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    • Institution:NLM
    • Primary material:Stone
    • Object type:PENCIL

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Record ID: NLM-93C459
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
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Slate pencil. A small hexagonal-section rod machined from a compact metamorphic stone. A child’s schoolroom equipment from the late 19th to early 20th century. Broken at both ends. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1880-1920 Length: 32.8mm, Diameter: 5.4mm, Weight: 1.77gms
Created on: Tuesday 4th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterton', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: NLM-0027FD
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
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Slate pencil. A round section rod with chatter marks along a flattened facet, probably machined but worn smooth elsewhere; broken at both ends. This would be a typical item of schoolroom equipment from the later 19th century into the early 20th. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1875-1925. Length: 33.9mm, Diameter: 5mm, Weight: 1.70gms
Created on: Friday 25th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walcot', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: NLM-E288FF
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
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Grey stone pencil. A slate 'pencil' of probably milled stone, as would be used by schoolchildren in the later 19th and early 20th centuries. Rounded by wear at one end and broken at the other. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900. Length: 27.1mm, Diameter: 5.8mm, Weight: 1.74gms
Created on: Friday 30th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 30th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Caistor', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: NLM-1DF390
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
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Grey Slate Probable Pencil. Turned rod of slate; a tapered end bears smoothing on four opposed faces and a rounded end. Residual turning lines appear at this point. The rod becomes thicker beyond a stepped edge to the 'point', which confers a slightly bullet-like appearance. Broken. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Length: 28.1, Diameter: 5.6mm, Weight: 1.33gms.
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-0AEF82
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
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Purple Welsh Slate Pencil. Lathe turned rod, broken at one end and with a rounded point at the other. For use with a school slate writing board, and was found with a fragment of one. Length: 44.6mm, Diameter: 6.2mm, Weight: 3.36gms.
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Belton', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: NLM-5E9762
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Slate Pencil. Turned slate rod, of round section and rounded by use at both ends; longitudinal lines probably represent the bedding planes of the slate. The brown colour is staining from the sandy local soils. This item would be a common item of 19th-century schoolroom equipment. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Length: 43.1mm, Diameter: 5.8mm, Weight: 2.66gms.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: NLM-71B667
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
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Stone Slate Pencil. Stone rod, probably turned, with a blunt point at one end and an angled flat surface at the other. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Length: 43.4mm, Diameter: 6.3mm, Weight: 3.09gms.
Created on: Monday 21st March 2011
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton upon Humber', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: NLM-FCED97
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Slate Pencil fragment. Fragment of a rod of purple-grey slate, rounded by use at one broken end; the other end (now lost) would often be flattened to serve as an eraser. Like the related drawing slate, this would be a familiar part of later 19th-century schoolroom equipment. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1920.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.


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