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Record Details

HER Number:00765
Type of record:Monument
Name:Stafford Burh

Summary

The burh of Stafford was founded by Aethelfleda in 913AD. The medieval town developed in the same area and had continuous borough status throughout the medieval period. Saxon, medieval and post-medieval archaeological remains have been discovered in the town.

Grid Reference:SJ 921 232
Map Sheet:SJ92SW
Parish:Stafford, Stafford Borough
Map:Show this site on map

Monument Type(s):

  • MARKET (Established Norman - 1175 AD)
  • TOWN (Norman - 1206 AD)
  • BURH (SAXON to Unknown - 913 AD)
  • TOWN (POST MEDIEVAL to Victorian - 1547 AD to 1899 AD)

Associated Events:

  • EST1032 - An archaeological evaluation at the Shopmobility development site, Broad Street, Stafford.
  • EST1046 - Boreholing at 25-27 Gaolgate Street, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1060 - An archaeological evaluation at Salter Street, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1033 - An archaeological excavation at the Shopmobility Development Site, Broad Street, Stafford.
  • EST1035 - An archaeological excavation and watching brief at 4 Chapel Street, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1036 - An archaeological watching brief at the Sainsbury's Store, Chell Road, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1040 - An archaeological evaluation at 41 Eastgate Street, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1041 - An archaeological excavation at The Telephone Exchange, Eastgate Street, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1042 - An archaeological watching brief at 37-38 Eastgate Street, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1047 - An archaeological evaluation at 25-27 Gaolgate Street, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1048 - An archaeological watching brief at the Swan Hotel, 45/46 Greengate Street, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1049 - An archaeological watching brief at the Bear Inn, Greengate Street, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1058 - An arcaheololgical watching brief at 3 Market Square, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1059 - An archaeological watching brief at Bank House, Salter Street, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1061 - An archaeological desk-based assessment at the Sheridan Centre, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1062 - An archaeological evaluation at the Sheridan Centre, Gaolgate, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1064 - An archaeological evaluation at Tipping Street Car Park, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1066 - An archaeological evaluation at Water Street, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1067 - An archaeological watching brief at the Whitley Building, Stafford College, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1192 - An archaeological watching brief at 2 Mount Street, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1313 - An archaeological evaluation at The Sheridan Centre, Stafford, Staffordshire.
  • EST1368 - An archaeological watching brief at St Chad's Place, Stafford.
  • EST620 - An archaeological evaluation on the Member's Car Park, Eastgate Street, Stafford, Staffordshire.

Full description

To find out more about this record please contact the SHER

Sources and further reading

---SST3569 - Written: Nic Appleton-Fox (Marches Archaeology). 2000. The Member's Car Park, Eastgate Street, Stafford, Staffordshire: A Report on an Archaeological Evaluation. No monument Information extracted
---SST3890 - Written: Foundations Archaeology. 2002. The Sheridan Centre, Stafford: Archaeological Assessment. No monument Information extracted
---SST3988 - Written: David Wilkinson (Stafford Borough Council). 1996. 2 Mount Street, Stafford, Staffordshire: Watching Brief Report. No monument Information extracted
<1>SST2313 - Serial: University of Keele. 1972. North Staffordshire Journal of Field Studies Volume 12 (1972). 'The Boroughs of Medieval Staffordshire' by D.M. Palliser, page 69
<2>SST3391 - Desk Based Assessment Report: David Wilkinson and Lisa Walters (Stafford Borough Council). 1997. An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment of Land off Tipping Street, Stafford: Archaeology Section Report 11. 1997
<3>SST3507 - Written: Adam Brossler (Oxford Archaeological Unit). 1999. Tipping Street Car Park, Stafford, Staffordshire: Archaeological Evaluation Report.
<4>SST1361 - Evaluation Report: Foundations Archaeology. 2002. The Sheridan Centre, Stafford: Archaeological Evaluation. Whole Report
<5>SST1968 - Watching Brief Report: Dr. C. J. Crowe (AAA Archaeological Advisors). 2004. Saint Chads Place, Stafford: Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief.
<6>SST2265 - Serial: University of Keele. 1971. North Staffordshire Journal of Field Studies Volume 11 (1971). 'The Markets of Medieval Staffordshire' by D. M Palliser & A. C. Pinnock, p52

Related records

MST13960Parent of: Saxon or Early Medieval metalled surface, 25-27 Gaolgate Street, Stafford (Monument)

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