103The Anglo-Saxon cemeteries at Mucking, Essex, represent the burials of over 800 individuals from the 5th to early 7th centuries. This long-awaited report includes detailed illustrated catalogues in Part i, and comprehensive analysis and discussion of the burials and their context in Part ii. The large, mixed rite Cemetery II was completely excavated, while the partly destroyed Cemetery I included further significant inhumations. The quality and quantity of the evidence from the second quarter of the 5th century is unsurpassed. The dating is based on seriation analysis of the inhumation artefact assemblages and is combined with an innovative maximisation of demographic data from soil silhouettes. 836pp + CD-ROM421 bl/wh and col ills (2-part set)20091978-1-901992-86-1Hb£55MOLAmucking ii.jpg1mucking ii thumbnail.jpg11104Excavations at the sites of two famous playhouses of Tudor London, the Rose and the Globe in Southwark, provided physical evidence for the size, layout and development of these playhouses; they are presented here in detail for the first time in 400 years.</p> <p>The hundreds of individual structural elements, objects and plant and animal remains found are described and, together with the freshly researched documentary sources on Shakespearean theatre, fully integrated into the chronological narratives and thematic discussions of every aspect of the playhouses. This archaeological report aims to integrate all strands of evidence and appeal to a wider audience of those interested in the history and development of the theatre. 275pp172 bl/wh and col ills2009148978-1-901992-85-4Hb£26.00MOLAplayhouses.jpg1playhouses thumbnail.jpg1196This report presents an overview of Roman urban development in London south of the Thames. The establishment of the Roman bridge and the first approach roads and landing places made Southwark an ideal location for the development of facilities for the trans-shipment of goods between land and river. A wide range of data from 41, previously unpublished, north Southwark sites provides the means for ‘mapping’ Roman activity in Southwark – an early trading settlement and later administrative centre, contracting by the mid 4th century AD to the area around the bridgehead – and documenting changing patterns of land use and broader processes of social and economic change.280pp + CD-ROM162 bl/wh and col figs2009142978-1-901992-78-6Hb£27.95MOLARoman Southwark.jpg1Roman Southwark thumbnail 2.jpg1199Regeneration in the 1980s–90s on the south bank of the Thames resulted in archaeological and historical investigations at Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe, and next to London Bridge, in Southwark. The first was the site of a house acquired by 1349 by Edward III and rebuilt by him in 1353–61; the second contained tidal mills on the waterfront and three notable residences during the medieval period – the 14th-century Dunley’s moated house and Edward II’s Rosary, and the 15th-century Fastolf Place. Both sites were subsequently built over with small properties. Moat infills produced exceptionally rich assemblages of domestic artefacts and ceramics; the waterside location preserved a wide variety of plants, timber structures and woodworking evidence. 246 pp191 bl/wh and col ills2009147978-1-901992-83-0Hb£22.95MOLAgreat houses.jpg1great houses thumbnail.jpg11105Archaeological investigations at seven sites within the Finsbury Square area of London have revealed important evidence for the medieval and post-medieval development of this former marshy area north of the city walls. Evidence was recovered for Finsbury manor house, documented from 1272 and moated by the 14th/15th centuries, and for widespread quarrying and brick manufacturing beyond the manor in the later 15th century, along with dumping from nearby leather workshops in the 15th and 16th centuries. North of the manor the New Artillery Ground was created in the 1640s, the moat itself was built over and the area generally became increasingly industrial in character during the 18th and 19th centuries. 75pp45 bl/wh figs2009220978-1-901992-81-6Pb£8.95MOLAfinsbury.jpg1finsbury thumbnail.jpg11111Recycling may be a topical subject today, but it is an ancient practice. Glass was regularly recycled to make new vessels during the Roman period and important new evidence for glass working in London came from 35 Basinghall Street, with the discovery, in 2005, of over 70kg of broken glass and production waste, a valuable commodity which would normally have been remelted in a furnace and used to create new vessels. Study of this material, which may mark the demise of a glass workshop nearby, is giving us a fresh picture of the glass industry, its products and the techniques of its craftsmen, in 2nd-century AD London. 65ppMany col ills20093978-1-901992-84-7Pb £6.95MOLAglass workers.jpg1glass workers thumbnail.jpg11101This monograph provides a long-awaited overview of the evidence for London’s Early and Middle Saxon rural settlement, which draws on the results of six decades of archaeological fieldwork, in addition to historical and place-name evidence. This indispensable synthesis of published and archive material includes accounts of 26 occupation sites and six Thames fish traps, which give background information as well as detailed descriptions of the archaeological remains. Thematic sections consider various topics, including the relationship of settlement to landscape, settlement layout, buildings, household and personal items, crafts, farming and fishing. Specialist research focuses on pottery, but also discusses and catalogues other finds. 239 pp150 bl/wh and col ills2008141978-1-901992-77-9Hb£14.95MoLASsaxon rural.jpg1saxon rural thumbnail.jpg1197Documentary and archaeological evidence is combined for five tin-glazed ware production sites on the south bank of the Thames – Montague Close, Pickleherring, Rotherhithe, Norfolk House and Glasshouse Street. Tin-glazed ware or ‘delftware’ manufacture began in London <i>c</i> 1570 and ceased at Glasshouse Street in 1846. The products of each manufactory are detailed in illustrated catalogues of vessel forms and styles, and tile designs.</p> <p>London’s tin glaze industry was remarkably homogeneous: the pothouses manufactured much the same range of products as each other, making provenance a key issue. Scientific analysis has demonstrated that each manufactory produced goods with a unique chemical fingerprint, making attribution to individual pothouses possible. 138pp174 bl/wh and col ills2008140978-1-901992-76-2Hb£15.95MoLASdelftware industry.jpg1delftware industry thumbnail.jpg1188Archaeological work at 1 Poultry includes analysis of 280 burials associated with the medieval church of St Benet Sherehog and a post-Great Fire burial ground on the same location. Post-medieval coffins and coffin furniture indicate that the burial population is primarily late, with a fifth dated to before the Great Fire, although none were associated with the primary phase of the church. The pre- and post-Fire parish is considered in terms of the documented population, occupations and wealth, and health and mortality. Evidence for the medieval church also includes discussion of religious life in the parish. 'Death and commemoration' looks at historical and archaeological evidence for funerals and burial practices. A detailed osteological account of the 17th- to 19th-century burial sample includes comparison with contemporary London cemetery populations.114pp63 col and bl/wh ills2008139978-1-901992-75-5Hb£12.95MoLASst benets.jpg1st benets thumbnail.jpg1194During the 18th century, St Marylebone parish grew to become one of the wealthiest in London. The church on Marylebone High Street, built 1742, was soon too small to serve this population and relocated in 1817. Archaeologists recorded 350+ burials, mostly in the graveyard, with some in family vaults or the church crypt. Notable burials included the painter Benjamin De La Cour, the Wesley family (Charles was founder of the Methodist movement) and the Hampsons (their ancestor Sir Robert was alderman of London and sheriff in 1598). The archaeological results and detailed osteological analysis of 301 individuals are combined with documentary research into the parish and its population, making this one of the largest and most comprehensive studies of a post-medieval London cemetery. 172pp168 bl/wh and col ills2008146978-1-901992-79-3Hb£18.95MoLASmarylebone.jpg1marylebone thumbnail.jpg11102London’s important Roman amphitheatre was excavated in the 1990s; its remains are displayed in the Guildhall Art Gallery. A timber amphitheatre, built <i>c</i> AD 74, included evidence of the eastern entrance, arena palisade, seating bank and associated drains. Shortly after AD 120 it was rebuilt with masonry foundations and walls, associated with new timber stands. By the mid 4th century the amphitheatre had been abandoned. The excavated evidence allows conjectural reconstruction and comparison with other British amphitheatres. Significant finds include an early 2nd-century AD dump of glass cullet, lead curses from the arena surface and samian pottery with gladiatorial motifs. 241pp + CD-ROM176 bl/wh and col ills2008135978-1-901992-71-7Hb£29.95MoLASamphitheatre.jpg1amphitheatre thumbnail.jpg11100The East Smithfield Black Death cemetery was excavated in 1986–8 as part of the Royal Mint site. Founded in 1348/9, it was one of two emergency burial grounds established when the Black Death plague came to London. This report presents the results from the only large-scale excavation and post-excavation analysis of a proven Black Death cemetery in this country and is indisputably of international importance in terms of its archaeology and the human bone assemblage derived from the <i>c</i> 759 burials found. The burial practices and the cemetery population are analysed and discussed in relation to Black Death studies in London and elsewhere. 