Proposed Re-development of the Former Pye Radio and Television Works, Chesterton, Cambridge: An Archaeological Desktop Study

A desk based assessment was carried out on two parcels of land presently occupied by the former Pye Radio and Television Works at St Andrews Road, Chesterton. Very little information is available for early periods in the vicinity but there is good documentary, and recent archaeological evidence to suggest that Chesterton was a thriving settlement from at least Domesday onwards. The proposed development areas impact upon the Chesterton Old Manor House complex, more properly considered an important manorial farm, and the Pye Radio and Television Works themselves