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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.