ENN111322 - 18 Horseshoe Street, 1974 (Watching brief)

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Location

Grid reference SP 7514 6032 (point)
Civil Parish NORTHAMPTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly Northampton District)

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Northampton Central Museum

Date

March 1974

Description

The site of one of Northampton's three main Victorian clay-pipe workshops was observed and items collected during bulldozing on 27th-28th March, 1974. Hundreds of clay-pipe fragments, some obvious wasters, together with lumps of partly vitrified clay and an area of intense burning show that pipe-kiln(s) had been present.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Book: Moore, W.R.G.. 1980. Northamptonshire clay tobacco-pipes and pipemakers. Northampton Museums and Art Gallery.
  • <2> Report: Brown A.E. (Editor). 1975. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1974. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 10. Northants Archaeology Soc. p. 173.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Clay Pipe Kiln, Horseshoe Street (Monument)

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Dec 19 2024 2:41PM

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