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The Corporation Stable Yard, Smithdown Lane, Liverpool. Archaeological Watching Brief Report

Raynor, Caroline (2010) The Corporation Stable Yard, Smithdown Lane, Liverpool. Archaeological Watching Brief Report. [Client Report] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

In June 2010, Oxford Archaeology North (OA North) was commissioned by Robert
Hodgson (RA Fisk Associates) to monitor a programme of geo-technical
investigations on the site of a redundant stable yard on Smithdown Lane, Liverpool
(centred on NGR 336340 390140).
Liverpool, particularly the area around the stable yard, is famed for its association
with Williamson’s Tunnels, a post-medieval network of tunnels constructed within
excavated quarry seams, that extend for an undetermined distance around the Edge
Hill area. The tunnels are historically significant as a unique engineering work
undertaken as a philanthropic venture by snuff and tobacco merchant, Joseph
Williamson (1769 - 1840). A large amount of evidence for the tunnels survives and
has been preserved as a popular Heritage Centre, also on Smithdown Lane. The
tunnels have been partially mapped and excavated as part of an ongoing research
agenda, although their full extent is still unknown.

Item Type: Client Report
Subjects: Geographical Areas > English Counties > Merseyside
Period > UK Periods > Post Medieval 1540 - 1901 AD
Divisions: Oxford Archaeology North
Depositing User: barker
Date Deposited: 11 Nov 2022 11:24
Last Modified: 11 Nov 2022 11:24
URI: http://eprints.oxfordarchaeology.com/id/eprint/6741

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