Monument record 0466910000 - GREAT MARLOW CHURCH

Summary

Seventeenth century records of Civil War ramparts built around the church at Marlow.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Type and Period (1)

  • RAMPART (Civil War - 1640 AD to 1649 AD)

Description

1642 churchwardens' accounts mention money paid 'for throwing in the bullworks about the church & in Duck Lane, & for cleaning the church when the souldiers laye inn itt.' this was when the Parliamentary army, under the command of Major-General Brown, was quartered at Marlow (B1,B11,B14).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC7336 Bibliographic reference: LANGLEY T 1797 HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF THE HUNDRED OF DESBOROUGH PP123-155. p143.
  • <11>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p65.
  • <14>SBC8026 Bibliographic reference: Daniel & Samuel Lysons. 1813. Magna Britannia: Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain (Volume 1 Part 3 Buckinghamshire). p600.

Location

Grid reference SU 85130 86170 (point)
Civil Parish MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Nov 14 2024 9:41PM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the Heritage Portal maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.