Record ID: NMS-26FEF9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gold finger ring. The band is flat internally, with nine angled concave mouldings separated by segmented ribs externally. Each moulding is engraved with a floral spray consisting of either a pointed flower head on a stem with two pairs of leaves or a five petalled flower above a single pair of leaves, both types with a transverse line with radiating lines below at the base indicating the ground. The type and orientation of the flower heads are arranged (up and down being arbitrary) - pointed down, pointed up, five petals down, pointed up, pointed down, five petals up, pointed…
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Leigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D5551A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of medieval silver, gilded finger ring. The band is faceted externally to form concave lozengiform fields with smaller triangular fields between, rising to form a point where the corners of four fields meet. The surviving triangular fields are plain, the lozengiform fields engraved with four lines forming a border around a star or sunburst formed from radiating engraved lines. Plain internally. The surviving fragment consists of one complete lozengiform field and two incomplete. Width of band 6mm. Weight 0.6g. Not enough survives to estimate the original diameter. For b…
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-B3B940
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver, gilded finger ring. Integral bezel consisting of an octofoil with a central collet containing a blue glass cabochon. Each foil is concave on the upper face and alternately plain and engraved with splayed lines. The shallow D-sectioned band is broken on both sides of the bezel immediately after a transverse rib. Traces of gilding survive on the front and reverse of the bezel and band. Width of bezel 13.5mm. Height including glass 4mm. Weight 1.2g. Circa 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-78E5E4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver finger ring of the Fede type. The rectangular-sectioned band expands smoothly to form the bezel, which is crudely engraved to represent two clasped hands, with a pair of transverse lines to either side probably indicating cuffs. Now slightly squashed, cracked at the rear of the hoop, with a small part of one side of the bezel missing. Measuring 20 x 21mm. Width of bezel 5.5mm. Weight 1.58g. For examples executed in a similar style see BH-F24F68, LON-3E20A2 and HAMP-9E4BC9. Circa 1400 - 1500.
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-2DDFC8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval or early post-medieval gold posy ring. Very shallow D-sectioned band decorated externally with three rows of stamped square cells leaving a grid pattern in low relief. There is no trace of inlay surviving in the cells. Inscribed internally in roman capitals CONTINV x CONSTANT x. A small worn mark at the beginning of the inscription is probably another x. The ring is now bent out of shape and damaged in several places. Both the external decoration and internal inscription have several parallels including LON-DD00A6 and IOW-1C6D62. Width of band 3mm. Now measuring 24 …
Created on: Friday 11th March 2016
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-6FA0F0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver finger ring. The rectangular-sectioned band is inscribed externally in black letter with the names of the three kings or magi, + caspar x melchiar x baltasar. The inscription starts with a cross-corsslets and each word is separated by a small x. Black letter was used to inscribe rings from the mid 14th to 16th century (Oman, 1974, 5). For a similar but fragmentary ring see NMS-EDFA64. The names of the three kings were a popular as amuletic charms in the later medieval period. Probably 14th - 15th century. External diameter 19mm. Internal diameter 17mm. Width of band…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-21BDCB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Undated gold finger ring. Sheet band with median repoussé rib. There are at least two transverse creases which may indicate a join but the ring is slightly distorted, making this uncertain. Dimensions: External diameter 20mm. Width of band 7.5mm. Weight 2.29g. Discussion: Images of the ring have been seen by British Museum curators including Gillian Varndell, Neil Wilkin, Richard Hobbs and Barry Ager, and they have concluded that it cannot securely be dated to any particular period. It must therefore remain undated, and so does not fall under the provisions of …
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 4th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-EDDA0C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring. D-sectioned band now slightly distorted, plain internally and externally. Measuring (external) 17.5 x 20mm, (internal) 17 x 15mm. Width of band 2mm. Weight 1.7g. Undated but probably post-medieval or modern.
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-8EADF3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold stirrup-shaped finger ring with blue sapphire or possibly glass cabochon. D-sectioned band expanding smoothly at the shoulders to form the bezel with an oval setting. Height 25mm. Width 20.5mm. Internal diameter 18mm. Weight 2.48g. 12th - 13th century.
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2016
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Record ID: NMS-797A7A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band inscribed internally in italics Tis your consent is my content followed by a partially worn and completely illegible stamped maker's mark. The S of 'consent' is elongated, and the 'e' following it only partially engraved. Width of band 3mm. External diameter 19mm. Internal diameter 16.5mm. Weight 1.8g. There are several similar examples in the collections of the British Museum, including Museum Number 1961,1202.82. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-FD9EBA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold finger ring in very good condition. The hoop is circular, the same width throughout, and D-shaped in cross-section with decoration on the convex exterior. The decoration is incised and punched, and inlaid with black enamel. It consists of four panels of two repeated designs. Design 1 is a rectangle with one forked or swallow-tailed end and one pointed end, forming a pennant shape. The point contains oblique ridges alternating with rows of beading; the rest of the shape is filled with incised plant-like motifs made from short gr…
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-9D9633
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver finger ring of Henig Type II. D-sectioned hoop expanding smoothly from the rear through the shoulders to form the slightly flattened bezel set with an oval carnelian intaglio depicting a standing figure facing (in impression) right. Hardened dirt or corrosion product fill part of the engraving. Width of bezel 8mm. Height of hoop 18mm. Width of hoop 21mm. Weight 3.9g. 1st - 2nd century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-8CA9CC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval silver, gilded finger ring. Shallow D-sectioned band with a ridge at the edge on the outer face and very worn decoration consisting of angled lines dividing the outer face into five sections, with further engraved decoration surviving only at the edges as short dashes, perhaps originally multiple stamped annulets, scales, crosshatching or similar. The butt joint has sprung apart slightly and there are traces of corrosion or solder on either side. Indentations on the inner face may be the remains of a maker's mark, now indecipherable. Only traces of gilding su…
Created on: Monday 10th August 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-0E8E47
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold signet ring. The band is flat internally with three external facets, expanding smoothly through the shoulders before a flat, octagonal bezel. The bezel is deeply engraved with a beaded border around a shield bearing A lion rampant, the helm is unusually small and is crowned with a ducal coronet above which the crest comprises A boar's head couped. There is elaborate scrolled mantling to either side of the helm and shield. On the reverse of the bezel at one edge is a stamped maker's mark: F within a triangle. The hoop is now slightly distorted. Height 20mm. Width 22m…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-F4B2FD
