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Zion Baptist Chapel, Phelps Parade, Calne, Wiltshire: Archaeological Watching Brief |
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Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
An archaeological watching brief was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology during groundworks associated with the construction of a new paved market square within the former graveyard of Zion Baptist Chapel, Phelps Parade, Calne, Wiltshire. The chapel was opened in 1837 and a register of burials and transcription of headstone/memorial slab inscriptions, both held at the chapel, show that a minimum of 66 individuals were buried in the graveyard between 1840 and 1881. During the watching brief the locations of 21 earth-cut graves and 6 burial shafts were identified. Although only part of the graveyard was stripped to the depth of the burials, extrapolating from the number of identified graves suggests that the documents held at the chapel accurately reflect the number of individuals buried on the site. All of the burials were laid out on an east/west alignment and no in situ headstones were present. No articulated or disarticulated human bone was exposed and no artefactual material was recovered. In addition to the burials, walls and a pathway associated with the chapel were identified, along with modern walls and drainage features. The earth-cut graves lay below the contractor's formation level and remained unexcavated. The capping stones and uppermost course of lining of some of the burial shafts were removed by hand as part of the ground reduction but these graves were otherwise unexcavated. Removal of the capping exposed metal coffins in two of the grave shafts, but these lay below the formation level and were left in situ. Although no artefactual material was recovered, the bricks and coffins exposed within the shaft graves are consistent with the 19th-century date of the graveyard. |
Author: |
Jonathan Hart
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Publisher: |
Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Wiltshire and Swindon HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2009
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Zion Baptist Church, Phelps Parade |
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Wiltshire |
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Wiltshire |
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CALNE |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 399810, 171150 (Easting, Northing)
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cotswold2-101370 |
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CA Typescript Report Number 09124 |
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Created Date: |
18 Aug 2017 |