1772- 1786 Excavation ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
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Tombs of John Lydgate & Thomas Beaufort, Earl of Exeter located.
Director of fieldwork Godbolt
Publications : Journal article Archaeologia : or miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity Society of Antiquaries of London 3/1775/311-15
Note Archaeologia : or miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity Society of Antiquaries of London 4/1777/119,129-30
Note Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 62//33
1849 Excavation BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
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Director of fieldwork J Darkin
Publications : Note Journal of the British Archaeological Association 21/1865/128
Reference The archaeological journal Royal Archaeological Institute 108/1951/169
1902- 1903 Excavation BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
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Gold crozier mount of Abbot Samson at Moyse's Hall Museum.
Director of fieldwork M R James
Finds Holder Moyses Hall Museum Bury St Edmunds
Publications : Full report Virtual Catalogue Entry to support E.I. Migration BARKER,H./1907/WEST SUFFOLK ILLUSTRATED/53-58
1947 Excavation ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
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Auspices Ipswich Museum
Director of fieldwork M J M Maltby
Publications : Note Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History 24/1948/256
1957- 1964 Excavation ABBEY CHURCH, BURY ST EDMUNDS
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Auspices Ministry of Works
Director of fieldwork A D Saunders
Director of fieldwork M W Thompson
Funding Body/Financier Ministry of Works
Publications : Full report Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History 31/1969/256-262
Full report Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History 35/1981/1-30
1964 Excavation BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
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Auspices Ministry of Public Building and Works
Director of fieldwork M Biddle
Funding Body/Financier Ministry of Public Building and Works
Publications : Note Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology 8/1964/244
1965 Survey - measured ABBEY
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Director of fieldwork B Brown
1973 Excavation NORMAN GATE TOWER, BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
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Archive Holder Moyses Hall Museum Bury St Edmunds
Auspices Department of the Environment
Director of fieldwork I W Stuart
Director of fieldwork P L Drewett
Finds Holder Moyses Hall Museum Bury St Edmunds
Funding Body/Financier Department of the Environment
Publications : Full report Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History 33/1975/241-252
1976- 1980 Excavation BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
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No excavation in 1977 & 1978. Post Medieval settlement involved the re-use of Medieval buildings.
Archive Holder English Heritage
Archive Holder H M Woods
Auspices Department of the Environment
Auspices English Heritage
Director of fieldwork A J Fleming
Director of fieldwork H M Woods
Finds Holder English Heritage
Finds Holder Samsons Tower Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Funding Body/Financier Department of the Environment
Funding Body/Financier English Heritage
Publications : Full report East Anglian archaeology reports //Forthcoming
1987- 1988 Excavation CATHEDRAL
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Site code:BSE 052. Post Medieval pit was a robbing pit. See also TL 86 SE 40.
Archive Holder Suffolk Sites and Monuments Record
Auspices Suffolk Archaeological Unit
Director of fieldwork Joanna Caruth
Director of fieldwork R D Carr
Funding Body/Financier Suffolk County Council
Publications : Note Council for British Archaeology Group 6: Bulletin 34/1989/7
Note Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History 37/1989/1:72
1988 Architectural Survey ABBEY WEST FRONT
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Site code: BSE 010.
Archive Holder Suffolk Sites and Monuments Record
Auspices Suffolk Archaeological Unit
Director of fieldwork P Aitkens
Director of fieldwork R Carr
Funding Body/Financier Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England
Funding Body/Financier Suffolk County Council
Publications : Note Council for British Archaeology Group 6: Bulletin 34/1989/6-7
Note Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History 37/1989/1:71
1990 Survey - geophysical BURY ST EDMuNDS ABBEY
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AML Survey Database Reference No.: 7
Survey type: Resitivity: recorded grid
Survey for St Edmundsbury Borough Council in the Abbey grounds examined the infirmary, abbot's garden, dovecote and reputed mill. The definition of precise structural patterns is not clear.
Auspices Ancient Monuments Laboratory Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission
Holder of Original Archive Ancient Monuments Laboratory Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission
Publications : Full report Virtual Catalogue Entry to support E.I. Migration Payne,A./1990/Bury St Edmunds Abbey, Suffolk: resistivity survey (AML 100/90)
1990 Watching Brief GREAT CHURCHYARD OF ABBEY
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Salvage recording of masonry wall material exposed in a water pipe trench.
