ECC2298 - Burials observed at 38 Crouch Street, Colchester, 1895

Site Event/Activity record ECC2298 - Burials observed at 38 Crouch Street, Colchester, 1895

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Location	38 Crouch Street, Colchester
Grid reference	TL 9914 2495 (point)
Map sheet	TL92SE
Non Parish Area	COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)

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1895

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Description

A series of burials were discovered c.1895 during the construction of a greenhouse at No 38 Crouch Street. 'The skeletons were adult males and each man had been buried with a rude leaden coffin in his chest'.<1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SCC566 Article in serial: Sier, L.C.. 1924. Crouched Friars, Colchester.
<2> SCC106 Serial: Crummy, Philip. 1993. CAR 9:Excavations of Roman and later cemeteries, churches and monastic sites in Colchester, 1971-8. 9. p.245.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

MCC468 Burial ground of Crouched Friars Friary, Crouch Street, Colchester (Monument)
MCC472 Church of the Crouched or Crutched Friars, Crouch Street, Colchester (Monument)

Record last edited

Mar 14 2016 9:14AM

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