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« Reply #15 on: March 26, 2013, 11:26:14 PM »
Matthew , try this guy with a photo and explain where you found it. He may well be able to help.

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« Reply #16 on: March 27, 2013, 09:51:54 PM »
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« Reply #17 on: March 27, 2013, 10:47:08 PM »
Val's suggestion sounds really plausable.

The top line could be

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« Reply #18 on: March 27, 2013, 10:55:00 PM »
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« Reply #19 on: March 28, 2013, 03:23:14 PM »
this looks like a makers plate, as you found it by a river it could be off a ships telegraph or compass housing. i have one simular of a shipwreck.
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« Reply #20 on: April 09, 2013, 12:42:00 PM »
Have a couple of similar cast iron plates myself (tho' dating from 1970's rather than 1930's) which were from railway wagons giving dates when they had received a general repair or overhaul. I'm not an expert but railways are one of my other interests besides detecting and I strongly suspect that this plaque is the same type of item.

One puzzle is the date. The plate states L&Y ('Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway') and the date 1931. The L&YR was merged with other companies to form part of the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923. So I think the L&Y probably refers to it being an ex-LYR wagon which passed into LMS ownership but was either due for a heavy overhaul in 1931 or received one that year.

Railway wagon repair date plates don't seem to be hugely valuable - the British Railways era ones I've seen are typically priced £5-£10. However, for an earlier one like this I'd of thought its collectors value would be £20+.
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« Reply #21 on: April 09, 2013, 05:49:10 PM »
1831 or 1881 the date is if that helps i think it's 1881? thanks for the info
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