Palmers Yard Cherwell Warf Lower Cherwell Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire

In May 2002 Oxford Archaeology (OA) carried out an archaeological watching brief at Palmers Yard, Cherwell Wharf, Lower Cherwell Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire (NGR SP 4600 4037). The work was commissioned by, Victor Brown Chartered Architect on behalf of A Dodd and Son
Construction Ltd. The watching brief took place in advance of the construction of 8 town houses and conversion of the old Town Hall to flats. The watching brief revealed no archaealogical features or deposits pre-dating the construction of fhe nearby Oxford Canal in 1790. A single
brick-built structure was identitfied in section and partly in plan and represents the demolished remains of one of the wharf-side buildings constructed in the Victorian period. Ephemeral traces of other buildings were noted across the site.