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Archaeological Investigation Technical Report 4 & 5 Angel Square, Corporation Street, Manchester |
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| Abstract: |
. Based on the results obtained from the
evaluation trenching, two parts of the site were targeted for further and more detailed
excavation. The first, larger, area measured c. 25m x 6m and was placed across the
footprint of four post-medieval buildings that had occupied Nos 110 – 116 Long Millgate,
together with the site of the former Chetham Arms inn in the western part of the site.
Some further excavation of a well that was uncovered in Trench 2 was also carried out.
Four phases in the development of the site were recognised from the excavated remains,
spanning the post-medieval period to the 20th century. The archaeological investigation has provided a valuable opportunity to examine the
remains for former buildings on the fringe of the medieval core of Manchester. Whilst it is
not possible to ascribe a firm date to the earliest foundations encountered during the
excavation, it is likely that they represented the remains of a building erected in the 17th
century, based on the combined use of stone and thin hand-made bricks in the fabric of
a vaulted cellar, coupled with the recovery of a single sherd of 17th-century pottery. The
vestiges of the cellar wall for the former Chetham Arms was also identified, which is
similarly likely to have been constructed in the 17th century.
The excavated buildings on Long Millgate had been subject to considerable remodelling,
or complete reconstruction, before the end of the 18th century. It is likely that Nos 110
and 112 Long Millgate were constructed using a two-up and two-down cottage plan-type,
although probably with an additional storey containing a loom-shop and two-room cellars
that may have been used as separate dwellings. This may reflect the increasing pressure
on the local housing stock as Manchester’s population expanded exponentially, creating
a huge demand for dwellings. It was also during this period that rows of workers’ houses
were erected along Beswick Row and Blakeley Street, although the late 18th-century
remains uncovered in that part of the site appeared to represent a workshop rather than
a dwelling. |
| Author: |
Samantha Rowe
Ian Miller
Mandy Burns
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| Publisher: |
Salford Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
2020
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England |
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Manchester |
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Greater Manchester |
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Manchester, unparished area |
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Grid Reference: 384199, 399000 (Easting, Northing)
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centrefo4-501046 |
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SA/2020/38 |
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This report was uploaded to the OASIS system by the named Publisher. The report has been transferred into the ADS Library for public access and to facilitate future research.
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20 May 2022 |
