Medieval

Avon

Good, G L, 1992 Excavation at Water Lane, by Temple Church, Bristol 1971, Bristol & Avon Archaeol, 10, 2-41
Excavation uncovered a small part of a building probably associated with the round church of the Knights Templar; it was replaced by a larger building during the occupation by the Knights Hospitaller, two more of whose buildings were also found. A post-medieval lime kiln was also recorded.

Cornwall

Beresford, Guy, with O'Mahoney, C, and Pool, P A S, 1994 Old Lanyon, Madron: a deserted medieval settlement. The late E Marie Minter's excavations of 1964, Cornish Archaeol, 33, 130-69
A sequence of superimposed houses was divisible into three structural periods between c 1050--1150 to desertion of the site in late 15th or early 16th century. The first period houses, built of turf, provide new information on the construction of this type in southwest England. They were replaced by a stone-built long-house and then a small prosperous farmstead of long-house, subsidiary dwelling, and a barn.

Cumbria

Summerson, Henry, 1993 Medieval Carlisle: the city and the borders from the late eleventh to the mid-sixteenth century, Cumberland & Westmorland Antiq Archaeol Soc Extra Series, 25, 2 vols
Historical account informed by archaeological discoveries: political, military, administrative, commercial, and social aspects are treated.

Herefordshire

Shoesmith, R (ed), 1992 Excavations at Kilpeck, Herefordshire, Trans Woolhope Natur Fld Club, 47(2), 162-209
Evaluation excavations in 1982 showed that the inner bailey of the castle contained archaeological levels of great importance, dating from late 11th/early 12th century onwards and including a manufactory for horseshoes. The proposed graveyard extension therefore could not be sited there, and 1988/9 excavations on an alternative site, between the castle's outer defences and the deserted medieval settlement, revealed only slight traces of occupation. The two campaigns demonstrated the value of evaluation excavations even on small rural sites of lesser national importance than Kilpeck.

Norfolk

see Anglo-Saxon list under Leah

Northamptonshire

Audouy, M, 1993/4 Excavations at Barnwell Castle, Northants, 1980, Northamptonshire Archaeol, 25, 123-6
Traditionally founded in 1266, the castle needed consolidation of the fabric which gave opportunity to excavate in two of its angle-towers, where some details of the construction and early develoment were ascertained.

Brown, Kevin, 1993/4 A medieval pottery kiln at Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire Archaeol, 25, 159-75
Salvage excavation in 1979 revealed a simple, stone-built rectangular kiln with single flue which had been altered three times to increase its efficiency. Constructed with great skill, the kiln yielded about 22 fabrics of which five may have been its own products, possibly AD 1200-1400.

York

Richards, J D, 1993 The Bedern foundry, Archaeol of York, 10/3
On either side of a narrow 12th-century lane was a medieval industrial complex of thirteenth- to sixteenth-century date, housed in timber-framed workshops on stone footings which were rebuilt several times. They contained working hearths and furnaces, storage and rubbish pits, and a barrel-lined well. The main products were small cauldrons. A bakery succeeded the foundry.

Stroud, G and Kemp, R L, 1993 Cemeteries of the church and priory of St Andrew, Fishergate, Archaeol of York, 12/2
The site of the former Redfearn glass factory yielded 412 intact inhumations and other human skeletal material belonging to either the St Andrew cemetery or that of the later Gilbertine Priory. Study of the skeletons allowed presentation of information on demography and disease. The later, priory period showed a different demographic pattern from that of the church. The results were compared with cemetery data of this period from other parts of the country.

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