A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE 



Q. Coarse pavement and fragment of column. 

 Found 1866, in Southgate Street, in street, 

 between Mr. Johnson's malt offices and 

 Mr. Collier's house. [Leic. Arch, Sac. 

 ii, 22.] 



R. Rough tesselated pavement. Found 1876. 

 Site of Opera House, Silver Street. [Leic. 

 Arch, Sac. iv, 106 ; v, 55.] 



S. Concrete floor, foundations, and drain. 

 Found 1859 an d I ^76, in Bath Lane. 

 [Leic. Arch. Sac. ii, 22 ; v, 41.] 



T. Inscribed tile, Primus fecit, Wyggeston's 

 Hospital. [Leic. Arch. Sac. vi, 96.] 



VV. Columns found in 1885, now placed in 

 St. Nicholas Churchyard. [Leic. Arch. Sac. 

 vi, 1 6 1.] 



W. Tesselated pavement, Blackfriars Street. 

 Found 1885. [Leic. Arch. Soc. vi, 208.] 



X. Tesselated pavement, Sarah Street. Found 

 1885. [Leic. Arch. Soc. vi, 210.] 



Y. Foundation of wall, roof tile, and frag- 

 ments of ornamented, stamped flue tiles. 

 Found 1888, in St. Nicholas Church- 

 yard in digging foundations for new north 

 transept to church. [Leic. Arch. Soc. vii, 1 7.] 



Z. Large drain to west of Jewry Wall, 

 mentioned by Throsby [Hist. Leic. 388], 

 re-discovered and its direction traced to- 

 wards the Jewry Wall. [Leic. Arch. Soc. 

 vi, 312.] 



(In Museum, but not numbered. a a to f f 

 inclusive, except b b) 



a a. Fragment of stone carved with a niche, 

 containing a portion of a rude figure in 

 relief, Townhall Lane. 



b b. Two tesselated pavements from St. 

 Nicholas Street, found in 1898, preserved 

 in situ. [jfourn. Brit. Arch. Assoc. (New Ser.), 

 iv, 289 ; Assoc. Arch. Soc. xxiv, p. xcix ; 

 Antiq. xxiv, 234 ; Reliq. Jan. 1899;] Leic. 

 Arch. Soc. ix, 6.] 



c c. Part of a column, found 7 ft. deep, in 

 Freeschool Lane turning out of High Cross 

 Street. Found 1882-4. [Cat. Arch. 

 Specimens in Leic. Mus.~\ 



d d. A piece of carved stone moulding from 

 the Flood Works opposite the castle. 

 Found in 1889. [Rep. Mus. Com.'] 



ee. Inscribed stone column, found 3 ft. deep 

 between St. Nicholas' Church and the 

 Jewry Wall. Inscription very much 

 defaced, but as far as can be deciphered, 



MER - c (?) 



PRO - P 



Found in 1897. [Cat. Arch. Specimens in 

 Leic. Mus.] 



f f. Part of a stone column from the corner 



of High Street and High Cross Street, 



found in 1901. [Assoc. Arch. Soc. xxvi, 



459-] 



Remains of a stone wall about I ft. high 

 (with column and pavements). Found in 

 1901. [Assoc. Arch. Soc. xxvi, 459.] 

 h h. From about Red Cross Street down to 

 the Elm Trees (near All Saints' Church), 

 6 ft. or 7 ft. from the houses on west side 

 of street, an old stone wall, fallen down 

 towards the houses. Found in 1685. 

 [Carte in Nichols, Hist. Leic. i, II.] 



Found next the ' King's Arms ' (formerly in 

 High Street), a stone wall running to the 

 street, 1710. [Carte in Nichols, Hist. Leic. 

 i, n.] 



Found, a wall in the cellars of Mr. Carter's 

 house, and, in next house, a drain of stone, 

 1717. [Carte in Nichols, Hist. Leic. i, 1 1 .] 

 1 1. Fragment of tesselated pavement, found 

 on site of Grey Friars. [Throsby, Hist. 

 Leic. 396.] 



Foundations and remains of floors, near the 

 Peacock Inn, High Cross Street, 1858. (?) 

 [Leic. Arch. Soc. i, 215.] 



m m. Foundations south and west of Jewry 

 Wall. Found in 1864. [Leic. Arch. Soc. 



i> 35-] 



Granite and Sandstone Walk, from near 

 All Saints' Church to near gaol, running in 

 middle of High Cross Street. Found in 

 1866. [Leic. Arch. Soc. ii, 23.] 



nn. Foundations on Mr. Sarson's premises, 

 near St. Nicholas Street. Found in 1869. 

 [Leic. Arch. Soc. ii, 207.] 



o o. Sites of excavations along the east front of 

 Jewry Wall in 1867 and 1875. [Leic. 

 Arch. Soc. ii, 2O2 et seq.; iv, 54, 79.] 



p p. Foundations and town ditch. (?) Messrs. 

 Rust's yard, near Jewry Wall. [Leic. Arch. 

 Soc. v, 41.] 



q q. A wall running east and west between 

 High Street and Silver Street, with a tesse- 

 lated pavement. Found in 1889. [Leic. 

 Arch. Soc. ii, 23, 24. Assoc. Arch. Soc. 

 xx, Ix.] Foundation of a wall, from the 

 same place. Found in 1902. [Assoc. Arch. 

 Soc. xxvi, 461.] 



r r. Continuation of tesselated pavement found 

 at the corner of Jewry Wall Street and 

 St. Nicholas Street in 1830. Found in 

 1843. [Thompson, Hist. Leic. 445.] 

 Some masonry also found in St. Nicholas' 

 Street in 1902. [Proc. Soc. Antiq. (Ser. 2), 

 xix, 245.] 



ss. Tesselated pavement in St. Nicholas 

 Square. Found in 1853. [R*p. Com. 

 Leic. Mus.] 



Fragment of pavement in St. Nicholas Street. 

 Found in 1 889. [Leic. Arch. Soc. vii. 207.] 



tt. Part of a paved road in Talbot Lane, 

 of considerable width, leading to the Jewry 

 Wall. [Leic. Arch. Soc. ii, 202.] 



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