Gill, J. and Forde, D. (2009). St Cross Church Oxford Historic Buildings Recording. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1100973. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 St Cross Church Oxford Historic Buildings Recording
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1100973
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 The current report details two distinct phases of recording at St Cross church: one undertaken in October 2008 and one in October 2009. The work in 2008 comprised rapidrecording of a number of minor vaults and features revealed by the removal of pews andwooden board floor from the aisles and nave.The second phase of work, in October 2009, comprised a continuation of the earlierrecording and it effectively superseded the initial works. It included clearing considerablequantities of dust and detritus from the voids in the floor from where the pews and boardshad been removed and recording features such as stones over vaults, sleeper walls for the19th-century boarded floor (now removed) and compacted plaster surfaces.The detritus included considerable fragments of bone and therefore, as a licence wouldhave been necessary to remove this from the church, it is understood that this materialwill be stored in bags in an existing deep cellar adjacent to the Vestry. Balliol College is proposing to undertake a development at St Cross Church in Oxford which would see the conversion of the large majority of the church to the college's archive store. OA has been commissioned by Montgomery Architects, on behalf of Balliol College, to undertake a programme of archaeological recording of features within the floor which have been exposed by the removal of pews and floorboards.Features exposed within the cleared areas were to be expected in a church of this size anddate. On the south side of the nave, some dark areas of soil were visible, representing possible grave cuts, as well as part of a possible raised brick vault. Immediately west of this, and beside the west tower foundation, an inscribed slab and another possible brick vault were exposed. The north side of the nave featured several slabs, some of which are inscribed, and a possible stone burial chamber at the east side. Other exposed features include 19th and 20th century utilities and very occasional displaced human remains andcoffin fixtures. Throughout the exposed areas, the ground is very uneven, suggesting moreundetected burials from various periods.The foundations for the new archive units will comprise concrete rafts at a maximum depthof 300 mm below the existing floor level, on permanent shuttering. In some areas of proposed development, voids are as shallow as 220mm, raising issues concerning the impact of the development on the archaeology of the church.
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Author:		 Jonathan Gill
Deirdre Forde
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2009
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Parish: Oxford, unparished area
Country: England
County: Oxfordshire
District: Oxford
Grid Reference: 452013, 206657 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
BUILDING SURVEY (Event)
HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
UNCERTAIN HUMAN REMAINS (Tag)
WALL (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL BURIAL VAULT (Tag)
UNCERTAIN WALL (Tag)
BURIAL VAULT (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar1-91297
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Created Date:		 22 Nov 2022