By Richard Cuttler, Sam Hepburn, Chris Hewitson and Kristina Krawiec. iii+197 pages. Oxford: Archaeopress. (BAR Brit Ser 563) 2012. ISBN 9781407310015. ISBN 978140731001538.00. The site of Delamere Street lies just outside the north gate of Roman and medieval Chester and in recent years has been subject to intensive investigation as part of the Gorse Stacks […]
By Peter Arrowsmith and David Power. iii+197 pages. Oxford: Archaeopress. (BAR Brit Ser 557) 2012. ISBN 9781407309590. £35.00. In 2002 the fullest evidence so far recovered for the Roman settlement at Nantwich was revealed by an excavation carried out at Kingsley Fields, on the west side of the town, ahead of a housing development. This […]
By Simon W Ward and others. xvi+446 pages. Oxford: Archaeopress. (BAR Brit Ser 553) 2012. ISBN 9781407309316. £55.00. This is the first detailed, wide-ranging report to be published on excavations in the extramural settlement of the Roman legionary fortress at Chester, specifically those around the western side of the fortress. This publication concentrates on ten […]
(Welsh Mines and Mining 2), ed D J Linton. Pbk. 150pp. Welsh Mines Society 2012. ISBN 9780956137715. £10.00. This volume contains two papers by our Secretary, Alan Williams. The first, ‘ Hidden bullion: silver production in north-east Wales’ reviews the history and profitability of silver extraction from the lead ore mined in north-east Wales from Roman times to the earlier […]
By Catherine Clarke. University of Wales Press 2011. This ground-breaking volume brings together contributions from scholars across a range of disciplines (including literary studies, history, geography and archaeology) to investigate questions of space, place and identity in the medieval city. Using Chester as a case study ? with attention to its location on the border between […]
By David Barrowclough. History Press (formerly Tempus Books) 2008 This book is the product of a number of years of research into the history and archaeology of the local area, particularly the early history of Cheshire and Lancashire, beginning with the first hunter-gatherer groups about 10,000 years ago. It includes new research on the archaeology […]
By Dan Garner and Others. Chester City Council 2009. (Archaeological Service Excavation & Survey Report No 14) Excavations in the backlands on the east side of Bridge Street have provided a wealth of archaeological evidence for 2000 years of the city’s history. Combined with documentary references, this has enabled us to build up a detailed […]
By Jane Laughton. Windgather Press 2008. In the late medieval period, Chester was the most important place in north-western England, serving as administrative centre of the county palatine and as the regional capital. The city was not large but was further enhanced by its role as ecclesiastical capital and garrison town. Chester’s location ensured close links […]
By Robert A Philpott and Mark H Adams. 270 pp. Liverpool: National Museums Liverpool 2010. ISBN 9781902700410 A chance find of Roman pottery in a garden at Irby, Wirral, in the 1940s led in 1987 to the discovery of an important and long-lived settlement site by archaeologists from National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (now National […]
By S Harding, M A Jobling & T King. Pbk. 150 pp, numerous colour illustrations. Birkenhead: Countyvise, 2010. ISBN-10: 1906823464; ISBN-13: 9781906823467. This new book by Steve Harding, Mark Jobling and Turi King sets out the results of the first part of a genetic survey of northern England ? embracing the Wirral and west Lancashire ? […]
