Record ID: SWYOR-8246ED
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small sub-circular perforated lead seal dating from AD 1900 - 1964. It is a General Post Office seal. It is circular with one flat and one domed face. Strands of copper wire project from four points around the edge. The centre of the seal has been perforated by a circular hole suggesting reuse. The partially obscures the obverse design of the letters G[P]O with a broad arrow above and a numeral, probably 14, below. Measurements are; diameter 19.2mm, thickness 7.2mm and weight 14.50g. The central hole has a diameter of 3.0mm. Compare NLM-60DAB0. The broad arrow was a mark of co…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-7362A3
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable scale from a scale tang knife, or folding penknife or razor of probably early Modern date, about AD 1880 - 1900. The object is sub-rectangular in plan, and convex on the outer face. One end is broken. The other is rounded and has a wide shallow grooved collar. There are the remains of an iron rivet at the complete end. The reverse is hollow apart from the terminal. The outer face is inscribed LIBER[TY] which is probaly a maker's mark. The object is 34.5mm long, 14.8mm wide, 3.1mm thick and weighs 4.23g. The maker's mark could refer to Mic…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-1146ED
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy coin; a heavily clipped penny of Edward VII dating from the Modern period, AD 1901 - 1910, Part of the king's head, facing right, remains on the obverse and part of Britannia seated on the reverse The coin is dished and very worn on the convex face, so only the king's ear is visible. The date and the legends on both sides are all missing.  The remaining portion of the coin is 16.5mm in diameter and 1.5mm thick. It weighs 2.5g.
Created on: Monday 8th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 22nd August 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-F0B0A4
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern lead bag seal of Henry Tate and Sons Ltd. dating from AD 1869 to 1916. It is a sub-circular disc with two sideways slots through the thickness of the seal. It is 20.1mm long, 17.7mm wide and 4.7mm thick. 7.9g. Obverse: Vertical lozenge containing T Reverse: Raised circle border containing HENRY (curving downward) / TATE / & SONS (curving upward) / LIVERPOOL (curving upward). This is a Tate & Sons seal with a (early?) form of the well known trade mark - a vertical, more square lozenge containing the letter T rather than the horizontal lozenge with TATE …
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-41D405
Object type: UMBRELLA
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern cylindrical object, probably a runner or spoke guide from an umbrella or parasol dating from AD 1800 - 1950. This is a ring of lead alloy, flanged at one end in a pattern resembling crenellations, with indentations occuring at equal intervals around the flanged end, although this pattern is degraded on one side. There is also an iron pin running through the centre, with both edges piercing through the sides of the object. It has a white patina, with a rusted iron pin. It has a height of 6.0mm, a diameter of 12.5mm and weight of 1.38g. An imag…
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-A4A179
Object type: PLOUGH
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern metal wear pad from the coulter for a seed drill, originally recorded as an unidentified object of probably Modern date. It is a sub-rectangular block of a dense gray magnetic metal, perhaps steel. On end is rounded, and the other end is exceedingly worn, tapering in thickness due to wear on the upper face, and unevenly convex across the end. The other edges are bevelled, so the top face is smaller than the bottom, and the sides are carinated, with the carination closer to the bottom face. A circular perforation near the rounded end is filled with a spiral coil of what a…
Created on: Friday 7th December 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-69BB07
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver heart shaped love token dating from AD 1836 onwards. It has been cut from a four pence (groat) coin of William IV (AD 1830 - 1837), dated [1]836. See Spink number 3837 (2003, page 399). The obverse has been polished smooth, obliterating the design. The reverse of the coin still has details of the figure of Britannia visible, as well as the first two letters of "FOUR PENCE" and the last three digits of the date: 1836. The coin has been very neatly cut with straight edges into a narrow heart with a pointed base and bilobed top. It is 15.6mm long, 11.5mm wide and 0.8mm thick. 0.8g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th December 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-D749A2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy which is sub-rectangular in plan and flat. The two longer sides are original edges, while the shorter sides are broken on an angle. The plate tapers slightly towards the top. The correct orientation is indicated by a stamped crown motif near the lower break on one face. The metal has a grey green patina with red metal below. The fragment is 22.8mm long, 21.7mm wide and 1.9mm thick. 4.9g. The condition of the metal and the shape of the crown both suggest a fairly recent date. The function of this object is not known. It is too thick to be a clog clasp or s…
Created on: Monday 5th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-A6BE58
