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The discovery of a Roman fort at Cripplegate, City of London: Excavations by W F Grimes 1947-68
When Grimes received a CBE for the discovery of the Temple of Mithras, he remarked that he was proud but wished that it had been in recognition of his work at Cripplegate – the discovery of the Mithraeum was ‘a fluke’. His initial objective at Cripplegate was to understand the...Shepherd, John
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Stepney Gasworks: the archaeology and history of the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company's works at Harford Street, London E1, 1837-1946
The Commercial Gas Company set up its principal works in Stepney in the late 1830s and generated coal gas until the mid 20th century. As London expanded, the Stepney Works was transformed from a tiny site in rural surroundings into a massive industrial complex packed with buildings, including in 1864...Francis, Antony
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Holywell Priory and the development of Shoreditch to c1600: Archaeology from the London Overground East London Line
The upgrade and extension of the East London Line created an opportunity for archaeologists to discover more about Shoreditch. Archaeological investigations followed the proposed route and this volume examines the landscapes concealed beneath modern-day Shoreditch. Roman burials were discovered here, close to Ermine Street. The area was transformed in the...Bull, Raoul ; Davis, Simon ; Lewis, Hana ; Phillpotts, Christopher
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Archaeology of the Jubilee Line extension: prehistoric and Roman activity at Stratford Market Depot, West Ham, London, 1991-3
Excavation ahead of redevelopment by London Underground Limited uncovered flint tools and debitage characteristic of the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods and Early Bronze Age. Activity resumed in the Late Bronze Age. A neonate skeleton of Early Iron Age date was recovered from a rubbish pit near a probable roundhouse. Two...Hiller, J. ; Wilkinson, D. R. P.
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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
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Development on Roman London's western hill: excavations at Paternoster Square, City of London
Redevelopment allowed reassessment of 1960s work and review of Roman activity on the western hill south of the main east–west road. Evidence of pre-Roman drainage towards the Fleet valley was overlain by the main road and external activity dated to c AD 50. Pre-Boudican strip buildings lay along the main...Watson, Sadie
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Tin-glazed tiles from London
Tin-glazed tiles from London looks at the rich diversity of decorative tile designs used in the capital over 400 years. Starting with Moorish- and Renaissance-style designs from Spain, the book traces the importation of decorative tiles from the Low Countries and their eventual manufacture in London itself. The early tiles...Betts, Ian M. ; Weinstein, Rosemary I.
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Three Ways Wharf, Uxbridge: a Lateglacial and Early Holocene hunter-gatherer site in the Colne valley
A series of five in situ lithic and faunal scatters in the Colne valley at Three Ways Wharf, Uxbridge, belong to two main phases of hunter-gatherer activity. The earlier, characterised by Late glacial bruised-edge ‘long blades’ associated with reindeer and horse, is dated to c 10,000 BP. The succeeding Early...Lewis, John C. S. ; Rackham, James C.
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The London Millennium Bridge: excavation of the medieval and later waterfronts at Peter's Hill, City of London, and Bankside, Southwark
This volume presents the results of archaeological work on the site of the London Millennium Bridge, where excavations on the banks of the Thames revealed important medieval waterfronts and associated structures dating from the 12th century onwards. On the City side the revetments incorporated a narrow inlet between properties, reached...Ayre, Julian ; Wroe-Brown, Robin
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The Augustinian Priory of St Mary Merton, Surrey: Excavations 1976-90
Excavations 1976–90 at the priory of St Mary Merton revealed much about the layout and development of this monastery from the 12th century to the Dissolution. Founded on its present site beside the Wandle river, c 11.3km south-west of London, in 1117, Merton was one of the most influential of...Miller, Pat ; Saxby, David
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Urban development in north-west Roman Southwark: excavations 1974-90
The Courage’s Brewery bottling plant excavations revealed an intriguing archaeological sequence chronicling the development of the northern island of Roman Southwark to the west of the road which crossed tidal channels to reach the Thames bridgehead. First-century AD timber revetments and an embankment protected the area from flooding, and two...Cowan, Carrie
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An excavation in the western cemetery of Roman London: Atlantic House, City of London
Important new evidence of Roman London’s western cemetery has been found at Atlantic House, along the banks of the River Fleet and on both sides of Watling Street. Late 1st-century AD land reclamation was followed by the establishment of the cemetery. A total of 19 inhumations and 29 cremations were...Watson, Sadie
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Mitigation of construction impact on archaeological remains
This book will be invaluable for all archaeologists involved in fieldwork and site management where construction is involved. Operations typically employed during development, from groundworks through to post-construction activity, are described and the likely changes to the burial environment at all these stages outlined. Ways of mitigating the potential damage...Davis, M. J. ; Gdaniec, K. L. A. ; Brice, M. ; White, L.
