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The History and Archaeology of Cathedral Square Peterborough (Paperback)
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The History and Archaeology of Cathedral Square Peterborough (Paperback)
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Northamptonshire Archaeology, now MOLA Northampton, was
commissioned by Opportunity Peterborough (Peterborough City
Council) to undertake archaeological work ahead of an improvement
scheme centred on Cathedral Square, the historic centre of
Peterborough. The construction of two triangular arrays of
fountains in the central part of Cathedral Square formed the core
of the archaeological investigation, which was undertaken from
November 2008 to August 2011. The archaeological work identified a
succession of stone surfaces from the creation of the market square
in the 12th century through to the 19th century. The cobbled
surface of the original market square was overlaid by an
accumulation of dark organic silts, containing finds dating through
to the 16th century. At the start of the 15th century the parish
church of St John the Baptist was constructed over the western half
of the medieval market square with a cemetery immediately to the
west of the church. Following the closure of this cemetery by the
later 16th century, a small area of floor surfaces were the
probable remains of a building, perhaps the Sexton's house, at the
north end of Butchers Row. On the south side of the market square
there were the remains of a rectangular stone building, dated to
the late 15th to 17th centuries, perhaps containing shops. Between
this building and the church, a raised area of rubble was probably
a remnant of the plinth for the recorded market cross. The late
17th century saw the construction of the still extant Guildhall to
the east of the church. The raising of the ground level and
resurfacing of the square was probably contemporary with the
Guildhall. This would have involved the removal of all existing
buildings on the south side of the square, as well as the removal
of the market cross. In the late 18th or early 19th centuries the
square was again raised and resurfaced, now with pitched limestone.
Shallow gutters between the pavement and the road facilitated
drainage. A surface of granite sets of the 19th-century survived in
a few places below the late 20th-century slab pavement, which has
now been replaced by the fountain development.
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