The Royal Navy victualling yard, East Smithfield, London /

The Royal Navy victualling yard, East Smithfield, London /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Grainger, Ian.
Imprint:	London : Museum of London Archaeology, c2010.
Description:	xiii, 144 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 31 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	MOLA monograph series ; 45 MOLA monograph ; 45.
Subject:	Great Britain. -- Royal Navy -- History. Great Britain. -- Royal Navy. Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- London. Antiquities. Excavations (Archaeology) Smithfield (London, England) -- Antiquities. England -- London. England -- London -- Smithfield. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8127171

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Other authors / contributors:	Phillpotts, Christopher. Museum of London. Archaeology Service. English Heritage.
ISBN:	9781901992892 1901992896
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Text in English with French and German summaries.
Summary:	The Royal Navy victualling yard was excavated in 1983-8 as part of the Royal Mint site. Founded in 1560, on the site of a Black Death cemetery and the suppressed Cistercian abbey of St Mary Graces, it was the first large-scale naval food supply base in Britain and remained the principal one until the 18th century. The yard closed in 1785, having proved inadequate for the needs of he expanding Georgian navy. A substantial part of the ground plan of the yard was recorded, including salthouses and pickling sheds, slaughterhouses and yards, backeries, coopers' workshops, storehouses, and the offices and dwellings of yard personnel. The evidence suggests that food processing was increasing industrialised from the late 17th century onwards. The excavated remains are compared to the substantial documentary evidence available, particularly two detailed plans of 1635 and 1776. The success and ultimate failure of the yard as a supply depot is assessed, including the extent to which former abbey buildings were reused by the navy and the deleterious effect this had. The work reported on here represents the most extensive excavation and post-excavation analysis of an early post-medieval naval victualling establishment in this country --Book Jacket.
Other form:	Online version: Grainger, Ian. Royal Navy victualling yard, East Smithfield, London. London : Museum of London Archaeology, c2010

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Summary:	The Royal Navy victualling yard was excavated in 1983-8 as part of the Royal Mint site. Founded in 1560, on the site of a Black Death cemetery and the suppressed Cistercian abbey of St Mary Graces, it was the first large-scale naval food supply base in Britain and remained the principal one until the 18th century. The yard closed in 1785, having proved inadequate for the needs of the expanding Georgian navy. A substantial part of the ground plan of the yard was recorded, including salt houses and pickling sheds, slaughterhouses and yards, bakeries, coopers workshops, storehouses, and the offices and dwellings of yard personnel. The evidence suggests that food processing was increasingly industrialised from the late 17th century onwards. The excavated remains are compared to the substantial documentary evidence available, particularly two detailed plans of 1635 and 1776. The success and ultimate failure of the yard as a supply depot is assessed, including the extent to which former abbey buildings were reused by the navy and the deleterious effect this had. The work reported on here represents the most extensive excavation and post-excavation analysis of an early post-medieval naval victualling establishment in this country.
Physical Description:	xiii, 144 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 31 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781901992892 1901992896