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Excavations at 25 Cannon Street, City of London - from the Middle Bronze Age to the Great Fire
The 25 Cannon Street excavations produced rare evidence of Middle Bronze Age activity. Roman quarrying and timber buildings gave way to late 2nd-century AD masonry buildings. One building was occupied until the late 4th century, its ruins covered by ‘dark earth’. A Roman road lay just to the north of...Elsden, Nicholas J.
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The Medieval Postern Gate by the Tower of London
This publication elucidates a remarkable monument, now preserved in situ beside the Tower of London. Constructed between 1297 and 1308, the postern gate formed a defensible terminus to the city wall and a minor gateway suitable for pedestrian traffic. The survival of the remains on the south side of the...Whipp, David
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From Ice Age to Essex: a history of the people and landscape of East London
Half a million years ago ice sheets pushed the Thames south, depositing river gravels across East London. People began quarrying gravel in ancient times and the modern aggregates industry has workings here. Archaeological work at quarry sites has resulted in spectacular discoveries – from prehistoric ritual sites and flint arrowheads...Greenwood, Pamela ; Perring, Dominic ; Rowsome, Peter
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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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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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Life and death in London's East End: 2000 years at Spitalfields
This book chronicles the remarkable archaeological discoveries made on the site of Spitalfields Market in east London. Once the burial ground for some of the wealthiest members of Roman London, Spitalfields became the home of one of the country’s largest and most important hospitals in the Middle Ages, looking after...Thomas, Chris
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Saxon, medieval and post-medieval settlement at Sol Central, Marefair, Northampton: archaeological investigations 1998-2002
Excavations revealed prehistoric and Roman artefacts, a possible Middle Saxon sunken-featured building, and extensive Late Saxon to Norman activity as the main settlement around St Peter’s church spread north-eastwards. Seventy-two burials were recorded within a 10th- to 13th-century cemetery. Development of the area included new timber and stone buildings. Pike...Miller, Pat ; Wilson, Tom
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Pre-Boudican and later activity on the site of the forum: excavations at 168 Fenchurch Street, City of London
New evidence of Londinium’s pre-Boudican origins and its first and second fora has been found at a site on Cornhill. In the AD 50s commercial or military storage buildings were established, including a granary, with a marketplace or open public area to the west. The Boudican fire and its aftermath...Dunwoodie, Lesley
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The development of early medieval and later Poultry and Cheapside: Excavations at 1 Poultry and vicinity, City of London
This volume presents the evidence for Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval development at 1 Poultry and vicinity from one of the largest excavations in the heart of the Roman and medieval city. An integrated account of the sequence, based on archaeological and documentary records, describes Late Saxon reoccupation of the...Burch, Mark ; Treveil, Phil
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A Roman drainage culvert, Great Fire destruction debris and other evidence from hillside sites north-east of London Bridge
Two 1998 excavations provide important new evidence of Roman and later development on the terraced ground north of the Thames and south of Cornhill. Early Roman quarrying at Monument House was followed by timber buildings. A 3rd-century AD stone building included a subterranean drainage culvert which carried dirty water south...Blair, Ian ; Sankey, David
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The Cistercian abbey of St Mary Stratford Langthorne, Essex: archaeological excavations for the London Underground Limited Jubilee Line Extension Project
The Cistercian monastery of St Mary Stratford Langthorne once stood on land south of the new Jubilee Line station at Stratford. Excavations 1973–94 recorded large parts of the monastic church, cemetery and related buildings. Topics include the precinct arrangement, architecture and decoration, and the way of life of the inhabitants....Barber, Bruno ; Chew, Steve ; Dyson, Tony ; White, Bill
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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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The London Charterhouse
This monograph on the London Charterhouse, a Carthusian monastery founded in 1371 just outside the walled City, includes recent excavation evidence of the inner court of the Charterhouse. The result is a new, fully illustrated account of the development of the monastery, the pre-monastic use of the site as a...Barber, Bruno ; Thomas, Christopher
