Monument record 0473100000 - SALOON BAR, THE ROCKWOOD

Summary

Human bones of uncertain date found beneath floorboards in The Rockwood pub.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • HUMAN REMAINS? (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

DISCOVERY OF HUMAN SKELETON, BONES BEING SCATTERED AROUND FIREPLACE. PROBABLY A FEW HUNDRED YEARS OLD. CELLAR BENEATH FLOOR RULES OUT SUGGESTION OF A PROPER BURIAL. FOUND UNDER FLOORBOARDS OF OLD CAFE, PEBBLE LANE, BEING CONVERTED INTO SALOON BAR OF ROCKWOOD (B1).
NGR TO ROCKWOOD (NOW LOBSTER POT) (B2).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC15067 Article in serial: 1938. THE PENNANT: OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BENSKIN'S WATFORD BREWERY LTD JULY 1938 4 NO 7 PP238-239 (PHOTOCOPY F.
  • <2>SBC5016 Map: FARLEY M E FROM OS 1966 1:2500 MAP.
  • <3>SBC3590 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST.
  • <4>SBC19664 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner & Elizabeth Williamson. 1994. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire.

Location

Grid reference SP 81828 13875 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12138)

Record last edited

Dec 3 2023 7:47PM

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