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1884.105.26

Bronze needle

1884.105.26

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bronze needle
Long description
Gilt copper alloy needle with a rounded spatula terminal (above the eye). [CG [Excav. PR] 13/06/2013]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Greater London City of London EC2 Poultry Intersection with Mansion House Street [to E of St Mildred's Church]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Bronze Age
Date collected
1866
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Cast, Process Forged (Metal), Process Perforated, Process Gilded
Dimensions
Width: max 3 mm, Length: max 130 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.105.26 PR Cat other PR nos: 3680
Research and responses

St Mildred's parish church was located at the intersection between Poultry and Mansion House Street. It was demolished in 1872. To the east lay St Mildred's Court, and the Union Bank of London. [Dan Hicks 25/07/2013]

Poultry is the name of a road leading to Bank tube station adjacent to the Bank of England building in the City of London, St Mildred is a church on that road, demolished in 1872 see http://www.combs-families.org/combs/records/england/lnd/stmildredpoultry.htm [AP 15/08/2006]

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