Monument record 179/0/20 - Rubbish pit and waterlogged deposits, rear of 35 Hospital Street

<1> Ray J, 1976, Hospital Street, Nantwich 1976 (Unpublished Report). SCH7374.

Short report for the excavations at Williams' Chemists, 35 Hospital St., in 1976. The aim was to identify whether further remains of a wooden structure were present as was found some 29m away to the rear of No.31 Hospital St, in 1975, (see CHER 179/0/19, ECH2617). Includes illustrations of pottery finds (fragments of bowls, jugs, platters) including mottled ware, light grey ware, buff ware, orange ware, pink ware.

<2> Williams B, 1981, Nantwich - Archaeological Implications Survey, SCH2236a (Paper Archive). SCH2236.

The site of a small excavation by Mr J Ray to the rear of 35 Hospital Street is recorded (1976).

<3> Ray, J., 1991, Finds from the new extension to the Kiltearn Medical Centre, Hospital Street, Nantwich, Cheshire (Unpublished Report). SCH7373.

Report for an excavation undertaken in March 1991 by John Ray at the site of the new extension to the Kiltearn Medical Centre, Hospital Street (a site on which he had done a small excavation in 1976, see sources 1 and 2). The site at the rear of Williams Chemist would have been the back yard to one of the timber-framed houses that lined Hospital Street before the Great Fire which occurred 10/12/1583 in which 600 buildings were destroyed. Also on the site were stables and a smithy belonging to Kiltearn House, originally dating to the 17th century but partially rebuilt in the 18th century. A rubbish pit and dumped material including mussel shells was recorded, associated with a piece of Midland yellow pottery sherd from a medicine jar (1550-1650). The rubbish pit was waterlogged and contained numerous finds including wine bottles, leather shoe soles, wooden stakes, animal bones, skulls and horns and pottery (purple ware, slip ware, mottled ware, shiny black ware, yellow ware and cistercian ware). A total of 594 pot sherds were recovered. A fragment of medieval tile was also found.

<4> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Ray J, 1992 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Remains of several leather shoes, at least some of medieval date, shown to CSMR in May 1992 by Mr J Ray. Found at rear of Williams Chemists (35 Hospital Street) in at least 2 episodes of digging, one fairly recently (source 3).