From field to suburb: investigating a planted monastic settlement at Barnwell, Cambridge. Issue 1 (2nd January 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- From field to suburb: investigating a planted monastic settlement at Barnwell, Cambridge. Issue 1 (2nd January 2021)
- Main Title:
- From field to suburb: investigating a planted monastic settlement at Barnwell, Cambridge
- Authors:
- Newman, Richard
- Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: At the beginning of the thirteenth century a planted development was established outside the gates of the Augustinian Priory at Barnwell, Cambridge. Although dislocated from the urban core by a kilometre of open fields, the new settlement nevertheless expanded rapidly; by the close of the thirteenth century, it housed almost one-sixth of the town's overall population and had attained the legal status of a suburb. Utilising a combination of archaeological evidence and historical sources, the settlement's origins, development and wider context are explored. In particular, its 'suburban' character is examined via a comparison of patterns of refuse disposal undertaken at a variety of sites situated elsewhere across Cambridge and its hinterland. Despite its early success, during the fifteenth century Barnwell's population began to decline. The settlement's diminution continued into the post-medieval period, until the area was eventually transformed via intensive speculative development into Cambridge's largest nineteenth-century suburb.
- Is Part Of:
- Archaeological journal. Volume 178:Issue 1(2021)
- Journal:
- Archaeological journal
- Issue:
- Volume 178:Issue 1(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 178, Issue 1 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 178
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0178-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 53
- Page End:
- 106
- Publication Date:
- 2021-01-02
- Subjects:
- Archaeology -- Great Britain -- Periodicals
Archaeology -- Periodicals
Great Britain -- Antiquities -- Periodicals
Great Britain -- History -- To 1485 -- Periodicals
Europe -- Antiquities -- Periodicals
913.42 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1080/00665983.2020.1754622 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0066-5983
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- Legaldeposit
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