63 pp36 bl/wh and col ills2008143978-1-901992-82-3Hb£10.95MoLASblack death.jpg1black death thumbnail.jpg1193New evidence for Roman London’s riverfront development is presented here, constituting an important addition to our knowledge of the foreshore, its waterfront, quays and buildings. Terracing in the mid 1st century AD was followed by the construction of timber quays as part of post-Boudican and later remodelling of the riverside. The remains of major buildings include a possible early bathhouse as well as 1st- to mid 3rd-century AD high-status buildings with hypocausts, paved floors, mosaics and painted wall plaster – buildings interpreted as elements of residential complexes or townhouses. A large well contained the remarkably well-preserved elements of an elaborate rotary water-lifting device, comprising the wooden buckets and iron linking chain.80pp60 bl/wh and col ills2008219978-1-901992-62-5Pb8.95MoLASarthur street.jpg1arthur street thumbnail.jpg1187Excavations at 2–4 Old Church Street revealed prehistoric activity, a Roman rural settlement, and medieval gardens and domestic occupation associated with a medieval manor house, although most of the evidence for settlement related to the post-medieval period, when Chelsea changed from a village to a riverside resort and finally a suburb. A churchyard occupied the southern half of the site; here were recovered the skeletons of 290 parishioners buried between <i>c</i> 1700 and the mid 19th century, including two members of the Hand family who ran the Chelsea Bun House. The report considers various aspects of the cemetery, including its layout, and analysis of 198 skeletons provides demographic data for comparison with other London cemeteries and information on the health of this community.69pp49 bl/wh and col ills2008218978-1-901992-73-1Pb£8.95MoLASchelsea.jpg1chelsea thumbnail.jpg1190Excavations 1976–90 at the priory of St Mary Merton revealed much about the layout and development of this monastery from the 12th century to the Dissolution. Founded on its present site beside the Wandle river, <i>c</i> 11.3km south-west of London, in 1117, Merton was one of the most influential of all the English houses of regular canons, and was much favoured by Henry III. Of particular interest are the monastic infirmary complex – hall, chapel, cloister and ancillary buildings – and the large number (700+) of burials excavated from the external cemetery, church, cloister and chapter house.296pp230 bl/wh and col ills20071341-901992-70-5Pb£27.95MoLASmerton large.jpg1merton small.jpg1185Roman and later activity was recorded north of Newgate, with the Roman defensive wall and a medieval bastion preserved in the new development. Stream channels gave way to early Roman settlement, with the city’s defensive wall built in the late 2nd century AD. The defensive ditch was redug in the Late Saxon period and the Roman wall repaired, with the area becoming the site of the Greyfriars Friary in 1225. The City’s growth saw the ditch built over by the mid 16th century and the friary was suppressed at the Dissolution. By the mid 18th century most of the city wall had been demolished and the Giltspur Street Compter prison was constructed in 1787–91. Later buildings included St Bartholomew’s Hospital and the General Post Office.</p> <p> <p><i><b>Runner-up</b> for the 2008 SCOLA (Standing Conference on London Archaeology) in conjunction with the London Archaeologist prize for archaeological publications</i>193pp165 col and bl/wh ills20071331-901992-43-8Pb£24.95MoLASML cover.jpg1ML cover thumbnail.jpg1191Evidence from archaeological excavations between 1985 and 1999 is combined with historical and architectural analysis to create a major integrated history of the London Guildhall, the home of the City of London’s government. Beginning with the first hall of the 12th century, the book describes later halls and precinct buildings from the 14th to the 20th centuries. Good organic survival preserved evidence in an 11th- and 12th-century parish churchyard and for a number of adjacent timber houses. This wide-ranging volume highlights other themes from the medieval and later periods, including evidence for medieval Jewish occupation, the cloth market of Blackwell Hall, inns, craft activity and two parish churches.</p> <p> <p><i>Won 'Highly Commended' in the BEST SCHOLARLY ARCHAEOLOGICAL BOOK section of the British Archaeological Book Awards 2008</i></p> 536 pp + CD-ROM427 bl/wh and col ills (2-part set)2007136978-1-901992-72-4Hb£65.00MoLASguildhall.jpg1guildhall thumbnail.jpg1186Two 1998 excavations provide important new evidence of Roman and later development on the terraced ground north of the Thames and south of Cornhill. Early Roman quarrying at Monument House was followed by timber buildings. A 3rd-century AD stone building included a subterranean drainage culvert which carried dirty water south from Cornhill to the Thames. At 13–21 Eastcheap early buildings were sealed by Hadrianic fire debris. Rebuilding included timber drains and fragmentary masonry buildings.</p> <p>Later reoccupation at Monument House included a 10th-century AD sunken-floored building and medieval properties. A large 15th-century tenement east of Botolph Lane and north of Cat Lane was remodelled before destruction in the Great Fire. The finds assemblage includes rare ironwork, an ornate fireplace and decorated tiles. At 13–21 Eastcheap isolated medieval pits contained animal bone possibly related to Eastcheap’s role as a centre of butchery. 79pp76 bl/wh ills2007217978-1-901992-69-4Pb£8.95MoLASmonument.jpg1monument thumbnail.jpg1192This book results from a major collaboration between Guildford Museum and MoLAS, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. It focuses on the late medieval and Tudor pottery industry of the Surrey-Hampshire borders. One of the most innovative ceramic traditions in southern England is revealed through finds excavated in the grounds of Farnborough Hill Convent. The remains of four pottery kilns and abundant production waste provide a valuable opportunity to re-evaluate a site of great significance in English ceramic history, which played a crucial part in the ‘ceramic revolution’ of the 15th to 16th centuries. This study looks at the wares, forms, potters, technology, influences and trade, presenting new evidence for the reasons behind the industry’s phenomenal growth.</p> <p><b>The book can be obtained, at a price of £19.95 plus postage, from Guildford Museum: www.guildford.gov.uk/GuildfordWeb/Leisure/GuildfordMuseum/MuseumShop.htm; email museumshop@guildford.gov.uk</b> 234pp125 bl/wh figs20074-978-0-9553251-1-3Pb£19.95Guildford Museum, Guildford Borough Council and MoLASFarnborough cover.jpg2Farnborough cover thumbnail.jpg1180The London house of the medieval bishops of Winchester in Southwark originated in the mid 12th century. Situated adjacent to the Thames and wharves, it developed into a palatial residence based around an inner and outer courtyard and accommodating the bishop, his household and servants. The results of archaeological rescue excavations in 1983–90, mainly in the east part of the site, are supplemented by a wealth of documentary and pictorial evidence, taking the story into the 19th century. Fire in 1814 revealed the surviving medieval masonry of the hall and service range, and the hall’s west gable wall with its rose window is an imposing landmark today.157pp81 bl/wh ills20061311-901992-65-9Pb£15.95MoLASwinPal medieval.jpg1winPal med small.jpg1159The palace and abbey of Westminster has been the pre-eminent royal, religious and governmental centre in England since the 11th century – home of English monarchs until the reign of Henry VIII and then of the House of Commons. The abbey was a royal church, site of the coronations of all English monarchs since Edward the Confessor and mausoleum for many of England’s royal families. Excavation findings include evidence for the origins of settlement on Thorney Island over 7000 years ago, Roman and Saxon occupation, and the development of the palace up to the fire of 1834. This up-to-date synthesis includes analysis of the environment of the island and integration of antiquarian observations.224pp114 bl/wh and col ills20061221-901992-50-0Pb£29.95MoLASDRAFT_JLEWestm_full.jpg1DRAFT_JLEWestm_thumb.jpg1181Redevelopment allowed reassessment of 1960s work and review of Roman activity on the western hill south of the main east–west road. Evidence of pre-Roman drainage towards the Fleet valley was overlain by the main road and external activity dated to <i>c</i> AD 50. Pre-Boudican strip buildings lay along the main road and secondary roads, whilst pottery and other finds hint at a military presence, perhaps within a civil context.</p> <p>Roads and properties were re-established after the Boudican fire and included residential, commercial and industrial activities. More substantial post-Hadrianic buildings were set back from the roads but overall activity declined in the later Roman period, with burials cutting a disused secondary road, and external areas including evidence of animal husbandry and bread wheat preparation.132 pp115 bl/wh and col ills20061321-901992-66-7Pb£13.95MoLASpaternos COVER.jpg1paternos COVER thumbnail.jpg1182The Lloyd’s Register sequence began with 1st-century AD ditches and timber buildings, situated to the south-east of a road which was not aligned on the forum or the Colchester road. Stone buildings constructed after the Hadrianic fire included sunken rooms, painted plaster and unusual decoration. Realigned, mid 3rd-century AD masonry buildings included suites of heated rooms and timber outbuildings, all sealed by ‘dark earth’.</p> <p>11th-century reoccupation began with pitting and foundation robbing. The early 12th-century church of St Katherine Coleman lay north of open ground until the 16th century. Post-Great Fire evidence included the rebuilt 18th-century church, the East India Company Tea and Drug Warehouse, and the Hambro synagogue.185 pp115 bl/wh ills20061301-901992-43-8Pb£20.95MoLASLloyds.jpg1LloydsTn.jpg1174This publication elucidates a remarkable monument, now preserved in situ beside the Tower of London. Constructed between 1297 and 1308, the postern gate formed a defensible terminus to the city wall and a minor gateway suitable for pedestrian traffic. The survival of the remains on the south side of the gate passage was due to a dramatic landslip in 1431 or 1440, when the southern part of the structure slipped at least three metres down the side of the moat. The gate was rebuilt and cartographic evidence shows a postern gate on the site until at least the early 17th century.74pp47 bl/wh ills20061291-901992-60-8Pb£7.95MoLASDRAFT_postern_full.jpg1DRAFT_postern_thumb.jpg1175Excavations near Newgate revealed important evidence of the area’s development, beginning with a natural stream which flowed south-west to the River Fleet. Early Roman activity included roadside timber buildings, with a roadside cemetery, quarrying and pitting to the west. A large 2nd-century AD masonry foundation, located near the road and east of the city defences, was at first said to be part of a monumental arch but this is now thought unlikely and it may be the base for a tower or some other roadside structure. The stream channel was infilled during the 2nd century AD prior to construction of the city defences, which would have crossed it. Medieval rubbish pits and masonry building foundations were recorded at both sites.83pp64 bl/wh ills20062141-901992-58-6Pb£9.95MoLASDRAFT_newgate_full.jpg1DRAFT_newgate_thumb.jpg1184Occupation along the east side of the Ouzel valley included a Late Iron Age field system and a cremation cemetery, with Catuvellauni funerary traditions continuing into the Roman post-conquest period. Later 1st-century AD fields, timber structures and a large enclosure were associated with farming near Roman Watling Street. The enclosure, relocated to the valley floor, was expanded in the late Roman period to include masonry corn driers or malting ovens, with an enlarged enclosure established on the valley ridge. The farm, which produced wheat, livestock and some metalwork, was abandoned in the late 4th century. Medieval ridge and furrow cultivation was identified within fields associated with Milton Keynes village.73 pp55 bl/wh ills20062161-901992-67-5Pb£7.95MoLASmonkston large.jpg1monkston small.jpg1172Half a million years ago ice sheets pushed the Thames south, depositing river gravels across East London. People began quarrying gravel in ancient times and the modern aggregates industry has workings here. Archaeological work at quarry sites has resulted in spectacular discoveries – from prehistoric ritual sites and flint arrowheads to finds such as a Roman stone coffin and beautiful Early Saxon glass drinking horns. This book describes the ancient landscape of East London and evidence of settlements from the 3rd millennium BC right up to the 19th century, providing us with evidence of where people lived, and how they made a living and viewed themselves.