Record ID: SWYOR-D315B5
Object type: WORKED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of limestone with conglomerate of ceramic, stone and plaster attached to both faces suggesting it is building material of some sort. The limestone is grey and the ceramic material is bright orange with piece of grey stone embedded in it, and areas of white clay or plaster. Date unknown.
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2012
Last updated: Saturday 23rd May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-1C8CEB
Object type: WINDOW FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy object, possibly a handle from a window, door or furniture, and likely to be of Post medieval to modern date, about AD 1500 - 1900. It is solid copper alloy and is square in cross-section, tapering in thickness from a square end with slightly bevelled edges, to a slight kink where the handle measures 9.1mm wide and 6.8mm thick. Beyond the kink, which is 12mm from the end, the thickness increases again before an uneven break. The damage is patinated. The object has a smooth glossy green patina with some file marks visible. It is 77.6mm long, 13.5mm wide and 12.8mm thick.…
Created on: Tuesday 10th November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 10th November 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-F07E07
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver decorative whistle, spherical body or buoy made of two parts of silver sheet soldered together with a raised rib. Each hemisphere decorated with raised flower-head pattern and central knop. Thin gun of silver with a flange to hold the whistle by. Damaged. Decoration recalls that on 16th Century dress pins and fittings and this is likely to be of that date. Compare a tin whistle of similar form in the NMM, PT 0457, there called a boatswain's call, and six in the MOL from the Thames foreshore. Silver whistles were used as badges of office and for giving signals at sea. Compare al…
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bawtry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B284C7
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy musical instrument; a whistle or other similar pipe like instrument. The whistle is made from a cast tube of copper alloy. Towards one terminal is a semi-circular hole which is obliquely angled in profile to provide a lip which would give the whistle's sound. Half way between this end and the broken end is an incised line round the pipe, presumably decorative. The far end is broken, and there is damage on the lower part of the pipe. It is 66.07mm in length, 10.1mm in diameter, and weighs 15.59g. Very few copper alloy whistles have been recorded on the database. Some o…
Created on: Thursday 6th August 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-9662A2
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy (pewter?) whistle in the form of a pipe bowl, dating from 1750 -1900. The bowl is damaged with the entire rim missing. It is cast and there are projecting blobs along the casting spur. The bowl is long and oval and sits relatively vertically. There is a short rounded spur on the heel instead of a flat platform which suggests a date later than 1600 (Ayto, 2002, Shire Album 37: Clay tobacco pipes). The stem has broken off. There is some decoration near the stem in the form of a row of arches in relief. The pipe bowl is 34.3mm high, measures 24.6mm from the broken end…
Created on: Thursday 15th March 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-2B9BF7
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval lead alloy whistle, probably dating from the 15th-16th century, but possibly later. Only part of the tube survives. It is circular in section and has a rectangular slot along one face. The sides are decorated with moulded patterns; transverse lines and ladder patterns are visible. Projecting form the face opposite the slot are the remains of moulded decoration and a round suspension loop. These elements are very similar to the whistle catalogued as number 216e on page 208 of Spencer, 1998. The whistle fragment is 30.4mm long, 12.7mm wide and 7.8mm thick.…
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-B0A6DE
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval lead alloy whistle dating from AD 1700 - 1900. The whistle is cylindrical with a half cylindrical mouthpiece. Only the mouthpiece end of the whistle survives. There is a crescent-shaped sound hole at the point where the mouthpiece narrows. The cylindrical part of the tube is decorated with an abstract curvilinear design in relief lines. There are obvious casting seams along the sides of the tube. The rest of the whistle is missing so it is not known what form it took. Similar examples can be found on the PAS database: LON-8B61C5 and LON-61D493, and SUR-8574…
Created on: Monday 23rd February 2015
Last updated: Monday 23rd February 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-5CC654
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval lead alloy probable whistle dating from AD 1400-1700. Only one end of a tube survives, probably the mouthpiece of a bosun's (boatswain's) style whistle. The terminal of the tube has a rounded corner between the sides and the end of the tube, and a hole in the end which is smaller in diameter at 4.7mm than the diameter of the tube (10.7mm). The tube expands slightly from the terminal, and is decorated after 15mm with a triple collar. There is a small attachment loop, in line with the main body of the tube, on the lower seam, and then the tube exp…
Created on: Saturday 1st August 2020
Last updated: Saturday 17th October 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-5D6D37
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver post medieval whistle dating from about AD 1500 - 1650. The tubular whistle is made of silver sheet and soldered lengthways along an abutting seam. A collar of spiralled silver wire divides the whistle into two sections. Comparison with more complete examples suggests there would have been a second wound wire collar and third section, now missing. The first section comprises an obliquely angled mouthpiece flaring from semi-circular in cross-section at the end, to circular cross-section half way along the first section. There is a D-shaped aperture or sound ho…
Created on: Monday 20th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 13th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harrogate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1BA6D0
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy (pewter?) whistle in the form of a pipe bowl, dating from 1750 -1900. The bowl is sub-conical with a pattern of raised dots on the lower half of the bowl. A raised line in a scallop pattern defines the lower half of the bowl, and above the line is a single row of raised dots and then plain metal to the rim. The pipe stem is missing although there is a cylindrical projection with a terminal rim projecting from the base of bowl where the stem would have fitted. Complete examples are know to have had a separate sheet metal stem which fitted onto the socket formed b…
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2012
Last updated: Saturday 23rd May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-E026C4
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver whistle made from silver sheet, somewhat flattened at one end. The mouthpiece is intact, shaped for blowing, being D shaped in section with a separate piece fixed underneath producing a curved underside expanding to a circular sectioned tube. There is a sound slit half way along the top of the whistle. This is distorted but relatively undamaged. There are the remains of a maker's mark just above slit between it and the mouthpiece. One letter of the mark appears to be a D but the rest is too worn to read. The rest of the whistle is plain. There would probably have …
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 11th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Goole', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-CAB916
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast lead alloy whistle in the form of a fish, probably dating from the 19th century. The object is hollow and comprises the rear part of the fish; there is a collar around the edge of the hollow at the head end. The head which contained the mouthpeice is missing. The fish is carefully detailed with scales and fins. The tip of the tail is also missing. Compare SUR-8574C1 which is a complete example, and SUR-BEBF41. The object is 27.86mm long, 15.4mm wide and 7.3mm thick. It weighs 4.6g.
