Archaeological News: Excavation Set to Shed New Light On London's Victorian Past:
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Clik here to view.From a clay smoking pipe to Neolithic flint, a 19th Century garden has been revealing some of its secrets to an archaeological team from London’s Kingston University.
Dr Helen Wickstead spotted an opportunity to delve below the surface of an area of land at the University’s Seething Wells hall of residence after looking at historic maps and images of the area alongside the River Thames. The former industrial site had not been excavated before and she was intrigued to see whether she could find traces of a garden marked out on early maps.
“The Seething Wells site in Surbiton is of historic significance because the waterworks built there and opened in 1852 were pivotal in improving the health of Londoners.
