Monument record MLI13324 - POST MEDIEVAL REMAINS, GENERAL HOSPITAL SITE, BOSTON

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POST MEDIEVAL REMAINS, GENERAL HOSPITAL SITE, BOSTON

Type and Period (2)

  • (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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PRN 13324 EXCAVATIONS IN 1994 AND 1995 REVEALED THAT THE MEDIEVAL PATTERN OF LAND HOLDING ON THE SITE (SEE 13319) PERSISTED INTO THE POST MEDIEVAL PERIOD, AT WHICH TIME THE WALLS WERE REMOVED. AT THE SAME TIME THE WESTERN PROPERTY UNIT WAS ABANDONNED AND REVERTED TO FIELDS, THOUGH OCCUPATION CONTINUED ON THE EASTERN SECTION. SERIOUS FLOODING DEPOSITED SILT ACROSS THE AREA DURING THIS PERIOD, PERHAPS CAUSING THE SITE TO BE TEMPORARILY VACATED. EVIDENCE FOR PREPARATION OF THE SITE FOR THE BUILDING OF THE HOSPITAL WAS RECORDED. CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOSPITAL COMMENCED IN 1874, WITH VARIOUS ADDITIONS INTO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}

Sources/Archives (5)

  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 1994. Evaluation Excavation at the General Hospital Site, Boston. -.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 1995. Archaeological Watching Brief at Boston General Hospital, Boston. BGH95.
  •  Article in Serial: F.N. Field and I. George. 1995. Archaeology in Lincolnshire. VOL 30 P 47.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 1995. Archaeological Excavation at the Former General Hospital, Boston. BGH95.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 1995. Archaeological investigations at the General Hospital site, Boston. LCNCC 51.94.

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Grid reference TF 3290 4340 (point)
Civil Parish BOSTON, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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