Bradley, R. (2018). Archaeological watching brief at the new market site, Cleveland Street, Wolverhampton. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1050993. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological watching brief at the new market site, Cleveland Street, Wolverhampton
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological watching brief was undertaken at the new market site on land off Cleveland Street, Snow Hill and Temple Street in Wolverhampton. The watching-brief commenced as a result of the discovery of human remains by ground crew during the machine excavation of a trench for cable ducting. The remains uncovered were consistent with the use of the area as a cemetery associated with Temple Street Independent Chapel, constructed in 1782 by a small group of non-conformists or 'Protestant Dissenters'. Although there was truncation and damage from the groundworks before the watching brief started, there was partial survival of a total of fourteen individuals, within wooden coffins with associated coffin fittings. Some of the graves contained concentrations of small, square-section iron tacks, probably fine upholstery pins for fabric coverings. The bones of two further individuals were exposed on site but not exhumed. A small collection of disarticulated bone was also recovered. Metallic coffin plates were in poor condition but where visible, appeared to follow a standard pattern in being broadly rectangular with a stamped edge, coated in a black lacquer with white lettering. They were, however, severely corroded and biographical details were not fully legible: only one older adult male burial could be tentatively identified by comparison with the surviving burial records, as that of James Evans, who died aged 50 years in 1794, but this is not certain. The watching brief has provided a valuable opportunity to work on the archaeology of burial grounds in Wolverhampton, particularly as this was a non-conformist chapel and the cemetery was in use during a period when Wolverhampton was expanding and developing into a major industrial centre.
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Author:		 R Bradley
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Publisher:		 Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Black Country SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2018
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Site: Cleveland Street
County: West Midlands
District: Wolverhampton
Parish: WOLVERHAMPTON
Country: England
Grid Reference: 391509, 298298 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) COFFIN FIXING (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) COFFIN FURNITURE (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) INDUSTRIAL WASTE (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) VESSEL GLASS (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) INHUMATION CEMETERY (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WELL (Monument Type England)
SALVAGE RECORDING (Event)
EXCAVATION (Event)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
RESCUE EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-330795
OBIB: Report reference: 2598
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Created Date:		 22 Mar 2019