Site Event/Activity record ECH3592 - Archaeological Evaluation at Barbauld Street, Warrington

Archaeological evaluation comprising desk-based assessment and trial-trenching in 1995 on land at Barbauld Street, Warrington. The proposed area of development lay within the former site of the Augustine Friary in Warrington founded in the late thirteenth century. Trial trenches revealed that substantial remains of the Friary, in the form of walls, drains and demolition debris, survive circa 1m below the existing ground surface. There were also extensive areas where 19th and 20th century features have removed all trace of the Friary particularly in the southern area of the development. (1)