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The Hope playhouse, animal baiting and later industrial activity at Bear Gardens on Bankside
Southwark’s famous Bankside was long known as an entertainment area up to the 17th century. This volume provides evidence for the Barge, one of the medieval stewhouses (tavern/brothel) and the later Hope, a dual purpose building hosting animal baiting as well as play performances. The next phase in Bankside’s history...Mackinder, Anthony
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Medieval to early post-medieval tenements and Middle Eastern imports
Excavations at Plantation Place provided evidence for medieval and early post-medieval occupation of an entire block in the eastern part of the City of London near the Thames waterfront. Contemporary ground surfaces and buildings did not survive, but associated pits and wells have been related by documentary and cartographic research...Pitt, Ken ; Blackmore, Lyn ; Dyson, Tony
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Conservation and Discovery: Peterborough cathedral Nave Ceiling and related Structures
A major conservation programme took place between 1998 and 2003 on one of Europe’s greatest medieval painted wooden ceilings. Investigation and analysis were an integral part of this conservation work in the former Benedictine abbey church of Peterborough. The knowledge gained and the discoveries made during that time, as well...Hall, Jackie ; Wright, Susan M.
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The City Bunhill burial ground, Golden Lane, London
The City Bunhill burial ground on Golden Lane, London, was in use between 1833 and 1853, and archaeological investigations here recovered 248 burials. Burial practice, the use of space and the burial population itself are examined, supported by information from the burial registers and contemporary sources. Osteological analysis proved a...Connell, Brian ; Miles, Adrian
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Roman Southwark settlement and economy
This report presents an overview of Roman urban development in London south of the Thames. The establishment of the Roman bridge and the first approach roads and landing places made Southwark an ideal location for the development of facilities for the trans-shipment of goods between land and river. A wide...Cowan, Carrie ; Seeley, Fiona ; Wardle, Angela ; Westman, Andrew
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The evolution and exploitation of the Avon flood plain at Bath and the development of the southern suburb: Excavations at Southgate, Bath 2006-9
The SouthGate site lies between the River Avon and the southern defences of Roman and later Bath. This volume describes the evolution of the local Avon flood plain from the Pleistocene to the 20th century. Highlights include a large Early and Late Mesolithic lithic assemblage, Anglo-Saxon extramural activity, the Norman...Barber, Bruno ; Halsey, Craig ; Lewcun, Marek ; Phillpotts, Christopher
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The Prittlewell princely burial: excavations at Priory Crescent, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 2003
This internationally important, late 6th-century AD princely burial was discovered in 2003 at Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, within an existing early Anglo-Saxon cemetery. Detailed research, scientific analyses and investigative conservation since have produced exciting new information, enabling the reconstruction of the large wooden chamber grave and the coffin of a man...Blackmore, Lyn ; Blair, Ian ; Hirst, Sue ; Scull, Christopher
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Spanning the Centuries: The historic bridges of Northamptonshire
This book, specially commissioned by Northamptonshire County Council (and written, designed and photographed by MOLA, with a Foreword by Tony Ciaburro of NCC), celebrates the rich diversity of the county’s historic bridges, specifically the 104 Listed by Historic England. There are many more within the county but these may be...Bowsher, Julian
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Roman London's Amphitheatre
For over a hundred years people searched for the Roman amphitheatre of London. Finally, in 1988, during a dig at the City’s medieval Guildhall, the astonishing discovery was made. A curving stone wall around the arena and timber beams for the seating tiers confirmed that the gladiators’ place of spectacle...Bateman, Nick
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St Pancras Burial Ground: excavations for St Pancras International, the London terminus of High Speed 1, 2002-3
St Pancras Churchyard was extended several times in the post-medieval period, culminating in the creation of the ‘New Burying Ground’ in 1792, with the last burial occurring in 1854. This study focuses on the southernmost ‘Third Ground’, where 1383 burials were recorded archaeologically. Analysis included reconstruction of coffin stack sequences...Emery, Phil ; Wooldridge, Keven