Site of 19th century building near The Old Bakery, High Street, Hempstead (EHER 49533)

Excavations at this site revealed a wall foundation and a partially-surviving cobbled surface which together represent the remains of a building which stood here during the 19th century until it was demolished at some point after 1960.

July 2020. Trial trenching. Excavations at this site revealed a wall foundation and a partially-surviving cobbled surface which together represent the remains of a building which stood here during the 19th century until it was demolished at some point after 1960, and which is visible on early editions of the Ordnance Survey map. The building lay to the north of the old bakery, and of the site of an old mill (as indicated by the presence of Mill Cottage), which may have represented a single enterprise. It is possible that this building once formed part of this complex, although its distance from the bakery (40m) indicates that it may be unrelated to it. <1>