</p> <p> <p><i><b>Winner</b> of the 2008 SCOLA (Standing Conference on London Archaeology) in conjunction with the London Archaeologist prize for archaeological publications</i>64ppbl/wh and col ills200631-901992-61-6Pb£7.95MoLASgravels_full.jpg1gravels_thumb.jpg1168Important new evidence of London’s 2nd-century AD Roman pottery industry has been found along the western side of a tributary of the Walbrook stream. Up to eight kilns, producing Verulamium region white ware, and a probable potters’ workshop represent two phases of production. The findings indicate that much of the pottery thought to have been produced outside the settlement may come from these kilns. Pottery production went into decline in the second half of the 2nd century AD, though residual evidence was found of nearby glass working and other industries. Later Roman and medieval activity was largely truncated by modern basements.221pp186 bl/wh and col ills20051251-901992-55-1Pb£28.95MoLASnorthgate_full.jpg1northgate_thumb.jpg1161This is an archaeological, architectural and historical study of one of the largest complexes of buildings in the medieval City of London, but one which is largely unknown and of which only two fragments survive above ground today. It is the fifth volume in a series on the monasteries of London.</p><p>Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, was the first religious house to be established inside the walls of London after the Norman Conquest, in 1107–8; one of the earliest Augustinian houses to be established in England; and the first to be dissolved, in 1532. By 1200 the precinct north of Leadenhall Street and just inside Aldgate was filled with imposing stone buildings, including a large and architecturally impressive church which was the burial place of two of the children of King Stephen in the middle of the 12th century. London’s first mayor, Henry FitzAilwin, was buried in the entrance to the chapter house. In the 16th century the monastery was owned by the Duke of Norfolk, second only to Queen Elizabeth in power, who was executed in 1572 for his part in plots surrounding Mary Queen of Scots.</p><p>Several modern excavations of 1977 to 1990, many antiquarian drawings, and a ground-floor and a first-floor plan of all the monastery buildings made around 1585 are brought together here for the first time, to reconstruct a fully illustrated and detailed history and archaeology of the priory site. Not only can all the major periods of the priory’s building history be suggested and compared with other religious houses in medieval London, but the excavations produced their own surprises, such as evidence of the beginning of the tin-glazed or ‘delftware’ pottery industry in the 1590s, and a unique Jewish plate of the 18th century. 285pp214 bl/wh and col ills20051241-901992-45-4Pb£32.95MoLASHTP_full.jpg1HTP_cover_thumb.jpg1148<i>Material culture in London in an age of transition</i> is a major new illustrated catalogue of a rare assemblage of items from the Tudor and Stuart periods. Objects of leather, bone, wood and glass as well as metal (with metallurgical analyses) include clothing and accessories; household equipment, fixtures and fittings; and items attesting writing, reading and leisure pursuits, and textile working, non-ferrous and ferrous metalworking, leather working, woodworking, bone, antler and glass working, ship building and fishing. There are weights; coins, tokens and jettons; pilgrim souvenirs and secular badges; horse equipment, arms and armour fragments. The discussion considers specific chronological trends as well as more general aspects of production, trade and changing styles.257pp219 bl/wh ills20051191-901992-39-XPb£17.95MoLAStsm_cover.jpg1tsm_thumb.jpg1173Excavations revealed prehistoric and Roman artefacts, a possible Middle Saxon sunken-featured building, and extensive Late Saxon to Norman activity as the main settlement around St Peter’s church spread north-eastwards. Seventy-two burials were recorded within a 10th- to 13th-century cemetery. Development of the area included new timber and stone buildings. Pike Lane was established by the 14th century and industries included metalworking, cereal processing, animal husbandry and butchery, and small-scale tanning. Activity declined during the 15th and 16th centuries. Post-medieval redevelopment along Marefair may relate to the fire of 1675. Later evidence included burials from the cemetery of the chapel of Castle Hill.81pp (+CD)76 bl/wh ills20051271-901992-57-8Pb£11.95MoLASDRAFT_marefair_full.jpg1DRAFT_marefair_thumb.jpg1162Excavations upstream of Roman London bridge in north Southwark uncovered evidence for mid 1st-century AD land reclamation and the establishment of a road and buildings. The waterfront was extended northwards in <i>c</i> AD 80 and new buildings, including rectangular and circular masonry buildings associated with grain storage, were constructed around a newly aligned yard or roadway. In the early 2nd century a prestigious new building complex, established on a different alignment, may have had a military or administrative purpose. Ranges of rooms, some plastered and elaborately painted, enclosed a courtyard bath suite. Some of these buildings continued in use until the late 4th century.189pp111 bl/wh and col ills20051231-901992-51-9Pb£16.95MoLASwin_pal_rom.jpg1win_pal_rom_thumb.jpg1169Excavations at Beddington have uncovered a long occupation sequence which includes Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age fields, a Late Iron Age enclosed settlement and early Roman finds. A villa was established at the site in the late 2nd century AD and included a house, bathhouse and five other buildings, two of which were barns, although there was no direct evidence of crop or livestock production. In the late 3rd century AD wings were added to the house, the bathhouse was modified and the barns were replaced by a large aisled structure. Unlike many other villa sites there is no evidence for continued occupation in the post-Roman to Early Saxon period.135pp85 col and bl/wh ills20051261-901992-56-XPb£10.95MoLASbeddington_full.jpg1beddington_thumb.jpg1165John Baker’s Thameside glasshouse in Vauxhall is the first of London’s 17th-century glasshouses to be excavated. This publication describes the finds from the site, demonstrates how Vauxhall competed with London’s other glasshouses and discusses London’s late 17th-century glass industry. The glasshouse opened sometime between 1663 and 1681, and had closed by 1704. Excavations in 1989 found a furnace, crucibles, tools, working waste and finished vessels. Vauxhall was operating when lead crystal was first being made in England but it produced vessels for a proven market: wine bottles, green-glass vessels and fine wares. The remains of a well-preserved 17th-century bargehouse were also recorded at the site.85pp79 bl/wh and col ills20051281-901992-44-6Pb£12.95MoLASvaux_cover.jpg1vaux_thumb.jpg1176Excavations revealed one of the Lambeth ‘pothouses’ of the Doulton company. This small pottery factory made stoneware bottles and other vessels between the 1870s and 1926, the majority of which were used as packaging for ginger beer, ink and other products. Five pottery kilns were uncovered and still contained vessels and parts of the kiln structure, enabling a fascinating study of both the products and the manufacturing process. The site is set in its historical context, with essays examining the Lambeth stoneware industry and the links between Henry Doulton and other Victorian social reformers such as Edwin Chadwick and Joseph Cowen. A 19th-century soap works that preceded Doulton’s pothouse is also discussed.63pp69 bl/wh ills20052151-901992-63-2Pb£7.95MoLASDRAFT_salamanca_ful.jpg1DRAFT_salamanca_thumb.jpg1164This new, full colour booklet summarises the history of the priory, using documentary and archaeological evidence, and the surviving remains, and includes the results of the latest research on the site. The Augustinian priory of Merton was founded in the early 12th century and the first stone church was established on the present site in 1117. The priory had strong royal connections, playing host to ‘state occasions’ from the 12th to the 15th century, and Henry III had his own private quarters at Merton by 1258. Excavations have taken place at Merton since the 1920s, the most extensive in 1986–90 in response to development proposals.24ppcol200530-905174-42-9Pb£4.50MoLAS and London Borough of Merton, Londonmerton_pop_full.jpg1merton_pop_thumb.jpg1183Hospitals are hectic places, buzzing with human drama and high technology. Yet within all the London hospitals are chapels, oases of calm, places for reflection and prayer. <i>Sacred spaces: the hospital chapels of London</i> seeks out these often forgotten treasures of architecture and art. The book covers the whole of the 800-year history of hospital chapels in the capital, from the venerable and ancient chapel of St Barts’; through the building of Guy's hospital chapel with its mysterious crypt; through the explosion of Victorian artistic splendour at Great Ormond Street and the Middlesex hospital. The final part of the book examines late 20th-century attempts to compromise with increasing secularism and the challenge of accommodating other world faiths. A book for anyone who is interested in the architecture of London, those concerned with the relationship of faith and healing and those fascinated by the wonderful work of London’s hospitals.</p> <p>Lavishly illustrated with photographs by Andy Chopping, this beautiful book uncovers some of the least known architectural treasures of London.</p> <p>The proceeds of the book will be donated to London hospital trusts.</p> <p><i>Sacred spaces</i> includes a foreword by the Right Reverend Christopher Herbert, Lord Bishop of St Albans.