All Outputs (16)

The Archaeology of the British Coal Industry (2022)
Book Chapter
Palmer, M., & Nevell, M. The Archaeology of the British Coal Industry. In The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology (74-94). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199693962.013.10

This chapter concentrates on the archaeology of the coal industry within Britain, with a focus on extraction, processing, and transport, while placing the eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century industrial remains within a wider European cont... Read More about The Archaeology of the British Coal Industry.

Warehouses <i>c</i>.1770 to 1914 (2022)
Book Chapter
Nevell, M. Warehouses c.1770 to 1914. In The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology (445-456). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199693962.013.28

This chapter covers the new warehouse types of the industrial period in Britain, from the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. This includes those commercial building types involved with the short- to medium-term storage and distrib... Read More about Warehouses <i>c</i>.1770 to 1914.

Industrial Workers’ Housing in Britain (2022)
Book Chapter
Nevell, M. Industrial Workers’ Housing in Britain. In The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology (507-528). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199693962.013.32

This chapter focuses on the archaeological and standing buildings evidence for industrial housing directly associated with industry and urbanization in Britain during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. Such housing was a neces... Read More about Industrial Workers’ Housing in Britain.

The Archaeology of the Iron and Steel Industries in Britain (2022)
Book Chapter
Nevell, M. The Archaeology of the Iron and Steel Industries in Britain. In The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology (323-340). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199693962.013.7

This chapter deals with the physical remains of the iron and steel industry in Britain. The focus is on extraction and processing rather than the products. The archaeological evidence spans the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries, but with an emphas... Read More about The Archaeology of the Iron and Steel Industries in Britain.

Mechanical Engineering and the Integrated Engineering Works (2022)
Book Chapter
Nevell, M. Mechanical Engineering and the Integrated Engineering Works. In The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology (274-290). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199693962.013.8

This chapter looks at the development of mechanical engineering and integrated engineering works in Britain from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. It focusses on the main buildings on the sites, including pattern shop, foundry and forge, fit... Read More about Mechanical Engineering and the Integrated Engineering Works.

Community archaeology, identity and the excavation of Manchester’s Reno nightclub (2021)
Book Chapter
Nevell, M., & Brogan, L. (2021). Community archaeology, identity and the excavation of Manchester’s Reno nightclub. In L. Maloney, & J. Schofield (Eds.), Music and heritage : new perspectives on place-making and sonic identity (150-159). London and New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429343049-17

This chapter looks at the experiences of excavating a twentieth century urban site with the community who created and used it. The format is deliberately not that of a traditional archaeology report or theory piece, but rather a dialogue between the... Read More about Community archaeology, identity and the excavation of Manchester’s Reno nightclub.

Breaking down barriers : the role of public archaeology and heritage interpretation in shaping perceptions of the past (2020)
Book Chapter
Nevell, R., & Nevell, M. (2020). Breaking down barriers : the role of public archaeology and heritage interpretation in shaping perceptions of the past. In K. Gleave, H. Williams, & P. Clarke (Eds.), Public Archaeologies of Frontiers and Borderlands (108-128). Archaeopress

In 2018 a survey by English Heritage found that children’s memories of historic sites, specifically castles, are more likely to derive from film and television than visiting a castle. Ideas about the past become influenced by popular culture. Despite... Read More about Breaking down barriers : the role of public archaeology and heritage interpretation in shaping perceptions of the past.

Salford's first quay : the Irwell waterfront 1755 to c. 1890 (2017)
Book Chapter
Nevell, M. (2017). Salford's first quay : the Irwell waterfront 1755 to c. 1890. In Recapturing the past of Salford Quays (10-29). Salford: Centre for Applied Archaeology, University of Salford

This chapter reviews the archaeological evidence for the development of the Salford bank of the River Irwell during the 18th and 19th centuries in Greater Manchester, UK. The focus is on what recent developer-funded excavations can reveal about the d... Read More about Salford's first quay : the Irwell waterfront 1755 to c. 1890.

The Dig Manchester Project, 2005-2009 : Redefining community archaeology? (2015)
Book Chapter
Nevell, M. (2015). The Dig Manchester Project, 2005-2009 : Redefining community archaeology?. In M. Nevell, & N. Redhead (Eds.), Archaeology for All: Community Archaeology in the Early 21st Century: Participation, Practice and Impact (35-46). University of Salford: Centre for Applied Archaoelogy

The Dig Manchester project was a community archaeology scheme within the city of Manchester, UK, that ran from 2005 to 2009. This paper provides an overview of that project, the precursor to which began life under the banner of ‘Dig Moston’ in 2003 a... Read More about The Dig Manchester Project, 2005-2009 : Redefining community archaeology?.

