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Posted: **Thu Jul 10, 2014 5:08 am**

English Banbury locks 18th-19 Century earliest known lever lock used !

all parts where fitted to a wooden stock and would have used a large wire bow cast iron key

Posted: **Thu Jul 10, 2014 5:58 am**

English Banbury Dove tail plate stock lock used in 19th century !

both added to collection I am happy to say !

no keys ...but it will be fun trying to find the originals or near to original as possible :razz:

Please see topic : ( Antique Lock from England ) hopefully some kind gent will link this together

for Banbury locks used in the mid 19th Century with the horizontal plates that came later

Posted: **Thu Jul 10, 2014 6:30 am**

Still being made as late as the 1960's

next to impossible to date unless of really fine quality so approach with great caution.

Posted: **Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:02 am**

The progression and lock plate design changes over the years are the way to go...at least it was for me ! and found it a very interesting study

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Banbury lock 18th-19th Century

Banbury lock 18th-19th Century

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