Monument record 1160/339 - Gold Street

{1} Gold Street with tenements on either side of the road. This road runs from All Saints to Horsemarket.

{2} Gold Street is shown to run from All Saints to Black Lion Hill. Marefair at this time is still called Gold Street.

{3} Cellars revealed 4.5m in front of the present shop frontage would appear to be evidence of its widening in the early 20th century.

{5} Drawings of Romano-British pottery, part of a lamp and a chalk spindle whorl found in Gold Street:

<1> Speed J., 1610, Map of Northamptonshire, (checked) (Map). SNN559.

<2> Noble; Butlin, 1746, Town Map, (checked) (Map). SNN430.

<3> Leigh, D.J., 2010, An archaeological watching brief during water main replacement works in Gold Street, Northampton January-April 2009, p.10 (checked) (Report). SNN106679.

<4> Cox Rev.J.C., 1898, Records of The Borough of Northampton, p. 522 (Book). SNN3420.

<5> Dryden H.E.L., 1842-1895, Dryden Collection, DR/25/198/62 (Archive). SNN115.

Record last edited

Mar 27 2024 10:26AM