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March 21, 2007
Initial work starts
Work started on the new pinfold on Monday.
Richard Parkin, project manager writes:
Workers have uncovered brickwork of the rear wall of the old pinfold running around the edge under the hedge but centred on the present circle.
There are also yorkstone paving slabs, and this surface is almost certainly from the days after the pinfold i.e. contemporary with its use as a seat and bus stop. As it is below present road level I think this confirms the the road surface has been built up over the years. The pinfold wall was definitely one and a half bricks thick (which is as it will be rebuilt) and the core of the wall contained a lot of broken pieces including thin paver bricks.
Interestingly within and across the front part of the circle is a length of road kerb.This must have been cut across the corner after the front of the pinfold was demolished.
These features can be seen in the photos below.
Posted by bishopthorpe at March 21, 2007 10:05 AM