Record ID: YORYM-CEA7A7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date. The buckle is part of a single looped oval buckle with an ornate outer edge comprised of a series of transverse grooves flanked by two lobed knops. The loop proper has been lost to old worn breaks. The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The buckle is 41.8mm long, 5.3mm wide, 4.3mm thick and weighs 7.2g. Similar examples are illustrated in Whitehead, p.22 and are dated to circa 1250 - 1400.
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-CEC602
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date. The buckle is a single looped oval buckle with an ornate outer edge and a narrowed and offset strap bar. The outer curved edge bears a copper alloy sheet roller around a constriction flanked by two lobed knops. The pin remains in tact looped around the strap bar. The metal has a light brownish-green patina and is worn. The buckle is 20.7mm long, 21.2mm wide, 6.3mm thick and weighs 4.9g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, p.22, no.96 and is dated to circa 1250 - 1400.
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-CF2A81
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date. The buckle is a single looped oval with an integral forked spacer and circular lipped frame. The pin remains in tact looped around the narrow strap bar. The metal has a light greyish-brown patina and is worn. The buckle is 23.3 mm long, 12.2mm wide, 2.3mm thick and weighs 1.6g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, p.37, no.216 and is dated to circa 1350 - 1450.
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-CF5055
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date. The buckle is a single looped D-shape with a rectangular narrowed and offset strap bar. The pin remains in tact and is looped around the strap bar. The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The buckle is 12.5mm long, 11.5mm wide, 2.8mm thick and weighs 0.9g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, p.19, no.59 and is dated to circa 1250 - 1500.
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-CFB280
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of early-medieval date. The buckle is D-shaped in plan and circular in section with a worn and broken narrowed and recessed strap bar. The pin no longer remains. The outer edge of the frame is wide and undecorated with no recess for the pin. The frame terminates in bulbous knops which are most probably crude representations of animal heads confronted across the strap bar. Zoomorphic terminals are a common feature of buckles of this period and are intended to represent some sort of quadruped's head, such as a lion or leopard. The metal is a light…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-28A060
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The object is a roughly half of a double looped asymmetrical buckle with small knops at either end of the narrowed strap bar. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal is a dark blackish-brown colour and is worn. The buckle is 21.2mm long, 17.3mm wide, 2.3mm thick and weighs 1.9g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, p.91, no.564 and is dated to circa 1575 - 1700.
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-28BE63
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy buckle medieval date. The buckle is a single looped D-shape with a notched lip for the pin. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed and the buckle is undecorated. The pin no longer remains. The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The buckle is 19.6mm long, 16.1mm wide, 3.9mm thick and weighs 2g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, p.21, no.75 and is dated to circa 1350-1450.
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rufforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-3AC334
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is a trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle with concaved sides and a drilled frame for a separate spindle. The pin and stud chape remain around the spindle though the very end of the chape has been lost to old breaks. The metal has a dark greenish-brown patina and is worn. The buckle is 21.9mm long, 16.6mm wide, 2.1mm thick and weighs 3.4g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, p.99, no.624 and is dated to circa 1660 - 1720.
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-4D3898
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is a double looped oval shape with angled frames on the outer curved edge. The buckle is undecorated and the pin no longer remains. The metal has a dark greenish-brown patina and is worn. The buckle is 27.4mm long, 16.9mm wide, 2.9mm thick and weighs 2.7g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead p.55, no.315 and is dated to circa 1500 - 1650.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dunnington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-7A7FC3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is a double looped, sub-rectangular shape with integral strap bar. The pin no longer remains. The metal is a mid reddish-brown colour and is worn. The buckle is 22.9mm long, 17.7mm wide, 1.7mm thick and weighs 1.5g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, p.75, no.465 and is dated to circa 1570 - 1700. This example is however more slender than those depicted by Whitehead and could possibly be later.
