The Alma Tavern, Wandsworth, London

In March 2010 Oxford Archaeology (OA) undertook an evaluation at The Alma Tavern, Old York Road, Wandsworth, London (NGR: TQ 260 750) on behalf of Nickless Allen and Young's and Co. Brewery Plc. The work was in respect of planning permission (2008/5510) for a mixed use building up to two storeys. The trenching revealed a buried soil and root disturbance beneath the existing ground level, which had been heavily truncated by services associated with Winstanley metalworks. The buried soil may represent arable land use prior to successive phases of 19th-century building. No other archaeological features were observed.