Excavations in 2014 at Wade Street, Bristol - a documentary and archaeological analysis
A staged programme of historical research and archaeological fieldwork, involving a desk-based assessment in 2000 (Smith and Erskine 2000), an evaluation in 2013 (Mason 2013), and an excavation followed by a watching brief in 2014, the latter two by Avon Archaeology Ltd, was undertaken in order to m...
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| author | Nick Corcos Kamal Badreshany Alejandra Gutiérrez Rachel Heaton Lorrain Higbee Sarah Newns Rachel Tyson |
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| description | A staged programme of historical research and archaeological fieldwork, involving a desk-based assessment in 2000 (Smith and Erskine 2000), an evaluation in 2013 (Mason 2013), and an excavation followed by a watching brief in 2014, the latter two by Avon Archaeology Ltd, was undertaken in order to mitigate the archaeological impact of a proposed residential development on a site of 1,260m² at the corner and on the north-west side of Little Anne Street and Wade Street, St Jude’s, Bristol. The site was formerly occupied by residential dwellings, originally established in the very early 18th century as part of a then newly planned development of artisans’ houses. In combination, the data from these studies indicate that the Wade Street site has a history of continuous occupation, from c. 1700 until the buildings on it were removed in the years on either side of the Second World War as part of a so-called 'slum clearance' project. A very small assemblage of medieval pottery recovered from the lower contexts of the site during the excavation hints at some level of activity in the vicinity during the medieval period.
This publication offers an opportunity to link the results of the fieldwork to an outline study of a sample of the 19th-century census records, to give a picture of the social dynamics of a highly diverse community in the second half of that century, and which presents a surprisingly mixed picture of both long stability, and incessant change in terms of the movement of people into and out of this part of Wade Street. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1539c23be43d45a0b70d3d2b3a94ca472024-04-03T10:22:47ZengUniversity of YorkInternet Archaeology1363-53872017-07-014510.11141/ia.45.3Excavations in 2014 at Wade Street, Bristol - a documentary and archaeological analysisNick Corcos0Kamal Badreshany1Alejandra Gutiérrez2Rachel Heaton3Lorrain Higbee4Sarah Newns5Rachel TysonAvon Archaeology LtdUniversity of DurhamUniversity of DurhamAvon Archaeology LtdWessex Archaeology LtdAvon Archaeology LtdA staged programme of historical research and archaeological fieldwork, involving a desk-based assessment in 2000 (Smith and Erskine 2000), an evaluation in 2013 (Mason 2013), and an excavation followed by a watching brief in 2014, the latter two by Avon Archaeology Ltd, was undertaken in order to mitigate the archaeological impact of a proposed residential development on a site of 1,260m² at the corner and on the north-west side of Little Anne Street and Wade Street, St Jude’s, Bristol. The site was formerly occupied by residential dwellings, originally established in the very early 18th century as part of a then newly planned development of artisans’ houses. In combination, the data from these studies indicate that the Wade Street site has a history of continuous occupation, from c. 1700 until the buildings on it were removed in the years on either side of the Second World War as part of a so-called 'slum clearance' project. A very small assemblage of medieval pottery recovered from the lower contexts of the site during the excavation hints at some level of activity in the vicinity during the medieval period. This publication offers an opportunity to link the results of the fieldwork to an outline study of a sample of the 19th-century census records, to give a picture of the social dynamics of a highly diverse community in the second half of that century, and which presents a surprisingly mixed picture of both long stability, and incessant change in terms of the movement of people into and out of this part of Wade Street.http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue45/3/index.htmlarchaeologyexcavationWade StreetSt Jude'sBristolwatching briefevaluationdocumentary analysishistorical analysispotteryclay pipes |
| spellingShingle | Nick Corcos Kamal Badreshany Alejandra Gutiérrez Rachel Heaton Lorrain Higbee Sarah Newns Rachel Tyson Excavations in 2014 at Wade Street, Bristol - a documentary and archaeological analysis Internet Archaeology archaeology excavation Wade Street St Jude's Bristol watching brief evaluation documentary analysis historical analysis pottery clay pipes |
| title | Excavations in 2014 at Wade Street, Bristol - a documentary and archaeological analysis |
| title_full | Excavations in 2014 at Wade Street, Bristol - a documentary and archaeological analysis |
| title_fullStr | Excavations in 2014 at Wade Street, Bristol - a documentary and archaeological analysis |
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| title_short | Excavations in 2014 at Wade Street, Bristol - a documentary and archaeological analysis |
| title_sort | excavations in 2014 at wade street bristol a documentary and archaeological analysis |
| topic | archaeology excavation Wade Street St Jude's Bristol watching brief evaluation documentary analysis historical analysis pottery clay pipes |
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