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of medieval silver finger ring. Flat-sectioned band, now almost flat, narrowing slightly towards the breaks. The upper face is divided into three rectangular panels separated by grooves with multiple closely spaced transverse lines, broken across another groove at each end. Each panel is engraved with a different motif; a single line border with a diagonal line connecting each corner to form a cross with possible stippling, a single line border around a lozenge with two diagonal lines forming a cross with stippling in the resulting four small lozengiform panels, and a single …
Created on: Friday 22nd May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Record ID: NMS-B4E184
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gold finger ring. The bezel is in the form of an irregular pentagonal collet retaining a pale grey chalking substance at the base, but no stone. The plain, pointed oval-sectioned band, now distorted, tapers slightly from the collet to the rear. There are no marks. Width of bezel 11.5mm x 10mm. Height 7mm. External diameter of ring (reconstructed) circa 20mm. Weight 3.2g. For similar examples see Oman (1974) pl.14, A and B, and pl.18, A, B and C. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CD7EBE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval or post-medieval silver, gilded finger ring. Plain internally, decorated externally with a central D-sectioned rib with a narrow rib of closely spaced stamped annulets to either side, with an outer groove on each side before raised edges. Gilding survives internally and on the groove and annulet stamped ribs. Gilding does not survive on the central rib except within the stamped decoration and as irregular dots or squares either side of short disconnected stamped dashes at alternating angles, perhaps intended as a disconnected zig-zag with a gilded dot in each angle but i…
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 6th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Elmham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D0B0FF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring. Flat-sectioned circular band, with ten opposed concave scallops on each edge creating ten lozengiform panels each of which is engraved externally with a single black letter or star probably reading in French * e n * b o n * a n which may be translated as 'a good year'. External diameter 18mm. Width of band 5mm. Weight 1.42g. 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 2nd April 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haveringland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E7304A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman penannular silver finger ring of Johns' (1996, 45) Type Bii. Rectangular-sectioned at the rear of the hoop, becoming D-sectioned as it expands to form highly stylised oval snake head terminals with a slight flange around the edge. There are no other details on the heads. Now squashed with one terminal under the other. Width of bezel 6mm. Width at least 17mm. Weight 2.2g.. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northrepps', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-193AA1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of medieval silver finger ring. Bezel, in the form of an oval setting within an octagonal, faceted collet, flat on the reverse, with the stubs of the broken hoop on each long edge. The setting is empty and gilding survives over most of the surface including the reverse. Measuring 15 x 12mm (excluding stubs of band), height 5.5mm. Weight 1.8g. 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Morley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DE2864
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver finger ring, broken and flattened but complete. Shallow D-sectioned hoop expanding to form rosettes or a foliate motif in low relief either side of a rectangular bezel on which a heart bisected by two arrows is reserved on a stippled field. The decoration on the shoulders is very worn. Width of bezel 5.25mm. Weight 1.2g. Although no record of a similar finger ring has been found, a heart and arrows on a stippled ground is well paralleled on later 17th century cuff-links, although the heart is usually flaming. Probably late 17th or 18th century. Field BUR
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Last updated: Monday 28th December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-E03FD5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring. Rectangular bezel with median longitudinal arris dividing two concave fields, the arris continuing through the shoulders at an angle, the band narrowing towards the rear. The shoulders either side of the arris are decorated with engraved sprays of five petalled flowers and leaves, the bezel with an indistinct design, perhaps foliate, and the rear of the hoop with closely spaced angled lines imitating twisting. Gilding survives over much of the internal and external surface. The rear of the hoop is now distorted. Height 20mm. Width 22mm. Width of bezel 8mm.…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2015
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Record ID: NMS-DE742B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring. Rectangular bezel with a longitudinal median arris dividing the bezel into two concave fields. The hoop, which tapers slightly from the edge of the bezel to the rear, is faceted to form six lozengiform fields with triangular fields to either side. Every field is engraved with a single line border around a design, except for the two triangular fields at the rear of the hoop which are plain. The bezel is engraved with a foliate and floral motif, the two triangular fields at either end of the bezel with radiating lines, the two lozengiform fields on each side…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tacolneston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DDE7CD
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete silver finger ring. Broken, the rear of the hoop missing, swelling smoothly from the narrow, oval-sectioned breaks through the shoulders to form the bezel which is undefined and undecorated except for a slightly flattened centre. The lack of diagnostic features makes dating difficult, but the form would be consistent with Roman finger rings, although a post-medieval date is also possible. Width of hoop 22mm. Width of bezel 7mm. Weight 3.7g. Field JH2
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-DDAFA3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver finger ring of Henig Type II. D-sectioned hoop expanding smoothly from the rear through the shoulders and around an empty oval setting to form the bezel. The bezel is slightly flattened. Part of one side of the bezel and setting is missing. Width of bezel 9mm. Height of hoop 18.5mm. Width of hoop 23mm. Weight 5.9g. 1st - 2nd century AD.
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roudham and Larling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DC362C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of silver Roman finger ring in the form of a stylised snakes head, broken at the narrow circular-sectioned neck. The head is oval, flat on the reverse, convex on the upper face, with ribs and pellets indicating details, now very abstract. Possibly Johns (1996) Type B iv. Surviving length 14mm. Width 8.5mm. Thickness 3.5mm. Weight 1.0g. 1st - 2nd century AD.
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-DBC159
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman silver finger ring of Henig type II. D-sectioned, oval hoop expanding smoothly from the narrow reverse through the shoulders and around an empty oval setting to form the bezel. The rear of the hoop is slightly distorted and a small section of the edge of the setting is missing. Width of bezel 9.5mm. Height of hoop 18mm. Width of hoop 23mm. Weight 4.4g. 1st - 2nd century AD.
