Monument record 0031500000 - BROOK HOUSE, HARTWELL ROAD

Summary

Approximate location of site of medieval leper hospital known from historic records but not found in evaluation trial trenching

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Type and Period (2)

HOSPITAL (12th Century to 16th Century - 1100 AD? to 1548 AD?)
LEPER HOSPITAL (12th Century to 16th Century - 1100 AD? to 1548 AD?)

Description

ST LEONARD'S LEPER HOSPITAL, FOUNDED IN/BEFORE HENRY I'S REIGN (1100-35). RECORDED AS BEING NEGLECTED IN 1360 (B3).
UNITED WITH ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL (CASS 00316), 1384 (B4,B13).
BOTH HAD CEASED TO EXIST BY 1548. FOR PLACENAME EVIDENCE SEE B3-4. SITE OF HOSPITAL AT/NEAR BROOK HOUSE? (B6-7).
Negative evaluation (2 trial trenches, Area B) carried out on southeast side of Oxford Road in January 1998 by Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust (B8-9,B11).
Evaluation of adjacent TA and Red Cross Centres by Wessex Archaeology in February and March 2003 failed to locate any remains of the hospital (B10).

Sources (13)

<1>SBC26952 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 2). Volume 2. pp57-58.
<2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p72.
<3>SBC5653 Bibliographic reference: Robert Gibbs. 1885. A History of Aylesbury. pp103-104.
<4>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. p392.
<5>SBC7154 Bibliographic reference: KNOWLES D & HADCOCK R N 1971 MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS HOUSES OF ENGLAND & WALES (2ND EDN) PP313, 340.
<6>SBC6089 Verbal communication: Hugh Hanley (BRO). 1977. HANLEY H (COUNTY ARCHIVIST) AUG 1977 PERS COMM.
<7>SBC19716 Unpublished document: Max Satchell (Wellcome Trust). 1997. Max Satchell to Julia Wise April 1997 Correspondence.
<8>SBC19062 Unpublished document: Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust. 1998. The Oxford Road Watermill, Aylesbury: an Archaeological Excavation.
<9>SBC19767 Unpublished document: Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust. 1999. The Oxford Road Watermill, Aylesbury.
<10>SBC20243 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2003. Aylesbury TA, Oxford Road, Aylesbury: Report on Archaeological Evaluation.
<11>SBC22119 Article in serial: Ron Humphrey et al. 2004. 'The Oxford Road Watermill, Aylesbury', in Records of Buckinghamshire Vol 44. Vol 44. pp67,70-71.
<12>SBC23953 Unpublished document: Archaeology & Planning Solutions. 2005. Land North of Oxford Road, Aylesbury: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment.
<13>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p4.

Location

Grid reference	SP 81240 13740 (point)
Civil Parish	AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire