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 0026 m Width 0007
ORIGINALLY ERECTED 1642 BY ARTHUR GOODWYN FOR 6 POOR WIDOWS(BI1).THE GOODWIN ALMSHOUSES REBUILT 1894 BY BARON ROTHSCHILD(BI2).COMPLETED BY 1657.BUILT O N PIECE OF GROUND LATELY INCLOSED ON WADDESDON GRE EN.REPAIRED BY DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH 1726 & REBUILT 1894(BI3).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC7510 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 1 P511.
  • <2>SBC16041 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 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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  • Event - Survey: (EBC17425)

Record last edited

Jan 31 2019 1:04PM

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