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Market Drayton wharf on the Shropshire Union

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: wharf hardware.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1880 historic-map era

Gingerbread and market town given a canal trade by the 1835 Birmingham and Liverpool Junction line, with a wharf and warehouse quarter at Betton Mill; wharf margins carry Victorian refuse.

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