Archaeology for all : Managing expectations and learning from the past for the future - the Dig Manchester community archaeology experience (2013)
Book Chapter
Nevell, M. (2013). Archaeology for all : Managing expectations and learning from the past for the future - the Dig Manchester community archaeology experience. In C. Dalglish (Ed.), Archaeology, the Public and the Recent Past (65-75). Woodbridge: Boydell Press

This paper provides an overview of the ‘I Dig Moston’/‘Dig Manchester’ community archaeology project, which took place in Manchester, England, between 2003 and 2008. This project involved the collaboration of local residents, school children, communi... Read More about Archaeology for all : Managing expectations and learning from the past for the future - the Dig Manchester community archaeology experience.

Power, Status and War: The Archaeology of the Castle in North West England. (2012)
Book Chapter
Nevell, M., Nevell, R., & Grimsditch, B. (2012). Power, Status and War: The Archaeology of the Castle in North West England. In Buckton Castle and the Castles of North West England (1-35). University of Salford: Centre for Applied Archaeology

Buckton Castle is one of the least known, but most dramatically situated, castles in North West England. Its origins have been shrouded in mystery until quite recently, with tales of treasure and battles, but little in the way of hard fact. This mono... Read More about Power, Status and War: The Archaeology of the Castle in North West England..

The Bridgewater in Cheshire: Recent archaeological investigations (2012)
Book Chapter
Nevell, M. (2012). The Bridgewater in Cheshire: Recent archaeological investigations. In M. Nevell, & T. Wyke (Eds.), Bridgewater 250. The Archaeology of the World's First Industrial Canal (93-104). Salford: Centre for Applied Archaeology, University of Salford

The book chapter reviews nearly two decades of archaeological resesearch along the Cheshire extension of the Bridgewater Canal, opened in 1776. This includes studies of Cornbrook Weir, the Dunham Aqueduct, Runcorn terminus and the surviving buildings... Read More about The Bridgewater in Cheshire: Recent archaeological investigations.

The grocers’ warehouse, Castlefield: the first true canal warehouse? (2012)
Book Chapter
Nevell, M. (2012). The grocers’ warehouse, Castlefield: the first true canal warehouse?. In Bridgewater 250. The Archaeology of the World's First Industrial Canal (83-92). Salford: Centre for Applied Archaeology, University of Salford

This article studies the archaeology and development of the Grocers' Warehouse at the Castelfield terminus of the Bridgewater Canal in Manchester. Built around 1770 it argues that it was the first canal warehouse to use internal split-level loading a... Read More about The grocers’ warehouse, Castlefield: the first true canal warehouse?.

The rise and fall of the felt hatting industry (2007)
Book Chapter
Nevell, M. (2007). The rise and fall of the felt hatting industry. In Denton and the Archaeology of the Felt Hatting Industry (1-25). Tameside: Tameside MBC

Denton was the largest of the six great hat manufacturing centres of Industrial Britain during the 19th and 20th centuries, and hatting companies within the town specialised in the production of felted fur and woollen hats. Denton hats were exported... Read More about The rise and fall of the felt hatting industry.

Bridgewater 250: Researching the archaeology and history of the first industrial canal
Book Chapter
Nevell, M., & Wyke, T. Bridgewater 250: Researching the archaeology and history of the first industrial canal. In Bridgewater 250: The Archaeology of the World's First Industrial Canal (1-16). Salford: Centre for Applied Archaeology, University of Salford

This chapter introduces the archaeology of the Bridgewater Canal. It looks at the canal as a tourist attraction, its impact on the regional 18th century coal industry in Manchester, the role of the Worsley collieries, the choice of the route, the rol... Read More about Bridgewater 250: Researching the archaeology and history of the first industrial canal.

People versus machines or people and machines? Current research directions within British post-medieval and industrial archaeology
Book Chapter
Nevell, M. People versus machines or people and machines? Current research directions within British post-medieval and industrial archaeology. In Crossing Paths or Sharing Tracks? Future directions in the archaeological study of post-1550 Britian and Ireland (31-40). Boydell & Brewer Ltd

This chapter reviews the continuing debate about the scope and role of industrial archaeology that was sparked by the publication of Understanding the Workplace, a research framework published by the Association for Industrial Archaeology in 2005. Si... Read More about People versus machines or people and machines? Current research directions within British post-medieval and industrial archaeology.