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Early modern industry and settlement: excavations at George Street, Richmond, and High Street, Mortlake, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Evidence of early modern settlement and industry from sites in Richmond and Mortlake demonstrates the archaeological potential of north Surrey’s small towns and their rapid growth. At George Street, Richmond, properties were subdivided throughout the 17th century and occupied by people of modest means. Excavations between Mortlake High Street and...Sloane, Barney ; Hoad, Stewart ; Cloake, John ; Pearce, Jacqueline
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Roman pottery production in the Walbrook valley: excavations at 20-28 Moorgate, City of London, 1998-2000
Important new evidence of London’s 2nd-century AD Roman pottery industry has been found along the western side of a tributary of the Walbrook stream. Up to eight kilns, producing Verulamium region white ware, and a probable potters’ workshop represent two phases of production. The findings indicate that much of the...Seeley, Fiona ; Drummond-Murray, James
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The London Guildhall: an archaeological history of a neighbourhood from early medieval to modern times
Evidence from archaeological excavations between 1985 and 1999 is combined with historical and architectural analysis to create a major integrated history of the London Guildhall, the home of the City of London’s government. Beginning with the first hall of the 12th century, the book describes later halls and precinct buildings...Bowsher, David ; Dyson, Tony ; Holder, Nick ; Howell, Isca
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Roman and medieval townhouses on the London waterfront: excavations at Governor's House, City of London
Excavations in 1969 revealed a substantial Roman building, interpreted as a townhouse attached to the ‘Governor’s Palace’ complex. In 1994–7 new work uncovered a prehistoric marsh, a quay dated to AD 84 and a later revetment. Two Roman buildings predated the townhouse, with one possibly a goldworker’s premises. New evidence...Brigham, Trevor ; Woodger, Aidan
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Bankside: excavations at Benbow House, Southwark, London SE1
The multi-period site of Benbow House lies next to the Thames, and is a fine example of the multifarious and colourful activities that took place in London over the centuries. The earliest extant evidence of human activity within the excavation area was an attempt at land consolidation in the 12th...Mackinder, Anthony ; Blatherwick, Simon
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Industry in north-west Roman Southwark: excavations 1984-8
An unusually extensive sequence of Roman metalworking workshops and hearths of later 1st- to late 4th-century date was found in excavations on the north-western edge of the (then) north island of Southwark, London. Iron smithing and, to a lesser extent, copper alloy casting and wrought metalworking took place. The metalworking...Hammer, Friederike
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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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John Baker's late 17th-century glasshouse at Vauxhall
John Baker’s Thameside glasshouse in Vauxhall is the first of London’s 17th-century glasshouses to be excavated. This publication describes the finds from the site, demonstrates how Vauxhall competed with London’s other glasshouses and discusses London’s late 17th-century glass industry. The glasshouse opened sometime between 1663 and 1681, and had closed...Tyler, Kieron ; Willmott, Hugh
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Finsbury's Moated Manor, Medieval Land use and later development in the Finsbury Square area, Islington
Archaeological investigations at seven sites within the Finsbury Square area of London have revealed important evidence for the medieval and post-medieval development of this former marshy area north of the city walls. Evidence was recovered for Finsbury manor house, documented from 1272 and moated by the 14th/15th centuries, and for...Pitt, Ken ; Taylor, Jeremy
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Pots and potters in Tudor Hampshire: excavations at Farnborough Hill Convent, 1968-72
This book results from a major collaboration between Guildford Museum and MoLAS, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. It focuses on the late medieval and Tudor pottery industry of the Surrey-Hampshire borders. One of the most innovative ceramic traditions in southern England is revealed through finds excavated in the grounds...Pearce, Jacqueline
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Medieval Westminster floor tiles
Westminster' tiles - named after Westminster Abbey where they were first recognised - are among the most common types of medieval floor tiles found in London. At least some of these tiles were made at a kiln site in Farrington Road. 'Westminster' tiles can be distinguished from other medieval floor...Betts, Ian M.
