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An archaeological recording action at St Ebbe's Church, Oxford, Oxfordshire |
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John Moore Heritage Services unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
Below the existing churchyard soil, and disturbed by several phases of burials, evidence of early medieval St Ebbe's was uncovered in the form of pits with finds dating from the late 11th century. One of these features may have been a cellar-pit. A slightly later pit cut a series of gravel surfaces. The earliest burials encountered are thought to date to the 12th century and were on a slightly different alignment from later burials and the alignment of the present church. This may suggest that an earlier church existed on the site within a plot further to the north than the investigation area. The churchyard appears to have been extended both to the west and south in the 12th century in which the earliest burials of this investigation were interred. The possible re-building of the church would have followed relatively shortly. Seven later phases of burials dating from the later 12th century to the 19-20th century were identified. The graveyard diminished in size on the west with the building of a new boundary wall in the later 18th century. |
Author: |
M Parsons
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Publisher: |
John Moore Heritage Services
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Oxford City UAD (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2011
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St Ebbe's Church, Oxford |
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Oxfordshire |
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Oxford |
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OXFORD |
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England |
Grid Reference: 451190, 206010 (Easting, Northing)
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johnmoor1-288856 |
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33 a4 pages
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31 Jul 2018 |