Record ID: YORYM-A481F5
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead whistle of modern date. The whistle is a hollow cone with open apex and a sub-triangular section removed to act as the sound hole. A casting seem is present along the two sides of the whistle and it is moulded with a design consisting of two ovate elements, giving the appearance of eyes. To either side of the "eyes" are two semi-circular designs which is repeated in retrograde on the bottom just in front of the sound hole. The metal has a mid greyish white colour and is worn. The whistle is 15.8mm long, 13.9mm wide, 7.8mm thick and weighs 2.9g. Similar exampl…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bilbrough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-B79267
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast tin alloy hawking whistle, cylindrical in profile and circular in section, with two raised ribs which run around the circumference of the barrel of the whistle, on either side of the semi-circular sounding hole, which has since broken to form a larger aperture. The upper end of the whistle tapers towards the neck and then expands into a spherical suspension loop that has a drilled circular hole which would have taken the lanyard or cord to suspend the whistle. At the opposite end, the mouthpiece of the whistle is also broken so that it is open and the 'baffle' is loose…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-93E901
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly Copper alloy whistle. Cast tube with a pair of opposed rectangular slots at one end and a metal plate or reed within it at the other; an apparently separately cast and collared mouthpiece is attached at the slotted end. The tubular element bears the stamped legend: J. HUDSON & Co / Birmingham / 1916, which may supply an apt date. The manufacture of a whistle in Birmingham may suggest it was intended for military or police use as such objects would more usually be home made in an agricultural setting. Suggested date: Modern. Length: 62.1mm, Diameter (mouthpiece): 18.2mm, …
Created on: Friday 20th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-951C71
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White metal whistle. Mouthpiece with slot on its upper side, possibly cast, possibly detached from a component of different material, now crumpled. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950. Length: 22.5mm, Diameter: 12mm, Thickness: 0.8mm, Weight (with trapped soil) 4.78gms.
Created on: Friday 20th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.