Monument record 0446400000 - NEAR WEST WYCOMBE VILLAGE

Summary

Documentary history of medieval and post-medieval manor of West Wycombe

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  • MANOR (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

UNDER EDWARD THE CONFESSOR HELD BY STIGAND, PROBABLY AS BISHOP OF WINCHESTER. REMAINED WITH BISHOPS OF WINCHESTER UNTIL 1551 WHEN GIVEN TO THE CROWN. SAME YEAR ROYAL GRANT MADE TO SIR HENRY SEYMOUR. 1552 SIR ROBERT DORMER APPEARS AS HIS TENANT. REMAINS IN DORMER FAMILY DOWN TO 1670, THEN DASHWOODS (B3).
Notes on medieval buildings in the manor of West Wycombe from the Bishop of Winchester's accounts (B7).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC16508 Map: WEST WYCOMBE MANOR ESTATE MAP 1698 (IN POSSESSION OF SIR FRANCIS DASHWOOD, WEST WYCOMBE PARK; PHOTO .
  • <2>SBC7301 Bibliographic reference: Thomas Langley. 1797. The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough and Deanery of Wycombe. p414.
  • <3>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp136-138,139.
  • <4>SBC6101 Bibliographic reference: HARMAN H 1934 NOTES ON WEST WYCOMBE P15.
  • <5>SBC11982 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R APRIL 1979.
  • <6>SBC11488 Monograph: M Page (ed). 1996. PIPE ROLLS OF THE BISHOPRIC OF WINCHESTER 1301-1302, HANTS RECORD SOCIETY 14, WEST WYCOMBE PP160-168. Volume 14.
  • <7>SBC20253 Unpublished document: Herbert Green. 1980s?. Notes on buildings in West Wycombe manor recorded in medieval accounts of Bishop of Winchester.
  • <8>SBC19995 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. West Wycombe Park Buckinghamshire - Part 1: Site History and Introduction. 1. pp12-15.
  • <9>SBC19996 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. West Wycombe Park Buckinghamshire - Part II: The Earthwork Surveys. 2.
  • <10>SBC19998 Graphic material: English Heritage. 2000. West Wycombe Park: detailed plans of Pleasure Grounds, Wider Parkland and Church Hill. 1:2500.

Location

Grid reference SU 82800 94600 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Apr 10 2026 4:23PM

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