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-CD9C2B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of silver Roman finger ring. The rear and one side of the oval to D-sectioned hoop is missing, expanding smoothly from the breaks through the shoulders before small notches on either side defining the edge of the oval bezel. The shoulders are decorated with a pair of grooves following each edge. In the centre of the bezel a plain, integral oval boss stands in relief imitating a setting. The edges of the ring, particularly the bezel, are damaged but faint grooves around the edge of the bezel can be seen in places. Surviving width at bezel 9mm. Original external diameter circa …
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-CD0349
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver, gilded finger ring. Narrow D-sectioned band with a bezel formed from a large rectangular collet (longest edge transverse to the band) with sloping sides holding a clear glass or crystal cabochon stone. The bezel is separated from the hoop by a narrow rib (less than 1mm wide) extending beyond the band on either side. The band and collet are gilded, but the metal behind the stone is silver. The ring is complete except for a small section of one edge of the collect, and only slightly distorted. Bezel 15 x 12mm. Thickness 5.5mm. External width of hoop 24mm. Width of band …
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-CC589F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring, now distorted. The front half of the band is decorated with three square bosses each with a quatrefoil reserved on a field of niello and separated from each other by concave sections with four deep longitudinal grooves, with three grooves on each shoulder converging before the flat-sectioned, narrowed rear of the band. For broadly similar rings see NMS-EFD014, WILT-EBD251 and WAW-796003. Circa 1100 - 1300. Maximum width 5mm. Original external diameter circa 20mm. Weight 2.5g.
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2020
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Record ID: NMS-CBDF6C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, plain externally, engraved internally in italic script In thy sight is my delight followed by a stamped maker's mark consisting of a low relief M within a square punch. External diameter 20mm. Internal diameter 17mm. Width of band 3mm.Weight 1.6g. 1615 - 19th century. Seventeenth to 18th examples with similar inscriptions are represented in the collections of the British Museum (museum numbers AF.1301, AF.1302) but neither with the same maker's mark, while examples with M as a maker's mark but different inscriptions include AF.1280,…
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-922FB7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete medieval silver finger ring. Rectangular bezel with a diagonally set cross-crosslets filled with niello and a tiny tear-drop shaped blind hole in each of the central internal angles. At the edge on each side of the bezel there are two short indentations or dashes. The oval-sectioned broken hoop survives on one side only with multiple transverse cracks resulting from bending, and a longitudinal internal groove probably the result of hammering the edges. There is no visible decoration on the hoop. Bezel 6 x 6mm, 1mm thick. Weight 1.2g. For similar rings see SUSS-45C5F1, …
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th August 2020
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Record ID: NMS-115435
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring. Elliptical-sectioned band expanding very slightly from the rear to the bezel which is formed from a D-shaped collet with bi-concave sides, now slightly damaged and empty. The hoop is decorated externally with a zigzag line with multiple stamped annulets filling the resulting triangular fields, separated at either end from the plain rear of the hoop by two transverse lines. The hoop is slightly distorted. Bezel 11 x 8mm. Thickness of bezel 5.5mm. Height of ring 23mm. 12th - 14th century.
Created on: Friday 17th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-FFED42
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, plain externally, engraved internally Continew Constant. There is no maker's mark. External diameter 18mm. Internal diameter 16mm. Width of band 4mm. Weight 2.6g. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Monday 22nd September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickmere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-80160D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, plain externally, engraved internally MD in irregular or poorly executed roman capitals, with a stamped maker's mark consisting of two worn letters in Black Letter within an oval, T followed by an uncertain letter, perhaps E or D. External diameter 22mm. Internal diameter 18.5mm. Width of band 4.5mm. Weight 5.9g. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 16th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-C3D56B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of medieval silver, gilded finger ring. Slightly more than half of the hoop survives, the rear of the hoop missing with jagged breaks at either side. The ring is divided longitudinally from one broken edge to the other by a median rib to either side of which the outer face is concave. The sides are curved with each concave field engraved with longitudinal lines and short radiating dashes, possibly intended as a stylised leaf. A change of angle defines the edge of the bezel, with the median rib and a central transverse arris dividing the bezel into four rectangular fields each…
Created on: Tuesday 26th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halvergate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-69CEAF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver finger ring. D-sectioned band with slight internal median arris, widening and thickening smoothly from the rear of the hoop to the front. There is a narrow moulding at either edge of the band on slightly less than half of the upper face of the ring either side of the otherwise undefined shoulders and bezel. External diameter 16mm. Internal diameter 11.5mm. Maximum width 5mm. Maximum thickness 3mm. Weight 1.9g. The simplicity of the ring makes close dating difficult.
Created on: Wednesday 16th July 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near King's Lynn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C3580F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval gold iconographic finger ring. The flat-sectioned hoop, now squashed, has zigzag edges and deep transverse grooves giving the impression of two flat bands twisted around each other, which meet the elongated hexagonal bezel without forming shoulders. The bezel is engraved within a single line border around a nimbed saint wearing a v-necked, belted robe with elbow length sleeves, one hand raised in blessing, the other holding a book or box on which sits the Lamb of God looking over its shoulder at a cross emerging from its back. No seals hang from the book. The sai…
Created on: Monday 2nd June 2014
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8A5B6D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of the hoop and shoulder of a medieval silver finger ring. Flat-sectioned, expanding smoothly from a break at the side of the hoop to a break probably at the change of angle for the shoulder or at the (missing) bezel. The outer face of the hoop is decorated with alternating angled lines of pellets and ribs, with engraved foliate decoration either side of the final line of pellets which change angle to form a median longitudinal rib forming the start of an originally bi-concave shoulder or bezel. There are slight traces of gilding on the outer face. Surviving length 15mm. Wi…
Created on: Friday 30th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holme Hale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6201FE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, plain externally, engraved internally in italics In thee my choyc'e I doe rejoyc'e followed by a stamped maker's mark of a Q in low relief within a shield. External diameter 23mm. Internal diameter 19mm. Width of band 4.5mm. Weight 6.6g. A 17th - 18th century posy ring with an internal inscription in similar italics in the collections of the British Museum (museum number AF.1197) has a similar stamped maker's mark, which does not appear in any standard work of reference and is therefore not identifiable.
