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 A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE Q. Coarse pavement and fragment of column. Found 1866, in Southgate Street, in street, between Mr. Johnson's malt offices and Mr. Collier's house. [Leic. Arch, Sac. ii, 22.] R. Rough tesselated pavement. Found 1876. Site of Opera House, Silver Street. [Leic. Arch, Sac. iv, 106 ; v, 55.] S. Concrete floor, foundations, and drain. Found 1859 an d I ^76, in Bath Lane. [Leic. Arch. Sac. ii, 22 ; v, 41.] T. Inscribed tile, Primus fecit, Wyggeston's Hospital. [Leic. Arch. Sac. vi, 96.] VV. Columns found in 1885, now placed in St. Nicholas Churchyard. [Leic. Arch. Sac. vi, 1 6 1.] W. Tesselated pavement, Blackfriars Street. Found 1885. [Leic. Arch. Soc. vi, 208.] X. Tesselated pavement, Sarah Street. Found 1885. [Leic. Arch. Soc. vi, 210.] Y. Foundation of wall, roof tile, and frag- ments of ornamented, stamped flue tiles. Found 1888, in St. Nicholas Church- yard in digging foundations for new north transept to church. [Leic. Arch. Soc. vii, 1 7.] Z. Large drain to west of Jewry Wall, mentioned by Throsby [Hist. Leic. 388], re-discovered and its direction traced to- wards the Jewry Wall. [Leic. Arch. Soc. vi, 312.] (In Museum, but not numbered. a a to f f inclusive, except b b) a a. Fragment of stone carved with a niche, containing a portion of a rude figure in relief, Townhall Lane. b b. Two tesselated pavements from St. Nicholas Street, found in 1898, preserved in situ. [jfourn. Brit. Arch. Assoc. (New Ser.), iv, 289 ; Assoc. Arch. Soc. xxiv, p. xcix ; Antiq. xxiv, 234 ; Reliq. Jan. 1899;] Leic. Arch. Soc. ix, 6.] c c. Part of a column, found 7 ft. deep, in Freeschool Lane turning out of High Cross Street. Found 1882-4. [Cat. Arch. Specimens in Leic. Mus.~ d d. A piece of carved stone moulding from the Flood Works opposite the castle. Found in 1889. [Rep. Mus. Com.'] ee. Inscribed stone column, found 3 ft. deep between St. Nicholas' Church and the Jewry Wall. Inscription very much defaced, but as far as can be deciphered, MER - c (?) PRO - P Found in 1897. [Cat. Arch. Specimens in Leic. Mus.] f f. Part of a stone column from the corner of High Street and High Cross Street, found in 1901. [Assoc. Arch. Soc. xxvi, 459-] Remains of a stone wall about I ft. high (with column and pavements). Found in 1901. [Assoc. Arch. Soc. xxvi, 459.] h h. From about Red Cross Street down to the Elm Trees (near All Saints' Church), 6 ft. or 7 ft. from the houses on west side of street, an old stone wall, fallen down towards the houses. Found in 1685. [Carte in Nichols, Hist. Leic. i, II.] Found next the ' King's Arms ' (formerly in High Street), a stone wall running to the street, 1710. [Carte in Nichols, Hist. Leic. i, n.] Found, a wall in the cellars of Mr. Carter's house, and, in next house, a drain of stone, 1717. [Carte in Nichols, Hist. Leic. i, 1 1 .] 1 1. Fragment of tesselated pavement, found on site of Grey Friars. [Throsby, Hist. Leic. 396.] Foundations and remains of floors, near the Peacock Inn, High Cross Street, 1858. (?) [Leic. Arch. Soc. i, 215.] m m. Foundations south and west of Jewry Wall. Found in 1864. [Leic. Arch. Soc. i> 35-] Granite and Sandstone Walk, from near All Saints' Church to near gaol, running in middle of High Cross Street. Found in 1866. [Leic. Arch. Soc. ii, 23.] nn. Foundations on Mr. Sarson's premises, near St. Nicholas Street. Found in 1869. [Leic. Arch. Soc. ii, 207.] o o. Sites of excavations along the east front of Jewry Wall in 1867 and 1875. [Leic. Arch. Soc. ii, 2O2 et seq.; iv, 54, 79.] p p. Foundations and town ditch. (?) Messrs. Rust's yard, near Jewry Wall. [Leic. Arch. Soc. v, 41.] q q. A wall running east and west between High Street and Silver Street, with a tesse- lated pavement. Found in 1889. [Leic. Arch. Soc. ii, 23, 24. Assoc. Arch. Soc. xx, Ix.] Foundation of a wall, from the same place. Found in 1902. [Assoc. Arch. Soc. xxvi, 461.] r r. Continuation of tesselated pavement found at the corner of Jewry Wall Street and St. Nicholas Street in 1830. Found in 1843. [Thompson, Hist. Leic. 445.] Some masonry also found in St. Nicholas' Street in 1902. [Proc. Soc. Antiq. (Ser. 2), xix, 245.] ss. Tesselated pavement in St. Nicholas Square. Found in 1853. [R*p. Com. Leic. Mus.] Fragment of pavement in St. Nicholas Street. Found in 1 889. [Leic. Arch. Soc. vii. 207.] tt. Part of a paved road in Talbot Lane, of considerable width, leading to the Jewry Wall. [Leic. Arch. Soc. ii, 202.] 206