</p> <p>You may order from MoLAS (see below) or from the Great Ormond Street Hospital gift shop or by post from St Marks Church, Calder Rise, Bedford MK41 7UY (tel: 01234 342613)64ppbl/wh and col ills200531-901992-64-0Pb£10.00MoLASSacredSpaces.jpg1SacredSpacesTn.jpg1166Excavation ahead of redevelopment by London Underground Limited uncovered flint tools and debitage characteristic of the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods and Early Bronze Age. Activity resumed in the Late Bronze Age. A neonate skeleton of Early Iron Age date was recovered from a rubbish pit near a probable roundhouse. Two ‘crouched’ adult inhumations are atypically early Roman. Two horse burials and a dog skeleton are also of Roman date. Thereafter, occupation ceased until post-medieval times. Overall, the work provides invaluable information relating to the development of the landscape beneath the suburbs of modern east London.56pp41 bl/wh ills200541-901-992-54-3Pb£7.95MoLASJLE_oxford_cover.jpg1JLE_oxford_cover_thumb.jpg1177This comprehensive study of excavated monastic cemeteries analyses some 8000 graves from more than 70 cemeteries in England, Wales and Scotland, focusing principally on medieval religious houses (<i>c</i> 1000 AD to <i>c</i> 1550). Comparative evidence comes from cathedrals, parish churches and Jewish cemeteries. The book is complemented by a fully accessible, web-mounted database archived with the Archaeology Data Service. A multi-disciplinary approach uses medieval visual and written sources as well as archaeological evidence. The sequence of events connected with burial is highlighted, showing the significance of social identity, the agency of mourners, and the role of the family and community in medieval burial rituals.273pp155 col and bl/wh ills200541-901992-59-4Pb£29.95MoLASrequiem.jpg1requiem_thumb.jpg1144The Cistercian monastery of St Mary Stratford Langthorne once stood on land south of the new Jubilee Line station at Stratford. Excavations 1973–94 recorded large parts of the monastic church, cemetery and related buildings. Topics include the precinct arrangement, architecture and decoration, and the way of life of the inhabitants. The expansion of the monastic church from a simple cruciform building in the mid 12th century into an aisled presbytery with ambulatory and eastern chapel in the 13th century is notable. The excavated burials (647) are the largest sample from a Cistercian site in Europe and provide evidence for burial customs, patterns of cemetery use and the physical characteristics of the population, including medical care.197 pp104 bl/wh ills20041181-901992-38-1Pb£18.95MoLAS, Londonstrat_lang_full.jpg1strat_lang_thumb.jpg1146The Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem was formed to support pilgrimages to Jerusalem and run a great hospital there. A house of the Order was founded in Clerkenwell in 1144. It became the Order's only priory in England, and its headquarters here. Archaeology shows that the religious house evolved into a sumptuous palatial complex very different from a normal monastic institution. This volume looks at the priory sequence, including the round-naved church, cemetery, Great Hall, gatehouse, and an outer precinct housing financial officials. Thematic chapters consider the foundation, architecture, living standards and Dissolution of the priory.434pp202 bl/wh and col ills20041201-901992-20-9Pb£31.95MoLAS, Londonst_johns_cover.gif1st_johns_thumb.gif1147The discovery of the fort at Cripplegate after the Second World War revolutionised our understanding of Roman London. Redevelopment between 1995 and 2000 presented a unique opportunity to re-examine the sites. Bronze Age field ditches were sealed by early Roman domestic buildings contemporary with the nearby timber amphitheatre. The 2nd-century AD masonry fort’s barrack could have accommodated a larger garrison than the governor’s bodyguard. The fort’s buildings went out of use at the end of the 2nd century and the area was entirely abandoned in the 3rd or 4th century. Burgage plots were established after 1050 and 12th-century development included buildings with cellars and evidence for bone working and metalworking.144pp93 bl/wh ills20041211-901992-42-XPb£13.95MoLAScripplegate.gif1cripplegate_thumb.jpg1145Excavations in the High Street uncovered evidence of development on the south-eastern edge of the medieval town of Uxbridge, beginning with the planned 12th-century extension of a Saxon hamlet. Medieval property boundaries and a 12th-century pottery kiln associated with production of South Hertfordshire greyware were recorded just inside the borough ditch boundary. Famine and plague resulted in economic decline in the 14th century. Domestic pitting and industries such as tanning were associated with recovery from the 17th century onwards. By the early 19th century the entire street frontage was built up, as shown in the Uxbridge Panorama, a detailed drawing of the High Street.80pp52 bl/wh ills20042121-901992-37-3Pb£7.95MoLAS, Londonhsu_cover.gif1hsu_thumb.gif1160New evidence of Londinium’s pre-Boudican origins and its first and second fora has been found at a site on Cornhill. In the AD 50s commercial or military storage buildings were established, including a granary, with a marketplace or open public area to the west.</p><p>The Boudican fire and its aftermath were followed by construction of the south wing of the first forum in the AD 70s. The foundations of the much larger second forum and basilica, built in AD 100–30, were recorded across the site, with late Roman activity post-dating its demolition. Early medieval robbing of Roman walls may have been associated with the construction of St Dionis Backchurch.67ppbl/wh ills20042131-901992-53-5Pb£7.95MoLASfenchurch_full.jpg1fenchurch_thumb.jpg1155This book chronicles the remarkable archaeological discoveries made on the site of Spitalfields Market in east London. Once the burial ground for some of the wealthiest members of Roman London, Spitalfields became the home of one of the country’s largest and most important hospitals in the Middle Ages, looking after the poor and the sick. More than 10,500 skeletons were found in the cemetery, making this the single largest archaeologically-recorded group in the world. Spitalfields is also famous for its multi-ethnic community – from the first immigrants, the Huguenots, to the Jewish communities and finally today’s Bengali community.100ppCol ill throughout200431-901992-49-7Pb£9.99MoLAS, Londonspital_cover.gif1spital-thumb.gif1157Abundantly illustrated in colour, the text describes the background, discovery, excavation, finds and preliminary interpretation of this 7th-century AD princely burial. 44ppcol and bl/wh ills200431-901992-52-7Pb£3.99MoLASprittlewell.jpg1prittlewellTn.jpg1158The Thames has been described as ‘liquid history’ but few of the 1000s of daily commuters and vehicles crossing London Bridge today will know that Roman, Saxo-Norman and medieval bridges stood on almost the same spot. Two thousand years ago the Romans identified this point as the best place to bridge the river, creating a focus for transport and trade. The Roman bridge went out of use in the 4th century AD and the Thames was not bridged again until <i>c</i> AD 1000. The great stone bridge, lined with houses, was constructed between 1176–1209 and demolished in 1831. The 1831 bridge, replaced in 1967, now stands at Lake Havasu City, Arizona.</p> <p>This accessible, illustration-led book, combines the latest analysis with Gordon Home’s research and Peter Jackson’s fine illustrations to bring together the archaeological, architectural, historical and pictorial evidence for London’s greatest bridge, the source of the ‘keep left’ rule of the road.</p>-ppcol ills throughout200431-901992-48-9Pb£7.99MoLASlonbidge_pop_full.jpg1lonbidge_pop_thumb.jpg1156This book will be invaluable for all archaeologists involved in fieldwork and site management where construction is involved. Operations typically employed during development, from groundworks through to post-construction activity, are described and the likely changes to the burial environment at all these stages outlined. Ways of mitigating the potential damage done at all these stages are suggested. A database (on CD) of case studies is also provided.91pp + CD28 bl/wh ills200441-901992-47-0Pb£6.95MoLAS for English Heritage, Londonmitigation_cover.gif1mitigation_thumb.gif1149This collection of papers and posters presented at the second 'Preserving Archaeological Remains <i>in situ</i>?' (PARIS2) conference which set out to address three main themes: to review recent research; to examine the relative successes and consequences of decisions – especially those taken in the last decade or so – to preserve particular sites <i>in situ</i>; and to try to identify strategic directions for future research into the protection of our cultural heritage. The 37 contributions in these conference proceedings form a comprehensive collection of some of the key issues facing researchers and historic environment managers today, and are an important reference work for the protection of the historic environment tomorrow.264ppbl/wh ills200441-901992-36-5Pb£13.50MoLAS, Londonparis2cov.jpg5paris2thumb2.jpg1134An unusually extensive sequence of Roman metalworking workshops and hearths of later 1st- to late 4th-century date was found in excavations on the north-western edge of the (then) north island of Southwark, London. Iron smithing and, to a lesser extent, copper alloy casting and wrought metalworking took place. The metalworking evidence and the workshop economy are set in the context of metalworking techniques, metalworking in Roman society and related to possible demand for metal goods in Londinium itself and beyond. It is suggested, however, that this was primarily a service industry, meeting the needs of the increasingly prosperous north island of Southwark.186pp112 bl/wh and col ills20031171-901992-34-9Pb£13.95MoLAS, Londonindustr_nwswark.jpg1industr_nwswarkTn.jpg1122This publication presents new evidence of fundamental importance to understanding the Middle Saxon settlement of Lundenwic, a flourishing centre for trade and manufacture from the 7th to 9th centuries AD. The 1996 redevelopment of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden included the largest excavation yet undertaken in the area of Lundenwic, providing a wealth of information about the settlement, its inhabitants, and their occupations and daily lives. Lundenwic’s heyday was in the mid 8th century, when a main road, side streets and dozens of buildings occupied the site. Craftsmen traded year-round and enjoyed a rich material culture. The 9th century saw a decline in population and economic activity. A defensive ditch was dug across the northern part of the site, and a hoard of Northumbrian stycas buried in the berm. The ditch was probably a response to Viking attacks, and shows that the defended area was reduced. These defences failed. Lundenwic was occupied by a Viking army in AD 871 and Anglo-Saxon occupation relocated