Letter to Hayman Rooke from John Throsby
Reference code
ROO/01/059
Title
Letter to Hayman Rooke from John Throsby
Date
31 Mar 1793
Level of description
item
Scope and content
A detailed account of (a) an underground passage found in Leicester in Feb. between the Jewry Wall and the river, and doubtless the exit of a Roman sewer ; containing Roman pottery, tiles and some inscribed stones; and (b) some remains of Saxon or early medieval stonework the church or chapel of St. John (?demolished 1173), now in his own (Throsby's) garden.
Creator
Throsby, John (1740-1803), Leicestershire antiquary