Findspot - Medieval metal finds in Bidford on Avon.

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 2
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.