Created on: Friday 16th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-0D2960
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval to post-medieval gold finger ring. The oval-sectioned band expands smoothly from the rear to shoulders which flair before narrowing sharply to join the bezel. The shoulders are engraved to leave a foliate design in low relief, perhaps originally reserved on an inlayed field, although no inlay survives. The bezel is in the form of a high quatrefoil collet with scalloped sides set with a pink or red table cut stone (perhaps a ruby). Dimensions: Height 19mm. Width 17mm. Internal measurements 12 x 14mm. Width at bezel 7mm. Weight 2.7g. Discussion: For simil…
Created on: Monday 12th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th October 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-CFF3F5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold posy ring. D-sectioned band decorated externally with a foliate design consisting of two stems each with two pairs of leaves before a flower, originally reserved on an enamelled field of which only a tiny pink trace of which survives. Inscribed internally in lombardic script +CAVE+CVI+CREDAS (be careful who you trust) followed by a foliate sprig. Date: c. early 16th century. Dimensions: External diameter 21mm. Internal diameter 17mm. Width of band 4.5mm. Weight 3.7g.
Created on: Friday 9th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-CF8A96
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold mourning ring. D-sectioned band decorated externally with a shallow rib at either edge, between which four oval cells alternate with five quatrefoil cells (resulting in two quatrefoils next to each other). The oval cells contain a raised quatrefoil and the quatrefoil cells a raised pellet, originally reserved on a field of white enamel only traces of which now survive. Each cell is connected to the next by a median rib with two pellets to either side which were also probably reserved on an enamelled field, possible tiny black traces of which survive. The internal Lat…
Created on: Friday 9th May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 1st September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-CE74F5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval or early post-medieval gold mourning ring. D-sectioned band in the form of nine lozengiform panels separated by angled grooves, decorated alternately with reverse S-shapes and angled ribs probably reserved on a field of black enamel or niello, now missing. There are two reverse S-shape panels next to each other. Inscribed internally in Roman capitals * * MEMEN+TOMORI followed by a foliate sprig. Date: The use of Roman capitals for inscriptions on rings was usual in the 16th - 17th century (Oman, 1974, 40 - 41). Dimensions: Width of band 3mm. External …
Created on: Friday 9th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-A85804
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete medieval gold finger ring. An oval collet forms a bezel, the upper half with sloping, concave sides, the lower half with flat sloping sides. The narrow, broken and slightly distorted hoop is oval-sectioned, expanding slightly at the shoulders to small triangular bosses at the join between the hoop and the bezel. There is no trace of engraved decoration and the rear of the hoop is missing. When found, the collet contained a red or pink stone, presumebaly glass, which had sunk into the collect. The stone was accidentally damaged and the fragments lost during examination. …
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-065376
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman 'Brancaster type' gold finger ring. Flattened D-sectioned band expanding smoothly to two integral transverse projections which support the separate soldered, engraved rectangular bezel, leaving a transverse rectangular aperture below. The bezel is now slightly distorted at an angle to the band. Internal diameter 13 - 15mm. External width 19mm. Height 18mm. Bezel 7 x 7mm. Weight 3.7g. 4th - early 5th century AD. The intaglio inscription, in three lines, reads (in impression) DOM/NICA/VIVA[S], translating as 'Long life to you, Domnica (or Dominica)'. The name Domnica is atte…
Created on: Monday 24th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 22nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Fakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CB74B4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring, the rectangular-sectioned band expanding slightly from the rear to the shoulders before abruptly becoming D-sectioned forming a pair of triagular facets on either side before expanding smoothly to form a stirrup-shaped bezel with an oval setting. The centre of the base of the setting is deeply convex, perhaps imitating a stone or to act as keying for paste to secure a separate stone. The band is decorated externally with a groove either side of a median beaded rib. Height 23.5. Width 22mm. Internal diameter 18.5mm. Width of bezel 3.5mm. Weight 2.67g. …
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-0AD4C8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring. Flat-sectioned, slightly irregular octagonal band deeply and clearly engraved around the outer face with two letters per face, +INNOMINEDNIAMEN (In the name of the Lord Amen) the initial cross and last letter appearing on the same face. Width of band 4mm. External width 20 x 21mm. Weight 1.89g. For rings with similar external inscriptions see Oman (1974, pl.74F and pl.75A and B). 14th - 15th Century.
Created on: Tuesday 4th February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-620BD1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post-medieval fragment of silver, gilded finger ring, broken at both ends and now distorted almost straight. Flat-sectioned band decorated on the external face with a row of stamped pellets in a concave moulding with a shallow concave moulding to either side. The pellets appear to have been formed in pairs by a stamp, with a slight ridge caused by the edge of the stamp separating each pair of pellets. Plain internally. Width of band 5.5mm. Thickness 1mm. Length of surviving fragment (straightened) 26mm. Weight 1.19g. See Oman (1974, pl.56 G and 58 I) for a similar 15…
Created on: Monday 27th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6AA818
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval gold mourning ring. D-sectioned band inscribed internally H. Awdeley. ob. 15. nou. 1662 followed by a stamped maker's mark in the form of a low relief W with another smaller letter, possibly an R, above it within a shield. Two shallow parallel lines behind the text may be guidelines for the engraving. Externally the band is engraved with a stylised skull, either side of which is a single line border at either edge between which is crosshatching with a short dash in one corner of each resulting lozengiform field. Black enamel survives in almost all of the …
Created on: Friday 3rd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 5th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Attleborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-BFEEA4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman gold finger ring. Flat-sectioned band expanding smoothly from the rear to the bezel with a separate strip of gold soldered to form an oval setting for a cabouchon stone, probably garnet, which appears black in daylight, but red under strong light. The ring is complete but distorted. Mid - late Roman, 200 - 400 AD. Width at bezel 7.5mm. Weight 4.6g. Original external diameter (estimated) 16mm. For similar rings with flat, expanding bands and separate settings or bezels, see FAPJW-AB59E5, LIN-22EEF2 and NCL-772344.
