NHER 170 (Monument record) - Medieval and post medieval finds and features, 46 to 58 St Botolph Street

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Summary

Excavations in 1974 revealed evidence of medieval buildings and recovered excellent groups of medieval and post medieval pottery from a large number of pits. In the late 16th century the site was divided into five or more tenements and in the 18th to 19th centuries, the street frontage was rebuilt.

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Civil Parish NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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1974. Excavation.
Excavation for Norwich Survey.
Earliest activity 11th/12th century. Post holes suggested division of the site into two large tenements.
13th/14th century possible clay walled building. However settlement did not seem to be very intense.
Late 15th/early 16th century. The site was redivided into three plots.
In the late 16th century the site was now divided into five or more tenements.
18th/19th century. Rebuilding of the street frontage.
The large number of pits on the site produced outstanding groups of 15th century imported stoneware and early 17th century Dutch and English slipwares.
See published report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2)-(S4). See also (S5) and (S6).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 August 2015.

  • --- Monograph: Jennings, S. 1981. Eighteen Centuries of Pottery from Norwich. East Anglian Archaeology. No 13.
  • --- Publication: 1974. Archaeol.Ex.. 101-102.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Unpublished Document: Roberts, J. P. 1975. [Norwich Survey] Excavations in Norwich 1974.
  • <S1> Article in Monograph: Evans, D. H. and Davison, A. 1985. Excavations on Botolph Street and St George's Street (Sites 170N, 281N and 284N). Excavations in Norwich 1971-1978; Part II. East Anglian Archaeology. Atkin, M., Carter, A. and Evans, D. H.. No 26 pp 87-143. pp 92-113.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Webster, L. E. and Cherry, J. 1975. Medieval Britain in 1974. Medieval Archaeology. Vol XIX pp 220-260. pp 246-47.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: Cherry, J. 1975. Post-Medieval Britain in 1974. Post-Medieval Archaeology. Vol 9 pp 240-260. p 248.
  • <S4> Serial: 1974. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1974. No 21. p 6.
  • <S5> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Post Roman.
  • <S6> Record Card: NCM Staff. 1973-1989. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card - Norwich.
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Oct 7 2019 2:48PM

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