Specialist contributions by Gerry Barber, John Bryant, David Dawson, Les Good, Reg Jackson, Julie Jones, Ann Linge, Gillian Stroud and Bruce Williams.
St Bartholomew's was founded in the early thirteenth century, just outside the city of Bristol, and incorporated a surviving Norman hall. It was closed just before the Reformation and some elements of the hall and church are still standing. The substantial excvations which were undertaken on this site are important because so few medieval hospitals have been excavated. This report also includes a study of the history of Bristol's other hospitals.
Author(s): Roger Price, Michael Ponsford
Series: Council for British Archaeology. CBA Research Reports, 110
Publisher: Council for British Archaeology
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 276
City: York
List of figures ix
List of plates xi
List of tables xii
Abbreviations xiii
Acknowledgements xiv
Contributors xv
Summaries: English, German, and French xvi
1. The St Bartholomew’s project 1
2. Historical perspective 13
3. Period 1. Pre-hospital occupation - Waterfront activity (12th century) 25
4. Period 2. Pre-hospital occupation - Construction of Norman hall (building 1A) and associated features (c 1175-c 1234) 34
5. Period 3. Foundation and early occupation of the hospital (c. 1234 - c. 1340) 53
6. Period 4. Reconstruction and later occupation of the hospital (c. 1340 - c. 1532) 87
7. Period 5. Closure of the hospital and post-medieval reoccupation (c. 1532-1995) 122
8. Ceramic finds 136
9. Other finds 163
10. St. Bartholomew’s and other Bristol hospitals: a comparative study 198
11. Conclusions 232
Bibliography 235
Index 245
