Find Spot record 0975800000 - 2 Brookside

As with all Brookside gardens, this test pit revealed no medieval layers which had not been subject to later disturbance. Here, for example, Staffordshire White Salt-glazed stoneware dated to 1720-1820 was found in the lowest deposits. Throughout the sequence, however, medieval pottery was present, comprising nine sherds of Potterspury Ware, and single sherds of shelly coarseware and Brill/Boarstall Ware. Whilst far from conclusive, it would appear that this plot was occupied in the latter centuries of the medieval period, perhaps beginning in the second half of the thirteenth century. The similarity with the assemblage deriving from its neighbouring garden, 3-4 Brookside (0975300000), is striking. Both are suggestive of village growth to the north of the main village street at this period, consistent with known population growth pre-Black Death (1348-9). The sunsequent history of the plot remains obscure, since with the exception of the Staffordshire Ware, all other ceramics appear to be contemporary with the current house (B1).