Ingham, D., Oetgen, J., Turner, I. and Wells, J. (2017). THE CLARENCE HOTEL 13 ST JOHN'S STREET BEDFORD MK42 0AH. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1084279. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 THE CLARENCE HOTEL 13 ST JOHN'S STREET BEDFORD MK42 0AH
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Series:		 Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Bedford Borough Council granted planning permission for the demolition of the Clarence Hotel and erection of an independent living centre. Albion Archaeology undertook an archaeological excavation in 2015 and watching brief in 2016. The excavation produced evidence for activity dating more or less continuously from the late Saxon / Saxo-Norman period through to modern times. The watching brief was also undertaken,; it produced similar results to those observed during the excavation, but with much less clarity. The earliest archaeological activity on site related primarily to late Saxon / Saxo-Norman quarrying, although the presence of a possible latrine pit suggests the presence of a dwelling nearby. A similar pit was present in close proximity during the early medieval period; it may have been associated with the structure(s) and possible domestic activity suggested by the presence of post-holes and small pits adjacent to a newly dug roadside ditch alongside St John's Street. Further quarrying was carried out in the late medieval / early post-medieval period, while the creation of two ditches suggests reorganisation of the land. Use of the land declined in the post-medieval period, however, before renewed activity in the 19th century when the ground level was raised significantly and the Clarence Hotel building was constructed. The remains at the Clarence Hotel site, although limited in scope, have provided new information regarding the characteristics of the late Saxon / Saxo-Norman origins of Bedford, as well as providing evidence of changes in the internal layouts of burgage plots within the southern burh.
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Author:		 D Ingham
J Oetgen
I Turner
J Wells
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Publisher:		 Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Site: Clarence Hotel, St John's Street
County: Bedfordshire
District: Bedford
Parish: BEDFORD
Country: England
Grid Reference: 505089, 249310 (Easting, Northing)
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EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BONE PIN (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BOOK FITTING (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) STONE ROOF TILE (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) DRAINAGE (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FOUNDATIONS (Monus)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) HEARTH (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) LATRINE (Monus)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) QUARRY PIT (Monus)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) QUARRY PITS (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) QUARRY PITS (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WALL (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) WELL (Monument Type England)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-220834
OBIB: 2015/167
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Created Date:		 16 Feb 2021