SNN102243 - Broad Street/ St Andrew's Street, Northampton; Archaeological desk-based assessment

In June/July 2002, Hertfordshire Archaeological trust conducted an archaeological desk-based assessment on land at Broad Street/ St Andrews Street, Northampton, Research indicates that there is little to suggest the preservation of prehistoric or Roman remains within the assessment site. The site lies outside the probable line of the northern Saxon defences but within the medieval walled town. Cartographic evidence indicates that buildinings have occupied parts of the site from the beginning of the 17th century, and that it was more rapidly and heavily developed from the middle of the 19th century. It is likely that any earlier remains surviving along the street frontages would be disturbed by this and modern activity. Some evidence of outlying medieval occupation might be anticpated but the degree to which it is likely to have been truncated remains unclear. Post-medieval building remains are likely to be abundant.