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Summary: 1 brass local standard weight for one pound used by Bradford-on-Avon Hundred, Wiltshire, mid 19th century. Engraved into the weight is '(crown) VR / 1 lb Avoir / By Grant Anno / 18th Elizth 1575 / HUNDRED OF BRADFORD COUNTY OF WILTS'.


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