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SURREY ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS
Excavations on the site of the Old Vicarage, Church Street, Reigate, 1977-82. Part I â Saxo-Norman and earlier discoveries
ROB POULTON
Excavations on the site of the former vicarage at Reigate have revealed material of Mesolithic, Roman, Saxon, medieval and post-medieval dates. Two principal periods of occupation have been defined: the more recent of these was on the site of a hall house dating from the early medieval period to Victorian times, and will be reported in full at a later date. The earlier, which is the principal subject of this part of the report, was of Saxo-Norman date and was indicated by rubbish pits, post holes, areas of burning, and linear features apparently demarcating different plots. It is suggested that these indicate an ordered expansion of the settlement of Cherchefelle, mentioned in the Domesday Book, perhaps in the 11th or 12th centuries. This phase of occupation ceased, and the plot boundaries were overridden, in the late 12th century, at a period when the new town of Reigate is known to have replaced Cherchefelle.
