Griffiths, J. (2010). St. John the Evagelist Churchyeard, Church Street, Blackpool. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1007742. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 St. John the Evagelist Churchyeard, Church Street, Blackpool
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1007742
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 In 2009 Blackpool Borough Council (BBC) undertook the redevelopment of parts of the former burial ground of the church of St John the Evangelist, Blackpool, Lancashire, in order to create a pedestrianised area. It was believed that the churchyard had been cleared, however initial groundworks revealed funerary remains, and a watching brief and full excavation of any human remains occurred (March/April 2009). Of the 73 graves revealed, 53 were backfilled grave cuts, 9 were coffins and 3 were both coffins and human remains; all were recorded but left in situ, as they lay at the limit of disturbance. The deepest works, necessitated the removal of funerary remains. There, seven individuals were recovered (exhumed during the Cedar Square development, 1927), together with one complete burial; a fishtail coffin and complete skeleton of a 25 to 35-year-old woman with a range of medical conditions. This burial, together with all other human remains recovered from the site, was reburied within consecrated ground during a discrete ceremony at Blackpool Borough's Layton Cemetery. The church history records the cemetery clearance in 1927 and the erection of a monument to record 334 people. This programme indicated that relatively few of the 1800 interments were actually removed, merely those affected by the Cedar Square development. Evidence for burials was found, both within and adjacent to plots marked on a churchyard plan dating to 1927/54. Often at shallow depth, many of these burials were likely to have been stacked and are likely to include well-preserved organic material.
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Author:		 J Griffiths
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Lancashire SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2010
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Site: St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Church Street, Blackpool
Parish: BLACKPOOL
District: Blackpool
County: Lancashire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 334900, 403030 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Coffin Furniture (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Coffins (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Skeletal Remains (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Graveyard (Monus)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar1-91215
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Created Date:		 24 Nov 2016