Record ID: HESH-142586
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy seal matrix of medieval date (1200 - 1400 AD). The seal matrix was originally circular in plan however it has suffered abrasion in the soil and some distortion. A rectangular (keystone shaped) element has been taken from one edge - and this probably represents the cancelling of the die making it unusable prior to deposition. The reverse face is plain and undecorated - a small lentoid shaped projection is present at the midpoint and a rectangular tab extends from the upper edge - in line with the start of the inscription. There is no suspension loop. The front face of t…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-117CDA
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible lead seal of uncertain date. The object is circular in shape, with an arm extending out, for 21mm, and curving back on itself. The main body of the object is a flat circle, (diameter: 19mm; thickness: 4mm) with a smaller circle, or rounded pentagon, (diameter: 12mm; thickness: 3mm) attached off centre. This central shape has a small hole in its centre (diameter: 4mm.) The object has an off-white to pale brown patina.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Wheatley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-114DAC
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead seal of uncertain date. The object is oval in shape. One face of the seal has the lettering '[B]ASIC // [SL]AG' in relief to the lower left. On the second face there appears to be a ring of writing, also in relief, around the circumference of the seal, possibly reading '*THE L[EEDS] PHOS[PHATE WOR]KS LTD'. The writing is difficult to distinguish due to wear, and any images there may have been are unclear. The object has an off-white to pale brown patina. The Leeds Phosphate Works Ltd was incorporated on 12 February 1894 ‘To carry on the business of Agricultural Chemis…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Wheatley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-107B44
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy or lead, perforated circular weight or spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date 1400 - 1800AD. The weight has a circular perforation. It has an external diameter of 26mm, and the central perforation has a maximum diameter of 6mm. The weight has a series of raised bumps or knops along the circumference of one face. These may indicate that the weight was something akin to the modern LANCUM-F199F4, and used in a similar way. The metal's appearance suggests it is Post Medieval. However it could well date back to the medieval period. The diameter is 24mm and the weig…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-106F81
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to early post medieval cast lead alloy, or lead, perforated circular weight or spindle whorl, biconical with a different decorative pattern on each face. The weight has a circular perforation through the centre. It has an external diameter of 27mm, and the central perforation has a maximum diameter of 10mm. The diameter is 27mm and the weight 21.54g. In the "Finds Recording Guide", Geake (2001, p66) points out that: "The function of lead weights would have varied, from spindle-whorls to fishing weights to trade weights." She adds that spindle whorls should ideally be cir…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-1060AB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy circular weight probably homemade and Medieval to Post-medieval dating 1400 - 1800AD. The diameter is 50mm and the weight 2.48g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-0F7816
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy button dating to the early post medieval period. The button comprises a flat, circular plate. The upper surface of the plate is decorated with a circumferential groove and a central circular depression. From the underside there extends a small circular-section knop which is flanked by a casting seam. It measures 16mm in diameter and has a length of 2mm.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-0EE7D2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy button dating to the post medieval period. The circumference of the button is corroded but was originally circular in plan and slightly convex in section .The upper surface is decorated with a Tudor rose motif surmounted by a crown and the circumferential legend 'NORT[H] PO[...]'. On the underside is a small, circular lug which is hemispherical in section, all that remains of the attachment loop. The surviving diameter is 25mm and it measures 1mm in thickness.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2020
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-0EB3D6
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy spoon fragment. Cast spatulate oval-ended terminal from a small spoon, with moulded floral decoration of radiating petals and comma-shaped curlicues. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1820-1850. Length: 18.4mm, Width: 13.2mm, Thickness: 1.6mm, Weight: 1.56gms
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haxey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0E3C7B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy mount. Cast plate in the form of a straight-sided heraldic shield, with a tiny sprue tab at the top, and with a substantial [diameter 5.5mm and height 3.5mm] bifurcated stud with burred end on the back towards the lower edge. The shield is charged with Arms which include a pair of cross pattee in the right hand upper quarter, a central Lambda-shaped figure, and two pairs of ?towers in the top left quarter. A part of a curvilinear figure appears towards the pointed base of the shield. The heraldic context might be early post-medieval, as is the provision of an integrally cas…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haxey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0E0526
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy probable cuff link fragment. A cast round plate with a hollow back retaining pale grey fixative with a central circular scar where a link has been lost, and with what appears to the eye of faith as a low relief depiction of a skull on the display side. Chipped and abraded. Skeletal imagery was popular, especially in memorial contexts, between the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1680-1720. Diameter: 20mm, Thickness: 2.8mm, Weight: 3.60gms
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haxey', grid reference and parish protected.