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy Russian bag or bale seal dating from the 18th or 19th century. Both sides carry raised Cyrillic lettering. It reads: NP / [-]H 12 (K) / 1[...] and on the reverse there are four rows, but the letters are mainly illegible owing to damage in the form of two grooves across the face of the seal. Two slots pass obliquely horizontally though the sub-circular disc from side to side. It measures 22.8mm diameter, 5.3mm thick and 14.12g. It has a flaky white patina. This seal corresponds with the normal format for Russian bale seals: the obverse is in three lines with the top lin…
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2016
Last updated: Sunday 10th April 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-A675F2
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy bag seal dating from the late 19th or early 20th century. It is circular with a slot through the seal for the cord to which it was attached. This seal is for a bag containing the spice Sumac, which was produced around Palermo in Sicily. It is 17.6mm diameter, 3.7mm thick and 6.9g. On one face is the central design of two flowers above two leaves. The legend reads: [...]W / PALERMO. The reverse shows a stem bearing three flowers and two leaves, and the legend reads: STEAM * GROUN[D]. Compare examples on the Bag Seal Gallery website such as: http://www.bagseals.org/ga…
Created on: Sunday 11th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-D46B34
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gem bead of probable Modern date, about AD 1900 - 1950. Probably less than half of the bead survives. It is sub-spherical with a pronounced ridge across the complete end. The circular drilled perforation (c.1.5mm diameter) is in the centre of this ridge, and is also visible in the broken face. The bead is made of a bright royal blue material and the surface is decorated with flecks of a gold coloured material and mottled with lighter blue dots. It is thought to be lapis lazuli. Some bubbles are visible in the broken surface. The bead is 16.7mm by 14.7mm and 11.1mm from t…
Created on: Monday 7th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 7th September 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-4FA55B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern coin; a possible imitation milled shilling of George III dated 1820 and stamped with a letter T in the neck. The coin looks like a New Coinage shilling of 1820, number 3790 in Spink's Standard Catalogue. However, the coin is a millimetre larger than the one illustrated in Spink, at 23.6mm diameter and 1.6mm thick, 5.6g. It has a Roman, serifed T stamped sideways on the neck, the base towards the right of the coin. There is also a dent in the top edge of the coin. In other respects, the coin is in very good condition, though the silver has patinated to a dark brown colour. …
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Sunday 3rd May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-3E93D6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A folded, lead alloy seal, possibly a modern cloth inspection seal dating from AD 1800 - 1950. The seal is a single sheet of lead which is folded double and fastened shut with a central rivet. One face, pierced by the fastening stud, has a rounded end and carries an impression in relief reading: "[...]IM(P)SON A[...]" round the edge. There are also two numbers: "36" which have been crudely inscribed with a sharp tool. The other face has a square end and carries an impression in relief of three lines of small, rectangular cartouches each containing a letter or number that read: [-]45//…
Created on: Monday 14th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-F810C7
Object type: SCOOP
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy scoop or spoon, probably from a 19th century seed drill or similar piece of agricultural machinery. The object has similarities with Roman toilet spoons and ligulae (such as those in Crummy 1983), but the lack of decoration, the thickness of the scoop and shaft and degree of finishing all suggest a Modern date. The object is a rod which is oval in section and cigar shaped, thicker in the middle than at the ends. The rod or shaft is 58mm long. It has a maximum diameter of 5.1mm and a diameter of 3.7mm at the bowl end. The sides of the rod are slightly faceted and…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd January 2014
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-3C5055
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy Russian bale seal which dates from 1842. The seal is sub circular with a hole for the cord running from side to side. One side has: "[...] / ЛBAЬII / COPIЪ / M. K. / 1842". This stands for the port with the date and possibly the producer in code. The other side is almost illegible with just: "A[...] / KOE[...] / H[...]" visible. This is likely to be the title, initial and surname of the control officer with a reference number. Die axis 11o'clock. Seals like these were used to monitor the quality of flax and hemp originating in Russia in the late eighteenth and ear…
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-A77FE3
Object type: LATCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded iron object, perhaps a thumb latch from a door mechanism of Post Medieval to Modern date. The object is rectangular in section and tapers to a point. It is broken at the wider end where it expands into a thin rounded plate. The object is corroded and rusty but in otherwise good condition. It was found on Towton Battlefield, so has been recorded in case it is a Medieval object from the battle of 1461.