to the city of London, known as Lundenburh.359pp180 bl/wh and col ills20031151-901992-32-2Pb£26.95MoLAS, LondonmidSaxonLondon.jpg1midSaxonLondonTn.jpg1123The Courage’s Brewery bottling plant excavations revealed an intriguing archaeological sequence chronicling the development of the northern island of Roman Southwark to the west of the road which crossed tidal channels to reach the Thames bridgehead. First-century AD timber revetments and an embankment protected the area from flooding, and two minor roads led to the river and timber buildings constructed on reclaimed land. Construction of larger masonry buildings marked a change in the nature of the settlement from the mid 2nd century onwards. Occupation gave way to a cemetery in the mid 4th century, and the Roman deposits were mostly sealed by ‘dark earth’.209pp125 bl/wh and col ills20031161-901992-33-0Pb£19.95MoLAS, Londonurbandevel.jpg1urbandevelTn.jpg111Evidence of early modern settlement and industry from sites in Richmond and Mortlake demonstrates the archaeological potential of north Surrey’s small towns and their rapid growth. At George Street, Richmond, properties were subdivided throughout the 17th century and occupied by people of modest means. Excavations between Mortlake High Street and the Thames uncovered significant evidence of industries, including a pre-1682 wharf, a tapestry works (1619–1703), a sugar house (1743), pot houses (1743–1830), malt houses (1791 and 1830), a shoeing smithy, and a First World War factory. An important assemblage of 18th-century tin-glazed pottery is described in an illustrated catalogue.91pp76 bl/wh ills2003291-901992-35-7Pb£9.95MoLAS, Londonmortlake.jpg1mortlakeTn.jpg1132Excavations to the north of Liverpool Street Station uncovered evidence of Londinium’s northern cemetery along the west side of Ermine Street, consisting of two phases of inhumation burials in wooden coffins and associated structures. A marsh formed early in the post-Roman period but the area became the property of the priory and hospital of St Mary without Bishopsgate (later St Mary Spital) by the 13th century. The priory drain ran across the site to a marshy area to the west. As Bishopsgate Street became built up the priory and its tenants gave way to private dwellings. The site was intensively developed from the 17th century onwards, reflecting the expansion of London’s suburbs.89pp69 bl/wh ills20032101-901992-41-1Pb£9.95MoLAS, Londonbishopsgate.jpg1bishopsgateTn.jpg1133The archaeological work at Pacific Wharf, Rotherhithe, has provided a fascinating insight into the rich maritime heritage of the Thames waterfront. The land was occupied in the 17th century, by first a timber yard and then a commercial wharf. Shipbuilding arrived in the 18th century, and in the early 19th century the Beatson family began a ship breaker’s yard. Pacific Wharf was the final resting place of the Temeraire, a veteran of the battle of Trafalgar and immortalised by Turner as The Fighting Temeraire being towed up river to its demise. The findings include important evidence of woodworking techniques and shipbuilding technology.</p><p>Winner of the SCOLA award for 'Best book on London archaeology in 2002 and 2003'.60pp44 bl/wh ills20032111-901992-40-3Pb£7.95MoLAS, Londonrotherhithe.gif1rotherhitheTn.gif1130Important new evidence of Roman London’s western cemetery has been found at Atlantic House, along the banks of the River Fleet and on both sides of Watling Street. Late 1st-century AD land reclamation was followed by the establishment of the cemetery. A total of 19 inhumations and 29 cremations were identified, most dating from the 2nd and 3rd centuries. Two timber coffins were also found. Osteological study indicates that the cemetery population was generally healthy. The findings from the cemetery, which was abandoned in the 4th century AD, are fully described and illustrated here. The publication is a significant new contribution to our knowledge of Roman London’s burial practices, augmenting recent studies of cemeteries to the east and south of the settlement.74pp86 bl/wh ills2003271-901992-26-8Pb£8.95MoLAS, Londonatl-ho_cover.gif1atl-ho_thumb.gif1150Although the Borough of Lambeth is a modern creation, human activity there reaches back to the Ice Ages. Since then the ebb and flow of people and events has endowed Lambeth with its rich and varied heritage. Archaeologists have dug in numerous places across the borough, unearthing the evidence for Lambeth’s lost past, making exciting and informative finds to bring the past alive. <i>Lambeth unearthed</i> looks at this intriguing story of archaeological discovery, showing that the past is always there. <i>Lambeth unearthed</i> shows how the archaeological finds complement the borough’s history, giving a fuller picture of the past. <i>Lambeth unearthed</i> brings that picture to life with fascinating, rarely-seen illustrations and a lively, informed text.</p><p>Runner-up for the SCOLA award for 'Best book on London archaeology in 2002 and 2003'. 62ppCol ill throughout200331-901992-46-2Pb£4.95SLAEC with MoLAS for Lambeth Archives Departmentlambeth_unearthed2.gif1lambeth_unearthed_thumb.jpg1141<i>A research framework for London archaeology</i> follows <i>The archaeology of Greater London</i> (MoLAS 2000) and is intended to be used in conjunction with it to realise the potential of the London Archaeological Archive, to manage the archaeological resource more effectively, and to generate more focused research. Chronological periods are summarised with reference to current knowledge and research questions. Research priorities are addressed through five major themes: topography and landscape; development; economy; people and society; and continuity and change. Finally, the Research framework advocates the development of a research culture and strategy which will allow us to get more out of London archaeology.120ppbl/wh ills throughout200341-901992-29-2Pb£4.95MoLAS, Londonresearch300px.jpg1researchTn.jpg1142Humming with the energy of millions of residents, workers, shoppers, and tourists, London is one of the world’s most vital modern cities. It is also a city of immense historic interest. This extravagantly illustrated book digs deeply into London’s past, examining recent archaeological discoveries that have revised and enriched our understanding of the city’s history. The volume draws on research and excavations conducted by the Museum of London Archaeology Service during the past quarter century – exciting discoveries that have uncovered new information on topics ranging from the river walls constructed by the Romans to outbreaks of the Black Death to exotic goods imported from locations around the globe.154ppCol ills throughout200330-300-09517-1Pb£12.95Yale University Press, New Haven and MoLAS, Londonsecrets.jpg5secretsTn.jpg1114Excavations on the site of the Baltic Exchange, badly damaged by a bomb in 1994 and now the location of Foster’s Swiss Re tower, uncovered evidence of a late 1st-century defensive ditch which formed part of Londinium’s early town boundary. A single late Roman building was recorded, along with a burial, and the area appeared to have been used for either cultivation or rubbish disposal. Medieval activity dated from the 11th century onwards. Evidence of industry included the manufacture of bells and kitchen utensils in the 13th to 15th centuries. In the early 18th century the Jeffrey family home was replaced by terraced houses, which gave way to the Baltic Mercantile and Shipping Exchange a century later.122pp80 bl/wh ills2002171-901992-17-9Pb£12.95MoLAS, LondonromanDef.JPG1thm_romanDef.gif1119This volume presents important discoveries relating to the origins and development of Roman Southwark from excavations near London Bridge Station, in advance of the new Jubilee Line Extension. In the prehistoric period the area was occupied by a series of sandy islands in the tidal reaches of the Thames. The earliest Roman features were associated with the construction of a road to the Thames bridgehead. Eight buildings were recorded along the eastern side of the road, over a length of 60m, and included a blacksmiths’ workshop and a narrow alley. All of the buildings were destroyed by fire in the Boudican revolt of AD 60–1. New buildings were replaced by an early 2nd-century colonnaded building which may have been a market hall. Further east was a late 1st-century warehouse. Land reclamation on the eastern fringes of the island allowed construction of 2nd- and 3rd-century residences. To the west of the road part of a mansio was recorded, along with a tidal channel and a scatter of burials.294pp116 bl/wh and col ills20021121-901992-28-4Pb£22.95MoLAS, Londonromansouthwark.jpg1romansouthwarkTn.jpg1120This short monograph presents finds from medieval and later Southwark uncovered during construction of the Jubilee Line Extension at London Bridge Station. Evidence of the medieval environment includes early land reclamation and drainage. The priory of St Mary Overie and St Thomas’s Hospital stood on the site of Southwark Cathedral, but the hospital was rebuilt on the site of London Bridge Station in the 13th century. By the 16th century modern Borough High Street was known as ‘Long Southwark’ and flanked by inns, tenements and townhouses. Southwark became increasingly industrial in the post-medieval period.37pp50 bl/wh ills20021131-901992-30-6Pb£5.95MoLAS, LondonaspMedSout.jpg1thm_aspMedSout.gif1121This book is the first concerted attempt to synthesise the available prehistoric and topographic information from the area of north Southwark and Lambeth, London, in the period <i>c</i> 9500 cal BC to <i>c</i> AD 50. The interplay between environmental and riverine change and human communities is considered within broad themes, covering ‘mobile communities’, ‘ritual riverscape’ and ‘settled communities’, and placing these within the wider regional context of the Thames Valley. Recent work is also included and the thematic text is supported by a gazetteer as well as specialist papers on the worked flint, pottery and radiocarbon determinations.109pp50 col and bl/wh ills20021141-901992-31-4Pb£12.95MoLAS, Londonpresal.jpg1thm_presal.jpg1117This monograph on the London Charterhouse, a Carthusian monastery founded in 1371 just outside the walled City, includes recent excavation evidence of the inner court of the Charterhouse. The result is a new, fully illustrated account of the development of the monastery, the pre-monastic use of the site as a Black Death cemetery, the monastic economy and diet, and the impact of the sub-urban location on the reclusive Carthusian order. The post-Dissolution setting of the 16th-century mansion and the hospital established in 1613 is also examined in this look at one of London’s most fascinating historic sites.126pp95 bl/wh ills20021101 901992 23 3Pb£14.95MoLAS, Londoncharterhouse.jpg1thm_charterhouse.gif1118‘Westminster’ tiles – named after Westminster Abbey where they were first