Created on: Monday 14th October 2013
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Ellingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-BF8406
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of medieval silver finger ring. Only the bezel survives, narrowing from the centre to the breaks at either side. Engraved with clasped hands with traces of gilding on the outer face, and slight traces at the edge of the inner face. Original external diameter (estimated) 15mm. Width 7.5mm. Weight 0.7g. Late medieval, 1300 - 1500.
Created on: Monday 14th October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roudham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-32AF17
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver finger ring. Very slender D-sectioned band expanding only slightly before narrow transverse ribs forming shoulders either side of a collet retaining a cabochon, probably amethyst or perhaps glass. Faint traces of gilding around the shoulders and bezel. Height 23mm. Width 21mm. Internal width 18mm. Weight 0.9g. For similar examples see KENT-56F957 and NMS-F2F921. c. 13th century.
Created on: Friday 13th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 30th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick with Witton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2F65A0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of late medieval or post-medieval silver finger ring, broken at both ends and partially straightened, with traces of pale gilding surviving on one face, probably the internal face. Inscribed ]*GOD * IS * A[ on probably the internal face, and ]T E * I * H O[ on the probably external face, which is worn and damaged with multiple scratch marks. An English inscription in roman capitals suggests a 16th or 17th century date. Width of band 5.5mm. Thickness 1.5mm. Weight 1.8g.
Created on: Friday 13th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lingwood and Burlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2F0775
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring. Flat-sectioned band inscribed externally in black letter: + tut * dys * en * ioye The cross may mark the start of the inscription, with an eight petalled flower or star separating the other words. There is no trace of enamel or niello surviving. External diameter 19mm. Internal diameter 18mm. Width of band 5mm. Weight 2.8g. For similar rings with engraved stars, flowers or sunbursts and black letter inscription see WAW-70FD41, DUR-FA3454, LANCUM-082840, and also ESS-FA2D57 which has a possibly similar internal inscription. Late 14th - 15th cen…
Created on: Friday 13th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E18566
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy peasant finger-ring without bezel, with butt-jointed flat-sectioned hoop probably secured by solder. Decorated with stamped impressions of a star and crescent motif. Small spirals impressions highlight the crescent in front of which are two very small stars, one at each edge. External diameter 21mm. Internal diameter 19mm. Width 5mm. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 24th June 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-FC6A81
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval gold finger ring. Almost flat-sectioned band with very slightly convex outer face engraved externally with flowers and leaves. Engraved internally with an inscription Tho far a part yet neare in ♥ followed by a stamped maker's mark, probably SD. Now partially crumpled. Weight 2.6g. Original external diameter circa 20mm. Width of band 4.5mm. Thickness of band 0.5mm. There is an undecorated 17th - 18th century finger ring with a similar inscription (Far apart yet nigh in ♥) in the collections of the British Museum (museum number 1961,1202.221).
Created on: Friday 12th July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-E97505
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, plain externally, inscribed internally ∙ I ∙ LIVE ∙ IN ∙ HOPE ∙ with no maker's mark. External measurements 19 x 20mm. Internal measurements 16 x 17.5mm. Width of band 4mm. Thickness of band 1mm. Weight 3.1g. Very similar to a 17th - 18th century finger ring in the collections of the British Museum (Museum Number 1961,1202.410), with the same inscription, the words of the inscription separated by stars. English inscriptions in roman capitals became more common from the mid 16th century and many examples are known. M…
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-A901E1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Saxon (Viking period) gold finger ring. Three quarters of the band is formed from plaited wire, beaten into a rectangular-sectioned bar at the back of the hoop. The wire section of the band is of even thickness throughout and does not swell at the centre or taper towards the rear of the band except where beaten together. External height 22mm. External width 24mm. Internal measurements 18 x 19mm. Width of band at front of hoop 3mm, thickness 2.5mm. Wdth of rectangular section at rear of hoop 2.5mm, thickness 1.5mm. Weight 3.3g. See similar 10th - 11th century examples in the…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 10th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cromer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4B8A35
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy finger ring. Flat-sectioned sheet metal band expanding smoothly from a break at the rear to form an oval bezel decorated with multiple closely spaced stamped ring-and-dots. Width at bezel 14mm. Width of band at rear 3.5mm. 9th - 10th century. For similar examples, see NMS-CCD822 and SF-E58167.
