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The Augustinian nunnery of St Mary Clerkenwell, London: Excavations 1974-96
The development of the nunnery site is revealed in this study – from evidence for Iron Age occupation, the nunnery’s foundation in 1144 and the expansion of the early convent, through to its conversion in the 16th and 17th centuries to a close of large mansions surrounding the parish church....Sloane, Barney
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He being dead yet speaketh': excavations at three post-medieval burial grounds in Tower Hamlets, east London, 2004-10
The latest in a series on post-medieval burial produced by MOLA, this volume reports on three non-Church of England burial grounds in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, excavated between 2004 and 2010. It looks at over 1350 burials of Baptists, Roman Catholics and Nonconformists, the majority of whom died...Henderson, Michael ; Miles, Adrian ; Walker, Don
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Roman and medieval development south of Cheapside: excavations at Bow Bells House, City of London, 2005-6
Excavations on the south side of Cheapside found evidence for Roman timber buildings and pits dating to the later 1st and 2nd centuries AD, and a masonry building constructed after c AD 125. The main west–east road through Londinium lay immediately north of the site. Evidence for later Roman occupation...Howell, Isca
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Lundenwic: excavations in Middle Saxon London, 1987-2000
This monograph provides the first detailed overview of the archaeological evidence for the Middle Saxon trading port of Lundenwic, and presents the results of fieldwork at 18 locations on the site of the settlement. The evidence is contextualised in thematic essays on various aspects of the settlement including its origins...Cowie, Robert ; Blackmore, Lyn
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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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At the limits of Lundenwic: excavations in the north-west of Middle Saxon London at St Martin's Courtyard, 2007-8
This thought-provoking volume presents the results of the archaeological investigation of a large site in Lundenwic. A fragmentary sequence nevertheless includes possible Early Saxon activity, 7th- and 8th-century AD settlement features including a cookshop, a workshop for non-ferrous metalworking and debris from a smithy, and the latest radiocarbon-dated inhumation in...Fowler, Louise ; Taylor, Ruth
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Roman roadside settlement and rural landscape at Brentford: archaeological investigations at Hilton London Syon Park Hotel, 2004-10
Excavations in Syon Park, Brentford, have made a substantial contribution to our knowledge of this Roman rural settlement on the London–Silchester road, by a ford across the Thames. The site yielded a well-dated sequence – from the mid 1st to early 5th century AD – including occupation deposits and two...Cowie, Robert ; Thorp, Amy ; Wardle, Angela
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Religion in medieval London: the archaeology of belief
Religious belief was central to the lives – and deaths – of all medieval Londoners. Archaeology sheds light on many aspects of that belief: from organised religion, both Christianity and Judaism, to superstition or witchcraft; places of worship, from the smallest parish churches to the great cathedral of St Paul;...Barber, Bruno ; Thomas, Christopher ; Watson, Bruce