recognised – are among the most common medieval floor tiles found in London and were widely used at various ecclesiastical and aristocratic sites in south-east England. Easier to fire and lay than lead-glazed mosaic floor tiles, ‘Westminster’ tiles were being mass produced by London tilemakers by the 1260s. A separate centre in the Midlands manufactured tiles decorated with the same designs. Over 160 designs were produced, and this MoLAS monograph includes an illustrated catalogue giving the provenance of each.78pp37 bl/wh and 12 col ills20021111-901992-24-1Pb£11.95MoLAS, LondonmedWestTiles.jpg1thm_medWestTiles.gif1131This volume presents new analysis of a fascinating site north of the Thames and east of the Roman city, where the sequence included a masonry structure excavated between 1974 and 1976, and originally interpreted as a 3rd-century military signal tower. Early quarrying gave way to a 2nd-century cremation cemetery and the square ‘tower’, whose structure can now be seen as that of a mausoleum. In the 3rd century the area was divided by fences and ditches, and a timber building and other domestic structures established. In the mid 4th century the area changed to industrial use, saw some further burial, and was then abandoned. The finds assemblages from Shadwell are large for a non-urban site and follow an unusual chronological profile, peaking in the late 3rd century. It is possible that a large farm or hinterland settlement lay nearby. There were relatively few military finds. The samian from Shadwell includes some of the latest from Britain. Roman Shadwell is clearly unusual.71pp27 bl/wh ills2002281-901992-27-6Pb£6.95MoLAS, LondonromTower.jpg1thm_romTower.gif1128The 25 Cannon Street excavations produced rare evidence of Middle Bronze Age activity. Roman quarrying and timber buildings gave way to late 2nd-century AD masonry buildings. One building was occupied until the late 4th century, its ruins covered by ‘dark earth’. A Roman road lay just to the north of the site, beneath Watling Street. Cellared buildings had been constructed by the mid 11th century, and pre-dated Friday Street and the church of St Werburga, later St John the Evangelist. The church was founded between 1098 and 1108, and was rebuilt with a wider chancel in the 13th or 14th century. Medieval and later buildings, cellars and cesspits were associated with occupation up to the Great Fire of 1666. The church was not rebuilt after the fire, but the churchyard continued in use as a burial ground until the 19th century.74pp51 bl/wh ills2002251-901992-22-5Pb£7.95MoLAS, LondoncannonSt.jpg1thm_cannonSt.gif1129This volume presents the results of archaeological work on the site of the London Millennium Bridge, where excavations on the banks of the Thames revealed important medieval waterfronts and associated structures dating from the 12th century onwards. On the City side the revetments incorporated a narrow inlet between properties, reached by Boss Lane. In the 14th and 15th centuries masonry river walls extended the properties south into the Thames and created large docks. Eventually the docks silted up and the inlet was filled in. A similar sequence of waterfronts was uncovered on the Southwark bank, including a 12th-century jetty, a remarkable sequence of timber and brick drains, and rare fragments of two river vessels known as ‘Western Barges’.101pp113 bl/wh ills2002261-901992-25-XPb£9.95MoLAS, Londonmillbridge.jpg1millbridgeTn.jpg1140<i>Highlights of the work of MoLAS in 2001</i> The year 2001 was another outstanding one, with a busy programme of archaeological fieldwork and publication resulting in many significant findings. Housing, office and infrastructure projects were undertaken, and public interest in the archaeology and history of London and the south-east continued to grow. The most prominent discoveries took place at Blossom's Inn, funded by Land Securities plc, where evidence of early Roman public wells and water-lifting devices was found. Another large site nearby (Standard Life Assurance Company) produced evidence of early Romano-British circular buildings and a later mosaic. <i>MoLAS 2002</i> covers many other sites from London and elsewhere in England, including extensive work at Hatfield Aerodrome in Hertfordshire. The annual review summarises the services offered by MoLAS, explaining how these can be crucial to piloting projects through the planning process, and lists staff members, clients and recent publications. The review also describes MoLAS involvement in exhibitions, lectures and other initiatives which add value to new developments and improve public perceptions of developers. 62pp<i>c</i> 200 col and bl/wh ill20024n/aPb£9.99MoLAS, Londonmolas2002.jpg1thm_molas2002.gif1116Excavations in 1969 revealed a substantial Roman building, interpreted as a townhouse attached to the ‘Governor’s Palace’ complex. In 1994–7 new work uncovered a prehistoric marsh, a quay dated to AD 84 and a later revetment. Two Roman buildings predated the townhouse, with one possibly a goldworker’s premises. New evidence for the townhouse indicates that it developed separately from other large Roman buildings to the west. After a long period of abandonment, renewed activity included 11th-century pitting succeeded by cellared buildings. The walls of the 14th-century Pountney’s Inn, later the Manor of the Rose, were recorded along Suffolk Lane. This volume, MoLAS Monograph 9, presents the results of the archaeological work at this important site in a clear chronological narrative supported by many detailed illustrations and specialist reports.144 pp73 bl/wh ills2001191-901992-21-7Pb£12.95MoLAS, LondonromMedTownhouses.jpg1thm_romMedTownhouses.gif1115London exists today because almost 2000 years ago the Romans realised it was the lowest convenient point where the Thames estuary could be bridged. The main phase of the Roman bridge apparently went out of use during the 4th century AD. The Thames was not bridged again until <i>c</i> 1000, when the first of a series of timber bridges was erected, initially to prevent Viking raiders sailing upstream. The great stone bridge lined with houses was constructed <i>c</i> 1176–1209. Twice, in 1281–2 and 1437, parts of the stone bridge were broken down by a combination of ice and neglect. It was demolished in 1831–2 after the construction of a new bridge upstream. This volume is based on the 1984 investigation of the Southwark medieval bridge abutment and combines the archaeological, architectural, historical and pictorial evidence for London's greatest bridge. The scene of battles and pageants, London Bridge was also where the 'keep left' on the road rule began in 1722.</p><p>Please note, a new popular book entitled <i><a href="publicationDetails.asp?pid=58">Old London Bridge lost and found</a></i> is also now available.</p>258pp157 bl/wh and col ills2001181-901992-18-7Pb£22.00MoLAS, Londonlonbri.jpg1thm_lonbri.gif1139<i>Foreword, by Simon Thurley, Director of the Museum of London</i> '2000 has been another successsful year for MoLAS and for archaeology in London. Not only has the Museum, through MoLAS, provided first-class archaeological services to hundreds of developers and property owners, it has continued to bring the results of this work to a much wider public. For our clients who wish to participate in the Museum's public programme we have provided an opportunity to promote and advertise their work. For visitors to the main Museum on London Wall we have opened a window on London's rich archaeological past. In 2001 MoLAS will enter another phase in its history. It will move into new offices at the Museum's Archaeological Archive and Research Centre in Hackney; it will be involved in the publication of the London Archaeological Research Agenda; and it will research and publish the results of many important excavations. All these activities are a fitting accompaniment to the Museum of London's 25th Anniversary celebration in December and build on 25 years of outstanding archaeology in Greater London. Finally my thanks, and those of the Board of the Museum, are due to all our clients and supporters during 2000 and to our talented and hard-working staff without whom <b>MoLAS 2001</b> would not exist.' 62pp200 col and bl/wh ills20014n/aPb£9.99MoLAS, Londonmolas01.jpg1thm_molas01.gif1111In Roman London, the dead were buried beyond the limits of the settlement, and soon after the town was established cemeteries developed to the west, north and east of the settlement. From the late 1st to the early 5th century AD an extensive area east of the modern City of London was used as the place of burial for a significant part of the local population. Following a major campaign of excavation and research, the Museum of London Archaeology Service, in collaboration with English Heritage, has produced this volume describing the eastern cemetery of Roman London.</p> <p>This is the first large study of the people of Roman London using data from modern cemetery excavations. The volume follows the synthetic approach of earlier MoLAS monographs to integrate all strands of the evidence relating to the 550 inhumation and 136 cremation burials, pyre deposits and associated remains into a single report which is designed to be more accessible than traditional cemetery publications. Thematic essays address topics such as the layout and development of the cemetery, the funeral pyre, burial practice and the dead. The fully illustrated catalogue includes burial goods (from hobnailed boots to complete glass vessels and elaborate jewellery), objects placed on the pyre (including items rare or unique in Britain) and ceramic cremations urns. Current research objectives and problems inherent in the excavation and interpretation of cemetery material are discussed.</p><br> <p><i>The digital archive for this project is now available from the ADS website:</i> <a href="http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/resources.html?romcem_eh_2009" target="_blank">http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/resources.html?romcem_eh_2009</a></p><br>448pp120 bl/wh and col ills2000141-901992-09-8Pb£30.00MoLAS, LondonCems.jpg1thm_Cems.gif1112London Underground's 1990s Jubilee Line Extension Project was rich in archaeology. This third book in the Project's archaeological series considers the new evidence for the Holocene environment of central London. The book's emphasis is explicitly geoarchaeological; results from a series of sites describe the sedimentary and ecological process operating in the central London floodplain. This information is presented within a wider archaeological synthesis. The hallmarks of this book are an investigation into the Thames' Holocene geoarchaeology, a model of the development of the London Thames, a series of maps (including the changing topography of Westminster from the Mesolithic to the Iron Age), and the integration of new evidence with earlier work in the environments of London and the Thames. It identifies what can be achieved from the seemingly unpromising circumstance of numerous, often quite small sites, some with very little archaeology but considerable potential for understanding past human environments, within four main study areas along the 18km line between Westminster and Canning Town. 144pp48 bl/wh and col ills2000151-901992-10-1Pb£15.00MoLAS, LondonHOLOCENE.JPG1thm_holocene.gif1126Located next to the Thames and away from the main focus of activity in the Roman and medieval periods, the site was liable to flooding until land consolidation in this area of Southwark in the 12th/13th century made building possible. Bankside's colourful history is represented here, illustrated by a combination of archaeological and documentary evidence. 