ENN7243 - Gregory Street, 1979 (Excavation)

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Location

Grid reference SP 751 603 (point) Transfer
Civil Parish NORTHAMPTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly Northampton District)

Technique(s)

Organisation

Northampton Development Corporation Archaeology Unit

Date

December 1978-January 1979

Description

{1} Excavations were carried out on the south side of Gregory Street, Northampton between December 1978 and July 1979. The site was L -shaped with a northern frontage onto the street of c 26 m and an east frontage also onto the street of c 28 m. Beneath the remains of a sequence of medieva/post-medieval buildings were late Saxon buildings and earlier burials.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Article: Brown A.E. (ed.). 1980. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1979. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 15. Northants Archaeology Soc. p. 169.
  • <2> Note: Webster L.E.; Cherry J.. 1980. Medieval Britain in 1979. Medieval Archaeology. 24. Society for Medieval Arch. p. 229-30.
  • <3> Report: Giggins B.. 1990. Gregory Street, Northampton: a report on the development of St. Gregory's church and Northampton Free School. p. 3.
  • <4> Series: Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England. 1985. An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton. 5 (+Microfiche). H.M.S.O.. p. 379.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (5)

  • Between St Gregory's Street & The Green (Monument)
  • Late Saxon to post-medieval buildings, Gregory Street (Monument)
  • Middle Saxon Cemetery (Possibly Predating St Gregory's Church) (Monument)
  • Northampton (Monument)
  • South of Gregory Street (Monument)

Record last edited

Dec 19 2024 6:19PM

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