Site of RB Building at Baptist Chapel, Meeting Lane, Alcester.

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Description of this historic site

The remains of a Roman tesselated pavement was found in Meeting Lane, Alcester, suggesting that this might be the site of a Roman building.

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Notes about this historic site

1 Meeting Lane, Baptist Chapel. Tesselated pavement found when chapel was built about 1660. Information from Rev J H Bloom.
2 Chance find c1660. Exact location uncertain.
3 The Rev J H Bloom tells me that bits of paving, thought to be Roman, were found when the Baptist chapel was built.
4 The date of this discovery may be incorrect.
5 Noted. Same as 1.

For the sources of these notes, see the
Timetrail record
produced by the Historic Environment Record.

Locations

Alcester (619)

Subjects

Building (400)

Country Lanes and Footpaths (326)

Time periods

Romano-British - 43-409 (1193)

Alternative reference number

MWA474

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I recently found a piece of tessara in some excavated soil in the chapel burial ground. This was preumably brought up when a grave was dug.

By Stephen Godfrey (14/08/2023)

Site of RB Building at Baptist Chapel, Meeting Lane, Alcester.

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