'Stews' – inns or brothels – lined Bankside in the medieval period and included The Bell & Cock and The Unicorn. The sequence includes a dog kennel and animal-baiting arena dated to the 16th and 17th centuries, and associated butchered bone. A glasshouse and the Bear Gardens pothouse (producing tin-glazed ware) occupied the site in the 17th and earlier 18th centuries, giving way to a foundry and metalworks in the 18th and 19th centuries. 68pp35 bl/wh and col ills2000231-901992-12-8Pb£5.00MoLAS, Londonbankside.jpg1thm_bankside.gif1127A roadside cemetery lay alongside Watling Street 1km south-east of the Roman settlement of Southwark. The cemetery supplanted 1st-century roadside building and field systems, and was in use from the mid 2nd century until at least the early 3rd century. A total of 25 inhumations and five cremations were recorded. High-status mausolea and other burial structures may be indicative of private plots used by wealthy families. A possible temple was recorded, as was important evidence for funerary rites. A bustum contained the cremated remains of a female with at least nine pottery tazze, eight pottery lamps and an exceptional array of plant remains, many imported from the Mediterranean; images on the lamps include Anubis and a gladiator. Catalogue of burials and associated finds.74pp44 bl/wh ills2000241-901922-11-XPb£5.00MoLAS, Londonwatling.jpg1thm_watling.gif116This book is about a remarkable archaeological dig on a site which has been at the heart of London for the last 2000 years. In the 1990s, hidden from public view, a team of archaeologists worked in what would become the basement of new offices at 1 Poultry. They uncovered mosaics, timber and stone buildings, and thousands of beautifully preserved coins, pots, and other artefacts. The finds tell the story of London – from Roman frontier town to provincial capital; ruin then revival as medieval Europe's largest city; recovery from fire and plague to become the world's richest metropolis; the Blitz, and the famously disputed demolition of 16 Victorian buildings. <p><i><b>Heart of the City</b></i> tells of the discoveries made and, with specially commissioned reconstructions, brings the past to life for anyone interested in archaeology, history, architecture, or simply in London. 96pp250 col ills200031-901992-14-4Pb£5.99MoLAS, Londonheart.jpg1thm_heart.gif1154This book tells how archaeologists have uncovered the story of Southwark. It is a story that covers thousands of years of major changes in its landscape and society. Using the latest archaeological discoveries and illustrated by many photographs, drawings and old maps, we shall catch a glimpse of the lives of the past peoples who once lived and worked in the area we now call Southwark.46ppcol ill throughout200030-905849-29-9Pb£4.95London Borough of Southwark for SLAEC, with MoLASbelow_swark.gif1below_swark_thumb.jpg1138<i>Foreword, by Simon Thurley, Director of the Museum of London</i> '1999 was a spectacular year for London archaeology. The continued high level of development, and the availability of sites never before investigated, continued to present outstanding archaeological opportunities. Many of these resulted in important finds which the Museum of London was able, with the support and understanding of the clients, to bring to the public. It is therefore my pleasure first to thank our clients, without whom archaeology in the capital would barely exist, and also our staff whose hard work brings the past to light and to life for us all.' 62pp<i>c</i> 200 col and bl/wh ill20004n/aPb£9.99MoLAS, Londonmolas2k.jpg1thm_molas2k.gif1113The Limehouse porcelain manufactory was amongst the very first of the English porcelain production centres, founded in the mid 18th century within a year of Bow and Chelsea. The pothouse was functioning by early 1745, but production was short-lived and it went out of business by early 1748. In early 1990 the site of the Limehouse porcelain manufactory was archaeologically excavated and the remains of the pothouse examined. In addition to a kiln, porcelain recovered included kiln furniture as well as both glazed and unglazed wasters. Tableware and miniatures were manufactured. Analysis revealed Limehouse ware was made in two types of fabric and standards of craftmanship were low. The pothouse went out of business not only because wares failed to capture a market, but also because the profits from sales were not enough to cover costs incurred during the initial development period. This publication summarises the archaeological sequence and the history of the pothouse; it includes the only definitive listing of all the pottery forms recovered from the site, details of their decoration and comparisons with surviving complete pots, and is illustrated throughout in colour. 73pp127 col ills2000161-901992-16-0Pb£16.50MoLAS, Londonlime.jpg5thm_lime.gif117For over a hundred years people had searched for the Roman amphitheatre of London. In 1988, during a dig at the City's medieval Guildhall, the astonishing discovery was made. The curving stone walls of the arena and timber beams for the seating tiers confirmed that the gladiators' place of spectacle – lost for over 1500 years – had finally been found. The amphitheatre lay abandoned for centuries until – when little more than a hollow in the landscape – it became the site of a Viking trading settlement. The dig revealed some of the most complete remains of 11th-century timber houses to be found anywhere in Europe, showing how London thrived under King Cnut and the Danes. These simple buildings gave way to the first Guildhall, which evolved into a complex building at the political and economic heart of the medieval City. <i>Gladiators at the Guildhall</i> tells a tale of archaeological discovery, and of a place which resounds with the clash of Roman gladiators, the clamour of Vikings bartering with merchants from Byzantium, and the chanting of medieval priests as Dick Whittington is elected mayor for the third time. 96pp250 col ills200031-901992-19-5Pb£5.99MoLAS, Londongladiators.jpg5thm_gladiators.gif115The London Millennium Bridge, officially opened in June 2000, is the first new Thames crossing in central London for over a century. But it is more than an elegant structure spanning a river. It connects the heart of the City of London, the original walled settlement on the north bank of the Thames, with the growing cultural centre of Southwark on its south bank. <p>The excavations carried out by the Museum of London Archaeology Service (MoLAS) early in 1999 prove that the Millennium Bridge spans not only the River Thames, but also the rich history and culture of London itself. 12ppCol ills200031-901992-13-6Pb£3.50MoLAS, LondonMilbrdge.jpg5thm_Milbrdge.gif1137It is nearly 25 years since the last major survey of the archaeology of the London region was written. In that quarter-century some of the most extraordinary evidence of our past has come to light: a 9000 year-old hunting camp in Uxbridge, a 2-mile-long prehistoric band-and-ditch cursus monument at Stanwell, the spectacular Roman heart of the City, the Saxon trading emporium on the Strand, the largest medieval cemetery excavated in Europe at Spitalfields, and Shakespeare's Rose Theatre at Bankside. This book, completed with the substantial support of English Heritage and the City of London Archaeological Trust, represents the latest and most comprehensive attempt to place these treasures in their context. It also draws together the knowledge of specialists and experts to provide a framework within which future archaeological discoveries and research may be considered. The result is an accessible and fascinating insight into the rich diversity of human experience that has combined over the last half-million years into the metropolis of Greater London today. The archaeology of Greater London is presented in 10 period-based chapters, with 13 accompanying full-colour maps and an extensive bibliography and gazetteer of sites and finds.329pp48 bl/wh ills, 13 maps200041-901992-15-2Pb£26.00MoLAS, Londonlad.jpg5thm_lad.gif1124Kingston is one of three recognised sources of Surrey whiteware pottery, used in London and the lower Thames valley from the 13th century onwards. Four 14th-century kilns were excavated and a substantial quantity of whiteware waster material, including many intact vessels, was retrieved from kiln interiors, stoking pits and waster pits. This assemblage makes an important contribution to the variety of forms known to have been produced in Kingston-type ware; to the dating of some previously known forms – archaeomagnetic dates suggest many forms were in common use by 1300; and to our understanding of the development of kiln technology.54pp51 bl/wh and col ills1999211-901992-07-1Pb£7.95MoLAS, LondonEdenst.jpg1thm_Edenst.gif1110The 19th-century parish of St Saviour’s, Southwark, teemed with people – the poor and destitute living in overcrowded houses with bad hygiene, drainage and waste disposal, and an inadequate and polluted water supply. This report combines archaeological, biological and documentary evidence, using this sample of 148 burials from the mid 19th century – many of whom died young – to provide a window on a population struggling with harsh living conditions, who were poorly nourished and prone to infectious and deficiency diseases. Most were buried in cheap coffins and this heavily used, ill-kept and unconsecrated burial ground – which was closed in 1853 – contrasts with wealthy parishes elsewhere in London.55pp31 bl/wh and col ills1999131-901992-06-3Pb£8.95MoLAS, LondonXbones.jpg5thm_Xbones.gif1125This area, at the junction of modern Cheapside and Queen Street, lay in the western half of the Roman city and in the commercial centre of late Saxon and medieval London. The site straddled the major east–west Roman road across the city and a sequence of timber buildings fronting on to the road illustrates the speed and vigour of urban development in Londinium up to <i>c</i> AD 120. The outlines of the modern street system were established by the late 9th century and occupation is evident from the early 10th century – a series of timber buildings, succeeded