Sandbach bottles
Catherine Hull just wondered if anybody had seen these before she found them in her cellar! Marble bottles with Sandbach on she wondered where they were made?
Sandbach Crosses
So the Sandbach crosses are rumoured in the past to contain a couple of verses the bottom verse which could only be read if you held your head downwards. Does anyone think they know the meaning? Is there a link to the church or possibly Bradwall? ”With awful steps approach this shrine,Sacred to Druid erst …
Holy Water Ampulla
Another nice historic artefact recovered from the ground in the Sandbach area. This one is an ampulla, probably from @1350 to 1550. Usually used to carry holy water to sprinkle on the fields to bless the crops. These finds are being shown to give people a flavour of general wider history in the area as …
Roman Strap Fitting
A find from last year in the Sandbach area by our artefacts officer. This one is a Roman strap fitting, probably a belt stiffener from a military uniform and dates from 200-300AD. It’s unclear how much significance Sandbach had to the Romans but they certainly were in the vicinity as evidenced by the Roman road …
Musket balls
We are also delighted to share with you some finds from two local detectorists. All found in the Sandbach area. They found a few musket balls from early 1800, some buttons, a lapel brooch, a shield decoration and a zippo lighter which had a naked lady on it.
Philip and Mary Groat
Not too much to post at the moment as there is no detecting allowed due lockdown so here’s another Sandbach find from last year. This is a Philip and Mary groat from between 1554 and 1558. Note the way the coin has been bent. This identifies it as a ‘love token’. This was a way …
Volunteer Structural Engineer Needed
Are you a local structural engineer willing to volunteer some time to the Sandbach Tunnel Network to carry out a much needed assessment of a local wall at The Mill situated in the town centre of Sandbach? If so we would like to hear from you! Please contact us at: [email protected]
Something found fairly regularly in the fields around Sandbach
Something a little more down to earth this week but a fairly regular find in the fields around Sandbach. These aren’t oversize polos! These are lead spindle whorls which would have been used as weights on the bottom of a stick, used to hand weave wool. Iain Borthwick our Artefacts Officer, had this process described …
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Many people believe Bradwall Hall is all but a distant memory
Many people believe that the famous Bradwall Hall is all but a distant memory, but you’d have been mistaken, as we’d like to share with you a forgotten entrance into the bowels of the old hall. Thank you to a local landowner for allowing the publication of this video footage with images. Thank you also …
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