Old Town Hall, Staines
A watching brief by K Crouch, for SCC and DOE, on the construction of a new Day Centre recorded RB and later bridge foundations and associated wharfs. Finds include RB leather and timber. (London Archaeol forthcoming)
6–7 The Avenue, Egham
Trial excavation by M G O'Connell for SCC and DOE, before redevelopment, located only
18th and 19th century features cut into the natural subsoil. (164)
133–139 High Street, Egham
Excavation by D Barker for Egham by Runnymede Historical Society in advance of redevelopment located LBA features immediately below a gravel surface of c AD 1660. Large quantities of later 17th and early 19th century material were recovered from rubbish pits. (166)
Cherchefelle, Chart Lane, Reigate
Site watching by D Williams of redevelopment recovered medieval and later pottery, including one possibly Saxon rim sherd, but no related features. (157)
Old Vicarage Site, Church Street, Reigate.
Excavation was carried out over the two years by D Williams for the Holmesdale Archaeological Group and SyAS, and in September-October 1974 by R J Poulton for SCC and DOE. The latter concentrated on the Saxo-Norman levels with several pits and some evidence for minor industry, suggesting that this area was the ‘backlands’ to a settlement closer to the parish church. A later trial trench on the Church Street frontage could not confirm this hypothesis because of late disturbance. A notable find was a probably Saxo-Norman bone skate.
77–79 Bell Street, Reigate
watching of redevelopment by D Williams located several undated floor levels immediately over tilled soil with 13th and 14th century pottery. A nearly complete early 16th century Raeren mug was also recovered. (157)
Flanchford
Unusual stone from a late 12th/early 13th century context in excavation 1975/76 now identified by petrological analysis as burrstone from the Marne Valley, used for millstones, and implying a mill on this site 300 years before the first documentary evidence. Reported by R Ellaby. (Bulletin 156)
Abinger Forge
A G Crocker reports that a layer of black soil, cinder and slag, a robber trench and several large waterlogged timbers have been revealed by developers erecting a new building on the site of the forge. Samples of timber have been taken for dendrochronology by the Ancient Monuments Laboratory. (SIHG 3)
Abbot's Hospital, Guildford
A trial trench by R J Poulton for SCC and DOE and in conjunction with Guildford Museum, in advance of redevelopment, revealed only 17th century material, probably related to the building of the hospital, and more modern garden soil. (166)
72–74 High Street, Guildford
Watching brief by M G O'Connell for SCC and DOE allowed detailed recording of street front of 13th century undercroft and location of the original steps from the High Street. (164)
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