Site Event/Activity record ECH3253 - Excavations at the Telephone Exchange site, 1953 (Chester)

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Technique(s)

Organisation

Grosvenor Museum

Date

1953

Map

Description

Following much earlier excavations at the Telephone Exchange Site, Chester (ECH2486), two trial trenches were excavated in advance of an extension in the north in 1953. Similar to earlier excavations, large quantities of painted medieval glass were found.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Article in Journal: n/a. 1954. Miscellanea. Journal of the Chester Archaeological and Historic Society. Volume 41.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Post medieval glass working waste at St John Street (Find Spot)

Location

Location
Grid reference SJ 408 662 (point) Probable Location (E)
Map sheet SJ46NW
Civil Parish CHESTER NON PARISH AREA, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

Record last edited

Nov 19 2012 11:17AM