Created on: Friday 9th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-8E7281
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy whistle of post medieval or early modern date (AD 1650 - 1900) although probably 19th century. The whistle is hollow and tubular, circular in cross-section. The whistle has a knop at the closed end, pierced for attachment to a string. There is a long-neck of circular section, with a projecting collar near the oval rounded knop. The body of the whistle then has a domed end and a thick projecting ridge round the centre. The mouthpiece has a D shaped opening on one face, and an incomplete flat end. The pea is missing. There are prominent casting seams along each side. There …
Created on: Monday 25th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 20th March 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-BD91E8
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy whistle, perhaps for hunting, of early modern date about AD 1800-1900 and cast in the form of a dog's head. The inside of the head is hollow. Moulding seams are on the centre top and underside of the head. The dog has prominent eyes, large flat ears, and mouth in a growling position around a moulded hole, probably a suspension loop. The metal is corroded. Measurements are; length 26.9mm, width (across the ears) 11.7mm, thickness 11.9mm and weight 6.04g. Several examples of this object type are recorded on this database including SUR-4E2D80, BERK-F72DB5, W…
Created on: Thursday 3rd February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th February 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-41AA51
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast white metal whistle of late post-medieval date, about AD 1700 - 1900. Only the closed end of the whistle survives. It is domed with a raised collar round the end where it joined the tubular part of the whistle. A cylindrical shaft extends from the closed end, terminating is a globular knop perforated for attachment. Casting flashes are present around the outer edge of the object. The object is 30.6mm long, 18.1mm wide, 10.0mm thick and weighs 5.00g. Compare NLM-7C1850, CORN-8F2B73 and YORYM-43B6B5.
Created on: Wednesday 29th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 18th July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-DC6041
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rectangular block of hard, fine-grained, dark grey stone, probably used for honing blades. There are scratches and shallow grooves on all faces of the stone and one face has a more deeply incised transverse groove. It is 82.3mm in length, 24.5mm wide, and 25.2mm thick. It weighs 129.3gm. Hone stones have been used throughout history, but the regularity of this one suggests that is may have been machine cut, and so it is probably 19th or 20th century in date. It was lost before it was used very much, since no side is worn down into the hollow that is often seen. When cutting hay with…
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2009
Last updated: Friday 23rd March 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-E7F3D5
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A semi-circular piece of fine grained soft red sandstone that has been ground flat on one side and on one face which are at right angles to each other. There are striations on both flat surfaces. It is 56.1mm long, 19.4mm wide, and 14.4mm thick. It weighs 22.11gm. The stone is very soft so may have been used as a polishing stone rather than a hone. It may also be natural, though the straight edges look to be man made. This sort of object is almost impossible to date.
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 23rd March 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-5756A4
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone whetstone which is 56.6mm long, 14.5mm wide and 7.8mm thick. The stone is rectangular in section and is wider at one end. The narrower end may be an old break. There is a circular perforation in the wider end which appreas to have been drilled from one side. The stone is a very fine-grained purple-brown stone with small particles of mica (possibly a sort of metamorphosed slate?) which is quite soft; it can be marked with a fingernail. The date of this object is uncertain. Whetstones are known from the Roman period onwards, and without decoration or context are very hard to …
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-5ABA34
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A whetstone or hone which is 117.3mm long, 52.7mm wide and 34.6mm thick. The stone is sub-rectangular in plan with rounded corners. It appears to be a water worn pebble which has not been deliberately shaped. One face has been used as a whetstone though. This face is very smooth and worn, but the other have not been used and are rougher. There is a semi-spherical hole in one side face of the stone, closer to one end. This appears to be natural as there are no striations within the hole to suggest deliberate working. It may be the result of an air bubble or pocket less durable material…
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 4th June 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-095CA7
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A rectangular length of lightweight, dark, fine-grained stone that has probably been used as a whetstone (hone or sharpening stone) as there are a number of shallow grooves on three of the surfaces. It is difficult to date with certainty but it probably dates from the Early-Medieval to Medieval periods. It is pierced at one end and a copper-alloy rivet remains in the piercing. At each end of the rivet is a small section of copper-alloy plate, probably forming a suspension mount, most of which has broken away in antiquity and is missing. The opposite end of the stone to the suspension …
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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