Context (Field collection)
From grave 49, Anglo-Saxon cemetery excavated at Mitcham.
Collected by: Bidder.Col.H.F.
Ref. Plate: 9-10
Box-list has "[19]54.409 ?" and "[19]54.409 B"
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (Acquisition Details)
Originally these objects were deposits: no. [19]30.D.86 [= D 1930.86]. (Pencil: Pot, iron box fittings, a spur at feet; iron weaving batten etc. not on loan).
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (Related Documents)
See archives (GO5/2/1 - GO5/2/8) for Col. Bidder’s notebooks, plans, maps and correspondence relating to the excavation of Mitcham cemetery
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (References)
Bidder, Harold F. And Duckworth, W. L. H. (1906). ‘Excavations in an Anglo-Saxon Burial Ground at Mitcham, Surrey’. Archaeologia, vol. 60. pp. 49-68
Event Date 1906
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (References)
Bidder, Harold F. And Morris, J. (1959). ‘The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Mitcham’. Surrey Archaeological Collections, vol. 56. pp. 51-131
Event Date 1959
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1954.409 A[.1-16]: '19 iron objects or fragments, including a ring, a key and ?knife, 2 buckles with tongues, 2 rings ?penannular broohes, apparently together in a pouch. Found at the waist, between legs and along the left thigh.'
Event Date 13/10/1991
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
Seven fragmentary iron objects. A.2 is possibly a fragment of a latchlifter and A.3 potentially an associated suspension device. A.4 is a straight piece of iron bar, square in cross-section. A.5 is a straight piece of iron bar, round in cross-section. A.6 is a flat piece of iron, bifurcated and extending into two arms; possibly part of A.2, 4 or 5. A.7 is flattened and bent close to the end at a 90° angle, possibly part of a pair of tweezers or another toilet implement. A.8 is the spatulate terminal of a toilet implement or other tool. It is possible that all these fragments belong to a set of implements suspended from a belt.
Event Date 12/5/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe