Land adjacent to All Saints Way, West Bromwich, Sandwell. Archaeological Evaluation

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Birmingham Archaeology, during February 2010, on land adjacent to All Saints Way, West Bromwich (centred on NGR SP 004 916). The work was commissioned by Halcrow Group Ltd (archaeological consultants) on behalf of Stoford Developments Limited. The evaluation was carried out after demolition of standing buildings on the site and ahead of a proposed mixed use development which has been granted reserved matters planning permission. A total of twenty-six trial-trenches were excavated across the site. Brick structures recorded during the evaluation may relate to 19th- and 20th-century buildings which appear on OS maps. These were a row of terraced houses fronting onto Sandwell Road, depicted on OS maps between 1890 and 1960, adjacent to the Providence Chapel, and what may be an industrial building shown on the 1890 OS map. The building appears to be within the same yard as a corn mill and was probably associated with it.