Monument record 0416700000 - ADJ VILLAGE HALL, HIGH ST.

Summary

Historical record of first almshouses built in the seventeenth century and replaced in the nineteenth

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Type and Period (1)

  • ALMSHOUSE (17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 26m, Width 7m.
ORIGINALLY ERECTED 1642 BY ARTHUR GOODWYN FOR 6 POOR WIDOWS (B1).
THE GOODWIN ALMSHOUSES REBUILT 1894 BY BARON ROTHSCHILD (B2).
COMPLETED BY 1657. BUILT ON PIECE OF GROUND LATELY INCLOSED ON WADDESDON GREEN. REPAIRED BY DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH 1726 & REBUILT 1894 (B3).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC26951 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 1). Volume 1. p511.
  • <2>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. pp108,117.
  • <3>SBC9213 Bibliographic reference: MORETON C O 1929 WADDESDON & OVER WINCHENDON PP155 -156.
  • <4>SBC12240 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R,FEB 1978,FIELD VISIT.

Location

Grid reference SP 74250 16870 (point)
Civil Parish WADDESDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 7 2024 5:03PM

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