Monument record SUY 060 - 62 Friars Street

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Summary

Group of clay tobacco pipe stems and bowls (of two designs), kiln waste and soft clay deposited over a former garden topsoil.

Location

Grid reference TL 87089 41073 (point)
Map sheet TL84SE
Civil Parish SUDBURY, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Group of clay tobacco pipe stems and bowls (of two designs), kiln waste and soft clay deposited over a former garden topsoil. Probably a dumped deposit (resulting from earlier garden levelling?) from a nearby(?) kiln and production site (S1). The pipes are of an C19 date and several had makers marks 'C' and 'W' or 'M' on the heels. The only Suffolk maker with these initials was Charles Woolnough of Beccles (in 1844) - it is posible he moved to (or from) Sudbury (S2).
Note a smallish building (now gone) is shown just to the north of this deposit on the 1884 & 1904 OS maps. A rapid check of trade directories failed to identify any clay pipe manufacturers. The area was apparently non-titheable and was not shown on the tithe maps of Sudbury.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Suffolk County Council Archaeologcial Service. Various. Craven J, SCCAS, 2002/85, August 2002, map.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. (S1).
  • <S2> Verbal communication: Personal communication. Higgins D, email to Anderson S, SCCAS, August 2002.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Aug 23 2002 4:30AM

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