Site Event/Activity record ECC1363 - Urns, St John's Terrace, Colchester, 1843

Location

Location St John's Terrace, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99484 24963 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Unknown

Date

1843

Map

Description

Two or three urns found under west end of St John's Terrace.<1><2> This reference from Hull probably refers to the five urns recorded by William Wire: 31/5/1843, 'Purchased a fluted urn...found on the south side of Gutter St aliter John St', 2/6/1843 'Went to the digging going on the south side of St John Street west of Mr Cant's residence....One of the labourers brought me a large Roman urn, having the rim broke off' & 'Purchased a large urn containing a deposit by cremation found in John Street', also 27/6/1943, 'Another urn containing calcined bones was discovered this morning on Mr Beard's property immediately west of Mr Cant's house in Johns St', also 18/2/1845, 'Purchased a small Roman urn found on the ground (of) late Mr Cant's garden, John St'.<3> In his volume of Notes Hull records that, 'It is well to observe that all the antiquities noticed above and subsequently discovered in John Street were found from No 5 to the east end of St John's Terrace unless stated to the contrary.' <4>

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. page 294, No 127.
  • <2> Index: Essex County Council. 1972. Colchester SMR (computer). SMR 13222.
  • <3> DIARY: Wire, William. 1842-1857. Journal of William Wire. 31/5/1843, 2/6/1843, 27/6/1843.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Hull, M. Rex. Roman Colchester II: Extramural and Walls. II. Various Small Finds & Lesser Records.

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Roman cremation urn, St Johns Terrace, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman cremation urn, St Johns Terrace, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman cremation urn, St Johns Terrace, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Mar 10 2016 1:55PM

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