Record ID: NLM-F247FB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle plate. Fragment of a large buckle plate, rollered decoration. See list[?]. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1450 Length: 29.4mm, Height: 35.3mm, Thickness (?): 7.4mm, Weight: 7.14gms
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-22861D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast three-lobed plate of concavo-convex section retaining the stubs of three integrally cast fixing pins of length 6mm [two partly lost]. The front bears a tripartite running guilloche with a pelleted border, with a terminal knop at either end. Traces of black coating appear on the edge. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1750 Length: 45.0mm, Width: 16.9mm, Thickness: 2.9mm, Weight: 7.81gms
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-2266D3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron buckle. Cast asymmetrical copper alloy frame with a larger oval outer loop with bevelled outer edge and a smaller rectangular inner loop. A corroded iron pin remains looped round the central bar separating the loops. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1450 Length: 19.7mm, Height: 18.9mm, Thickness (frame): 3.4mm, Weight: 3.06gms
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-21F1A8
Object type: JEWS HARP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Jew’s harp. Cast rhomboid section bar, tapered towards either end and bent, with a straight upper mid-part with waisted nick for a steel tongue [lost]. Now bent with the prongs crossing. This simple toy is traditionally ascribed to the Georgian period (1714-1820) but when the surface detail is crisp and the arises are sharp a more recent origin is likely. Jews harps were among the novelties included in Christmas crackers, being imported from Germany by the tens of thousands for that purpose. Christmas crackers were invented c.1860 by Tom Smith of London and rapidly a…
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-21CDAD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Pressed metal naturalistically rendered concavo-convex mask of a maned lion, with a small central tab folded against the back and probably relating to its fixing. This probably evokes the Imperial British lion, a popular motif throughout the 19th century. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Length: 24.5mm, Width: 23.2mm, Height (i.e. protrusion): 5.8mm, Thickness (wall): 0.8mm, Weight: 1.99gms
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-8C71AB
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Circular cast mount, one central attachment on back, reserved areas inlaid with millefiori glass, now light yellow and dark brown. Suggested date: possibly Early Medieval, 700-1000 Height/Diameter: 33.8mm, Thickness: 7.8mm, Weight: 5.99gms
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-9B1733
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified object. Chunky copper alloy object of uncertain purpose, clearly Viking, possibly Anglo-Scandianvian, silvered, decoration almost totally worn. Seen by Anne Pedersen, she has no ID either. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000 Length: 37.8mm, Width: 35mm, Thickness [?]: 3.5mm, Weight: 32.83gms
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 20th September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-CD9F83
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy mount. Cast concavo-convex figurative mount representing the naturalistically rendered maned mask of a lion. A tousled mane surrounds a feline face with rounded features, round eyes and small ears, with a ‘beard’ below the mouth. The eyes are round with pupils modelled – one brow is lowered, though the slightly quizzical effect might be the result of a minor abrasion rather than imaginative modelling. Extensive traces of white metal plating are trapped in the modelled detail of the display side. The back is hollowed and rounded, though the casting still a…
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Elmsall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-05276C
Object type: MONEY BOX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy moneybox fragment, as kindly identified by the finder. A cast openwork figurative scene, depicting a boy clambering under a skep or woven beehive mounted on a shelf or sill and framed by structural elements. A large flower and smaller leaves rise to the left of this scene which may have an allegorical or nursery-rhyme context. The finder kindly notes that two other pieces of the same object were found by colleagues detecting in the same field. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Height: 87.6mm, Width: 61mm, Thickness (wall of casting): 3.5mm, Weight: 97.46gms
Created on: Friday 11th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-047A0C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy token. Milled discoid ten shilling token of the Wakefield Industrial Society (1867-1962). Both sides bear a circumferential legend: WAKEFIELD INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY and, in a central roundel: 10/- / LIMITED. Suggested date: Modern, 1945-1962 Diameter: 21.9mm, Weight: 2.33gms, die axis: 12
Created on: Friday 11th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-046C76
Object type: MEDALLION
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy medallion. Milled plate in the form of an eight-pointed star, bearing the circumferential legend: YORKSHIRE MINERS ASSOCIATION and the central legend: HEMSWORTH BRANCH. Drilled for suspension in one of its points. The YMA was founded in 1881, and enjoyed rapid expansion after it secured a 10% wage increase for its members in 1882; the Hemsworth Branch was also involved in a prolonged strike in 1906. It was eventually merged with the National Union of Mineworkers [NUM]. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1881-1920 Height: 32.6mm, Width: 32.5mm, Thickness: 1.2mm, W…
