Coventry's Medieval Suburbs : : Excavations at Hill Street, Upper Well Street and Far Gosford Street 2003-2007.

• Author: Mason, Paul.
• TeilnehmendeR: McAree, Danny.; Soden, Iain.
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress,, 2017.; ©2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (214 pages)

Reports the results of 2003-2007 excavations at Hill Street, Upper Well Street and Far Gosford Street, three suburban streets which stood directly outside the city gates of Coventry for much of the medieval period.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- Project background -- Topography and geology -- Hill Street and Upper Well Street -- The City Wall and Ditch -- Scope and approach -- 2. Historical background -- Changes in street layout -- 2. Historical background -- Historic maps and plans -- Far Gosford Street -- Landmarks in the vicinity -- Historic maps and plans -- Previous archaeological work -- Gosford Gate Excavations (1932) -- Table 2.1: Hill Street plots H, I and J, summary of documentation -- Table 2.2: Ryley Street census records, 1851 -- Table 2.3: Upper Well Street plots L, M and N -- summary of documentation -- Table 2.4: Far Gosford Street, plot a, documentary interpretation -- Table 2.5: Far Gosford Street, plot b, documentary interpretation -- Table 2.6: Far Gosford Street, plot c, documentary interpretation -- Table 2.7: Far Gosford Street, plot d, documentary interpretation -- Table 2.8: Far Gosford Street, plot e, documentary interpretation -- Table 2.9: Far Gosford Street, plot f, documentary interpretation -- 3. Archaeological background -- King Street/Well Street Excavations (1960-61) -- Anchorsmith Tavern (1991) -- Bridge Buildings Excavations (1991) -- Cox Street (1976-1978) -- Fleet Street/Spon Street (1987/1990) -- Friars Road (1990) -- Godiva Street (1970) -- The Cheylesmore (1991) -- Belgrade Plaza evaluation (2003) -- Belgrade Theatre (2005) -- Cheylesmore Manor (1992) -- Far Gosford Street evaluation (2006) -- Hill Street (2003) -- Upper Well Street (2002-4) -- Excavation strategies -- The site archive -- 4. Hill Street and Upper Well Street excavations -- Summary of site chronology -- The extra-mural settlement (12th century - AD 1851) -- Pre-ditch structures and pits, (Phase 1, 1100-1403).

The city ditch (1403-late 18th century) -- The ditch at Hill Street/Bond Street -- Table 4.1: Summary of site chronology, Hill Street and Upper Well Street -- 5. Finds and environmental evidence from Hill Street and Upper Well Street -- The medieval and post-medieval pottery from Hill Street -- by Paul Blinkhorn -- Analytical methodology -- Fabric -- Chronology -- Cross-fits -- The pottery -- Vessel occurrence -- Overview -- Paul Blinkhorn -- Fabric -- Chronology -- The assemblages -- The medieval and post-medieval pottery from Upper Well Street -- The leather from Hill Street -- by Quita Mould -- Methodology -- Introduction -- The footwear -- The nature of the assemblages -- Evidence of cobbling -- Post-medieval shoes of welted construction -- The dating of the late medieval footwear -- Other leather objects -- The leather from Upper Well Street -- by Iain Soden -- Building material from Hill Street -- Other finds -- The flint from Hill Street -- by Andy Chapman -- by Pat Chapman -- Building material from Upper Well Street -- Floor tiles from Hill Street -- by Iain Soden -- by Pat Chapman -- Metal working debris from Hill Street -- Textiles from Hill Street -- by Andy Chapman -- by Penelope Walton Rogers -- Other finds from Hill Street -- by Tora Hylton, with Mark Curteis, Geoff Egan and Iain Soden -- The city ditch -- The plots -- Personal possessions -- Miscellaneous items -- Building equipment -- Religious souvenirs -- Food preparation -- Household -- Lighting -- Windows -- Security -- Coins -- Jettons -- Miscellaneous -- Trade -- Personal seal -- Tokens -- by Geoff Egan -- Tools -- Worked horse radius -- by Iain Soden -- Cloth seals -- by Philip Armitage -- Horse equipment -- Miscellaneous fittings -- Other finds from Upper Well Street -- by Tora Hylton -- Costume fittings -- Household -- Other objects -- Tools -- Animal bones from Hill Street.

