The Royal Palace, Abbey and Town of Westminster on Thorney Island Archaeological Excavations (1991-8) for the London Underground Limited Jubilee Line Extension Project

This book publishes the archaeological work undertaken for the Jubilee Line Extension Project in the 1990s and a series of other archaeological investigations in and around the Palace of Westminster. It starts with the origins of the settlement on Thorney Island over 7000 years ago and discusses the evidence from the later prehistoric, Roman and Saxon periods before describing the development of the palace up to the fire of 1834. Important aspects of the work are the varying environmental conditions around the island and the integration of antiquarian observations, providing an up-to-date synthesis of current knowledge.