News from the city

• Published in: Worcestershire recorder p. 12
• Main Author: Dinn, James
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2013
• ISSN: 1474-2691

Discusses the results of archaeological excavations conducted in and around the English city of Worcester during the 2012-13 seasons. Archaeological evaluation trenching at the northern end of the former Royal Worcester Porcelain site (the former car park) has revealed further remains of the medieval city wall and the Victorian St Peter's church, along with its graveyard. Just on the other side of Severn Street, work on building the new sports hall for King's School (the SPACE) is well under way. Archaeological work has been going on intermittently on the site since the proposals were first mooted five years ago. Over the past six months, a team of volunteers, mainly from Worcester Civic Society but also including several Worcestershire Archaeological Society members, has been hard at work visiting around 1,200 Grade II listed and locally listed buildings in the city to help with preparing a comprehensive register of buildings at risk. One well-known building at risk is nos 18-20 Silver Street, in the historic Lowesmoor suburb. [Revised Publication Abstract]