Outputs (70)

A Fruit of the Art of Fire: The Glass Industry in Britain (2022)
Book Chapter
Miller, I. (2022). A Fruit of the Art of Fire: The Glass Industry in Britain. In The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology (227–254). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199693962.013.17

This chapter aims to provide an overview of glass manufacture in Britain, with a focus on its transition from craft-working status in the sixteenth century to the industrial mass production of the nineteenth century. It uses evidence for innovation f... Read More about A Fruit of the Art of Fire: The Glass Industry in Britain.

Editorial (2021)
Journal Article
Miller, I. (2021). Editorial. Industrial Archaeology Review, 43(2), 79. https://doi.org/10.1080/03090728.2021.1994225

Coming out in the wash : investigating Manchester's public baths and wash-houses (2021)
Journal Article

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 Road to Wigan, RR70b: Excavation at Land Gate (2021)
Journal Article

An archaeological excavation in 2018 confirmed the precise course of the Wilderspool to Wigan Roman
road (Margary, 1973 RR70b) as it continues northwards from Ashton-in-Makerfield in Greater
Manchester. Whilst the surface of the road had been remov... Read More about The Road to Wigan, RR70b: Excavation at Land Gate.

The Vulcan Works, Southport: The Archaeology of an Edwardian Car Factory (2021)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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'.

Editorial (2020)
Journal Article
Miller, I. (2020). Editorial. Industrial Archaeology Review, 42(2), 97. https://doi.org/10.1080/03090728.2020.1852511

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.

Worsley (2020)
Data

Documents relating to the heritage of Worsley, Salford, Greater Manchester including archaeological reports and photographs

Archaeological evaluation report : plots H & J, Greengate, Salford (Phase II) (2020)
Report
Radford, A., & Miller, I. (2020). Archaeological evaluation report : plots H & J, Greengate, Salford (Phase II)