Information for record number MWA7050:
Warwick Eastern Medieval Suburb

Summary Medieval suburb stretching out east from Warwick including Smith Street, Church Street, Chapel Road, Priory Road, Gerrard Street, St Johns, Coten End and Mill Street.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Warwick
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 65
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Likely that the suburb was well developed by 1123. The earliest mapping from the 1610 Speed map shows built up frontage of the streets within the suburb while the 1711 Fish and Bridgeman map shows more detail in relation to tenement plots.
2 Medieval suburb stretching out east from Warwick including Smith Street, Church Street, Chapel Road, Priory Road, Gerrard Street, St Johns, Coten End and Mill Street.
3 Observation with the projected extent of the suburb recorded a buried soil possibly associated with the use of this area as fields in the Medieval/post-Medieval periods.
4 Further excavation in Smith Street revealed a complex of Medieval features, including a Medieval pit with 13th-16th century pottery as well as a possible Medieval wall.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: Archaeological Evaluation to the Rear of 36 Smith Street, Warwick
Author/originator: Palmer S
Date: 2003
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Volume/Sheet: Report No 0310
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: 28-30 Smith Street, Warwick
Author/originator: Jones C
Date: 1993
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: 28-30 Smith Street, Warwick
Author/originator: Jones C
Date: 1993
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Observation Report
Title: Archaeological Observation at King's High School, Arts and Music Department Extension, Chapel Street, Warwick
Author/originator: C Jones
Date: 2009
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Glossary

 
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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 Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument SCHOOL * An establishment in which people, usually children, are taught. back
monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument PRIORY * A monastery governed by a prior or prioress. Use with narrow terms of DOUBLE HOUSE, FRIARY, MONASTERY or NUNNERY. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SUBURB * A largely residential area on the outskirts of a town or city. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument TENEMENT * A parcel of land. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument CHAPEL * A freestanding building, or a room or recess serving as a place of Christian worship in a church or other building. Use more specific type where known. back
monument WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back

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