag seal of post-medieval date (c. AD 1500 - 1800). The object takes the form of a circular disc which has a rectangular tab extending from the top. Both faces are worn and fragmentary. The object has a light brown patina. It is 17.71mm in length, 12.98mm width and 2.47mm in thickness. It weighs 2.04g.
Created on: Thursday 2nd May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-3A5B41
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Hungarian lead alloy flour bag seal that dates to c.AD 1891-1950. The seal is formed of a circular disc with two hole penetrating the side to allow for string to threaded in order to tie a bag. The front face shows the figure 0 in a triangle of wheat ears with MT around. The 0 refers to the grade of flour. Around the sides of the triangle there appear to be letters; 'M' and 'T'. The reverse has a raised inscription which reads PESTI / HENGER / MALOM. Pesti Hengermalom translates to translates as 'Pest Roller Mill' and was created in 1839/1841, making it the earliest…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mawdesley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-D801B7
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead bag seal of post-medieval date (c. 1600 - 1800 AD). The object is formed from two circular discs pressed together with two rectangular apertures left for textile ligatures. There is a raised design on one face of a long or Latin cross with three pellets in each of the upper corners on a square shield, within a beaded border. The other face has the inscription: 12K. A section of the object has broken off and it is unclear whether the inscription would have continued. The broken edge is heavily patinated with a white patina that extends across the object. It is 20.55mm in length, 1…
Created on: Friday 8th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-0309E3
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast and stamped flour mill lead bag seal, of Modern date, c.AD 1880-1950. Cast disc with a slot in one side and a bifurcated slot in the opposite edge to serve as a drawstring bag closure. One side bears a stamped legend, and the other a stamped numeral '0'. The legend reads: GIZE[...] / GÖZMALOM / BUDA[...] Founded in Budapest in 1880, Gizella Steam Mills produced flour and operated through until 1963. It measures 20.18mm in diameter, 3.86mm in thickness, and weighs 6.00g
Created on: Friday 18th February 2022
Last updated: Sunday 20th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Scotforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-030B0E
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast and stamped flour mill lead bag seal, of Modern date, c.AD 1880-1950. Cast disc with a slot in one side and a bifurcated slot in the opposite edge to serve as a drawstring bag closure. One side bears a stamped legend, and the other a stamped numeral '0'. The legend reads: GIZELLA / [G]ÖZMALO[M] / BU[...] Founded in Budapest in 1880, Gizella Steam Mills produced flour and operated through until 1963. It measures 19.66mm in diameter, 4.45mm in thickness, and weighs 7.53g.
Created on: Friday 18th February 2022
Last updated: Sunday 20th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Scotforth', grid reference and parish protected.