The Greater London publication programme

Clients: English Heritage

Author of this text: Peter Rowsome

Principal authors: Various

The Greater London publication programme is a joint venture between English Heritage and MoLAS which aims to analyse and publish important pre-PPG16 projects identified in the London post-excavation review (Andrews, Hinton and Thomas, 1991 and 1997). More recently the programme has been augmented by an editorial programme, also funded by English Heritage, and will include some post-PPG16 projects, such as 1 Poultry and work funded by the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF).

The Greater London programme identified several major research themes, including the prehistoric sites of the west London gravel plateau, Roman cemeteries, the Roman and medieval archaeology of Southwark, Shakespearian playhouses, medieval religious houses and Middle Saxon occupation sites. Finds-based projects include Tudor and Stuart artefacts from Southwark, Westminster tiles, early medieval ceramics, and post-medieval industries such as delftware, glass and porcelain production.

To date MoLAS and English Heritage have published 17 monographs on a range of topics. This years additions include four important monographs:

• A prestigious Roman building complex on the Southwark waterfront: excavations at Winchester Palace, London, 1983–90
• Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, City of London: an archaeological reconstruction and history,
• Prehistoric landscape to Roman villa: excavations at Beddington, Surrey, 1981–7
• John Baker’s late 17th-century glasshouse at Vauxhall

This site report is extracted from MoLAS 2005: annual review