Monument record 10640/16 - Abbey of St Werburgh - Abbey Green

Excavations at Abbey Green. Throughout the medieval period, the site and quite probably the surrounding area was farmed as part of the St Werburgh estate. After the dissolution of the Abbey, garden boundary walls were built across the site. Across these C16 gardens a trench was cut probably during the Civil War to cover a breach made in the City Wall by the Parliamentarians. This trench was later backfilled and the site reverted to gardens until the present day (1).

<1> McPeake J.C. Bulmer M & Rutter J.A, 1980, Excavations in the garden of No. 1 Abbey Green, Chester, 1975-77, McPeake J C Bulmer M & Rutter J 1980 63/14-37 (Article in Journal). SCH5924.

<2> Lewis C.P & Thacker A.T. (eds), 2005, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume Vii, The City of Chester - The City of Chester, Culture, Buildings, Institutions (Book). SCH6522.