Monument record 0449801000 - FINGEST MANOR HOUSE

Summary

Seventeenth to nineteenth century records of manor house, now a house platform

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Type and Period (2)

  • MANOR HOUSE (17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)
  • HOUSE PLATFORM (17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

'Plain old mansion' (B2-3).
Marked on 1838 map in area of NGR (B4).
Ruined (B3).
Manor house of Bishops of Lincoln (B1).
At NGR is house platform 9m square, 0.75m high, in rough grass. Remains of formal gardens to S. Local resident recalls playing in ruins c.1880 (B5).
Surveys of manor, C17, mention house, cellar (B6).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp42-43.
  • <2>SBC7304 Bibliographic reference: T Langley. 1797. HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF THE HUNDRED OF DESBOROUGH P223.
  • <3>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p883.
  • <4>SBC5360 Map: 1838. FINGEST TITHE MAP 1838 (WITH FINGEST & LANE END PARISH COUNCIL; PHOTOSTAT AT BRO, REF: PR77/27/1/T).
  • <5>SBC39 Bibliographic reference: A R PIKE 15 JUNE 1979 FIELD VISIT/CAS CARD 4498.
  • <6>SBC14979 Unpublished document: SURVEYS OF MANOR OF FINGEST 1650, 1674, 1700 IN SOMERSET RECORD OFFICE (REF: D/D/PG 8)(INFO PER PROF E J HOLBORROW).

Location

Grid reference SU 77610 91270 (point)
Civil Parish FINGEST AND LANE END, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13469)

Record last edited

Oct 20 2024 1:33PM

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