Monument record 0035000000 - AYLESBURY
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- PRISON (12th Century to 16th Century - 1100 AD to 1599 AD)
Description
THE GAOL FOR THE COUNTY & THE FOREST OF BERNWOOD WAS KEPT AT AYLESBURY FROM AT LEAST 1180. THE SHERIFF RECEIVED 90 OAKS FOR IT IN 1234. FELONS ESCAPED IN CONSIDERABLE NUMBERS IN 1340. EARLY IN C16 THE GAOL & GAOL PIT WERE ADJACENT TENEMENTS IN THE MARKET PLACE (B5).
(FOR TOWN GAOL SEE CASS 00351).
Sources (11)
- <1>SBC26952 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 2). Volume 2. pp27-28.
- <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p75.
- <3>SBC5653 Bibliographic reference: Robert Gibbs. 1885. A History of Aylesbury. pp485-499.
- <4>SBC10109 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1840. OS 1840 1:500 COUNTY TOWN MAP. 1:500.
- <5>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp1-2.
- <6>SBC1986 Bibliographic reference: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE- CALLENDAR TO THE SESSIONS RECORDS 1958 5 1718-1724 (PHOTOCOPY OF RELEVANT SECTION- .
- <7>SBC5194 Article in serial: Mary Farnell. 1982. 'The Account Books of William Cooper, Millwright of Aylesbury', in Records of Buckinghamshire 24 pp118-124. Vol 24.
- <8>SBC12277 Bibliographic reference: Pipe Rolls (Pipe Roll Society volumes)).
- <9>SBC3300 Article in serial: G R Crouch. 1927. 'The Building of the County Hall, Aylesbury', in Recs of Bucks Vol 12 Supplement ppi-xiv. Vol 12, part 7.
- <10>SBC23108 Bibliographic reference: Allan Brodie, Jane Groom & James O Davies. 2002. English Prisons: An Architectural History.
- <11>SBC25317 Unpublished document: RCHME. 1996. Aylesbury County Gaol & House of Correction (National Monuments Record file no. 93731).
Location
Grid reference | SP 81800 13800 (point) |
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Civil Parish | AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Nov 7 2024 1:26PM