Research Catalog

Title

Charter Quay : the spirit of change : the archaeology of Kingston's riverside / [principal contributors Phil Andrews ... [et al.]].

Publication

Salisbury : Wessex Archaeology, 2003.

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Additional Authors

• Andrews, Phil, 1954-
• Wessex Archaeology (Firm)

Description

62 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 26 cm.

Summary

• "The Charter Quay development in Kingston upon Thames occupies much of the heart of the historic town. Before construction began, archaeologists excavating the site uncovered the essential elements of the town's growth over 900 years its urban planning, its market place businesses, shops and inns, the early industrial estate south of the Hogsmill, and the riverside wharves essential for its burgeoning trade."
• "This book describes the results of these important excavations, illuminating Kingston's wider history and bringing to life, in the details of the finds, the lives of the people; carpenters, bakers, innkeepers, maltsters and fishmongers who built the houses, ran the businesses, frequented the inns and helped turn a medieval village into a modern town."--Jacket.

Subject

• Excavations (Archaeology) > England
• Excavations (Archaeology) > London
• Charter Quay Site (Kingston upon Thames, England)
• Kingston upon Thames (London, England) > Antiquities
• Kingston upon Thames (London, England) > History
• Charter Quay Site (London, England)
• London (England) > Antiquities

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Background to the excavations -- Before 1066 -- Medieval urban expansion -- Late Medieval consolidation -- Inns and industry -- The history of the buildings.

ISBN

1874350388 (pbk.) :

OCLC

53963264

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library