Anglo-Saxon knife blade

Title

Anglo-Saxon knife blade

Subject

Archaeology

Description

M/1992/19.
This iron knife blade is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when they were building Edridge Road in Croydon between February 1893 and September 1894. Some of the objects were given to the old Grangewood Museum in Croydon and are now looked after by Croydon Museum Service. The rest were given to the British Museum.Edridge Road was the site of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery.
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Creator

Croydon Museum Service

Language

English

Date Created

2010-08-11

Files

Anglo-Saxon knife blade

Citation

Croydon Museum Service, “Anglo-Saxon knife blade,” Woruldhord, accessed March 29, 2024, http://poppy.nsms.ox.ac.uk/woruldhord/items/show/248.

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