Record ID: LANCUM-FB10DA
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, domed copper alloy button with a hollow back, into which the shank, which is broken, is fixed. The face is decorated with a moulded, regular floral design, and has been gilded. The makers name is moulded around the edge on the rear of the button. It has a dark green patina.Similar buttons can be found in Read, dated to the post medieval period Dimensions: It is 15.5mm in diameter and 5.5mm thick, it weighs 2.42g
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Horton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FC1F7C
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy dandy button. It is flat, with a central circular decoration formed of dots, which is surrounded by curved lines arranged in a a larger circle.On the rear was one central fastening which is now broken off. Dimensions: It is approximately 33mm in diameter and weighs 4.36g
Created on: Friday 5th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Draughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FB15A0
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy tombac button, probably of 17th century date. It is domed with a flat back and a long shanked fastener.  Dimensions: It is 22mm in diameter
Created on: Friday 5th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Crosby Garrett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-3F9B6B
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular copper alloy livery button that with the remains of silver plating. It has the initials LV set in a representation of the Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order - an eight pointed star formed of parallel lines of varying lengths. A crown is set in the top of this. Dimensions: It is 20mm in diameter and weighs 3.83g
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Caton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-98D093
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy button. It is concave in section, the front is decorated with a four petalled flower with a circle in the centre. There are also elliptical shapes between the petals around the circumference. The shank is incomplete.  Dimensions: it is 32mm diameter
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Crosby Garrett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-98CEB2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy button. It is circular with a design made up of circles. Around a central raised circle are six evenly spaced dots of equal size with each other and the central dot. In between these is a ring of six smaller cirlces, and around the circumferece is a series of small dots with small parallel lines between them. On the reverse is the fixing loop, moulded in and the mould line is across a diametrer. Dimensions: It is approximatly 20mm diameter
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Crosby Garrett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6E498C
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A degraded metal button. It has on the front the image of an arm, grasping a downward pointing spear. Around the top half of the button is the motto 'arma parata fero', which translates as 'I bear my arms at the ready', which is the motto of the Campbell family (CANMORE). The back of the button is quite degraded, but the remains of a fixing are apparent in the centre
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Ormside', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-364601
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy discoidal button. It is convex on the front with no discernable design. The rear has an integrally cast u-shaped loop with a central circular drilled hole. The whole has a dark green patina. A similar button is NLM-FD9223, dated 1600-1700. Read (2005, 73) notes a button of very similar shape and dimensions and suggests that it is part of a bic-convex hollow button, this is dated to the same period. Dimensions: it is 20mm diameter and the shank is 5mm deep. It weighs 2.47g
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Whaley Bridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1C486F
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver plated livery button with square fastener. The button is biconvex and hollow. On the front a border is formed with a slightly raised moulding around the edge. The central image is of the head of a griffin, facing left and resting on a wreath with crossed spears behind it. The fastener is square with a central circular hole, and is moulded as part of the button. The makers name is moulded into the back of the button and is OLLIVANT. The griffin was a popular motif in heraldry, and it may be that this particular deisgn was not for a specific family but a generic design. …
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Quernmore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-892CE7
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular, cast copper alloy button with a looped fastener on the back. The front of the button is elaborately decorated in a series of concentric circles. The outermost circle is a raised band which may have been decorated with a textured pattern. Inside this is a design of small, gilded squares, also arranged in concentric circles, giving the impression of mosaic. The next circle is composed of pairs of leaves arranged either side of a central - circular! - stem. Then follows another set of the mosaic pattern. Finally, in the centre is an eight petalled flower with a …
Created on: Friday 25th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Whaley Bridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-903CE3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to early Post Medieval lead alloy button. It is circular in plan and domed in section. The outer face is damaged but is decorated with what looks like a stylised floral pattern with a central raised pellet. There is the stub of a broken off attachment loop on the inner face. Dates to between c1450 and c1600 AD. Diameter 26mm, thickness 13.5mm, weight 13.5g. 
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Burnley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B7D8F2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
NEED COMP A copper alloy button. This is in the form of a shallow cone wiht a flat base. The top is decorated with eight regular lines moulded in, which extend from the central hole to the edge of the button. The base has no decortaion, only the central hole. Dimensions: It is 25mm in diameter, 9mm deep and weighs 17.64g
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cliviger', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-50DB73
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably an unfinished early Post Medieval copper alloy button. The button has probably cooled in the mould before it could be removed and prepared. The intended outline of the button is visible on the patterned outer face. The decoration takes the form of four 'petals radiating out from a central raised pellet of an inner background of two concentric ridges with an outer border of impressed pellets. Probably dates to between c1500 amd c1700 AD. Diameter 17mm, thickness 3mm, weight 6.4g.
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Carlisle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B4309A
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy biconvex button. It has a domed outer face and is circular in plan. Most of the rear and the attachment loop are absent. The outer face is decorated with an engraved central decoration consisting of a stylised flower within a circular border. The outer surface of the button has a white metal finish, probably silvering. It probably dates from between c1600 and c1750 AD. The diameter is 25mm, thickness 5mm, and the weight is 4.65.
Created on: Monday 4th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Darwen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B414D9
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy button, sometimes known as tombac or dandy buttons. It has a flat outer face, is circular in plan. In the centre of the rear there are the remnants of an attachment loop. The outer face is decorated with an incised pattern of dashes producing a stylised flower sprig. The button has a white metal coating, except for the remnants of the loop and its mounting. It probably dates from between c1750 and c1830 AD. The diameter is 25mm, thickness 6mm, and the weight is 4.19g.
Created on: Monday 4th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Padiham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-AD0C37
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy button. It is circular in outline and slightly domed. It has a pattern moulded into it. Around the circumference are four what may be stylised thistle heads, formed of a circle-within-circle with a triangular shape with dots filling it coming out from this. Between these are stylised petals made of two arcs with a central leaf shape.There are larger dots around the circumference. The back is plain, the fastening loop is broken, only a small stump remains. There is a casting line across the back and two small indentations, which may be  post-depositional.&nbs…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cliviger', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0D32E7
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy button. It is circular in plan and domed in section. The outer face is decorated with a stylised 6 petal floral pattern. There are the stubs of a broken off attachment loop on the inner face. Dates to between c1600 and c1700 AD. Diameter 26mm, thickness 5mm, weight 26.43g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Workington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-3D9087
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead-alloy button of post-medieval date, c.AD 1500-1700. The artefact is sub-circular in plan, and semi-circular (D-shaped) in cross-section with the remains of a central rectangular lug on the rear. The front face of the button is domed and is decorated by a series of 6 raised cast lines emanating from and returning to a central pellet akin to flower petals around a pistil. The reverse of the button is undecorated. However, a vertical linear casting ridge is present. The button is a mid grey colour with an even patina. The edges and reverse have been abraded.…
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Brampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-3D7708
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable copper alloy cap button Dimensions: 18.62mm long and 14.54mm wide, it is 8.67mm deep withe the hook and weighs 3.47g.
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Brampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9A2592
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy button. It is circular in plan, domed in section, with a concave inner face. The outer face is decorated with radiating, curving lines from the centre to the edge. In the centre of the innerface is the stub of the missing attachment loop. Dates to between c1700 and c1850 AD. Diameter 31mm, thickness 8mm, weight 12.81g.
Created on: Saturday 10th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 16th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.