Created on: Friday 11th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0443EE
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified object. Cast sub-cruciform openwork frame with bilateral moulded floral or vegetal decoration around its outer edges, and with a small [length 8.2mm] rounded oval lug with a broken central projection at its narrower end. The latter was intended to engage another component permitting rotary movement in the manner of a swivel. The central part of the object has a trefoil aperture, with a larger rhomboid space below it [as illustrated]. Slightly bent. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1700 Length: 65.5mm, Width: 38mm, Thickness: 4.4mm, Weight: 21.16gms
Created on: Friday 11th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0432BB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Buckle. Cast double looped buckle with moulded frame, with expanded pointed outer edges bearing four ribs apiece, and with a ribbed knop at either end of the narrowed central strap bar. The frame has been bent outwards from the strap bar with considerable force. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1550-1650 Length: 44.0mm, Height: 29.1mm, Thickness: 2.1mm, Weight: 8.40gms
Created on: Friday 11th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-042855
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast single looped buckle with integral forked spacers for a composite plate, and with a pointed outer lip. A cast pin is looped around the frame. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1450 Length: 29.3mm, Height: 19.6mm, Thickness: 2.9mm, Weight: 3.24gms
Created on: Friday 11th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9139B2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin. Milled farthing of Charles II (1660-1685), issue of 1672-1679 Obverse description: Bust laureate cuirassed left. Obverse inscription: CAROLVS.A. CAROLO Reverse description: Britannia seated left, contracted pose; exergual line. Reverse inscription: BRITAN [NIA] Diameter: 22.5mm, Weight: 4.70gms, die axis: 6
Created on: Friday 30th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 2nd September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stapleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-90D72A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle fragment. Cast sub-rectangular double looped buckle frame with a narrowed central strap bar. Rust on one outer edge may suggest the object was deposited with its iron pin attached [now lost]; most of the other loop is lost. Abraded, with the strap bar now forward of the rest of the frame. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650 Length: 24.2mm, Height: 28.6mm, Thickness: 2.5mm, Weight: 3.82gms
Created on: Friday 30th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 2nd September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stapleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-ABB4E6
Object type: DISC
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy disc. A small disc with a small part of its edge turned over and surface detail now lost, perhaps to an episode of intense burning. The bent edge makes it seem unlikely this was a coin, though the size might be apt to low base metal denominations or tokens any time between the later Roman period (c.AD260 onwards) and the last modern issues of farthings in the mid-20th century. Suggested date: Unknown, Late Roman to Modern, 260-1950 Diameter: 20.1mm, Thickness: 2.1mm, Weight: 3.98gms
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thorpe Audlin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-ABA83D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified object. Cast object resembling a miniature spanner in its form, comprising a tapered rectangular section shank with a penannular loop at its broader and expanded end, and broken at its narrower thinner end. The loop has a central aperture of diameter 7.7mm. The loop is dished by wear on one side and flat on the other, suggesting a spindle passed through it and rotated when the object was in use, so positioned as to inflict only unilateral wear. It is now uncertain whether the open form of the loop is the result of this wear or is part of the original form. Th…
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thorpe Audlin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AB6848
Object type: WATCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy watch winder. A probably die-stamped winding key, with a circular round-section loop with opposed lugs: one a stepped winding key. A larger [diameter 22mm] ring of composite construction retaining some of its original tensile strength passes through the central loop of the key, and itself has a small [now] open ring threaded onto it. This appears to represent the repair, and ultimately the loss or discard, of a watch winder's attachment to a fob chain. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Length (of key): 22.8mm, Weight: 4.08gms
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AB5E3E
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy furniture fitting. A conical lathe-finished cup resembling a miniature bucket with three equidistantly distributed drilled holes of diameter c.6mm below a flat-topped and everted rim, the holes being set across the upper one of two circumferentially inscribed lines; all these holes are lightly countersunk. The flat base has a circumferential groove on its outer side which is partly filled with rust, and rust also fills a central hole and is extruded within, all features which suggest this object had been attached at its base to another component of, or fastened by, ferrou…
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 19th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemsworth', grid reference and parish protected.