Excavations at Newport Street, Worcester

The excavations at Newport Street represent the first large-scale archaeological investigation of this part of Worcester, which revealed activity dating from the Roman to Post-medieval periods. The results complement those of previous major investigations of the Roman and medieval town, providing valuable insights into the economic and social status of the medieval town’s expansion onto a former floodplain. Particularly valuable is the integrated study of the later archaeological evidence with documentary and historical sources, achieving the first major study of its kind of the post-medieval development of the city.