Living and dying in a Lancashire cotton town : excavation at St Peter's church and burial ground, Blackburn, Lancashire /
In 2015, archaeological investigations in Blackburn Lancashire, uncovered the remains of the 19th-century St. Peter's church and a large part of its graveyard. The remains of nearly 2000 of Blackburn's inhabitants were found, buried between 1821 and the 1860s. This study of the archaeologi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, UK :
BAR Publishing,
2025.
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| Series: | BAR British series ;
692. |
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| Summary: | In 2015, archaeological investigations in Blackburn Lancashire, uncovered the remains of the 19th-century St. Peter's church and a large part of its graveyard. The remains of nearly 2000 of Blackburn's inhabitants were found, buried between 1821 and the 1860s. This study of the archaeological, artefactual and osteological remains sheds light on 19th-century Blackburn, a period where the town was at its peak as one of the industrial powerhouses of northern England. Complimentary historical research into the church and the lives of some of those buried there allow a glimpse of the human side of the industrial revolution. The resulting picture shows Blackburn as a place full of prosperity, pollution, poverty and opportunity, as it rapidly expanded over the course of the century. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 232 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-212). |
| ISBN: | 9781407356495 1407356496 |