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I: Treboeth — the burnt town: a preliminary investigation of early Christian to early modern industrial activity in Handbridge, Chester
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| Issue: |
Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society 80 |
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Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society
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| Volume: |
80
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| Page Start/End: |
9 - 67 |
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JCAS_ns_080_009-068.pdf (5 MB)
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Journal
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| Abstract: |
Report on an assessment excavation which revealed evidence of activities within the Roman cemetery in Handbridge, Chester, which indicate the existence there of a significant late Roman building. Demolition of this building led to the development of an industry based on glass recycling and craft production in post-Roman times. The origin of these activities is possibly ecclesiastical. Documentary evidence confirms that glassmakers were operating in Handbridge from late medieval times onwards. The excavated evidence is consistent with the documents and demonstrates industrial activities developing during the course of the medieval period and on into the eighteenth century. These comprised potting and glass working, as well as other crafts. Alongside local production, there is evidence of a lengthy tradition of imported ceramics, symptoms of commercial contacts between Chester and various British and continental ports. From the fourteenth century onwards, the industrial processes can be connected with a local merchant family involved in glassmaking and glazing, the Dalbys. |
| Year of Publication: |
2005
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| ISBN: |
0 95 42563 4 4 |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| Eighteenth Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Ceramics (Auto Detected Subject) |
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CEMETERY
(Monument Type England)
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| Glass (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Dalbys (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Fourteenth Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2018 |
