Broad Street chafing dish
A recorded sixteenth-century chafing dish offers a glimpse of dining in Leominster.
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What this record tells us
A sixteenth-century chafing dish was recovered in Broad Street. This was a vessel used to hold heat beneath food. Buteux’s assessment records the find under HWCM 21949 and cites Vince 1984, p. 25.
The object provides evidence of tableware and dining. The discovery date, finder and exact property have not been established; the town reference is an orientation point only.
How this record is evidenced
Buteux’s archaeological assessment, §1.7 and specialist assessments, with the separate county SMR reference.
The investigation details are drawn from Leominster Heritage research from cited published sources; the original publication or report remains the authoritative source.
The clean title and short public summary have been prepared by Leominster Heritage and remain separate from the wording of the source record.
The open questions below identify the details that have not yet been securely established.
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Broad Street chafing dish
Finds and discovery record · Before the 1994–95 assessment; exact discovery date unresolved · Approximate position
A recorded sixteenth-century chafing dish offers a glimpse of dining in Leominster.
Town locality; separate street finds. Coordinates represent the centre of the stated grid square for display only; they are not an object findspot.
Source and further reading
Victoria Buteux, Archaeological assessment of Leominster, Hereford and Worcester, Central Marches Historic Towns Survey, report issued in the 1996 series; text based on the 1994 assessment and revised March 1995. Supplied PDF. Specialist contributions by Derek Hurst, Richard Morriss, Elizabeth Pearson and Paul Stamper.
Entry-specific references: S11 §1.7; HWCM 21949, 21950, 3598 and 19585
Open questions
- Trace the original report, finds accession and precise findspot where these remain unresolved.
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