Monument record 819/3/3 - Medieval Pottery Kiln, Corby Road

Medieval pottery kiln, part of the Stanion pottery industry, was recorded during construction of a bungalow during the 1930s. The kiln was indicated by finds of pottery, including complete pots and would have been in production sometime between the mid 12th-mid 14th century. Some of the finds were given to Westfield Museum, Kettering and Northamptonshire Museum

{1} A kiln containing complete pots was found during building work in 1939.
Few details of the pottery industry at Stanion are known, but they produced pottery of a similar type to Lyveden ware and probably of the same date.

{2} Building development in 1939: A medieval pottery kiln was found in the garden. It contained complete pots. Recorded by Seabourne in 1961.

{3} Source states that the kiln was revealed in the garden of 1 Corby Road in 1961, not 1939.

{5} [SP 91418701] Md. sherds found when preparing the site for building a bungalow in the 1930's. The finds according to the owner Mrs R Thompson included several complete vessels. Some broken fragments were discovered before 1939 and were given to Westfield Museum, Kettering.

{6} The occupant of the house in whose garden the grid reference falls, knows nothing of the finds of authy {8}.

{7} "The pottery found was fragmentary and a precise classification is not possible".

{8} Md. pottery kiln found in garden at SP 91448700. Site confirmed by Northampton Museum who have retained the sherds.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.135 Site 10b (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP98NW23 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<3> Chapman P.; Blinkhorn P.; Chapman A., 2008, A Medieval Potters' Tenement at Corby Road, Stanion, p.219-220 (checked) (Article). SNN106437.

<4> McCarthy, M R, Brooks, C M, 1988, Medieval Pottery in Britain AD 900-1600, p. 285 (Book). SNN76510.

<5> Annotated Record Map, Corr 6" 1970 (Map). SNN112961.

<6> Seaman, B H, 1961, Field investigators comments, F1 BHS 30-AUG-61 (Notes). SNN112887.

<7> ORAL REPORT, Oral: Miss RW Whitcomb. (2.8.61 Keeper of Antiquities. Northamptonshire Museum). (Oral Report). SNN53287.

<8> Annotated Record Map, Corr. 6" (M Seaborne 1961) (Map). SNN112961.

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