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Coming out in the wash : investigating Manchester's public baths and wash-houses (2021)
Journal Article
Miller, I., & Cook, O. (2021). Coming out in the wash : investigating Manchester's public baths and wash-houses. Industrial Archaeology Review, 43(2), 114-134. https://doi.org/10.1080/03090728.2021.1967572

Manchester experienced an astonishing rate of growth from the late 18th century to become the first industrial town in the world by the 1830s. Its industrial prowess was fuelled by remarkable engineering talent that was drawn from across the country,... Read More about Coming out in the wash : investigating Manchester's public baths and wash-houses.

The Vulcan Works, Southport : the archaeology of an Edwardian car factory (2021)
Journal Article
Miller, I., & Stitt, L. (2021). The Vulcan Works, Southport : the archaeology of an Edwardian car factory. Industrial Archaeology Review, 43(1), 34-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/03090728.2021.1885878

The widespread adoption of the motor car had what was perhaps the greatest impact on the physical and social landscape of 20th-century Britain, and yet virtually none of the early car factories have been subject to formal archaeological investigation... Read More about The Vulcan Works, Southport : the archaeology of an Edwardian car factory.

Medieval Britain and Ireland — fieldwork highlights in 2019 : 'Excavations in the Northern Quarter of medieval Coventry' (2020)
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Miller, I., & Radford, A. (2020). Medieval Britain and Ireland — fieldwork highlights in 2019 : 'Excavations in the Northern Quarter of medieval Coventry'. Medieval Archaeology, 64(2), 378-384. https://doi.org/10.1080/00766097.2020.1835278

Following an initial programme of archaeological evaluation trenching that confirmed the presence of extensive and significant below-ground remains across the site of the former Coventry Evening Telegraph complex, full excavation of five areas was ca... Read More about Medieval Britain and Ireland — fieldwork highlights in 2019 : 'Excavations in the Northern Quarter of medieval Coventry'.

Settlement, land-use and communication at Cuerden, Central Lancashire : an archaeological case study (2020)
Journal Article
Cook, O., & Miller, I. (2020). Settlement, land-use and communication at Cuerden, Central Lancashire : an archaeological case study

An archaeological investigation undertaken by Salford Archaeology in 2016-18 ahead of a large development at Cuerden in Central Lancashire yielded significant evidence for land use in the area from the prehistoric period through to the present day. I... Read More about Settlement, land-use and communication at Cuerden, Central Lancashire : an archaeological case study.

Out of the blue : the Seacombe Smalt Works (2020)
Journal Article
Radford, A., & Miller, I. (2020). Out of the blue : the Seacombe Smalt Works. Current archaeology, 365,

Brief summary of an excavation of the 19th-century Seacombe Smalt Works in Birkenhead.

Excavating the Wear Flint Glass Works, Lisburn Terrace, Sunderland (2018)
Journal Article
Gregory, R., Dungworth, D., Wild, C., & Miller, I. (2018). Excavating the Wear Flint Glass Works, Lisburn Terrace, Sunderland. Archaeologia Aeliana, 47, 271-305

In 2011, an open-area excavation was undertaken on the site of the Wear Flint Glass Works, Sunderland. This glassworks operated throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and was initially engaged in the production of pressed-glass vesse... Read More about Excavating the Wear Flint Glass Works, Lisburn Terrace, Sunderland.

The Netherhall Blast Furnace, Maryport (2000)
Journal Article
Miller, I. (2000). The Netherhall Blast Furnace, Maryport. Historical Metallurgy, 34(2), 97-109

Reports on an archaeological investigation and documentary survey undertaken in 1993 of a mid-18th-century blast furnace in Maryport. The results suggested that the furnace was designed to operate on coke fuel, placing Netherhall at the forefront of... Read More about The Netherhall Blast Furnace, Maryport.

Lamb Street, Coventry, West Midlands : post-excavation assessment report
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Radford, A., Miller, I., & Rowe, S. Lamb Street, Coventry, West Midlands : post-excavation assessment report

Between December 2018 and March 2019, Salford Archaeology carried out an archaeological excavation on Lamb Street, within the historic core of Coventry city centre (centred on NGR SP 33270 79350). This uncovered significant remains deriving from the... Read More about Lamb Street, Coventry, West Midlands : post-excavation assessment report.