Environmental evidence -- by Philip L Armitage -- Summary -- Descriptions of the species represented -- Introduction -- Interpretation and discussion -- Animal bones from Upper Well Street -- by Philip L Armitage -- Introduction -- Conclusion -- Interpretation &amp -- Discussion -- Plant macrofossils and other remains from Hill Street -- by Val Fryer -- Introduction and method statement -- Discussion -- Sample composition -- Conclusions -- Plant macrofossils and other remains from Upper Well Street -- Pollen from Hill Street -- by Rob Scaife -- Introduction -- Pollen method -- Ditch section 110 -- The pollen data -- Discussion -- Ditch section 55 -- by Val Fryer -- Discussion -- Introduction and method statement -- Results -- Conclusions -- Table 5.1: Hill Street excavations, ceramic phase chronology -- Table 5.2: Hill Street, pottery occurrence per ceramic phase by number, weight and EVE -- Table 5.3: Hill Street, pottery occurrence per ceramic phase by fabric type and weight (g) -- Table 5.4: Hill Street, vessel occurrence by date, by EVE, expressed as a percentage of coeval : assemblage -- Table 5.5: Hill Street, other finds by origin and functional category -- Table 5.6.1: Hill Street, city ditch, summary counts of the identified bone elements/fragments (NISP) by taxa/species -- Table 5.6: Hill Street tenements, summary counts of the identified animal bone : elements/fragments (NISP) by taxa/species -- Table 5.8: Hill Street, pollen diagram for city ditch, section 55 -- 6. Far Gosford Street excavations -- Summary of site chronology -- The extra-mural settlement (12th century - 1643) -- Environment pre-dating the frontage (to late 13th century) -- Early occupation features -- Structural timber post -- The medieval street frontage (late 13th/14th-early 15th centuries) -- Features to the rear of the frontage -- Abandonment.

The second street frontage (15th-mid-17th centuries) -- Open land to the rear of the tenements -- The Civil War (1642-49) -- Defensive measures of 1645 -- The strengthening of Gosford Gate defences in 1643 -- The post-medieval street frontage (1662-early 20th century) -- 18th-century rebuilding -- Post-Civil War -- Ovens/kilns -- Wells -- 167-172 Far Gosford Street and Court 16 -- The Calcott and Singer Factories (1896-1926) -- Table 6.1: Summary of site chronology, Far Gosford Street -- 7. Finds and environmental evidence from Far Gosford Street -- The medieval and post-medieval pottery -- by Iain Soden -- Later medieval pottery (1250-1500) -- Medieval pottery (1100-1250) -- The assemblage -- Early post-medieval types (c 1500-1640) -- Post Civil War (1660-1850) -- The Civil War period (1640-60) -- Conclusions -- Ceramic building material -- Hoard of silver hammered coins -- Other finds -- by Mark Curteis -- by Pat Chapman -- Roof tile -- Floor tile -- Brick -- Conclusion -- Finds -- Slag and metalworking debris -- by Andy Chapman -- by Tora Hylton -- Introduction -- Period groups -- Personal possessions -- The finds by functional category -- Equipment and furnishings -- Horse equipment -- Commercial Activity -- Evidence for craft and industry amongst the finds -- Catalogue of illustrated finds (Fig 7.5) -- Weapons -- Clay tobacco-pipe -- Environmental evidence -- The mammal, bird and fish bone -- by Philip Armitage -- Introduction -- Preservation &amp -- bone modification -- Interpretation and discussion -- Conclusion -- by Tim Upson-Smith -- Plant macrofossils and other remains -- by Val Fryer -- Introduction and method statement -- Sample composition -- Conclusions -- Discussion -- Pollen -- by Rob Scaife -- Introduction -- Pollen procedure -- The Pollen Data -- Conclusions -- Discussion and conclusions -- Dendrochronology -- by Mark Bridge.

Introduction -- Results and discussion -- Table 7.1: Far Gosford Street, pottery quantification -- Table 7.2: Far Gosford Street hoard, coin catalogue -- Table 7.3: Far Gosford Street, the roof tile fabric -- Table 7.4: Far Gosford Street, finds by functional category -- Table 7.5: Far Gosford Street, summary counts of the identified bone : elements/fragments (NISP) by taxa/species -- Table 7.6: Far Gosford Street frontage, pollen diagram -- 8. Discussion -- Early Coventry and its environs -- The development of the medieval suburbs -- The extra-mural suburbs -- The city's defences -- Life in the medieval suburbs -- Coventry's suburbs during the Civil War -- The post-medieval suburbs -- Bibliography.