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Council for British Archaeology North-West Regional Group News NW Autumn 2013 Council for British Archaeology North-West Regional Group News NW Autumn 2013 CBA North West Autumn Conference Archaeology and the Council for British conference on Industrial Archaeology Archaeology set up a network of regional was held at Wilmslow in the autumn The CBA North West 2013 Autumn meeting of 2012 and the Panel was formally will be held on Saturday 9th November at industrial archaeology panels across Britain. The membership of these new recognised as part of the group at the Waddington, Lancashire. The meeting is 2013 CBA NW AGM. entitled ‘The Vernacular Architecture of bodies was voluntary and designed to include both professional and voluntary Buildings’ and will include a guided walk. In the next twelve months the Panel will Details of the programme and further archaeologists, museum specialists, and business people. At the time it was felt that be supporting the Manchester Regional information, including a registration form, Industry Archaeology’s conference on are available at: such a broad cross-section would allow the panels to address the twin issues of ‘Re-capturing the Past of Salford Quays’, http://www.archaeologyuk.org/cbanw/ to be held at Ordsall Hall on Friday 18th CBANW_meetings_intro.html . preservation and record. Over the years industrial archaeology has developed October (see the MRIAS website for The Merseyside Historic Environment its own broader research priorities, and details – www.mrias.co.uk ) and will be Record (HER) and Archaeology on archaeological sites from the period of helping run the Association for Industrial Merseyside the Industrial Revolution, however that is Archaeology’s annual conference in September 2014. This will be held at Since the last Newsletter further defined, are now recognised as forming Chester University from the 5th to 10th discussions between the local authorities, an important part of the nations’ historic October and will look at that county’s IA. English Heritage and National Museums environment, with several such as New If you would like to get involved with Liverpool have taken place regarding the Lanark, the Pontcysyllte Viaduct, and the Panel (we are currently looking for a future provision of a Merseyside HER. Saltaire, now UNESCO World Heritage meetings and minutes secretary) please www.britarch.ac.uk/cbanw It is believed that a resolution has now Sites. email the current Chair, Mike Nevell – been found and that there will be a formal [email protected] announcement shortly. This is good news The Panel meets three times a year and following two and a half years of uncertainty. publishes an occasional e-newsletter Mike Nevell However, it is still unclear what processes (Industrial Archaeology North West). the local authorities have implemented The current membership of the North ’Life and Death - Stories of Norton to take on the planning issues formerly West Panel includes professional Priory’. dealt with by Merseyside Archaeological archaeologists, museum experts, and Advisory Service particularly around the volunteers from across the region with A conference to be held on Saturday policies outlined in the National Planning interests ranging from air transport and 26th October at Merseyside Maritime Policy Framework (NPPF). It is hoped that boat construction, through railways, salt Museum, Liverpool. Full details of this we shall have further detailed information production, and steam engines, to water event are available on Norton Priory’s to pass on in the next Newsletter. supply, windmills, and warehouses. The Panel acts as a forum for exchanging news web-site. Tickets costing £35 (£25 concessions) each, including a buffet The CBA North West Industrial and best practice, for debating and acting lunch and refreshments, can be obtained Archaeology Panel upon current issues and threats within industrial archaeology and heritage, from the reception desk at Norton Priory or visit: www.nortonpriory.org or At the last AGM, in the spring, the North and as a promoter of further study into telephone 01928 569895. West Industrial Archaeology Panel became the subject through the sponsorship of formally part of CBA North West. But what conferences and publications. Digging Greater Manchester in 2013 is the Panel, what does it do, and why has it become part of CBA North West? It was felt by both the Panel and the CBA North West Committee that these The Centre for Applied Archaeology at the University of Salford has been The origins of the Panel lie in the late objectives could be best met through fully engaged with their community 1970s when the Association for Industrial formally linking the Panel with the regional group. With that in mind a joint archaeology projects during 2013. Our Council for British Archaeology North-West Regional Group. Registered Charity No 1081620. E-mail: [email protected] 1 | CBA News NW Autumn 2013 long-term project, Dig Greater Manchester Balderstone Park, Rochdale (DGM), continues and this year we have completed dig numbers five, six and seven: Amidst the showers and some long- These were at Moss Bank Park in Halliwell awaited summer weather (last seen in in Bolton, Balderstone Park in Rochdale, and 2011), around 300 school children and Barracks Park in Hulme, Manchester. With more than 60 adult volunteers helped another one planned for this year in early uncover the foundations of the 18th and October at Buile Hill Park in Salford that 19th century Balderstone Hall. The hall, leaves us with the remaining three boroughs in the hilly land south of Rochdale, has of Tameside, Trafford and Blackburn with medieval origins and was occupied by the Darwen for 2014. Holt family in the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1852 it was bought by Joshua Radcliffe, Moss Bank Park, Bolton a local mill owner, who demolished the Cobble-set street with houses leading old hall and built a grand classical-style directly off it (Barracks Park) Although there is possible medieval evidence double-depth, two storey, central-staircase for the area, the site we were looking at property, reminiscent of many of the that were situated just on the outside of the belongs to the period at the end of the 18th fashionable villa residences of the time. barrack’s perimeter wall that were almost century when a bleaching family called In the 20th century it was bought by the intact below ground, with a perfect cobble- the Ainsworths obtained the land when local council and used as a library until its set road way between. they extended their bleaching operations. demolition. When Peter Ainsworth died in 1780 he was An unusual but none the less exciting find succeeded by his son, also named Peter, who The excavations indicated that the 1852 was a large number of one ounce Bovril built a house called Moss Bank House in hall had involved the demolition of much bottles that could have been part of the 1786. It was this building, or its remains, that of the older buildings, although some 18th soldier’s daily rations, a large percentage we were looking to expose in March. century fabric survived to the rear, north being found in the canteen area of the of the site, including a circular well. Once barracks. Bovril was invented for the The dig was very successful with all available more, despite the documentary references, French army of the late 19th century as they places filled by the adult volunteers along this was a site which failed to produce were extremely short of food supplies as a with 10 schools who spent half a day on site. any medieval archaeology. The earliest result of the war with Prussia. Obviously The below-ground remains were in good material appears to be some of the large the British Army decided that it was a good condition and we were able to identify the number of clay pipes that were recovered, thing to issue to their soldiers as well. foundations of an octagonal bay along with with several forms suggesting an early the basement/cellars of two adjacent bays 18th century date. The rear cellared range A great deal of interest was shown in the of the house. There is still a lot more to be appeared to be the service area of the hall, investigation with two articles on BBC uncovered including the two-storey servants with several large fireplaces, and plenty of TV’s Look North West programme and in building. This lies underneath the tarmac of pottery, mostly 19th and early 20th century the Manchester Evening News local paper. a car park, whilst the front of the house lies stoneware and cream-ware storage jars, under a grassed area. jugs, and plates. Buile Hill Park, Salford Sadly, the weather was against us with below Barracks Park, Manchester The last DGM event of the year will be at freezing temperatures on most days and six Buile Hill Park in Salford between 30th inches of snow on the final Thursday, Friday, This was an exciting evaluation for the September and 12th October. This dig is and the Saturday open day at the end of the Dig Greater Manchester team as well as fully booked now, but please come along dig. Even so we had no volunteer cancellations the volunteers, as it was the site of the to the open day on the 12th October to see and still had 70 visitors on the open day. cavalry barracks from which the 15th for yourselves what we have uncovered. We Hussars sallied out to assist in dispersing will be looking to rediscover the mid-19th the crowds at Peter’s Field in Manchester century hall known as Hart Hill which was (Peterloo Massacre) in September 1819. built directly on top of an 18th century hall, that in turn replaced a possible medieval We were limited to digging along the structure.
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