Created on: Thursday 16th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 29th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6501E3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval gold posy ring. Shallow D-sectioned band now very squashed and distorted, inscribed internally in italics True to thee I [ll ] ever be followed by a stamped maker's mark possibly EBA (?) in low relief within a rectangle. Italics were commonly used for inscriptions in posy rings from circa 1625 to the 19th century (Oman, 1974, 41). Width of band 3.5mm. Thickness of band 1mm. Weight 3.5g.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-ED74C3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring. Rectangular-sectioned band inscribed externally +JESVS : EST : AMOR : MEVS (Jesus is my love). There are tiny dots stamped in the internal angles of the initial cross and above and below the central bar of the letter E's. The letters E and U (V) are in Lombardic style while the rest of the inscription is in Roman capitals. The relatively modern letter J (rather than I) is also used. There are traces of black enamel or niello in some of the letters. Similar rings are known from the 13th and 14th century (Oman, 1974, pl.55E and F and pl.57A with bezels, and…
Created on: Friday 5th April 2013
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-72D5C4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval silver gilt finger ring. Triangular-sectioned bezel forming two rectangular concave faces, the shoulders and surviving hoop faceted to form lozengiform fields with triangular facets to either side. The rear of the hoop and most of the sides are missing. The two halves of the bezel are engraved alike with a sinuous foliate motif within a single line border, the triangular facets at the shoulders with radiating lines, and the surviving lozengiform facet with a stylised leaf. The decoration on the other surviving facets is worn. Each of the facets is gilded with a nar…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Norwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0B5BB1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver circular disc, probably a bezel from a finger ring. The disc features a diademed head engraved in intaglio facing to the right. Encircling this is the retrograde and somewhat garbled legend ANTONI VIVAS IN DEO. Several of the letters are back-to-front but the meaning is relatively clear. The formula VIVAS IN DEO is a Christian one, the translation of this inscription being 'Antonius, may you live in God'. The fact that the letters are retrograde and engraved in intaglio would have made the bezel suited for use as a signet. Two strikingly similar silver bezels (both 10mm i…
Created on: Friday 1st March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 24th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A54722
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold posy ring. The band consists of seven hearts alternating with seven quatrefoils. The hearts each have a groove around irregularly textured centres perhaps keying for enamel although none now survives. The foils are concave with white enamel surviving in some of the upper and lower cells. Inscribed internally A token of the absent followed by a stamped maker's mark; C. Now squashed. 17th - 18th century. Similar finger rings with shaped bands, enamelled decoration and similar motifs are recorded on the PAS database as BERK-BAB9D4 and YORYM-064A27. These parallels w…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashby with Oby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-538138
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age or Early Roman incomplete copper alloy spiral finger ring. Shallow D-sectioned band forming almost two complete turns. Broken at one end, expanding slightly from the break towards the complete terminal at the other, before tapering to a rounded end. External diameter 17mm. Maximum width of band 5mm. Thickness 1mm. For a similar example see SWYOR-5966D0.
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-3B4582
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete late Medieval silver finger ring. D-sectioned band with raised edges externally, decorated with three deep, oblique, u-profile grooves between which are multiple closely spaced stamped annulets or crescents arranged in angled rows, giving the impression of scales. Gilding survives on the internal and external face. The band has been neatly cut and the two ends pushed close together, making the original diameter or proportion of the ring surviving impossible to estimate. 15th - 16th century. For a similar example with a slightly different arrangement of grooves and…
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tacolneston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C46BC8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman silver penannular snake-headed finger ring, less than half survives. Oval snake head, convex on the upper face with moulded ridges and grooves indicating stylized features, and a slight flange around the edge. The sub-rectangular-sectioned band narrows slightly towards the break. Johns (1996, 45, fig.3.3) Type Bii. Roman. Probably 1st - 2nd century. Weight 2.1g. Width of head 9mm..
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C3CF63
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman silver penannular snake-headed finger ring. Oval snake head, convex on the upper face with a flange around the edge and worn almost completely smooth. The sub-rectangular-sectioned band narrows towards a twisted break. Johns' (1996, 45, fig.3.3) Type Bii. Roman. Probably 1st - 2nd century. Weight 1.8g. Width of head 8.5mm. Approximate external width (reconstructed) 34mm.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2012
Last updated: Friday 30th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-71DA12
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy signet ring. Narrow, distorted round-sectioned hoop soldered to either edge of a flat-sectioned oval bezel engraved H A with knotwork between. Bezel 12 x 15mm. Original external diameter of hoop circa 25mm. Similar to an example from Upwell, Norfolk (NMS-C213B1), NHER 41359.
Created on: Monday 17th September 2012
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horningtoft', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-353268
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete post-medieval silver posy ring. Flat-sectioned band broken at both ends, engraved internally in roman capitals ]REMEMBER M[. Externally the band is divided into multiple cells for enamel, now almost completely missing, consisting of originally four quatrefoils with curved cells containing a row of pellets to either side, divided from each other by chequering. One curved cell retains a small amount of green enamel on which the pellets are reserved, and one chequered cell is still partially filled with pale enamel, either yellow or white. Gilded. Width of band 4.5mm. Thick…
Created on: Friday 14th September 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wreningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F53081
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post-medieval gold finger ring. Hollow, D-sectioned hoop expanding slightly from the rear through the shoulders to an oval bezel with setting for (missing) stone held by four claws, three of which partially survive. The sides and shoulders have an external black-letter inscription, reserved on a field keyed for enamel or niello, now missing. It reads en. bon on one shoulder and ectein on the other. There may be a line indicating a ligated e after the bon. The hoop is now slightly distorted, with several small holes, and damage to the edge of the setting. Height 21mm. Widt…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 21st October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corpusty', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-EFD014
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring. Flat-sectioned hoop expanding smoothly from the back through the shoulders and bezel. Decoration consists of a double transverse line of pecked dots followed by diagonal lines on the shoulders, now very faint, the bezel decorated with three engraved rectangles with a double transverse line of pecked dots to either side of each one and separated from each other by a blank space. The central rectangle is filled with four small quatrefoils, the outer two with one large quatrefoil each. There is no trace of niello. The hoop is now squashed and distorted. Width…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blakeney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-5C7847
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring. Slender hoop, D-sectioned at the back, expanding very slightly and becoming rectangular-sectioned with a v-shaped groove on the outer face before a constriction to either side of the oval bezel with setting for a missing stone. Traces of gilding. Height 20mm. Width 19mm. Internal diameter 17mm. Width at bezel 2.5mm. Weight 0.5g. Circa 13th century.
