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SUMMARY
Excavations in advance of redevelopment in two areas either side of Old Bread Street, Bristol, revealed remains dating from the eighteenth century including those of three clay tobacco pipe kilns and other structural remains. An assemblage of clay tobacco pipes and kiln furniture was also recovered amongst other finds. The structural remains are described and the development of the site is examined. The process of clay pipe manufacture is briefly outlined, and the clay pipes are described and placed within their local context. It has been established that the kilns were the clay pipe manufactory of James Winchester, who was making clay pipes here between at least 1834 and 1856. Documentary sources have been used to further illuminate the archaeological evidence from this site.
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Acknowledgements
Cotswold Archaeology would like to thank Royal London Asset Management Limited for commissioning the work and funding the post-excavation analysis and publication. The project was monitored by Peter Insole, the City Archaeologist for Bristol City Council (BCC), who also provided comments on the draft report. The fieldwork was managed for Cotswold Archaeology by Simon Cox and the post-excavation work was managed by Mary Alexander, assisted by Alex Thomson, Jonathan Hart and Sharon Clough. The publication stage was managed by Philippa Bradley. Alistair Barclay and Martin Watts commented on an earlier version of the text. The illustrations are by Ryan Wilson. We are grateful to two referees for their comments which have helped enhance the text.
DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
The site archive including the finds will in due course be deposited at the Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives (under accession number BRSMG: 2016.100).