Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 26877 [A-B]: 'Thetford Ware sherds'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'S.31'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'Examination School'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note in bag reads: 'Hedingham Ware'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Field collection)
Found during construction works of the Examination School (1908-1910). In 1908–9 building works revealed structural and human remains associated with the Cambridge Austin friars, as well as later and unrelated material.
Event Date 1908
Author: maa

Context (References)
Hurst, J. G. and West, S. E. (1957). 'Saxo-Norman Pottery in East Anglia. Part II.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 50. p. 56 (no. S.31).
Event Date 1957
Author: Sophie Wardle

Description (Physical description)
Hurst and West (1957): 'Thin sherd with applied rib heavily thumbed at 1 in. intervals. Smooth brown ware with black outer surface. A similar sherd, the broken-off end of a strap handle with applied thumbed bands going vertically downwards from each side.'
Event Date 1957
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (References)
Browne, David M. (1974). 'An Archaeological Gazetteer of the City of Cambridge.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 65.


Event Date 1974
Author: Sophie Wardle

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 26877 [A-B]: 'With applied thumb impressed bands'.
Event Date 10/9/2001
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note in bag with sherds reads: 'PSS [Paul Sylvan Spoerry] 02/06 / No this is Thetford Ware - with a bit of mica'.
Event Date 2/2006
Author: Sophie Wardle

Description (Physical description)
Two body sherds of Thetford ware featuring strips of applied thumb-impressed decoration.
Event Date 17/10/2023
Author: Sophie Wardle