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The eastern cemetery of Roman London: excavations 1983-1990
In Roman London, the dead were buried beyond the limits of the settlement, and soon after the town was established cemeteries developed to the west, north and east of the settlement. From the late 1st to the early 5th century AD an extensive area east of the modern City of...Barber, Bruno ; Bowsher, David
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Old London Bridge: Lost and Found
The Thames has been described as ‘liquid history’ but few of the 1000s of daily commuters and vehicles crossing London Bridge today will know that Roman, Saxon-Norman and medieval bridges stood on almost the same spot. Two thousand years ago the Romans identified this point as the best place to...Watson, Bruce
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The Roman tower at Shadwell, London: a reappraisal
This volume presents new analysis of a fascinating site north of the Thames and east of the Roman city, where the sequence included a masonry structure excavated between 1974 and 1976, and originally interpreted as a 3rd-century military signal tower. Early quarrying gave way to a 2nd-century cremation cemetery and...Lakin, David ; Seeley, Fiona ; Bird, Joanna ; Rielly, Kevin
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Archaeological Site Manual
In 1197, a modest hospital was founded on the fringes of the City of London. It grew to become one of the most significant institutions for the care of London's sick poor in medieval times. Exactly 800 years later, following extensive archaeological excavations and research, the Museum of London Archaeology...MOLA
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Excavations at Mucking: Volume 3, The Anglo-Saxon cemeteries
The Anglo-Saxon cemeteries at Mucking, Essex, represent the burials of over 800 individuals from the 5th to early 7th centuries. This long-awaited report includes detailed illustrated catalogues in Part i, and comprehensive analysis and discussion of the burials and their context in Part ii. The large, mixed rite Cemetery II...Hirst, Sue ; Clark, Dido
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A Roman-British cemetery on Watling Street: excavations at 165 Dover Street
A roadside cemetery lay alongside Watling Street 1km south-east of the Roman settlement of Southwark. The cemetery supplanted 1st-century roadside building and field systems, and was in use from the mid 2nd century until at least the early 3rd century. A total of 25 inhumations and five cremations were recorded....Mackinder, Anthony
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Medieval and later urban development at High Street, Uxbridge: excavations at the Chimes Shopping Centre, London Borough of Hillingdon
Excavations in the High Street uncovered evidence of development on the south-eastern edge of the medieval town of Uxbridge, beginning with the planned 12th-century extension of a Saxon hamlet. Medieval property boundaries and a 12th-century pottery kiln associated with production of South Hertfordshire greyware were recorded just inside the borough...Knight, Heather ; Jeffries, Nigel
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Winchester Palace: Excavations at the Southwark Residence of the Bishops of Winchester
The London house of the medieval bishops of Winchester in Southwark originated in the mid 12th century. Situated adjacent to the Thames and wharves, it developed into a palatial residence based around an inner and outer courtyard and accommodating the bishop, his household and servants. The results of archaeological rescue...Seeley, Derek ; Phillpotts, Christopher ; Samuel, Mark
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Roman burials, medieval tenements and suburban growth: 201 Bishopsgate, City of London
Excavations to the north of Liverpool Street Station uncovered evidence of Londinium’s northern cemetery along the west side of Ermine Street, consisting of two phases of inhumation burials in wooden coffins and associated structures. A marsh formed early in the post-Roman period but the area became the property of the...Swift, Dan
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A prestigious Roman building complex on the Southwark waterfront: excavations at Winchester Palace, London, 1983-90
Excavations upstream of Roman London bridge in north Southwark uncovered evidence for mid 1st-century AD land reclamation and the establishment of a road and buildings. The waterfront was extended northwards in c AD 80 and new buildings, including rectangular and circular masonry buildings associated with grain storage, were constructed around...Yule, Brian
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Below Southwark: the archaeological story
This book tells how archaeologists have uncovered the story of Southwark. It is a story that covers thousands of years of major changes in its landscape and society. Using the latest archaeological discoveries and illustrated by many photographs, drawings and old maps, we shall catch a glimpse of the lives...Cowan, Carrie
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Excavations at the priory of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, Clerkenwell, London
The Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem was formed to support pilgrimages to Jerusalem and run a great hospital there. A house of the Order was founded in Clerkenwell in 1144. It became the Order's only priory in England, and its headquarters here. Archaeology shows that the...Sloane, Barney ; Malcolm, Gordon
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William Morris at Merton
William Morris was a remarkable character for his time. As well as making a major contribution to the Arts and Crafts movement he was a renowned socialist. He sought to promote his ideals and philosophy, not only through his writings but also by his actions, most clearly shown in his...Saxby, David