Rogers, T. (2005). Desk-Based Assessment at Dudley Bus Station, Dudley, West Midlands. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1037612. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Desk-Based Assessment at Dudley Bus Station, Dudley, West Midlands
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 A desk-based assessment was undertaken on behalf of Faber Maunsell at Dudley Bus Station, Dudley, West Midlands (NGR ref 3946,2903; HBSMR ref 12394). Documentary, cartographic and photographic sources were consulted along with the Dudley Historic Buildings, Sites and Monuments Record, from which a history of the bus station area was constructed. Dudley was a relatively small settlement at the time of the Domesday Survey, although some evidence suggests the castle was a defensive site at this time. The medieval borough of Dudley may have been laid out between two churches, St Thomas's and St Edmunds, along the ridge. The bus station site lies adjacent to St Edmunds church and is crossed by a former town 'back street', Birmingham Street. It is probable that burgage plots once stretched from Castle Street to Birmingham Street on the west side of the site. However, the area is considered agricultural on a pre-enclosure map of 1780, so it is possible these plots were never built on or that the settlement later contracted; perhaps following the 1666 plague or 1646 siege of Dudley Castle. Treasure's 1835 map shows buildings along the frontages of Fisher Street and Birmingham Street, with a school on the north of the former. By the 1884 Ordnance Survey, the area was dense housing - this situation remained until the 1930s when the area was subject to slum clearance. The bus station opened in 1952 and was refurbished in the 1980s. In conclusion, there is potential for the survival of archaeological features beneath the current bus station, particularly in the light of watching briefs undertaken elsewhere in Dudley that have uncovered medieval features.
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Author:		 T Rogers
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Publisher:		 Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Dudley Borough SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2005
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Site: Dudley Bus Station
County: West Midlands
District: Dudley
Parish: DUDLEY
Country: England
Grid Reference: 394600, 290300 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BURGAGE PLOT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HOUSE (Monument Type England)
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION (Event)
DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH (Event)
FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-238158
OBIB: Report 1382
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018