Monument record MCC8315 - Colchester - St Nicholas Street

Summary

Entry from Wire's diary, 1842; "the clerk of St Nicholas observed that in digging graves there was no uncommon thing to meet with a foundation corresponding to the town wall and which appeared to run N-S".

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Grid reference TL 9979 2516 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Entry from Wire's diary, 1842; "the clerk of St Nicholas observed that in digging graves there was no uncommon thing to meet with a foundation corresponding to the town wall and which appeared to run N-S". <1> <2> <3>

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  • <1> DESC TEXT: Hull, MR. 1958. Roman Colchester. p202-3.
  • <2> DESC TEXT: Wire, W. 1842. Wire Diary.
  • <3> DESC TEXT: RCHME. 1922. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex - Volume 3. Vol 3, p28.

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Nov 3 2015 11:41AM

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