NHER 22959 (Monument record) - Medieval or post-medieval coffin, post medieval forge and Baptist church

October 1 1986. Found in side of footings trench inside west end of building, 41, Friarscroft Lane, opposite end of Chandlers Hill.
Plank-built wooden coffin, with intact lid, angular shoulder, and base plinth; aligned north to south, head to north.
Top of coffin 4 ft 6 inches (1.4m) down below black rubbley make-up ground in wet mud. Coffin 6-7 foot (1.8-2.1m) long. This end of building was used as forge in 18th century, as a Baptist church from 1800 to late in 19th century, and then again as a smithy. Absence of industrial debris in make-up suggests that burial predates the forge.
Information about building from Wymondham police.
A. Gregory (NAU), 2 October 1986.

The Baptist church was in use as Providence Chapel 17 December 1800 to June 1897.
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A. Gregory, October 1986.