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The Rose and Globe - playhouses of Shakespeare's Bankside, Southwark
Excavations at the sites of two famous playhouses of Tudor London, the Rose and the Globe in Southwark, provided physical evidence for the size, layout and development of these playhouses; they are presented here in detail for the first time in 400 years.The hundreds of individual structural elements, objects and...Bowsher, Julian ; Miller, Pat
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Great Houses, moats and mills on the south bank of the Thames
Regeneration in the 1980s–90s on the south bank of the Thames resulted in archaeological and historical investigations at Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe, and next to London Bridge, in Southwark. The first was the site of a house acquired by 1349 by Edward III and rebuilt by him in 1353–61; the second...Blatherwick, Simon ; Bluer, Richard
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Tracks Through Time: Archaeology and history from the London Overground East London Line
The East London Line Project, London’s latest railway, presented a unique opportunity to discover more about some of London’s earliest railways, including parts of one of the world’s first passenger railways, the Eastern Counties of 1840. Construction led to important archaeological discoveries in Shoreditch. The sparsely occupied hinterland of Roman...Birchenough, A. ; Dwyer, E. ; Elsden, N. ; Lewis, H.
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The glass workers of Roman London
Recycling may be a topical subject today, but it is an ancient practice. Glass was regularly recycled to make new vessels during the Roman period and important new evidence for glass working in London came from 35 Basinghall Street, with the discovery, in 2005, of over 70kg of broken glass...Shepherd, John ; Wardle, Angela
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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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Witanhurst House. Highgate West Hill, London N6. A report on the evaluation
A4 unpublished client reportMOLA
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New Kent Road, land adjoining Albert Barnes House, London SE 1
A4 spiral bound with figsMOLA
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London's Delftware industry: the tin-glazed pottery industries of Southwark and Lambeth
Documentary and archaeological evidence is combined for five tin-glazed ware production sites on the south bank of the Thames – Montague Close, Pickleherring, Rotherhithe, Norfolk House and Glasshouse Street. Tin-glazed ware or ‘delftware’ manufacture began in London c 1570 and ceased at Glasshouse Street in 1846. The products of each...Tyler, Kieron ; Betts, Ian ; Stephenson, Roy
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London's Roman amphitheatre: Guildhall Yard, City of London
London’s important Roman amphitheatre was excavated in the 1990s; its remains are displayed in the Guildhall Art Gallery. A timber amphitheatre, built c AD 74, included evidence of the eastern entrance, arena palisade, seating bank and associated drains. Shortly after AD 120 it was rebuilt with masonry foundations and walls,...Bateman, Nick ; Cowan, Carrie ; Wroe-Brown, Robin
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Late 17th- to 19th-century burial and earlier occupation at All Saints, Chelsea Old Church, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Excavations at 2–4 Old Church Street revealed prehistoric activity, a Roman rural settlement, and medieval gardens and domestic occupation associated with a medieval manor house, although most of the evidence for settlement related to the post-medieval period, when Chelsea changed from a village to a riverside resort and finally a...Cowie, Robert ; Bekvalac, Jelena ; Kausmally, Tania