| Title: |
Report on an Archaeological Evaluation Adjacent 19 Primrose Road, Leyton, London, E10 in the London Borough of Waltham Forest |
| Number of Pages: |
35 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
One trench, measuring 15m by 2m in plan was opened in advance of the building of four houses on the site. Sterile natural gravel was overlain by c.0.5m of clean alluvial clay/silt, which was cut by a natural palaeo-channel. These deposits had been truncated by the excavation of an early 18th century lake, dug to form part of the gardens of Leyton Grange. Leyton Grange was an 18th century house of some architectural pretension that was built on the site of one of the former medieval manor houses in Leyton. A natural stream passed through the grounds of Leyton Grange and this was utilised to serve the lake and a neighbouring one, sunk to the east. The trench revealed several layers of waterlain lake deposits of varying organic content, two of which contained 18th century finds. Leyton Grange was demolished in 1862/3 and its ornamental gardens, termed its Park, was given over to a development of terraced houses. A layer of mixed sand, silt and gravel revealed in the evaluation trench was thought to represent dumping over the disused lake to fill it in and raise the land level for the development. A layer of garden earth was lain over the dumping to form back gardens for the new houses. The uppermost context in the trench was rubble make-up and a concrete surface lain to form the 20th century scrap yard. The concrete formed the modern ground surface in the vicinity of the trench, some garden land was added to the south-eastern side of the site to enlarge the site and enable the current development and this was still under grass at the time of the evaluation. The evaluation had produced essentially negative results as no prehistoric, Roman, Saxon or medieval features or layers were found. Antiquarian reports recorded the discovery of what seemed to have been a Roman villa during the initial excavation of the lakes over two hundred and fifty years ago. It was therefore probable that some of these remains still lay nearby, preserved beneath Victorian and later back garden deposits. However, the results from this evaluation implied that no further archaeological work on this small site would be necessary. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
A Single
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| Publisher: |
Compass Archaeology Ltd
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Leyton Grange |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Leyton Grange Leyton Grange |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Park |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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ROMAN
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PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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| Modern (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Early 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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EARLY MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| 20th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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VICTORIAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: LAND ADJACENT TO 19 PRIMROSE ROAD, LEYTON
Study area:
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Waltham Forest
Monument: [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), FEATURE. Post-medieval (1540-1901)
Ngr: TQ37648710
Parish:
Postcode: E10 5ED
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