Created on: Friday 24th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Strensall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-7BFA55
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is double looped oval shape with ornate frame. The outer curved edges of the frame are decorated with trefoil designs which may have once been openwork but have since been filled with corroded metal. Slight projections are also present either end of the strap bar. The reverse of the buckle is flat and undecorated and a patch of iron corrosion on the strap bar is all that remains of the pin. The metal has a mid greyish-brown colour and is worn. The buckle is 43.2mm long, 22.2mm wide, 3mm thick and weighs 5g. Simil…
Created on: Friday 24th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wigginton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-7C1224
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is a double looped oval shape with rounded ends and trefoil sides with raised ridges at either end of the strap bar. The strap bar is narrowed and the pin no longer remains. The reverse of the buckle is flat and undecorated. The metal has a dark greenish-brown colour and is worn. The buckle is 84.2mm long, 56.7mm wide, 4.3mm thick and weighs 52.4g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, p.70, no.440 and is dated to circa 1600 - 1720.
Created on: Friday 24th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wigginton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-E47614
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date. The buckle is a single looped D-shape with a rectangular narrowed strap bar with moulded ends. The pin no longer remains. The metal has a mid reddish-brown patina and is worn. The buckle is 19.5mm long, 15.7mm wide, 3.1mm thick and weighs 1.1g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, p.18, no.41 and is dated to circa 1250 - 1500.
Created on: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Naburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-623057
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is a trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle with a drilled frame for separate spindle. The sides are moulded and concave with ring and dot motif to either side of the spindle holes. A worn design is present on the outer edge of each loop and it's exact nature cannot be determined. The spindle, pin and chape no longer remain. The metal has a dark blackish-brown patina and is worn. The buckle is 38.4mm long, 26mm wide, 2mm thick and weighs 5.2g. Similar examples are illustrate din Whitehead, p.98, no.612 and are dated t…
Created on: Tuesday 6th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 14th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Naburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-A15AA1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is a sub-rectangular shoe buckle with a drilled frame for separated spindle. The corners are curved and the pin and stud chape remain in tact. A large amount of iron corrosion around the spindle area suggests the spindle was composed of iron. The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The buckle is 27.1mm long, 19.4mm wide, 4mm thick and weighs 4.4g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, p.103, no.663 and is dated to circa. 1690 - 1720.
Created on: Friday 9th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Plompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-A22CA5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date. The buckle is a single looped D-shape with a lipped and notched frame for the pin. The strap bar is narrowed and offset. The pin remains in tact fixed to the strap bar by a simple loop in one end. The metal has a mid blackish-green patina and is worn. The buckle is 14.4mm long, 13.1mm wide, 2.6mm thick and weighs 1.5g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, p.20, no.72 and is dated to circa 1350 - 1450.
Created on: Friday 9th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Plompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-F457F5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is roughly one half of a double loop oval buckle with one surviving moulded knop at the end of the narrowed strap bar. The outer curved edge is decorated with three incised lines resulting in a serrated edge effect. The buckle is otherwise undecorated. The metal is a mid brownish-green colour and is worn. The buckle is 31.6mm long, 20.1mm wide, 1.9mm thick and weighs 2.7g. Similar examples are illustrated in Whitehead, p.54 and are dated to circa 1500 - 1650.
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Plompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-21FE17
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy buckle frame of post-medieval date. The buckle has a swollen centre and an incised line of decoration along the inner edge. On the reverse is an expansion to house the strap bar which is represented by iron corrosion. The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and survives in good condition despite its incompleteness. The buckle is 28.7mm long, 6.8mm wide, 5.1mm thick and weighs 2.7g.
Created on: Thursday 15th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yapham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-F5BDC1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of Early-medieval date. Roughly half of the buckle remains and is circular in section with a devolved open-jawed animal head at the terminal. The opposing side of the buckle would also have terminated in this feature giving the appearance of two beasts biting the hinge bar. The frame is decorated with swollen rings at regular intervals. The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The buckle is 31.1mm long, 5.7mm in diameter and weighs 6.8g. Similar examples can be seen in Hawkes, p.58, fig.20.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-C069A0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy buckle of early-medieval date. The buckle is D-shaped in plan and oval in section with a narrowed and recessed strap bar. The pin no longer remains. The outer edge of the frame is swollen and undecorated with no recess for the pin. Two bulbous knops are present where the frame and strap bar meet. The metal has a mid reddish-green colour and is worn. The buckle is 17.8mm long, 13.7mm wide, 2.9mm thick and weighs 2g.
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 25th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Paull', grid reference and parish protected.