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Ellingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4AC5F5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring. The flat-sectioned hoop expands smoothly to form shallow D-sectioned shoulders and an oval bezel with concave moulding, set with a cabochon garnet or amethyst. The edges of the inside of the hoop under the bezel and bevelled. Height 27mm. Width 20.5mm. Internal measurements 19.5 x 18.5mm. Width of hoop at bezel 8.5mm. Weight 2.7g. 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd August 2012
Last updated: Monday 19th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pulham St. Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-872C21
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. The hollow hoop, formed from folded sheet, is slightly distorted. An opaque pale blue gemstone en cabochon, perhaps a turquoise, is held within an oval collet by eight small rounded claws projecting from a separate oval rim. The shoulders, the lower ends of which are defined by a chevron of punched dots, are decorated with very finely engraved cross hatching and applied flowers consisting of a sexfoil on a curving stem flanked by two leaves with engraved details. The petals of the flowers are a pinker shade of gold than the rest of the ring. Early 19…
Created on: Monday 25th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Narford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-5F4C05
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete and distorted silver 'stirrup-shaped' finger ring. The flat-sectioned hoop, back missing, expands slightly from the breaks, through the shoulders, to the bezel with an oval recess with keying in the base for a (missing) stone. There is a cast or engraved 'X' on each shoulder, and very worn traces of further possible decoration, now indecipherable, on one side of the surviving part of the hoop. Very slight traces of gilding. 13th - 16th century. Original external diameter (estimated) 19mm. Width at bezel 4mm. Weight 0.7g. Perhaps similar to a better preserved exampl…
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foulsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-FEEBD2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring. Band slightly convex externally, flat internally, now distorted and very worn. Inscribed externally in Lombardic script + I h Є S V S, the letters evenly spaced around the circumference of the band. Width of band 3mm. Original external diameter circa 19mm. Weight 2.0g. Circa 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-01E153
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval gold finger ring or posy ring. D-sectioned band, now distorted, engraved internally with an open hand and heart before the inscription More loue cannot giue (i.e. 'More love cannot give') and a stamped maker's mark, G within a rectangle. Width of band 4mm. External measurements 23 x 15mm. Weight 2.59g. 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beeston with Bittering', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D7AC68
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Viking-age gold finger ring, with flat lozengiform bezel decorated with four longitudinal rows of tiny stamped dots. Half or less than half of the bezel survives, tapering smoothly to form the narrow rectangular-sectioned hoop, the end of which is twisted before a break. Originally, the two ends would have been twisted around each other to close the hoop. Maximum surviving width 15mm. Weight 1.27g. This ring fits well into a series of similar examples in copper alloy, silver and gold. Silver examples include one with a similar-shaped bezel from HER 40302 (Seething, N…
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fransham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0B9111
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring with a narrow D-sectioned band, now slightly distorted, which expands and thickens slightly before the bezel which is formed from four rectangular collects arranged around a central, slightly larger rectangular collet to form a cross. Three of the four outer collets retain table cut stones, the central collet a point cut stone, identified as diamonds. The rim of each of the four outer collets is defined by engraved lines with angled engraved lines between on one edge of one collet, forming a border. The edge of each face of the outer collets is further defined by an …
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Banningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8CEFD5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, undecorated externally, inscribed internally In ∙ god ∙ aboue * we ∙ ioyne ∙ our ∙ loue *. There is no marks. External diameter 20.5mm. Internal diameter 18mm. Width of band 5mm. Weight 4.10g. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F30911
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Roman silver penannular finger ring with a flat sectioned band and stylized snake head terminal in low relief. Most of the band is missing. Width of terminal at maximum 9mm. Width of band at break 2mm. Weight 1.00g. Mid 1st - 4th century AD.
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2011
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shouldham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F1CA51
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval gold finger-ring or posy ring, now slightly distorted. D-sectioned hoop undecorated externally, inscribed internally Hearts united live contented. There is a stamped makers mark EH within a rectangle at the start of the inscription. Date: 17th to 18th century. Dimensions: Measuring 22.5 x 19mm externally, 19 x 15.5mm internally. Width of hoop 4mm. Weight 4.36g. Discussion: See British Museum collections 1961,1202.258 for a posy ring with identical maker's mark. This mark is not identifiable in any standard works of reference and the ring is da…
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E26C94
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Scandinavian or Viking-period penannular finger-ring made from silver. Slightly irregular D-sectioned band, tapering smoothly from the widest point at the front to blunt points at the rear of the hoop. There are hammer marks on the internal surface. External height 22.5mm. External width 23mm. Internal height 17mm. Internal width 16mm. Width of band at maximum 5.5mm. Weight 6.48g. Compare examples in copper alloy from Thetford; A. Goodall in Rogerson and Dallas (1984) fig.110, nos. 17 and 21. A more elaborate twisted silver example with hammered-together ends can be found …
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Runhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CCEC73
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring, broken across both shoulders, the bezel and shoulders bi-concave with a median ridge running parallel with the edge of the band creating pairs of decorative fields. The shoulders, which narrow towards the breaks, are deeply engraved alike with a flower, or lit candle, in each field. The fields on the bezel are each engraved with a figure of an unidentified female saint, possibly St Catherine and St Barbara. On the inside there is a clear ridge where the two halves of the mould were slightly misaligned, with an impression, probably of cuttlefish, to one sid…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2011
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Morely', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-90D013
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring. The D-sectioned band expands smoothly from the back to form shoulders with triangular facets to either side and a bezel with a median arris parallel with the edge of the band forming two facets. The worn band and shoulders are engraved with six lozenges each filled with a quatrefoil. The bezel facets are decorated alike with two groups of lines splayed in opposite directions, each end defined with a curved line with multiple short lines radiating into the triangular facets of the shoulders. The ring is of a similar form to examples in Oman (1974, pl.21f,…
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2011
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8B1007
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman gold finger-ring with red glass convex fronted setting in an oval collet surrounded by a scalloped collar. The hoop is a narrow strip that widens into sub-triangular shoulders with scalloped edges and two pairs of oblique grooves. External diameter 18.5mm. Internal diameter17.5mm. Collet 12.5 x 10.5mm. Weight 2.65g. 3rd - 4th century.
