The West Berkshire Historic Environment Record (HER) is the primary index of the physical remains of past human activity in the unitary authority of West Berkshire Council. Limited elements of the West Berkshire HER are available online via the Heritage Gateway, therefore it is not suitable for use in desk-based studies associated with development, planning and land-use changes, and does not meet the requirements of paragraph 194 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2021: 56). Please read
the important guidance on the use of the West Berkshire HER data. For these purposes and all other commercial enquiries, please contact the Archaeology team and complete our
online HER enquiry form.
| HER Number | MWB5399 |
|---|
| Record Type | Monument |
|---|
| Name | CHEAP ST - 'pile structures' |
|---|
Summary
Pile structure said to have been found in Cheap St sometime before 1886.
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Conservation Area: Newbury Town Centre
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 04009.00.000
Monument Type(s):
- PILE (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
Full Description
Brief references by Money that 'considerable portions of pile structures were met with in the Market Place in 1876, also in Cheap Street, and it was apparent in these instances that the vertical piles had been roughly morticed to receive the tenons of the cross beams' <2>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Newbury District Field Club. 1886-95. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1886-95 VOL 4. p206-10 Prehistoric and medieval antiquities discovered at Newbury. [Article in serial / SWB10455] |
| <02> | Money, W. 1905 & 1972. A Popular History of Newbury (also Walter Money's History of Newbury). P5. [Monograph / SWB11278] |
| <03> | Peake, H. 1931. The Archaeology of Berkshire. P70;213-4. [Monograph / SWB10018] |
| <04> | Ditchfield and Page (eds). 1906. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks I 1906. Vol 1. p193. [Monograph / SWB10017]
https://archive.org/details/victoriahistoryo01ditcuoft (Accessed on 22/12/2021) |
Related Monuments
| MWB3436 | CHEAP STREET/MARKET PLACE, NEWBURY (Monument) |
| MWB5396 | In Northbrook Street - Mr Cary's shop (Monument) |
| MWB5398 | MARKET PLACE - 'pile structure' (Monument) |
| MWB10113 | Newbury - black gravel under Bartholomew Street, Cheap Street and Market Street (Find Spot) |
| MWB5397 | Opposite the Coopers Arms, Bartholomew Street (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
None recordedIf you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.
Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.