Information for record number MWA5561:
Findspot - Medieval metal finds in Bidford on Avon.

Summary Findspot - various Medieval objects, including strap ends, buckles, coins and horse harness pendants, were found south of Stratford Road, Bidford on Avon.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bidford on Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 10 52
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Finds made with a metal detector in 1985: Bronze Medieval strap end, fragments of bronze - ?cooking vessel, lead merchant's bale seal, short cross penny of Henry III (1218-47), groat of Edward IV (c1469-70), coin of Ferdinand and Isabel (c1500).
2 Finds made with a metal detector in 1985: C13/C14 brooch, Medieval buckle, strap end, strap and buckle.
4 Finds made with a metal detector in 1986: Strap end, coin of Venice (1501-21).
5 Finds made with a metal detector in 1988: Buckle fragment, spoon handle.
6 Find made with a metal detector in 1988: Long cross halfpenny of Henry III (c1248-50).
7 Finds made with a metal detector in 1989 at SP108521: penny of John (1205-1218), penny of Edward III, copper alloy ring and buckle.
8 Finds made with a metal detector in 1989: Halfpenny of Henry III (1242-1247), "spectacle buckle" (1500) and badge.
9 Find made with a metal detector in 1989: Penny of York (1413-1422).
10 Find made with a metal detector in 1989: Coin of Henry III (1242-1247).
11 Find made with a metal detector in 1989: Seal matrix or die of the 14th century. Illustration in FI File.
12 Finds made with a metal detector in 1989: Buckles, decorative band and ?knife handle terminal.
13 Find made with a metal detector in 1989: Bronze sheet, two Nuremberg jettons of the 16th century and brass coin weight of the 16th century.
14 Find made with a metal detector in 1990: Strap-end buckle.
15 Finds made with a metal detector in 1990: Strap-end buckles, fitting, coin dating to 1180-1247 and an Irish penny of Waterford (1279-1284).
16 Finds made with a metal detector in 1990: An attachment, two farthings of Henry III (1248-1250), an Edwardian penny of London (1280-1281) and an Edwardian penny of York from the 13th to 14th century.
17 Find made with a metal detector in 1991: Penny of David II of Scotland.
18 Find made by with a metal detector in 1991: Penny of Edward I (1299-1302) and bronze object.
19 Finds made with a metal detector in 1991: Halfpenny of the 15th century and lead ring.
20 Find made with a metal detector in 1991: Halfpenny of London (1251-1272).
21 Finds made with a metal detector in 1991: Arabic fulus coin, knife of dagger chape of the 14th century, 15th century spur rowel, strap-end buckle and ornamental nail.
22 Find made with a metal detector in 1992: Penny of Henry VI (1422-61).
23 Finds made in 1992: Farthing of Edward I or II (1272-1327) and coin of Philippe III of Burgundy (1419-67).
24 Find made in 1992 at 'Tower Hill - right side top end': a Medieval horse harness pendant, probably 13th Century, decorated, quatrefoil in shape and with traces of gilding, and red and blue enamel.
25 Finds in 1992: 14th to 15th century circular buckle and halfpenny of Edward IV (1461-70).
26 Find made in 1993: Medieval decorated lead object.
27 Medieval shield shaped lead object found in June 1993. The location was described as "end right hand side" of Tower Hill top. The method of recovery was unrecorded.
28 Drawings of
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29An oval loop of uncertain function from the Medieval period was found in 1989 at SP107520.
30 Long-cross penny of Henry III found in 1989 at SP108521.
31 A penny of Edward III and a locking buckle (late Medieval) were found in 1989 at SP108521.
32 A cut long cross halfpenny of Henry III and a lead alloy blank from which a buckle would be cast were found in 1990 at SP108522.
33 A Scottish cut halfpenny, a Longcross farthing of Henry III, a 14th century thimble and a buckle fragment were found in 1991 at SP108522.
 
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Source No: 28
Source Type: Drawing
Title: Flint tools, medieval and post medieval items found in Bidford
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Source No: 22
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2470
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1992
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Source No: 6
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1673
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Date: 1988
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Volume/Sheet: 1673
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1594
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1988
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Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 578
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Date: 1986
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Volume/Sheet: 578
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 283
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Date: 1985
Page Number: 283
Volume/Sheet: E/283
   
Source No: 23
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2475
Author/originator: Wise P J
Date: 1992
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Volume/Sheet: 2475
   
Source No: 27
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2967
Author/originator: Wise P J
Date: 1993
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Volume/Sheet: 2967
   
Source No: 29
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1439
Author/originator: Wise/Seaby
Date: 1989
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Source No: 30
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1710
Author/originator: Seaby
Date: 1989
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Source No: 31
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1807
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Date: 1989
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Volume/Sheet: 1807
   
Source No: 32
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2093
Author/originator: Wise/Seaby
Date: 1990
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Source No: 33
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2434
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1991
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Source No: 20
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2358
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1991
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Source No: 8
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1315
Author/originator: Wise/Seaby
Date: 1989
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Source No: 12
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1739
Author/originator: Wise P J
Date: 1989
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Volume/Sheet: 1739
   
Source No: 19
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2308
Author/originator: Seaby W A
Date: 1991
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Volume/Sheet: 2308
   
Source No: 9
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1447
Author/originator: Wise/Seaby
Date: 1989
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Source No: 21
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2445
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Date: 1991
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Volume/Sheet: 2445
   
Source No: 13
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1808
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Date: 1989
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Volume/Sheet: 1808
   
Source No: 24
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2668
Author/originator: Wise P J
Date: 1992
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Volume/Sheet: 2668
   
Source No: 14
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1542
Author/originator: Wise/Seaby
Date: 1990
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Source No: 16
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2106
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Date: 1990
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Volume/Sheet: 2106
   
Source No: 17
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2291
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1991
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Source No: 18
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2305
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1991
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Source No: 11
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1734
Author/originator: Wise
Date: 1989
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Source No: 7
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1308
Author/originator: WM/Seaby
Date: 1989
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Source No: 25
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2874
Author/originator: Wise P J
Date: 1992
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Volume/Sheet: 2874
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 278
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Date: 1985
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Volume/Sheet: E/278
   
Source No: 15
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2091
Author/originator: Wise P J
Date: 1990
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Volume/Sheet: 2091
   
Source No: 10
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1725
Author/originator: Seaby W A
Date: 1989
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Volume/Sheet: 1725
   
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source WMEF Warwickshire Museum Enquiry Form. These are forms that are filled in when a person brings an object to Warwickshire Museum to be identified. Amongst the information recorded on the form are details such as a description of the object, where and when it was found, and in some cases a sketch or photographs of it. Copies of the form can be viewed at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument TOWER * A tall building, either round, square or polygonal in plan, used for a variety of purposes, including defence, as a landmark, for the hanging of bells, industrial functions, etc. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument CROSS * A free-standing structure, in the form of a cross (+), symbolizing the structure on which Jesus Christ was crucified and sacred to the Christian faith. Use specific type where known. back

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