Find Spot record MLI33265 - TOY PISTOL, FOUND NEAR THE WELL HEAD

Summary

TOY PISTOL, FOUND NEAR THE WELL HEAD

Type and Period (1)

  • (Post Medieval - 1850 AD to 1900 AD)

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Full Description

Zinc alloy toy gun - immitation of a box-lock percussion-cap action which became common on pocket pistols etc. after 1840. Because of its neatness it left few projections etc. which could snag in the pocket. The absence of a 'working' action on this toy suggests perhaps a date of c. 1850-1900 {1} Found near the Well Head, Bourne. {2}

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Correspondence: A.J. White. 1978. PARISH FILE. BOURNE. -.
  •  Correspondence: Paul Everson. 1977. PARISH FILE. BOURNE. -.

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Location

Grid reference TF 094 200 (point) Approximate
Civil Parish BOURNE, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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