Research on Worcestershire Ceramics

Recent Publications

The Worcestershire On-Line Ceramic Database includes a comprehensive set of references to publications on the subject (follow the link from Explore the Collections / References).

A great deal of this work has been undertaken by staff associated with the Ceramic Research Centre.

This page lists selected publications by staff of the CRC.

Victoria Bryant (formerly Buteux)

Buteux, V and Jackson R 2000 Rethinking the rubbish pit in medieval Worcester in Roskams, S (ed) Interpreting stratigraphy: site evaluation, recording procedures and stratigraphic analysis. British Archaeological Reports  (International Series) 910

Bryant, V 2004 Medieval and early post-medieval pottery in Dalwood and Edwards  Excavations at Deansway, Worcester, 1988-89: Romano-British small town to late medieval city Council for British Archaeology Research Report 139 p 282-338

Bryant, V and  Jane Evans 2004  Iron Age and Roman pottery in Dalwood and Edwards  Excavations at Deansway, Worcester, 1988-89: Romano-British small town to late medieval city Council for British Archaeology Research Report 139 p 240-281

Bryant, V 2002  The pottery from the Queen Anne House site, Shrewsbury Abbey in Baker, N (ed) Shrewsbury Abbey, Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society, Monograph Series 2

Laura Griffin (formerly Jones)

Edwards, R, Griffin, L and Dalwood H, 2002  ‘Excavations on the Site of the New Police Station, Castle Street, Worcester’, Trans Worcester Archaeol Soc, 3 ser, 18, 103-132

Griffin, L C, 2002 ‘The Pottery and Ceramic Building Material’, in R A Jackson et al. ‘Excavation, Survey and Watching Brief at Warner Village Cinemas, Friar Street, Worcester’, Trans Worcester Archaeol Soc, 3 ser, 18, 53-101

Jones, L C, 2001 The Roman pottery from Ochre Brook, The Roman tile from Ochre Brook, The kiln furniture from Ochre Brook, The Roman pottery from Brunt Boggart, in R Cowell and R A Philpott, Some recent excavations along the route of the A5300 in Tarbock, Merseyside.

Jones, L C, 1998-9 ‘Four Zoomorphic Roof Finials from Worcestershire’ in Medieval Ceramics 22-3, 154-159

Derek Hurst

Hurst, J.D, 1990  'Documentary evidence for medieval potters in Worcestershire', Trans. Worcestershire Archaeol.  Soc. 3rd ser, 12, 247-250

Hurst, J D, and Rees, H, 1992 Pottery fabrics; a multi-period series for the County of Hereford and Worcester, in S G Woodiwiss (ed), Iron Age and Roman salt production and the medieval town of Droitwich, CBA Res Rep, 81, 200-9

Hurst, J D, 1992 Savouring the past; the Droitwich salt industry, Hereford and Worcester County Council

Hurst, J D, 1994 A medieval ceramic production site and other medieval sites in the parish of Hanley Castle; results of fieldwork in 1987-1992, Trans Worcestershire Archaeol Soc 3 ser, 14, 115-28

Hurst, J D (ed), 1997 A multi-period salt production site at Droitwich: excavations at Upwich, CBA Res Rep, 107