Monument record 0450400000 - TURVILLE ST ALBANS MANOR

Summary

Eighth to eighteenth century records of manor of Turville St Albans.

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Type and Period (1)

MANOR (8th Century to 18th Century - 700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

MANOR OF TURVILLE ST ALBANS GRANTED IN 796 BY ECGFRID, KING OF MERCIANS, TO ST ALBANS ABBEY, FOUNDED 3 YEARS EARLIER. ABBEY SURRENDERED IN 1539. BY C17 IT WAS IN POSSESSION OF DORMERS. BY 1721 OWNERSHIP DIVIDED INTO SIXTHS. 1 PART, INCLUDING TURVILLE PARK, OWNED BY PERRY FAMILY IN C18 (B1).
St. Alban's Abbey possessed a charter claiming that Turville was given to them by Ecgfrith, King of Mercia, in 796. The cartulary text is probably not genuine as it stands, but it is argued that its substance is acceptable. Watlington and Turville are proposed as a Middle Anglian enclave in Saxon territory, adjoining an area of British survival. The bounds of Worcester Abbey's neighbouring estate of Radenore (identified with Pyrton, Pishill, Stonor and probably Warmscombe) are examined, in order to recover the early topography (B9).

Sources (9)

<1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp101,103-104.
<2>SBC7301 Bibliographic reference: Thomas Langley. 1797. The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough and Deanery of Wycombe. p388.
<3>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p911.
<4>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire.
<5>SBC14956 Bibliographic reference: STRONG R, BINNEY M & HARRIS J 1974 DESTRUCTION OF THE COUNTRY HOUSE P188.
<6>SBC37 Bibliographic reference: A R PIKE 15 JUNE 1979 FIELD VISIT.
<7>SBC3985 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1986. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Wycombe District: Parishes of Fawley &C.
<8>SBC19002 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1998. Historic Parks and Gardens Register Review.
<9>SBC771 Article in serial: Arnold Baines. 1981. 'Turville, Radenore & the Chiltern Feld', in Recs of Bucks 23 pp4-22. Vol 23.

Location

Grid reference	SU 7399 9108 (point)
Civil Parish	TURVILLE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire