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Archaeological Evaluation at Church St, Kidderminster, Worcestershire |
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Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
One post-medieval brick wall was uncovered, its east-west alignment fits well with the conclusions from the Central Marches Historic Towns Survey for a tenement on the site and aligns well with a building illustrated on Doharty's 1753 plan. To the east, a late 18th-century wall was identified that clearly belonged to a building, running parallel to the earlier wall. Continuity in land boundaries/ divisions is evident. The 18th century wall included a doorway to the south, with successive blocking-in episodes spanning the 18th/19th centuries. This building may have originally been residential, and the blocking-in evidence of the creation of additional floors. However, it is considered to have been associated with a19th-century chemical works. On the west 19th-century cobble and brick surfaces were identified, to load and off-load materials from boats on the river. Evidence for a considerable build-up of the ground surface was evident in the 18th to 19th centuries, with approximately 1m of made ground created per century. These deposits contained a large amount of industrial discard materials, such as pot sherds and kiln waste from the 18th-century pottery works located immediately north and crucibles and slag materials from the 19th-century brass foundry that were located on the site's southern boundary. The site may have been prone to flooding, leading to a need to raise the ground surface, several layers containing mixed alluvium deposits appear to support this. |
Author: |
Sarah Phear
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Publisher: |
Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Worcestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2007
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Church Street |
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Worcestershire |
District: |
Wyre Forest |
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KIDDERMINSTER |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 383020, 276840 (Easting, Northing)
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fieldsec1-237756 |
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Report series number 1547 |
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |