Site Event/Activity record ECC259 - Wall foundation opposite St Nicholas Church, Culver Street, Colchester, 1849

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Location St Nicholas Church, Culver Street, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99801 25165 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Wire, William (Mr)

Date

1849

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In 1849 Wire noted that 'opposite St. Nicholas Church...was a wall foundation of the usual adhesive character, and the operation of breaking it up was difficult. Further on, nearly opposite the Wesleyan Chapel a quality of fragments of thin slabs of marble'. <1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1953. 1:2500 OS Map 1953. JBAA, Vol5, p86.
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 29, No 69, page 202.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman wall, near St Nicholas Church, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Jan 20 2016 8:35AM

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