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Industrial Archaeology

St Martin's Uncovered: Investigations in the Churchyard of St. Martin's-in-the-Bull-Ring, Birmingham, 2001
by Megan Brickley and Simon Buteux, Josephine Adams and Richard Cherrington
The archaeological excavations at St. Martin's churchyard, Birmingham uncovered 857 burials dating to the late 18th and the 19th century. The burials represent a cross-section of Birmingham's population during the peiod of the Industrial Revolution. Detailed anthropological analysis was carried out on a sample of 505 of the skeletons, investigating aspects of demography and health. Compared to the modern British population, the analysis revealed ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £30.00, Our Price GB £10.00

Stepney Gasworks: The Archaeology and History of the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company's Works at Harford Street, London E1, 1837-1946
by Antony Francis
The principal works of the Commercial Gas Company was set up in Stepney in the late 1830s and generated coal gas until the mid 20th century. As London expanded, the Stepney Works was transformed from a tiny site in an almost rural setting into a massive industrial complex packed with buildings. In 1864 it had the world's third largest gasholder. The gas, initially for street lighting, was later used for heating and cooking as competition with the ...
Paperback. Price GB £10.00

The Environmental Archaeology of Industry
edited by Peter Murphy and Patricia E J Wiltshire
The environmental impact of industry is often profound and far-reaching, and has long been present in the cultural landscape, but research into the nature and relative importance of industrial activity has been somewhat neglected by environmental archaeologists. This volume presents eighteen papers deriving from a conference of the Association for Environmental Archaeology; they aim to bridge the gap between environmental and industrial ...
Paperback. Price GB £35.00

Rediscovering Bradford: Archaeology in the Engine Room of Manchester
by Ian Miller, edited by Rachel Newman and Norman Redhead
Historically, Bradford was a rural township that lay beyond the eastern fringe of Manchester. Settlement probably comprised little more than a few cottages scattered around Bradford Old Hall, a moated monor house that was built in the mid-fourteenth century. It was largely an agricultural area, although some coal was being mined from shallow workings by the late sixteenth century. This rich natural resource was the principal reason for the ...
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Limestone Industries of the Yorkshire Dales
by David Johnson
A comprehensive historical and archaeological study of the limestone industry in the Yorkshire Dales, which explores the uses to which limestone has been put, charts its extraction and the methods employed since Roman times, as well as the impact of quarrying on the landscape, and analyses the role of limestone in the local and wider economy. 283p b/w illus, col pls (Amberley 2002, 2nd ed 2010)
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The Roman Watermills and Settlement at Ickham, Kent
by Paul Bennett, Ian Riddler, and Christopher Sparey-Green
This is the account of 'rescue' excavations undertaken during gravel quarrying between 1972 and 1974 at Ickham on the Little Stour river in Kent. Initially excavated by a local amateur group led by the late Jim Bradshaw, who had discovered the site, the final season was funded by the then Department of the Environment and directed by Christopher Young. Four watermills were identified, flanking a road, possibly the main route from Richborough to ...
Hardback. Price GB £40.00

Tin and Tin Mining
by R.L. Atkinson
Focusing in particular on Cornwall, this (very) brief illustrated guide, explores the development of the tin mining industry, and techniques of exploration, extraction. seperation and smelting, from prehistory onwards. 32p b/w illus (1985, Shire reprint 2010)
Paperback. Price GB £4.99

American Industrial Archaeology
by Douglas C. McVarish
This comprehensive guide provides the reader with basic information of the most common types of structures, sites, and objects encountered in American industrial archaeology. These include bridges, railroads, roads, waterways, several types of production and extraction factories, water and power generating facilities, and others. Each chapters contains a brief introduction to the technology or features of each class of installation, illustrations ...
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Laying the Foundations: A History and Archaeology of the Trent Valley Sand and Gravel Industry
by Tim Cooper
A pioneering regional study of one of the UK's key heavy industries in the 20th century - aggregates. Combining archaeological fieldwork with historical research and oral testimony, Tim Cooper traces the development of the industry through the 20th century, the machinery and processes used in quarrying, issues of supply and storeage, its place in the wider industry, and perhaps most prominently its significant impact on the Trent Valley ...
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The Wealden Iron Industry
by Jeremy Hodgkinson
The Weald (Kent, Surrey and Sussex) was from Roman times until the seventeenth century an iron producing area of international significance. Jeremy Hodgkinson surveys this industry, and the landscape of the Weald, looking at the development of ironworking techniques, the lives of the labourers, the iron products being manufactured, and the place of the iron industry in the wider British economy. Appendices include lists of blast furnaces and ...
Paperback. Price GB £15.99