Clues Unearthed to Beverley’s Long-Gone Tanneries
Archaeologists have unearthed relics from one of Beverley’s most important medieval trades. They have been excavating part of the now derelict Hodgsons Tannery site ahead of the planned £120m development. They have found shards of pottery and animal bones, used in the tanneries based on the site in the 13th and 14th centuries. Locally-reared livestock would be slaughtered in the town with their skins making the way to the Flemingate…