44The 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.jpg11