Wardill, R. and Keir, W. (2010). Parchment Works, Caldecote Street, Newport Pagnell: Archaeological Test Pits. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1012497. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Parchment Works, Caldecote Street, Newport Pagnell: Archaeological Test Pits
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Series:		 Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Number of Pages:		 17
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Abstract:		 Planning permission was granted for the demolition of a 19th-century factory building within the site of the William Cowley Parchment Works and the construction of a new three-storey building in its place. Due to the archaeological potential of the site the Milton Keynes Council Archaeological Officer recommended to the Local Planning Authority that no development should take place until the applicant had secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work. The Parchment Works lie between Caldecote Street and the River Ouzel/Lovat with the site of the proposed development being centred on NGR SP8757/4348. Trade directory entries suggest that the parchment works were established on the site sometime between 1868 and 1876. Maps dating to 1644 also show elements of the town's civil war defences possibly being located within the site. The archaeological works comprised the excavation of three test pits that revealed features and deposits associated with the recently demolished parchment works building. These comprised demolition layers, remnants of foundations and make-up layers. In addition, three sunken, wood-lined lime pits and a brick wall foundation were revealed that pre-date the latest form of the building prior to its demolition. No evidence of the civil war defensive earthwork or any other activity pre-dating the 19th-century parchment works was revealed within the test pits.
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Author:		 R Wardill
Wesley Keir
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Publisher:		 Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Milton Keynes SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2010
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Parish: NEWPORT PAGNELL
Site: Parchment Works, Caldecote Street, Newport Pagnell
District: Milton Keynes
Location - Auto Detected: Caldecote Street
County: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 487570, 243480 (Easting, Northing)
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TEST PIT (Event)
19TH CENTURY (WALES)
defences (Auto Detected Subject)
test pits (Auto Detected Subject)
lime pits (Auto Detected Subject)
brick wall (Auto Detected Subject)
earthwork (Auto Detected Subject)
#HeritageOpenDays2020 (Hashtag)
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PARCHMENT WORKS (Monument Type England)
WALL (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-80992
OBIB: 2010/35
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Created Date:		 24 Nov 2016