From field to suburb

Investigating a planted monastic settlement at Barnwell, Cambridge

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11612528
AutoresRichard Newman (0000-0002-2603-2209, Cambridge Archaeological Unit, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen178
Número1
Páginas53-106
Fecha de publicación2020-11-25
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArchaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00665983.2020.1754622
OpenAlexW3108866029
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas71

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

Ancient history · Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Fifteenth · Geography · Population · Settlement (finance · Situated · Sociology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Demography · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History