Site Event/Activity record ECC261 - Wall seen in St Nicholas' graveyard, Culver Street, Colchester, 1842

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Location St Nicholas Church, Culver Street, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99800 25170 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Wire, William (Mr)

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1842

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Wire notes in his diary 'The clerk of St. Nicholas observed that in digging graves there it was not uncommon thing to meet with a foundation corresponding to the town wall and which appeared to run N-S. He then named the circumstances that when digging the grave for Mr Gentry it was originally intended to be nine feet deep, but...a lodgement was made in it for the coffin.. it appears to be part of a Roman house'. <1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> DIARY: Wire, William. 1842-1857. Journal of William Wire. 23/12/1842.
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 29, No61, page 202.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Roman wall, graveyard of St Nicholas's Church, Colchester (Element)
  • St Nicholas' Churchyard, High Street, Colchester (Monument)

Record last edited

Jan 20 2016 8:33AM

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