Record ID: LVPL-EFB8B3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Trafford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but worn, cast copper alloy trade weight of Post Medieval (18th century dating). The weight is circular with a raised rim on the top of the weight. The top has been decorated with a series of concentric incised circles. No stamps or countermarks are visible. The base is plain and undecorated, apart from a recessed circular depression at the centre. The weight is a mid to dark green colour, with an uneven surface patina. The edges of the weight demonstrate signs of abrasion, resulting in the loss of some of the surface patina. The weight has a diameter of 19.01mm and i…
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 6th December 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-EE34A4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead or lead alloy local trade weight, of probable Post Medieval dating (17th to 18th Centuries AD). The weight is sub circular in plan, and rectangular in profile. The front has been stamped with two sets of incuse lettering: IIII & H B. The first set (IIII) probably denounces the required measure, whether it be 4 ounces or 4 measures of another commodity (such as flour). The second set (HB) are probably the initials of the owner or the company that either commissoned or used the weight. The back is plain and undecorated. It is a light to mid grey colour, with an …
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2011
Last updated: Friday 27th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Vale Royal', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-04B6D6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy square trade weight, of Post Medieval to Modern dating (17th to 19th Centuries AD). The weight is square in plan and rectangular in cross section / profile. The front has been stamped with the inscription '3.12', presumably the weight that it was required to weigh. The back is plain and undecorated. The weight is a dark green / brown colour, with an uneven surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement in the plough soil has resulted in the loss of some of the original surface and detail. The weight measures 20.84mm in length, 21.11mm wide and 7.68mm thick. It …
Created on: Thursday 21st April 2011
Last updated: Friday 27th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Vale Royal', grid reference and parish protected.