Index of pages of Tony's finds Introduction methodology see also Nick Joy 15C - 19C 17C - 20C Victorian coins badges lead toys Wrington brass Roman finds Non-metal finds

From the Village Journal, December, 2002 The Romans came to Wrington yes we know they were around, For I find their coins and artifacts hidden in the ground. Saxon men and women too lived very close at hand, They left their mark in boundaries that still mark out the land. Our villagers in Edward's time lost some pennies in The Glebe, Six hundred years would come and go before they were retrieved. Who lost the sixpence of Good Queen Bess in 1573, It shows someone's misfortune but was fortunate for me. Wrington is reflected in things lost the ages through, That now reveal the history of our village as it grew. As I handle mundane objects like buttons and old keys of iron ore, Old horseshoes, buckles, thimbles, I wish they could tell me more. So these people may be gone but the things they left behind, Give me hours and hours of pleasure and an ever questing mind. TJ

Tongue horseshoe -15C.

Key -16C

Blinker brass -19C

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