Crossrail Archaeology at Liverpool Street Station
Alison Telfer

• Friday 9 June 2017, 7.40PM to 8.30pm
• Free admission
  Booking required
• K/133, King's Manor, Exhibition Square (map)
• No wheelchair access

Event details

Results from fieldwork at the construction site of Crossrail's new Liverpool Street station provide an intriguing picture of a unique landscape beyond the walls of Roman Londinium. Dominated by a former tributary of the Walbrook, the evidence highlights Roman burial and road building, followed by medieval marsh formation and the establishment of the fascinating St Mary Bethlehem (Bedlam) burial ground in the 16th century.

Join archaeologist Alison Telfer of the Museum of London Archaeology as she discusses some of the exciting finds. These include a rare Roman medallion, Roman skulls and hipposandals, medieval bone ice-skates and 16th-century cloth seals, pilgrim badges and tenterhooks.

About the speaker

Alison Telfer has worked asan archaeologist in London for almost 30 years and isaProject Officer at the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA). She has extensive experience supervising large scale excavations in the City of London, City of Westminster and Greater London, including at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church and the site of the first Temple Church.

Alison has worked elsewhere in England, as well as in Scotland, France, India and northern Italy and more recently as supervisor on training excavations for MOLA in Romania and Rome. She has also worked on community excavations in London with school children and local residents. 

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