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Record ID: ESS-A08021
Object type: SHOE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval (late 18th century) shoe found during renovation work in the service wing of Aldham Hall. The shoe was found with a witch-bottle (ESS-A06743) and is believed to be associated with witch-craft. The shoe is made of hobnailed brown leather with buckle straps, but with the buckle now missing, a low stacked heel and characteristic pointed toe. It measures 270mm long and therefore was worn by an adult. The shoe (plus the witch-bottle) appears to have been placed within a void between two internal walls, behind a chimneybreast. An old shoe was commonly believed in the 17th an…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2016
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