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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.

Archaeological evaluation : Vesta Street, New Islington, Ancoats, Manchester (2017)
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Mottershead, S. (2017). Archaeological evaluation : Vesta Street, New Islington, Ancoats, Manchester

In April 2017, Salford Archaeology was commissioned by the Manchester Life Development Company to undertake an archaeological evaluation of a parcel of land in the New Islington area of Ancoats, Manchester (centred on NGR 385370 398310). The evalua... Read More about Archaeological evaluation : Vesta Street, New Islington, Ancoats, Manchester.

Richard Arkwright's Shudehill Mill : the archaeology of Manchester's first steampowered cotton mill (2017)
Journal Article
Miller, I., & Glithero, J. (2017). Richard Arkwright's Shudehill Mill : the archaeology of Manchester's first steampowered cotton mill. Industrial Archaeology Review, 38(2), 98-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/03090728.2016.1266214

This article describes the archaeological recording of Richard Arkwright's mill on Shudehill in Manchester. This complex marked an important moment in the development of the mechanisation of the cotton industry in Britain. After initial but ultimatel... Read More about Richard Arkwright's Shudehill Mill : the archaeology of Manchester's first steampowered cotton mill.

Archaeological building investigation and evaluation : City Tower, Todd Street, Manchester (2016)
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Mottershead, S., & Stitt, L. (2016). Archaeological building investigation and evaluation : City Tower, Todd Street, Manchester

In July 2016, Salford Archaeology was commissioned by Unique Boutique Hotels (Manchester) Ltd to undertake an historic building investigation of the former Cathedral School on Todd Street, Manchester (centred on SJ 8406 9886). Following the demolit... Read More about Archaeological building investigation and evaluation : City Tower, Todd Street, Manchester.

Wearside pottery : a 20th-century potworks in Sunderland (2014)
Journal Article
Miller, I. (2014). Wearside pottery : a 20th-century potworks in Sunderland. Industrial Archaeology Review, 36(1), 24-31. https://doi.org/10.1179/0309072814Z.00000000027

This article summarises the findings from a recent archaeological excavation of the former Wearside Pottery in Sunderland, which provided a valuable opportunity to study the buried remains of a 20th-century potworks. Sunderland has a rich heritage of... Read More about Wearside pottery : a 20th-century potworks in Sunderland.

Glass recipes and the output from a 19th-century glass works: examples from Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd, Manchester (2012)
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Willmott, H., Miller, I., & Jackson, C. (2012). Glass recipes and the output from a 19th-century glass works: examples from Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd, Manchester. Industrial Archaeology Review, 34(1), 51-64. https://doi.org/10.1179/0309072812Z.0000000003

Excavations by Oxford Archaeology North in 2003 revealed extensive structural remains of the former Percival, Vickers and Co. Ltd glass works, one of the principal 19th-century glass manufactories in Manchester. A detailed account of the excavated re... Read More about Glass recipes and the output from a 19th-century glass works: examples from Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd, Manchester.

Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd : the archaeology of a 19th-Century Manchester flint glass works (2007)
Journal Article
Miller, I. (2007). Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd : the archaeology of a 19th-Century Manchester flint glass works. Industrial Archaeology Review, 29(1), 13-29. https://doi.org/10.1179/174581907X179966

The Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd glass works was amongst the largest glass manufactories in Manchester, and formed one of a regionally significant group of 19th-century glass works in the Ancoats district of the city. All of these works have since bee... Read More about Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd : the archaeology of a 19th-Century Manchester flint glass works.

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.

Archaeological excavation report : 2-4 Chester Road, Castlefield, Manchester
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Cook, O. Archaeological excavation report : 2-4 Chester Road, Castlefield, Manchester

Castlefield Developments (Manchester) Ltd has obtained planning consent for a residential development at 2-4 Chester Road in the Castlefield area of Manchester city centre (centred on NGR 383230 397440). The consented scheme allows for the constru... Read More about Archaeological excavation report : 2-4 Chester Road, Castlefield, Manchester.

Archaeological evaluation : Dakota Manchester, Ducie Street, Piccadilly, Manchester
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Burns, M. Archaeological evaluation : Dakota Manchester, Ducie Street, Piccadilly, Manchester

In May 2017, Salford Archaeology was commissioned by Evans Dakota Ltd to carry out an archaeological evaluation of a site situated off Ducie Street in the Piccadilly area of Manchester (centred on NGR SJ 84843 98193). The work was required to inform... Read More about Archaeological evaluation : Dakota Manchester, Ducie Street, Piccadilly, Manchester.

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.