The apparently in situ wall fragment did not appear to align with the
Abbey Church.
Archive Holder Shire Hall Bury St Edmunds
Auspices Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
1993 Excavation ABBEY CHURCH, WEST FRONT
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Site/SMR Code: BSE112. Excavation of a garden wall foundation trench
revealed structural remains identified as the south nave arcade and the
southern aisle external wall.
Archive Holder Shire Hall Bury St Edmunds
Auspices Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Funding Body/Financier St Edmundsbury Borough Council
1995 Watching Brief WEST FRONT OF THE ABBEY
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Site code: BSE123. Monitoring of drainage works behind the West Front
revealed the in situ remains of pillar bases of the Abbey church very
close to the surface. Large loose fragments of fallen and demolished
material was found throughout the trench. A further trench in front
of the West Front demonstrated far less rubble than those within the
site of the church.
Archive Holder Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Auspices Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Director of fieldwork D Gill
Director of fieldwork Joanna Caruth
Funding Body/Financier St Edmundsbury Borough Council
Publications : Note Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology 40/1996
Note Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History Vol 38:4/1996
Full report Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service reports Report No 96/82
1996 Excavation ST EDMUNDS ABBEY CLOISTER
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Report not accessed.
Archive Holder Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Auspices Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Funding Body/Financier Developer
Publications : Full report Gazetteer of archaeological investigations in England, 1996 edited and compiled by L M Fransen ...[et al] British and Irish Archaeological bibliography supplement 3/1300
1997 Architectural Survey PRECINCT WALL, MUSTOW STREET
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Site/SMR Code: BSE129.
Archive Holder Shire Hall Bury St Edmunds
Auspices Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Funding Body/Financier St Edmundsbury Borough Council
Publications : Full report Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service reports Carr R/1997/Abbey Precinct Wall (Gate Area), Mustow Street, Bury St Edmunds/Report No 97/52.
2000- 2001 Excavation NORMAN COTTAGE
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Site/SMR code: BSE182.
Excavation for a new cellar on the site beside the Norman
Tower and straddling the Abbey precinct wall recorded some
27 inhumations from the 'Great Churchyard' of St James's and
St Mary's dating to the 14th century. The precinct wall was also
recorded. Further burials were recorded in 2001.
Archive Holder Shire Hall Bury St Edmunds
Auspices Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Director of fieldwork D Gill
Finds Holder Shire Hall Bury St Edmunds
Funding Body/Financier Developer
Publications : Note Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology 45/2001
Note Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History Vol 40:1/2001
Note Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History Vol 40:2/2002
2001 Evaluation ABBEY GARDENS: BOUNDARY WALL
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Site/SMR code: BSE196. Two trial holes excavated to inspect the footings of a collapsed section of boundary wall recorded surviving foundations of mortared flint. Work also involved the sorting and depiction of Abbey stones released by the collapse.
Archive Holder National Monuments Record Centre
Archive Holder Shire Hall Bury St Edmunds
Auspices Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Director of fieldwork A Jones
Director of fieldwork R D Carr
Finds Holder Shire Hall Bury St Edmunds
Funding Body/Financier St Edmundsbury Borough Council
Publications : Full report Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service reports Jones A/2001/Archaeological evaluation report: Abbey Gardens Boundary Wall: stone recording/Report No 2001/55.
2001 Watching Brief LAND AT ABBEY GARDENS
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Monitoring of telephone cabling groundworks recorded no archaeological deposits.
Archive Holder Shire Hall Bury St Edmunds
Auspices Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Director of fieldwork Ellen Bales
Funding Body/Financier Developer
Publications : Full report Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service reports Bales E/2001/Archaeological monitoring report: Telephone Cable, Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds.
2005 Desk Based Assessment ABBEY CHURCH (WEST FRONT)
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Site/SMR Code: BSE010. Assessment carried out in advance of conservation and development of the West Front. Information from OASIS Online Form.
Archive Holder Shire Hall Bury St Edmunds
Auspices Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Publications : Full report Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service reports Gill D/2005/Archaeological assessment for West Front of the Abbey Church, Bury St Edmunds/Report No 05/52.
Source : English Heritage
Prepared for the St Edmundsbury History Project
by David Addy, May, 2007
Books consulted:
English Heritage Website
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