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Medieval

Iffley parish place names

Iffley and Rose Hill - Introduction and origins

 

St Frideswide

The attached .pdf file is an investigation into St Frideswide monastery and its relationship with Cowley, St Clements and East Oxford.

Vikings in St Clements

This piece of research reconsiders evidence of a possible Viking burial on an island in the Cherwell, close to Magdalen Bridge.

Donnington Recreation Ground

Marking out features at Donnington Recreation Ground, October 2013

Archeox volunteers marking out features at Donnington Recreation Ground, September 2013

Survey and excavation of prehistoric features at Donnington Recreation Ground 2012-13

Test pit 66: 9 Junction Road, Temple Cowley, OX4 2NT

Address: 
9 Junction Road, Temple Cowley, OX4 2NT

This test pit was one of a cluster dug in the Temple Cowley area on the weekend of 29-30th June 2013 with the aim of finding out more about the archaeology of the area,especially the medieval activity associated with the Preceptory of the Knights Templar.The site was located within the grounds of a large house known as Quintain on old maps until the current house was built around the turn of the 20th century.The test pit showed that a large amount of topsoil had been imported to the site but the sealed levels below revealed a significant amount of Roman and some medieval activity.

Test Pit 68: 45 Temple Road, Temple Cowley Oxford

The site of the test pit was the rear garden of 45 Temple Road, Temple Cowley Oxford. The testpit was excavated as part of a series of test pits excavated in the Temple Cowley area of Oxfordover the weekend of 29th and 30th June 2013

 

For more information see the attached .pdf document

Test pit 67: 8 Kirby Place, Temple Cowley, Oxford.

A test pit was dug inside the small turfed back garden of a house registered in 1992 and lived in by the owner since 1999. Historically the 1879 OS map identifies the area as pasture and in thefirst half of the 20th century it was a timber yard owned by the Organ family.

For more information on the test pit see the attached .pdf document

Test pit 60: St Georges House, 31 Cowley Road, Littlemore

Test pit 60 was located here as it would appear that it is one of the oldest building stillstanding in this area of Littlemore. Test pit 60 was one of two located in the gardens of StGeorges House on the Cowley Road in Littlemore. TP 60 was located in the back gardenwhich has a west facing aspect. 

For more information see the attached .pdf documnet

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