Record ID: PUBLIC-1CC888
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Alloy Token 1715 Obvervse: Laurel and draped bust inscription reads CH.VL.MA (GV) Reverse: Crude depiction of seated Britannia inscription reads BRITANNIA
Created on: Saturday 29th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 24th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broomhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C155C7
Object type: DIE STAMP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy circular die stamp of post-medieval date. The handle is missing but would have had a retangular suspension hole.The design on the stamp stands proud of the surface of the seal, so is of 'patrix' form. It appears to have two initials, an upper-case R and a lower-case e, interlaced and with foliate scrolls and serifs. Compare SWYOR-BAF6A3, which is very similar (reading HD) and the differently shaped SWYOR-5A0422 (reading IEM). These are unlikely to be seal matrices, as the letters stand proud; they may possibly have been used for embossing paper. They have an Arts …
Created on: Saturday 26th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brereton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-ACA0D0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval copper-alloy double-looped asymmetrical buckle frame, perhaps from a shoe, with white-metal coating. One loop is rectangular, the other D-shaped internally and with a pointed outer edge. The central bar appears to have been of iron and survives, although very corroded. There is a good parallel in Whitehead (2003, no. 598), also with an iron bar and white-metal coating; Whitehead dates this example to c. 1660-c. 1720. These buckles are usually small, and this one measures 26.37 x 21.61mm. It is 4.46mm thick and weighs 5g.
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Monday 30th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mill Lane', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6DC1A6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast rectangular shoe buckle with expanded ends each with a groove and a drilled frame for a separate spindle.The frame appears to be made from pewter while the buckle plate is a copper alloy, also there is a makers stamp on the underside of the buckle plate which reads REARLY there is also a stamp above this that I cannot read due to wear.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 24th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pewitt Hall Farm', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-655D05
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy annular buckle frame in the form of a five-petalled flower. Each petal is defined by a ridge along the outer edge, sometimes gently incurved in the centre. There are hints of transverse ribbing on each petal. There is a central bar, now very slightly bent, giving two D-shaped loops to the buckle. The reverse is flat and undecorated. It measures 28.5mm in length, 25.57mm in width and is 2.34mm thick. It weighs 4.5g. A similar buckle frame with simpler decoration was excavated from a context of 1561-1690 in Norwich (Margeson 1993, no. 157), but otherwise there is little …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 11th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'brereton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-BE7543
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed, pegged spearhead dating to the late Bronze Age (c.1100-800 BC), of Davis Group 13. The spearhead consists of a leaf-shaped blade which has rounded edges and tapers towards the tip. The blade has 'fillets' along the edge which is typical of the Group 13 type (Davis 2016). The edges are worn and damaged. The blade is lozenge in cross-section and has a circular cross-sectioned mid-rib, which gradually widens to form the socket. The socket is cylindrical in shape and has the remains of two copper alloy pegs, one on either of the socke…
Created on: Friday 31st January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pewitt hall farm', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-E0A243
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gun money halfgrown issue of James II during the williamite war in Ireland coin issue date 1690 Obverse reads DEI.GRATIA.JACOBVS.II Reverse reads MAG.BR.FRA.ET.HIR.REX.1690 The coin is copper and in fair condition retaining a good patina
Created on: Saturday 21st September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hulme Walfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A0C335
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy ampullag dating to the Medieval period, (AD 1100-1500). The bowl is semi-circular and the incomplete neck is rectangular in cross-section. The handles which would have connected the neck of the object to the body have broken away leaving a small scar on each side. One surface of the ampulla is decorated with a W. The object has a dusty mid-white patina. Ampulla bearing a crowned W have been tentatively associated with the cult of Our Lady of Walsingham. These occur in a large number and are widely distributed which indicate a shrine of major importance such as Wal…
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 24th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Goostrey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A09DF5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A two piece rectangular cast copper alloy buckle,one loop missing, dating to the Post Medieval period (c.1660-1720) The object is a rectangular shoe buckle with a drilled frame and separate spindle with stud chape. The frame is decorated with 5 projecting triangular points below which the frame is decorated with a series of grooves. A small amount of the pin remains. The object has a mid-brown patina. A similar example can be found in Whitehead (1996) Buckles 1250-1800, 98-103, no.609-663.
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Goostry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-4D3E50
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy spindle whorl no pattern probably dating to the Medieval period, (AD 1100-1500). The object is circular in plan and oval in cross-section. The object has a regular central circular perforation. There is no visible decoration on either side and the object is worn. It has a brownish grey patina. Similar examples of spindle whorls have reportedly been found in contexts dated from the Roman through to the Post-Medieval period although the majority are typically dated broadly to the Medieval period c.1100-1500.
Created on: Saturday 14th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Astbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-37F481
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
A large copper- alloy Roman Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.a. Plate 46. From the front the brooch is almost T-shaped. The wings are tubular, circular in cross-section with a raised ridge around either end of each wing. Closed ends to hold the axis bar. The chord of the spring is secured, by a hook.The top of the bow rises up from the wings and tapers gently downwards to a footknob. It is D-shaped in cross-section and has no visible decoration. The catchplate is incomplete and appears to be decorated with roughly incised gro…
Created on: Friday 13th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hulme Walfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-1F2E36
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy spindle whorl dating probably dating to the Medieval period. The object is circular in plan and biconical. It has a large central circular perforation. Each face of the object is decorated with a series of radiating lines between each of which are three pellets. The object is worn and has a dark grey patina. Similar examples of spindle whorls have reportedly been found in contexts dated from the Roman through to the Post-Medieval period although the majority are typically dated broadly to the Medieval period c.1100-1500.
Created on: Thursday 12th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newbold Astbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D026D4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Crossbow brooch made of gilded copper alloy, late Roman in date. Only the crossbar, two knobs and bow survive; the foot is missing, along with any top knob. The arms of the crossbar are rectangular in cross-section and each has a thick rectilinear moulding or ridge on the front, with a broad groove or flute in the centre. The ends each have a pair of transverse grooves at the junction with the knobs. The arms of the crossbar are cast in one piece with the knobs. There is a notch in the centre of the crossbar, on the reverse, where the pin would originally have hinged. Much gilding sur…
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hulme walfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-CFDAF2
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy seal matrix of Medieval date, probably 14th century. The object has a handle which is hexagonal in cross-section, at the top of which is a collar and then a pointed top with round suspension loop. The device, within an inner grooved circle, depicts two birds in profile, one above the other; the upper bird, possibly a hawk, appears to be attacking the other by pecking at it. Surrounding the device is a Lombardic legend which starts with a star in front of the lower bird's open beak. It reads *ALAS IE SV PRIS (Alas I am caught). There is a large gap between the second S a…
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Goostrey', grid reference and parish protected.