20th century

1901-2000

1 Silvermere, Byfleet Road, Cobham

Watching brief by K Johnson of CA during groundworks for the construction of a tennis court located close to the site of a Bronze Age barrow discovered and destroyed during building work in the 19th century. No remains relating to the Bronze Age were observed, but the remains of a number of 19th and 20th century glasshouses were revealed and recorded.

St Mary’s church, Farleigh

Watching brief by S Watson of PCA during the excavation of two service trenches linked to two new soakaways in the churchyard. Post-medieval ceramic building material was revealed in topsoil and subsoil deposits, evidence for a 19th or 20th century path foundation was observed, and the southernmost trench sectioned a bank that forms the current southern boundary of the churchyard. Only modern demolition debris was recovered from the fill, but it is likely that the bank is much older and possibly medieval in date.

Old Town Hall, High Street, Reigate

Historic building recording and watching brief by P Copeland and I Froneman of CgMs prior to and during conversion works. The Town Hall is thought to have been constructed in 1708 on the site of an earlier chapel, although no evidence for this structure now visibly survives. Subsequent alterations to the interior have obscured much of the original fabric, little of which was revealed during the refurbishment. A written, drawn and photographic record of the structure was compiled, together with further observations made during alterations.

The Crossways, Abinger

Fieldwalking by N Cowlard of the SyAS Roman Studies Group close to the Cocks Farm villa recovered Mesolithic blades and flakes, a Neolithic spearhead and a number of scrapers, evidence of post-medieval activity, and a Second World War bomb, but no finds of Roman date. (405)

Cobham Lodge, Cobham

Evaluation by R and P Savage of SyAS led to the discovery of a short collapsed section of a post-medieval brick culvert running south-west from Cobham Lodge, probably built at the same time as Cobham Lodge in 1804. The collapse had occurred at a point where the culvert had been entered and altered during the early to mid-20th century, when two blocking walls had been inserted inside the culvert, one on each side of the section, which had now collapsed

Manor Farm, Mill Lane, Byfleet

The first phase of an evaluation by R Oram of TVAS in advance of residential redevelopment did not reveal any features or finds of archaeological interest. The second phase, undertaken by A Taylor of TVAS the following year, revealed evidence of truncation, from both the construction of earlier farm buildings and the removal of contaminated ground, but again no features or finds of archaeological interest. An Anti-Aircraft Defence Tower on the site underwent a programme of building recording by C Challis of TVAS prior to its demolition.

Staffhurst Wood, Limpsfield

Report on an archaeological assessment undertaken in 2003 by N Bannister for the Woodlands Trust. Because the wood was probably managed as a wood pasture common (where manorial tenants could graze stock beneath an open canopy of pollarded trees and where there was little need for wood banks dividing the property of different woodland owners), and because of levelling for and laying out of a munitions store located here during the Second World War, few features of antiquity exist.

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