Beneath Drapers' Gardens, in what was once a damp and uninviting quarter of the Roman city of Londinium lies the buried valley of the Walbrook, home to some of the more unpleasant industries of the town, as well as some remarkable and unexpected finds, including a hoard of metal objects buried in a fourth century well. However, what really sets this site apart is both the extraordinary preservation of finds due to the particular soil conditions of the Walbrook Valley, and the sheer size of the area investigated. A near complete urban street with associated buildings spanning many years of the Roman occupation was uncovered. The land was purchased by the Drapers' Company in the mid 16th century and remained open gardens for the next 400 years, contributing to the amazing preservation on site. Secrets of the Gardens is a lavishly illustrated, full colour, popular interim account of the excavations, aimed at the general reader and published in advance of a fuller account in standard monograph format. It also includes sections on the Drapers' Company history and the story of the construction of the new building.

Secrets of the Gardens: Archaeologists Unearth the Lives of Roman Londoners at Drapers' Gardens

History

Butler, Jonathan

Ancient Civilizations

Pre-Construct Archaeology

Tokenhouse Yard in the City of London lies in the upper reaches of the valley of the Walbrook. The Walbrook was undoubtedly a powerful and important topographical feature of the Roman city, rising to the north and coursing through the centre of the settlement cleaving it into two low hills, Cornhill and Ludgate Hill, before discharging into the Thames to the south. This area witnessed the build up of almost 4m of stratified deposits in the years between c. AD 43 and 400. The results of excavation presented in this volume tell the story of the struggle to live alongside the river, attempts to control its course and alleviate flooding. Waterlogged conditions resulted in outstanding preservation of organic remains and artefacts. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1: Circumstances of the fieldwork 1.2: Organisation of the report 1.3: Geological, topographical and archaeological background Chapter 2: The Archaeological Sequence 2.1: Channels of the Walbrook 2.2: Early Roman activity: Drainage and consolidation c. AD 50–70 2.3: Early Roman occupation: Alley, fences and box drains AD 70–90 2.4: Reclamation of the area: Drainage and rebuilding AD 90–130 2.5: Rustic structure and further flooding AD 130–180 2.6: Further Flooding and occupation AD 180–250 2.7: Late Roman activity AD 250–400 2.8: Medieval activity Chapter 3: Specialist Reports 3.1: The Roman pottery 3.2: The building materials 3.3: The Roman coins 3.4: The Roman small finds 3.5: The medieval small finds 3.6: The leather 3.7: The wood assemblage 3.8: The dendrochronological dating 3.9: The animal bone 3.10: The environmental evidence Chapter 4: Discussion and conclusions Appendix 1: Gazeteer of sites discussed in the text in the vicinity of Tokenhouse Yard Appendix 2: Pottery fabric expansion codes and quantification tables Appendix 3: Pollen diagrams French and German Summaries

Roman Archaeology in the Upper Reaches of the Walbrook Valley: Excavations at 6-8 Tokenhouse Yard, London EC2 (Pre-Construct Archaeology Monograph)

Leary, Jim

Join the Conspiracy: How a Brooklyn Eccentric Got Lost on the Right, Infiltrated the Left, and Brought Down the Biggest Bombing Network in New York

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Empire State Editions

This book examines the duties and responsibilities of local UK authorities in the provision of community care services, covering mental health services, residential accommodation and domiciliary care, as well as related issues such as capacity, charges and payment, and remedies. The book brings together all the disparate statutory materials that comprise the legal framework, together with related materials, such as UK Local Authority Circulars and extracts from leading judgments. The materials are complemented by the authors' expert commentary explaining how the various statutes interrelate and how they have been interpreted by the courts. The result is a handbook that provides the practitioner with the tools required to deal with this important area of law. This second edition now includes new chapters on social housing and asylum support, and it has been updated to include major changes to the chapter on mental health which now deals with the UK's new Code of Practice, and the chapter on capacity which examines deprivation of liberty. The book also includes coverage on: assessment of community care needs for adults * provision of accommodation * provisions for older children (leaving care) and disabled children * finance and charging * health care and social care.

Community Care Law and Local Authority Handbook

Fullwood, Adam

Specialties

Jordans Pub

Known to young readers, booksellers and librarians around the world, the Champion Sports Biography Series captures the life story of popular atheletes both today and the colorful history of sport. Not limited to simply male, big league sporting figures, the Champion Series also focuses on top female athletes (the Williams sisters for example) and athletes who`s appeal is international (Michael Schumacher or Ronaldo). Written in an accurate yet exciting narrative style, these books are ideal young adult readers in their vocabulary and sentence structure levels of difficulty.

Lance Armstrong (Champion Sport Biography)

Romain, Joseph

Sports & Outdoors

Warwick Pub

The Shah of Shea Heights is the tall tale of a criminal family as told by Billy Tucker, a colourful character with an equally colourful past. His "mother of all tales" had been relayed by his own father one night beside the fireplace, accompanied by increasing amounts of Lambs & Coke. The delightful results invoke the intimacy of the classic fireside tale and the enduring narratives of Mark Twain.

Shah of Shea Heights, The

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Breakwater Books Ltd.

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