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sedgeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-AB3402
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval gold finger-ring or posy ring with D-sectioned hoop and without bezel. On the inner face a hallmark of a lion passant guardant, a maker's mark I · K and an inscription: No riches like content 19mm. Dimensions: Weight 1.30g. Width 2mm. Thickness 1mm. Discussion: The maker's markis not identified, there are no comparisons in the British Museum collections and there is no matching example in Jackson, English Goldsmiths and their marks. See ring AF.1353 in British Museum collections, with same inscription and a maker's mark (JC in rectangular punch) …
Created on: Friday 28th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 17th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9D2B90
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring. The bezel consists of a lion couchant, moulded in high relief and soldered to the hoop. The beast's rump is faceted with multiple hammer marks. There are deeply moulded grooves on the mane and paws, and a deep groove for the mouth, but the top of the lion's head is worn smooth, with only traces surviving of grooves indicating the nose and eyes. A separate circular sectioned piece of wire extends from the lion's mouth to between its paws, curving back up towards the nose before a break. The hoop in front of the lion is plain before a transverse ridge and slig…
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 4th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Carleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-193E50
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver gilt stirrup-shaped finger-ring, about one third of the flattened D-sectioned hoop missing. The rectangular bezel is set with deep pink glass en cabochon. As the hoop begins to rise to the bezel there is a concavity on both faces. Gilding is extant only on the inner face. Width 4.5 - 6mm. External diameter 21.5mm. Internal diameter 19 - 21mm. Length 29mm. Weight 6.48g. Rings of this form were manufactured from the mid 12th to the 14th century (Egan and Pritchard, 1991, 326-7).
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Walsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C872E4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posy ring with a shallow D-sectioned band which is undecorated externally, and inscribed internally In thy sight is my delight followed by a stamped maker's mark within a square, possibly JD. The D is clear, but the first letter of the maker's mark is less certain. The band is now distorted, and slightly damaged at points along the edges. The inscription can be found in the British Museum collections, AF.1301, dated 17th-18th Century. The maker's mark does not appear in any of the standard resources. 17th - 18th century. Width of band 4mm. Weight 2.89g. Original diameter …
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wattisfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2DBBE5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold mourning ring with D-sectioned hoop and no bezel. Partly squashed. The convex outer face is decorated overall with engraved skull and foliate motifs including two octofoils. The inner face is inscribed GA ob 26 May 98 The omission of the first two letters of the date indicates that the date is 1698. The inscription is followed by a maker's mark EN (or ER: if the second letter is an N it is an unusual form). External diameter c.18mm. Width of hoop 4.5mm. Thickness 1.5mm. Weight 4.66g
Created on: Friday 28th January 2011
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mulbarton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-02E2E6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a late-medieval silver finger-ring. The stump of flat-sectioned hoop that expands to form sub-triangular shoulder before a broken oval or circular bezel, the stone missing. There is elaborate engraved decoration on the shoulder comprising an owl within leaves and curling fronds. Date: 14th or 15th century. Dimensions: Width of band 5 mm, width of bezel at break maximum 18.5 mm. Weight 0.96 g. The age and precious metal content of this item therefore qualify it as treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. Steven J. Ashley
Created on: Tuesday 2nd November 2010
Last updated: Thursday 21st June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scole', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9F1A05
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late medieval or early post-medieval silver gilt finger ring. The band expands slightly from the back of the hoop to the bezel, which consists of a single collet. Three separate claws have been inserted through the sides of the collet and soldered into position internally, the external ends of which are broken and distorted. The stone is missing. The hoop is flat internally, and externally has a median line of lozengiform cusps with triangular cusps to either side forming a faceted surface overall. The band, although not the bezel, is similar to PAS record number YORYM-39B423, treas…
Created on: Monday 4th October 2010
Last updated: Thursday 7th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bawsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9E1EF8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger ring, now distorted. A mourning ring with a shallow D-sectioned band, decorated with a simple stylised skull with teeth, eye sockets and nasal cavity, but missing the mandible. Two tiny particles of black may be all that remains of black enamel, but thet are too small to be certain. Inscribed internally RH oB 17 ° oct 87 (RH died 17th October 1687). At the beginning of the inscription is a stamped makers mark, an H within a square, or possibly an I with wide crossbars, set obliquely. Width of band 4mm. Weight 3.04g. Date: 1687
Created on: Monday 4th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F30EE3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold posy ring. D-shaped band which is now squashed to an oval and highly abraded externally. Inscribed internally Magnes amaris amor 1634 (Love is the magnet of love) followed by a makers mark of two conjoined letters Gp, within a shield. The makers mark is the same as that on one in the collections of the British Museum, registration 1961, 1202.245 (J. Rudoe pers. com). Date: 1634 Dimensions: Now measuring 25 x 20 externally, 20 x 14mm internally. Width of band 5mm. Weighing 8.4g.
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 4th February 2011
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Record ID: NMS-F22623
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete silver finger ring. Flat sectioned hoop expanding towards slightly widened rectangular bezel which continues to curve smoothly in line with the rest of the hoop. Remains of engraved radiating lines in the centre of the bezel, with a cluster of tiny dots at either end before the hoop narrows again. The decoration is very worn. Hoop broken opposite bezel. External diameter c.23mm, internal diameter 20mm. Width of bezel 8mm. The ring has no parallels in the BM collections, and is unlikely to be earlier than the 19th century, or more probably 20th century. It does not ther…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 12th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Emneth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F02A67
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete silver finger ring, just over half of which survives. Oval sectioned band. The bezel, which curves smoothly in line with the band, is in the form of two clasped hands with the details of the fingers continuing on the inside of the ring, the shoulders decorated with closely spaced transverse incised lines possibly representing cuffs. Cf. A very similar example from Hampshire recorded as HAMP-9B0B21 on the PAS database, and other examples with clasped hands in Oman, 1974, pl. 54. c. 15th century. Internal diameter 20mm. External diameter 23mm. Width of band at break 3.5mm. Wi…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 28th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'RUNCTON HOLME', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-EDFA64
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete silver finger ring, additional to a fragment discovered 02/04/07 (Treasure case 2007 T219). Rectangular sectioned band broken at one end (where the upper part of the break joins the previous fragment), cut diagonally at the other. Inscribed externally: 'ias---' and 'melchiar'. Both fragments together comprise about 1/3rd of the band. The full inscription would have spelt the names of the three magi, Jasper, Balthazar and Melchior. The names of the magi were a popular amuletic charm in the Middle Ages. 15th century. Band width 5mm, thickness 1.5mm, original diameter c. 20mm.…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 18th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Dunham', grid reference and parish protected.