in the late 11th by stone buildings. Queen Street dates from after the Great Fire of 1666. Saxon ‘tree-wrightry’ and tool kits are examined.64pp49 bl/wh ills1999221-901992-08-XPb£7.95MoLAS, LondonCid.jpg5thm_Cid.gif114Between 1992 and 1998 the £2.76 billion Jubilee Line Extension Project was the largest civil engineering project in Europe. Running through Westminster and north Southwark, it traverses some of the most archaeologically sensitive areas of London, ending up at Stratford on top of a medieval abbey. The tunnels for the Jubilee line are themselves so deep that they pass well below any archaeological remains. However, since by its nature a tube tunnel lies deep underground and the people who want to use it live on the surface, there has to be a myriad of holes connecting both levels. <p>The new ticket halls, the sinking of escalator shafts, ventilation shafts, grouting shafts and escape shafts, the diversion of countless services, the construction of new buildings and the underpinning of existing ones all have the potential to uncover an important fragment of the past history of London, whether it is a Neolithic arrowhead from Westminster, a Roman building under London Bridge station or a medieval monks' cemetery at Stratford. <p>London Underground fully realised the archaeological potential of the Extension and commissioned archaeological investigations wherever groundworks were due to take place along the route. The Museum of London Archaeology Service dealt with the stretch of the Extension between Westminster and North Greenwich, and managed the Newham Museum Service and Oxford Archaeological Unit on the remaining part to Stratford between 1992 and 1998. The full results of the excavation programme will be published in due course. In the meantime, this booklet briefly describes the archaeological remains uncovered during the construction of the Jubilee Line Extension.44ppCol ills199831-901992-05-5Pb£2.50MoLAS, Londonbigdig.jpg1thm_bigdig.gif1136Over 20 papers by contributors from a variety of disciplines consider issues relating to the preservation of archaeological remains and the complex interaction between the burial environment and archaeological deposits. The papers identify key research areas and make proposals for future work and the improvement of procedural frameworks.189ppBl/wh ills199841-901992-02-0Pb£19.95MoLAS, LondonParis.jpg1thm_Paris.gif119The National Roman Fabric Reference Collection (NRFRC), located in the British Museum, aims to provide an infrastructure for future research into Romano-British pottery, providing a standard for the identification and description of Roman pottery types. This handbook presents standardised fabric descriptions for both imported and Romano-British wares, accompanied by black and white illustrations of hand specimens; a colour catalogue of fabrics completes the volume. The handbook also provides a barometer on Roman pottery studies, with the current state of research reflected by the bibliographic data, drawing attention to areas which are most poorly understood..</p><p>Please note, this monograph is out of print but will be available soon as a PDF on the MoL website.</p>247pp182 bl/wh ills 178 col pls1998121-901992-01-2Pb£26.00MoLAS, LondonNrfc.jpg5thm_Nrfc.gif11114Between 1907 and 1973 nearly 300 building sites in the City were excavated by archaeologists working for the Guildhall Museum. The Museum of London excavated about 400 sites between 1973 and 1991. This guide summarises the results of all 700 investigations and lists reports and publications from them.</p> <p>This is volume 1 of three published by the Museum of London in 1998 as the Archaeological Gazetteer Series. These volumes are indispensable guides to the archaeology of London in the 20th century, cataloguing excavations both within the City of London and throughout its outer boroughs, and contain numerous photographs and location maps. 340ppMany bl&wh ills199840-9048-18-81 0Pb£29.95MoL 5noImageAvailable.gif11115A gazetteer of nearly 1000 archaeological sites in 22 of the 32 boroughs of Greater London excavated by the Museum of London between 1972 and 1990. All sites are located on borough maps, with a short summary of results for the majority of sites and detailed locations plans for the more important ones.</p> <p>This is volume 2 of three published by the Museum of London in 1998 as the Archaeological Gazetteer Series. These volumes are indispensable guides to the archaeology of London in the 20th century, cataloguing excavations both within the City of London and throughout its outer boroughs, and contain numerous photographs and location maps. 287ppMany bl&wh ills199840-9048-18-80-2Pb£29.95MoL 5noImageAvailable.gif11116Professor W F Grimes, Director of the Roman and Mediaeval London Excavation Council between 1964 and 1968, excavated 63 sites in the City of London. One of these investigations, of a Blitz site in the City, resulted in the discovery of the Temple of Mithras.</p> <p>This is volume 3 of three published by the Museum of London in 1998 as the Archaeological Gazetteer Series. These volumes are indispensable guides to the archaeology of London in the 20th century, cataloguing excavations both within the City of London and throughout its outer boroughs, and contain numerous photographs and location maps. 92ppMany bl&wh ills199840-9048-18-82-9Pb£29.95MoL 5noImageAvailable.gif118In 1197, a modest hospital was founded on the fringes of the City of London. It grew to become one of the most significant institutions for the care of London's sick poor in medieval times. Exactly 800 years later, following extensive archaeological excavations and research, the Museum of London Archaeology Service has produced this volume describing the hospital of St Mary Spital, Bishopsgate. A new approach has been taken to archaeological reporting: all the strands of evidence have been synthesised together to provide a single chronological account of the priory and hospital. This has been designed to produce a fuller account of the site in a more readable format, and to allow current research debates to be addressed in a series of thematic sections. These thematic essays provide insights into topics such as the hospital buildings, the way of life and diet of the inhabitants and the hospital's role in London. The environment of the site is also discussed as are 126 excavated human skeletons. The reuse of the site after the Dissolution of the monasteries is also described. The report is supported by 114 illustrations including photographs and drawings of finds varying from complete ceramic, glass and wooden vessels to items such as leather boots and gold rings. 267pp114 bl/wh ills1997111-901992-00-4Pb£32.00MoLAS, LondonSpital.jpg5thm_Spital.gif113William Morris was a remarkable character for his time. As well as making a major contribution to the Arts and Crafts movement he was a renowned socialist. He sought to promote his ideals and philosophy, not only through his writings but also by his actions, most clearly shown in his concern for the well-being of his workers. <p>This booklet has been produced by the Museum of London Archaeology Service on behalf of the London Borough of Merton, drawing upon the discoveries from the archaeological excavation at the corner of High Street and Mill Road, Merton. 24ppBl/wh and col ills199530-905174-22-4Pb£4.99MoLAS and London Borough of Merton, Londonmorris.jpg1thm_morris.gif1135The MoLAS archaeological site manual is a guide to the compilation of archaeological site records – drawn, written or photographed – in the course of fieldwork. It should enable any archaeologist to undertake most recording and excavation tasks without the need for further reference. The manual is arranged in sections in a logical sequence from simple contexts such as deposits and cuts, through the associated activity of environmental sampling to more complex features such as masonry and timber structures. Further sections deal with specialised aspects of fieldwork, such as skeleton and coffin recording, finds recovery, photography and surveying, and the manual concludes with specifications for the contents of a site archive. This is the third edition of the manual. It is produced by the Museum of London Archaeology Service, which was created in 1991 by the merger of the Department of Greater London Archaeology and the Museum's former Department of Urban Archaeology, who published the original two editions. 128ppbl/wh ills199440-904818-40-3Rb£18.00MoLAS, Londonsiteman.jpg5thm_siteman.gif11106London’s Royal Navy victualling yard, the first large-scale naval food supply base in Britain, was founded in 1560 and closed in 1785, having proved inadequate for the needs of the expanding Georgian navy. A substantial part of the ground plan of the yard was recorded and combined with documentary evidence to identify slaughterhouses and yards, salt houses and pickling sheds, bakeries, coopers’ workshops, storehouses, and the offices and dwellings of yard personnel. The work reported on here represents the most extensive excavation and post-excavation analysis of an early post-medieval naval victualling establishment in this country and will be of especial interest to archaeologists and naval historians. -ppbw/col0145-Hb£-MOLA 4noImageAvailable.gif11113The East London Line Project, London’s latest railway, presented a unique opportunity to discover more about some of London’s earliest railways, including parts of one of the world’s first passenger railways, the Eastern Counties of 1840. Construction led to important archaeological discoveries in Shoreditch. The sparsely occupied hinterland of Roman London here, either side of Roman Ermine Street, was used for occasional burials. Medieval development began with the foundation of Holywell priory on the west side of Shoreditch High Street. Tudor buildings included a mansion on the site of the priory. The spread of the suburbs in the 17th and 18th centuries transformed the area and encouraged large-scale quarrying of brickearth and brickmaking nearby.</p> <p><i>2nd edition forthcoming; 1st edition 2009 out of print</i> 72ppMany col ills03978-1-901992-87-8Pb£9.95MOLA 4noImageAvailable.gif11112<i>Tin-glazed tiles from London</i> looks at the rich diversity of decorative tile designs used in the capital over 400 years. Starting with Moorish- and Renaissance-style designs from Spain, the book traces the importation of decorative tiles from the Low Countries and their eventual manufacture in London itself. The early tiles formed spectacular multi-coloured floor patterns. Later tiles were used as a decorative wall covering, particularly around fireplace surrounds. These tiles often have the blue on white designs traditionally associated with the town of Delft in Holland and the motifs range from biblical scenes and mythological figures to sailing ships and landscapes, birds, animals and flowers. -ppCol ills04--Hb£-MOLA 4noImageAvailable.gif11