Phear, S. (2007). Archaeological Evaluation at Church St, Kidderminster, Worcestershire. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1039310. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Evaluation at Church St, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 One post-medieval brick wall was uncovered, its east-west alignment fits well with the conclusions from the Central Marches Historic Towns Survey for a tenement on the site and aligns well with a building illustrated on Doharty's 1753 plan. To the east, a late 18th-century wall was identified that clearly belonged to a building, running parallel to the earlier wall. Continuity in land boundaries/ divisions is evident. The 18th century wall included a doorway to the south, with successive blocking-in episodes spanning the 18th/19th centuries. This building may have originally been residential, and the blocking-in evidence of the creation of additional floors. However, it is considered to have been associated with a19th-century chemical works. On the west 19th-century cobble and brick surfaces were identified, to load and off-load materials from boats on the river. Evidence for a considerable build-up of the ground surface was evident in the 18th to 19th centuries, with approximately 1m of made ground created per century. These deposits contained a large amount of industrial discard materials, such as pot sherds and kiln waste from the 18th-century pottery works located immediately north and crucibles and slag materials from the 19th-century brass foundry that were located on the site's southern boundary. The site may have been prone to flooding, leading to a need to raise the ground surface, several layers containing mixed alluvium deposits appear to support this.
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Author:		 Sarah Phear
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Publisher:		 Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Worcestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2007
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Site: Church Street
County: Worcestershire
District: Wyre Forest
Parish: KIDDERMINSTER
Country: England
Grid Reference: 383020, 276840 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC, GLASS, INDUSTRIAL WASTE, METAL (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WALL (Monument Type England)
ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING (Event)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-237756
OBIB: Report series number 1547
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018