Record ID: LANCUM-B48823
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy beehive-shaped thimble, probably made from stamped sheet metal (less likely cast) with individually drilled holes dating from the late medieval or, more probably, the early post-medieval period, i.e. c. AD1500-1600. The thimble is complete, with two bands and grooves around the lower edge and c. 250 individually drilled perforations, made by a 'thimbler'. It was probably made from sheet metal and is now very slightly bent. It was found by the edge of the field, where, so it is said, in later medieval times the women sat to do needlework whils their husbands and other male…
Created on: Sunday 24th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 25th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnoldswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AE0B75
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but flattened cast copper-alloy Medieval Thimble. The plain thickened rim has two notches and the sides have rows of large drilled circular indentations in concentric circles. The top is completely covered with concentric circular rows of circular indentations. The surviving length is 22.7mm, the surviving width is 32.6mm and the weight is 5.12g.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-5328C4
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Leather worker's palm guard, made from cast lead-alloy. Too heavy for scales.
Created on: Thursday 6th April 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Borwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FF8A80
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval thimble. The rim is uneven and damaged and it is unthickened. The sides are straight and taper slightly in towards the top. The sides are impressed, on the outside, with dots in seven rows. The top has an impressed pattern, radiating out from the center.
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-1D9C21
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval hammered brass thimble.
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-F77F07
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver thimble dating post 1850. The thimble has been cast, and is decorated on the outside with floral motif. Around the bottom is a groove, which continues all the way around. Slightly damaged.
Created on: Monday 10th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hornby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-45DFC7
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy thimble that has been filled with chalk. The purpose the chalk filled thimble it may relate to the teaching of sewing or the making of garments by a taylor but the purpose for which it was intended is essentially unknown. The style and construction of the thimble suggest it probably dates to between c1400 and c1600 AD. Determining the date of the chalk infilling and subsequent reuse is more problematic, however it would not be unreasonable to assume it was sometime between c1400 and c1700 AD. The height is 17mm, maximum diameter is 16mm and the weight is 5.15g.
Created on: Monday 4th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 29th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormskirk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4AED26
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval or modern shaped lead alloy palm guard or needle pad. Probably used by a leather worker judging by the depth and shape of the impressions. Dates from between c1600 and c1980. The length is 47mm, width 23mm, thickness 25mm, and the weight is 113.72g.
Created on: Monday 4th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormskirk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-549387
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy thimble dates to between c1500 and c1550 AD. The thimble had a comparatively flat crown. It has a spiral pattern of hand stamped indentations on the sides and crown, with a plain band around the base. The thimble has been squashed but is almost complete. The only missing section is the majority of the folded over part of the band so that for the majority of its circumference it is now only one layer of metal thick. Length is 23mm, width 29mm, depth 12mm, and the weight 3.48g. See also KENT-397D73 (very similar), SWYOR-97C0E5, LON-E95502, and LVPL-21AB35.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 18th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WHALLEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6ADCD1
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy thimble. Hand indented with a thick basal collar (2.5 to 3mm high). Likely to have been manufactured in Germany. Dates from c1500 to c1700 AD, probably c1500 to c1550 AD. The length is 24mm, the diameter is 19mm, and the weight is 6.37g.
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Euxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-682100
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern white metal thimble. This form is quite common in copper alloy and silver. Dates to between c1850 and c1920 AD. The length is 26mm, diameter at base is 17mm, and the weight 3.41g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd October 2013
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skippool', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DA37A3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy 'beehive' thimble of two piece construction. It consists of the rolled decorated tube and a plain domed top. The decoration does not appear to be machined. It consists of seven bands of a cable motif, each going in the opposing direction to the two bands adjacent to it. There are remnants of what appears to be a gilded finish in the pattern. The top appears to have had a white metal finish, possibly silvering or tinning. The rim of the thimble has been largely lost, leaving an uneven edge. Dating has proved problematic due to the lack of a convincing parallel. Overall s…
Created on: Sunday 15th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Bradford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-92C9F3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy domed ('beehive') closed thimble (c. 1400-c. 1500). This thimble is circular in plan and the walls taper inwards from the base towards the crown. The outer face has 9 spiralling turns of sub-circular indentations or pits extending to the apex. The indentations start just above the plain rim and spiral in a left-hand direction from the base towards the top. There are no manufacturing marks. The outer face of this thimble has a green patina. The inside is largely green and smooth. The length is 24mm, the width is 21mm and the weight 5.0g.
