Staines is an urban area in the Borough (Hundreds) of Spelthorne (Spelethorne). The main towns in Spelthorne are Staines (Stanes), Ashford (Exeford), Stanwell (Stanwelle), Shepperton (Scepertone), Sunbury (Sunbarie). Staines is the administrative centre of the Borough and has the largest shopping area. Spelthorne is a district of London, that has a population of approximately 90,000, and covers 21 square miles.

(words in brackets are from the Doomsday Book. c.1086.)

This was found in one of the Digs. It is Roman and it has the foot prints of a cat embedded in the clay.
Isn't it lovely to be able to see this, imagine that cat after it walked through the wet or damp clay, throwing it's legs about trying to remove what had stuck to it's feet!
There is another one of these on show in the Spelthorne Museum.
Photos on this page are all courtesy of Maureen Rendell (Malc)

courtesy of Maureen Rendell (Malc)

Let's start at the far end of the High Street, near the Iron Bridge.
The start of a dig, everything is on our street level. A digger is ready to start work clearing the area.

You can see that this is opposite the Retlaws Toy shop and the Record Scene shop. The digger is hard at work.

The Iron Bridge. No signs of any buildings next to it on this side of the road, what was there has gone.
The White Lion was on this corner along with Mumford & Lobb (furnishers).
This is probably the dig for Mumford & Lobb, 115-117 High Street.
This would have been in 1972.

These are the digs that have taken place in Staines
All were Excavation's except for the Friends Burial Ground which was a 'Watching Brief'.

BARCLAYS BANK, 69-71 HIGH STREET, STAINES Monitoring and salvage 1969	From: 1969-01-01 To: 1973-12-31
THAMES STREET, STAINES	From: 1970-01-01 To: 1970-12-31
REEVES/HALIFAX BUILDING SOCIETY, 56 HIGH STREET, STAINES	From: 1971-01-01 To: 1971-12-31
HALIFAX CARPARK (REAR 60 HIGH STREET?), STAINES	From: 1971-01-01 To: 1971-12-31
MUMFORD AND LOBB, 115-117 HIGH STREET, STAINES	From: 1972-01-01 To: 1972-12-31
PERRINGS, 64 HIGH STREET, STAINES Excavation 1971	From: 1973-01-01 To: 1973-12-31
CONSERVATIVE CLUB, MARKET SQUARE, STAINES Excavated 1970.	From: 1973-01-01 To: 1973-12-31
FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND, STAINES (WATCHING BRIEF)	From: 1973-01-01 To: 1973-12-31
JOHNSON AND CLARK'S, 19 HIGH STREET, STAINES Excavation and monitoring 1985–6.	From: 1973-01-01 To: 1973-12-31
ELMSLEIGH HOUSE, HIGH STREET, STAINES (Crouch 1976)	From: 1974-01-01 To: 1975-12-31
FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND, STAINES (Crouch & Shanks 1984)	From: 1975-01-01 To: 1976-12-31
MARKET PLACE, STAINES Market Square. Monitoring and salvage 1975. Excavation and monitoring 1989.	From: 1975-01-01 To: 1975-12-31
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK, HIGH STREET, STAINES Monitoring and salvage	From: 1976-01-01 To: 1976-12-31
CENTRAL AREA DEVELOPMENT, STAINES	From: 1977-01-01 To: 1977-12-31
JOHNSON AND CLARK'S, 19 HIGH STREET, STAINES 1970	From: 1979-01-01 To: 1979-12-31
COURAGE'S BREWERY, STAINES	From: 1980-01-01 To: 1989-12-31
GEORGE STREET/KINGSTON ROAD, STAINES	From: 1981-01-01 To: 1983-12-31
COUNTY SPORTS, MARKET PLACE, STAINES	From: 1981-01-01 To: 1981-12-31
JOHNSON & CLARK'S, 19 HIGH STREET, STAINES	From: 1985-01-01 To: 1986-12-31

Italics are extras that came in to me after this group was made

There have been more in recent years, but I don't have the details yet. Various Photos from Google Earth and elsewhere of different places in Staines plus extra information are on the pages listed below.

Extras that have come to me since this page was first made.

Lloyds Bank. Excavated	1992.
73–75 High Street. Excavated	1989.
Town Hall. Excavation and monitoring	1993.
Day centre. Monitoring and salvage	1978.
2–8 High Street. Excavation	1995.
Near the Angel Inn. Salvage findspot late 19th century.
Abbey National. Monitoring and recording	1994.
Prudential. Excavations	1989.

Tessellated floor under the beautiful building that was at 74 High Street. Who knew? Wow!
(Wayback Machine Files)

There are some of the items that were found in some of these digs on show in the Spelthorne Museum
Please click on the link below to see Roman Medical Instruments.

To be continued

Various Staines information, historic or otherwise, are listed on the page Links below. Art Works in Staines Ashby's Banks Books Church Street Churches Cinema's Clarence Street Common Land Companies Destruction Digs Dragonfly Dezignz Extras 1 Floods Golden Boy High Street Iron Bridge Links The Lino Maps Museum Talks 2023 Oast House Photos plus Premier Inn Pubs Research info Restaurants Roman Medical Instruments Shops Alphabetically Part 1 A - K Shops Alphabetically Part 2 L - Z Shops - Now Shops thru the years - High Street Shops thru the years - Other Streets Smiths to Banks Stations Thames Street Town Hall White Lion Extras (not mine)