Soden, I. (2010). Archaeological excavations at the former St Martin's Churchyard, Wallingford, 2002-4. Northamptonshire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1020401. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological excavations at the former St Martin's Churchyard, Wallingford, 2002-4
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Series:		 Northamptonshire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 St Martins was the principal church of late Saxon Wallingford. Earliest use of the churchyard has been dated to the late 10th to early 11th century by radiocarbon dating, and use continued until the end of the 14th century, serving a dwindling parish population before rapidly falling out of use. No burials post-date 1412. Analysis of 187 of the 211 excavated skeletons has depicted a lay population which was almost equally split between males and females, with only a slight bias towards males. Due to this and other previous disturbances, the proportion of burials in the churchyard which survived to excavation remains unknown. Their distribution showed no discrimination. A high proportion of children but a comparative lack of newborns and very young children is notable, but its significance is unclear since so many disarticulated remains were also present. Both degenerative pathologies and inherited conditions affecting bone were noted, as were noteworthy rates of trauma, some of it violent. Generally they led healthy early lives compared to other urban assemblages, although evidence of tuberculosis and iron deficiency suggest that living conditions and diet at the heart of medieval Wallingford were far from ideal. The late Saxon mortar mixer has added to a growing list of this distinctive early constructional feature across the Midlands. While its presence indicates the vicinity of the late Saxon church, no foundations of St Martin's church appear to have survived 1712 cellar-digging and quarrying for gravel.
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Author:		 Iain Soden
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Publisher:		 Northamptonshire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2010
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Site: Waitrose Ltd, St Martin's Lane, Wallingford
Parish: WALLINGFORD
District: South Oxfordshire
County: Oxfordshire
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: St Martins
Location - Auto Detected: St Martins Churchyard Wallingford 20024 St Martins
Location - Auto Detected: Wallingford
Grid Reference: 460680, 189460 (Easting, Northing)
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EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Mortar Mixer (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CEMETERY (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CEMETERY (Monument Type England)
Late Saxon (Auto Detected Temporal)
Late 10th To Early 11th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
14th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: northamp3-100992
OBIB: 10/157
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Note:		 A4, blue spine, heat bound, clear covers
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016