Created on: Monday 26th September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-CD27E8
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy thimble of closed construction, dating from the early post-medieval period (c. 1500 - 1700). The crown is shallowly domed and the walls below flare to the open end. A spiral of drilled sub-square pits (probably) start at the centre of the crown and continue around the walls to the base; corrosion product obscures on the crown. The walls of the thimble are thin (1 mm thick). The metal is a dull dark red-brown in colour. The length is 19mm, the width is 22mm and the weight 4.70g. A similar example can be found on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database, Record ID: HAM…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-CD2E98
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy 'beehive' thimble dated to the later Medieval or early Post Medieval AD1400-1550. The thimble is complete though it has suffered some damage to the rim. It is conical in shape with a slightly pointed top. The walls of the thimble flare out to the rim which is plain and shows two circumferential grooves, 2.28mm in width. Its surface is covered with a series of hand-drilled pits, approximately 1.1mm in diameter, which are broadly sub-circular. Some of the pits towards the top are smaller than those near the rim, .85mm. The crown has a single drilled pit at …
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-CD33BC
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy thimble of medieval date, c.AD 1300 - 1600. The thimble has a circular base from which the sides taper inwards, folding at the top to form the flattened crown. A series of etched loops forming diamond shapes within circles extend from the crown towards the base where they terminate at a faint single grooved circumferential border. The length is 22mm, the width is 17mm and the weight 3.09g. Thimbles have been in common use in England from the 14th century onwards and Geoff Egan (2010, p.265) states that no medieval thimble indisputably dating from before the …
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-CD3BF2
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy 'beehive' thimble dated to the later Medieval or early Post Medieval AD1400-1550. The thimble is complete though it has suffered some damage to the rim. It is conical in shape with a slightly pointed top. The walls of the thimble flare out to the rim which is plain and shows a circumferential groove. Its surface is covered with a series of hand-drilled pits, approximately 1mm in diameter, which are broadly sub-circular. The inner face of the thimble is smooth, undecorated and of largely green patina. The length is 17mm, the width is 28mm and the weight 3.…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-68A493
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval to Modern lead alloy palm guard or needle pad. It is more or less circular in plan. Objects like this would have been wrapped in cloth then strapped to the hand to protect the palm when tightening cord or using awls and punches in an industry such as leather working or sail making. Palm guards of this design are thought to have been cast on occasion in oyster shells. Dates to between c1600 and c1970 AD. The diameter is 40mm and the weight is 94.85g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-966A0E
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, silver, post medieval thimble, AD.1600-1700 of two-piece construction. The thimble is conical with a domed top, the lower third of the piece is decorated with 2 putti supporting what appear to be two conjoined hearts engraved with initials *AH* to the side are what appears to be the initials *ug* possible a makers mark. The body of the thimble is formed from a strip of sheet metal wrapped around to form a cylinder with the top added. The thimble is covered in regularly spaced round holes. There is a seam that runs up the side of the piece and around the top which is slight…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd December 2021
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Record ID: LANCUM-53DF0A
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead object, probably a leather working palm guard. It is tear-drop shaped, and has one flat face, with a convex reverse. The surface is smooth, with a pale buff to green patina. Similar objects have been identified as Roman escutcheon filling; however, the smooth surface suggests this is more likely to be a palm-guard of medieval to post medieval date. The length is 58mm, the width is 37mm and the weight 163.23g. Similar objects on this database include; BERK-4BFFEB, KENT-A90908, BERK-7BC1A2
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded.