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Late 17th- to 19th-century burial and earlier occupation at All Saints, Chelsea Old Church, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea / Robert Cowie, Jelena Bekvalac and Tania Kausmally.
Penn Museum Library DA677.1 .C69 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cowie, Robert.
- Series:
- MoLAS archaeology studies series ; 18.
- MoLAS archaeology studies series ; 18
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Chelsea Old Church (London, England).
- Excavations (Archaeology)--England--London.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Paleopathology.
- Cemeteries.
- Human remains (Archaeology).
- England--London.
- Human remains (Archaeology)--England--London.
- Cemeteries--England--London.
- Paleopathology--England--London.
- Chelsea (London, England)--Antiquities.
- Chelsea (London, England).
- Physical Description:
- xii, 69 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : Museum of London Archaeology Service, [2008]
- Language Note:
- Text in English with a summary in French and German.
- Summary:
- Excavations at 2-4 Old Church Street revealed prehistoric activity, a Roman rural settlement, and medieval gardens and domestic occupation associated with a medieval manor house, although most of the evidence for settlement related to the post-medieval period, when Chelsea changed from a village to a riverside resort and finally a suburb. A churchyard occupied the southern half of the site; here were recovered the skeletons of 290 parishioners buried between c.1700 and the mid 19th century, including two members of the Hand family who ran the Chelsea Bun House. The report considers various aspects of the cemetery, including its layout, and analysis of 198 skeletons provides demographic data for comparison with other London cemeteries and information on the health of this community.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781901992731
- 190199273X
- OCLC:
- 228569094
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