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-A51342
Object type: PICKAXE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded iron tool, perhaps a pickaxe of probably Post Medieval to Modern date. The object is rectangular in section and is a curved tapering spike. It is broken at the wider end where it also splits with a slot in the centre. This may be the start of a socket. The tool is corroded and rusty but in otherwise good condition. It was found on Towton Battlefield, so has been recorded in case it is a Medieval weapon from the battle of 1461, but this seems unlikely having compared it to examples of staff weapons in "Weapons" by the Royal Armouries (2006). It is not similar to the hal…
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-2B1F45
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron unidentified object which is probably Modern, but which was found in the same field as the Early Medieval finds SWYOR-1590A4, SWYOR-14ED88, SWYOR-14A685, SWYOR-148980, SWYOR-146DF7, SWYOR-145073, SWYOR-142DD2, SWYOR-13FF91, SWYOR-EB7AA1 and SWYOR-EB10D8, so there is a possibility it is Early Medieval. It is a strip of iron, rectangular in section, bent in several places into an angular S shape. Both ends are broken, but the shape seems to be intentional. It is 52.2mm long, 8.23mm wide and 3.44mm thick. 6.38g.
Created on: Friday 27th July 2012
Last updated: Monday 6th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Craven', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-2B0DB2
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
5 iron hooks from unidentified objects which are probably Modern, but which were found in the same field as the Early Medieval finds SWYOR-1590A4, SWYOR-14ED88, SWYOR-14A685, SWYOR-148980, SWYOR-146DF7, SWYOR-145073, SWYOR-142DD2, SWYOR-13FF91, SWYOR-EB7AA1 and SWYOR-EB10D8, so there is a possibility they are Early Medieval. The longest hook has a D shaped section and a loop at the other end. It is 77.5mm long, 23.6mm wide and 10mm thick. 18.25g. The widest hook is square in section. Both ends are broken. It is 67.3mm long, 43.7mm wide and 7.68mm thick. 18.5g. The chunkiest is c…
Created on: Friday 27th July 2012
Last updated: Monday 6th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Craven', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-2AF124
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two iron buckles which are probably Modern, but which were found in the same field as the Early Medieval finds SWYOR-1590A4, SWYOR-14ED88, SWYOR-14A685, SWYOR-148980, SWYOR-146DF7, SWYOR-145073, SWYOR-142DD2, SWYOR-13FF91, SWYOR-EB7AA1 and SWYOR-EB10D8, so there is a possibility they are Early Medieval. One buckle is D shaped and has an iron pin which is looped round the bar. It is 58.3mm long, 43.2mm wide and 12.86mm thick. 23.66g. The other is a possible buckle. It is an annular loop, somewhat angular, and rectangular in section. 45.7mm long, 45.6mm wide and 8.5mm thick. 25.9g.
Created on: Friday 27th July 2012
Last updated: Monday 6th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Craven', grid reference and parish protected.