"A tessellated pavement was uncovered by Mr Mason behind No 44 North Hill in October 1923.

Foundations, floors, painted plaster, etc, found at a depth of 3-4ft in the garden of St Peter's Vicarage at various times since 1844.

Entry in Wire's diary, 1856: "a pavement made with red tesserae was discovered in laying a drain down Mr Hitchcock's back way, Culver Street.

Entry in Wire's Diary, 1844; "Mr Joseph Dennis, Clerk of the Lion Walk Chapel, informs me that when he was digging a grave for the son of Mr JB Harvey (c.30ft E of Lion Walk) in the chapel ground, he came upon a tessellated pavement.

Mosaics and other Roman remains, indicative of a high status Roman villa-type building, have been frequently observed since they were first noted by Cromwell Mortimer in 1730.

Roman tessellated pavement between 17 & 18 North Hill, recorded in 1847.

A group of medieval and early medieval pits and post-holes defined during excavations at 21 St Peter's Street, Colchester, and cutting the metalled surface of a Roman road (MCC3076).

Roman strip-house (CAT Building 55) discovered during excavations at Balkerne Lane in 1973-6.

Roman house (CAT Building 59) discovered during excavations at Balkerne Lane in 1973-6.

The church was rebuilt in the C18 and restored in the C19 with reuse on each occasion of much flint and stone rubble and many Roman bricks.