Information for record number MWA1014:
Site of Romano-British Cemetery at 77 Tiddington Road, Stratford

Summary The site of a cemetery dating to Romano-British period. It contained over 200 burials, of which most were inhumations, with some cremations. Probably associated with the settlement to the east (MWA4467).
What Is It?  
Type: Cemetery, Burial, Inhumation, Cremation
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Stratford upon Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 21 55
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 220 graves recently excavated (1923-4) in the meadow sloping down to the river between 'Stratford' and the village of Tiddington.
2 The skeletons, men, women and children, many in a fair state of preservation, were sent to Birmingham University for examination.
3 Twelve more burials from this cemetery.
4 Finds are in New Place Museum.
5 The only records of this excavation surviving are a plan (in Warwickshire Museum Field Services archive), showing about twenty burials, and a few photographs, but about 220 burials were excavated, mostly inhumations with some cremations.
6 "The evidence for the Anglo-Saxon use of the 1923-4 Tiddington cemetery is probably spurious, as the alleged finds cannot be traced". The finds appear to have actually been associated with burials from Alveston Manor (MWA5162).
7 Letter about the location of material from Bradley Lodge, Alveston.
8 Observation of a foundation trench to the rear of 77 Tiddington Road. A single burial, probably of Roman date, was recorded, likely belonging to the cemetery excavated in 1923.
9 Verbal report of human remains during excavation of a swimming pool on 79 Tiddington Rd.
10 Full report for
8. This new find of a skeleton demonstrates that the 1923-1924 excavations did not reveal the full extent of the cemetery. There is therefore good reason to suppose that other burials still exist in the vicinity.
11 Evaluation at no 79 recorded a large number of burials. These were left in situ, but an initial appraisal, based on orientation and lack of grave goods, suggests strongly they are of Romano-British date. They ranged from moderately well to poorly preserved, in the slightly acid soils at Tiddington. The absence of graves in trenches further to the north, suggests that the cemetery was limited to the flat part of the Avon's second terrace. A linear feature was however located in trenches to the north which could suggest a boundary for the cemetery.
 
Sources
Source No: 6
Source Type: Article in monograph
Title: Origins: the Romano-British and Anglo Saxon Settlements
Author/originator: Palmer, N.J.
Date: 1997
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Antiquaries Journal
Author/originator:
Date: 1926
Page Number: 193
Volume/Sheet: 6 (2)
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Tiddington
Author/originator: Fieldhouse et al
Date: 1931
Page Number: 3, 21
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: JRS
Author/originator:
Date: 1925
Page Number: 231
Volume/Sheet: 15
   
Source No: 7
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Material from Bradley Lodge, Alveston
Author/originator: WM
Date:
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Source No: 11
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: Archaeological Evaluation at 79 Tiddington Road, Stratford-upon Avon, Warwickshire
Author/originator: S C Palmer
Date: 2009
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Source No: 10
Source Type: Observation Report
Title: Archaeological Observation at 77 Tiddington Road, Stratford-upon Avon, Warwickshire- Full Report
Author/originator: S C Palmer
Date: 2009
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 25NE6
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1968
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Source No: 5
Source Type: Serial
Title: WMA vol 24
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1981
Page Number: 64
Volume/Sheet: 24
   
Source No: 9
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Information on burial at 79 Tiddington Road, Stratford-upon-Avon
Author/originator: A Stocks
Date: 2009
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Source No: 8
Source Type: Watching Brief Report
Title: Archaeological Observations at 77 Tiddington Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire - Interim Report
Author/originator: S C Palmer
Date: 2009
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source OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. back
source WMA West Midlands Archaeology. This publication contains a short description for each of the sites where archaeological work has taken place in the previous year. It covers Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire. Some of these descriptions include photographs, plans and drawings of the sites and/or the finds that have been discovered. The publication is produced by the Council For British Archaeology (CBA) West Midlands and is published annually. Copies are held at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
technique excavation Archaeologists excavate sites so that they can find information and recover archaeological materials before they are destroyed by erosion, construction or changes in land-use.

Depending on how complicated and widespread the archaeological deposits are, excavation can be done by hand or with heavy machinery. Archaeologists may excavate a site in a number of ways; either by open area excavation, by digging a test pit or a trial trench.
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period Roman About 43 AD to 409 AD (the 1st century AD to the 5th century AD)

The Roman period comes after the Iron Age and before the Saxon period.

The Roman period in Britain began in 43 AD when a Roman commander called Aulus Plautius invaded the south coast, near Kent. There were a series of skirmishes with the native Britons, who were defeated. In the months that followed, more Roman troops arrived and slowly moved westwards and northwards.
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monument UNIVERSITY * A group of colleges and associated buildings belonging to a university. back
monument CREMATION * A funeral rite in which the human body is burnt, usually on a pyre, leaving fragmentary charred or completely combusted remains. Often found buried, occasionally in a container associated with grave goods. back
monument VILLAGE * A collection of dwelling-houses and other buildings, usually larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a simpler organisation and administration than the latter. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument LODGE * A small building, often inhabited by a gatekeeper, gamekeeper or similar. Use specific type where known. back
monument INHUMATION * An interment of unburnt, articulated human remains. Use specific type where known. back
monument BOUNDARY * The limit to an area as defined on a map or by a marker of some form, eg. BOUNDARY WALL. Use specific type where known. back
monument GRAVE * A place of burial. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FAIR * A site where a periodical gathering of buyers, sellers and entertainers, meet at a time ordained by charter or statute or by ancient custom. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument LINEAR FEATURE * A length of straight, curved or angled earthwork or cropmark of uncertain date or function. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument MUSEUM * A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed. back
monument CEMETERY * An area of ground, set apart for the burial of the dead. back
monument MANOR * An area of land consisting of the lord's demesne and of lands from whose holders he may exact certain fees, etc. back
monument TRENCH * An excavation used as a means of concealment, protection or both. back
monument BURIAL * An interment of human or animal remains. Use specific type where known. If component use with wider site type. Use FUNERARY SITE for optimum retrieval in searches. back
monument HUMAN REMAINS * The unarticulated remains of the body of a human being. If articulated use inhumation. back
monument MEADOW * A piece of grassland, often near a river, permanently covered with grass which is mown for use as hay. back
monument SWIMMING POOL * A large, manmade pool, usually lined with tiles, rubber or similar. Can be placed in the open air, eg. a LIDO, or built as part of a covered sports centre. back
monument TERRACE * A row of houses attached to and adjoining one another and planned and built as one unit. back

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