Monument record 0420300000 - WHITE HILL SCHOOL

Summary

Site of twentieth century stake where Thomas Harding was burned as a heretic in 1532

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • EXECUTION SITE (16th Century - 1532 AD to 1532 AD)
  • COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT (Modern - 1908 AD to 1908 AD)

Description

Ionic cross in churchyard, erected 1908, to memory of Thomas Harding burned on 30 May 1532 at N end of Chesham (B1).
Site of Harding's execution (condemned as a heretic) still pointed out, as is his house at Dungrove Farm. Site of stake near White Hill School (B2).
NGR to White Hill School (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p203.
  • <2>SBC10860 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 90 SE 27 BCM CAS ENVELOPE FILE 4203.
  • <3>SBC10582 Map: OS FIFTY INCH MAP (1962).

Location

Grid reference SP 96200 01800 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC14138)

Record last edited

Jun 10 2022 10:29PM

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