Monument record 0456600000 - N SIDE OF UPPER STREET
Summary
Possible post-medieval coffin stone and boundary marker in Upper Street, Quainton
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (3)
- COFFIN STONE (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)
- BOUNDARY MARKER (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)
- CROSS INCISED STONE (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)
Description
Dimensions - Length 450mm, Width 380mm.
Boundary mark where clergy customarily met funeral processions from Lee & Doddershall hamlets to take them to the parish church. Situated about 1 furlong W of Quainton Cross, on Causeway (B1,B4-5).
The stone, measuring c.380mm X 450mm, is set into the pavement on the N side of Upper Street [at NGR] & is engraved with a Maltese type cross (B2).
Stone slab with cross inscribed in it, set in the footpath outside No.36 Upper Road. Recorded as a cortege cross on the NMR database (B3).
Sources (5)
- <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p415.
- <2>SBC542 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1979. PERS COMM, SEPT 1979, FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.
- <3>SBC23085 Verbal communication: Chris Welch (EH). 2008. Pers Comm, February 2008, following site visit.
- <4>SBC26951 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 1). Volume 1. p401.
- <5>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p92.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 7439 2021 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | QUAINTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC16946)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC16947)
Record last edited
Nov 7 2024 4:03PM
