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The Cross Bones burial ground, Redcross Way, Southwark, London: archaeological excavations (1991-1998) for the London Underground Limited Jubilee Line Extension Project (out of print)
The 19th-century parish of St Saviour’s, Southwark, teemed with people – the poor and destitute living in overcrowded houses with bad hygiene, drainage and waste disposal, and an inadequate and polluted water supply. This report combines archaeological, biological and documentary evidence, using this sample of 148 burials from the mid...Brickley, Megan ; Miles, Adrian ; Stainer, Hilary
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The big dig: archaeology and the Jubilee Line Extension
Between 1992 and 1998 the £2.76 billion Jubilee Line Extension Project was the largest civil engineering project in Europe. Running through Westminster and north Southwark, it traverses some of the most archaeologically sensitive areas of London, ending up at Stratford on top of a medieval abbey. The tunnels for the...Drummond-Murray, James ; Thomas, Chris ; Sidell, Jane
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Excavations at 72-75 Cheapside/83-93 Queen Street City of London
This area, at the junction of modern Cheapside and Queen Street, lay in the western half of the Roman city and in the commercial centre of late Saxon and medieval London. The site straddled the major east–west Roman road across the city and a sequence of timber buildings fronting on...Hill, Julian ; Woodger, Aidan
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A 14th-century pottery site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey: excavations at 70-76 Eden Street
Kingston is one of three recognised sources of Surrey whiteware pottery, used in London and the lower Thames valley from the 13th century onwards. Four 14th-century kilns were excavated and a substantial quantity of whiteware waster material, including many intact vessels, was retrieved from kiln interiors, stoking pits and waster...Miller, Pat ; Stephenson, Roy
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