Find Spot record 0473200000 - BOURBON ST/RICKFORD'S HILL

Summary

Possible medieval inhumation found during roadworks on Bourbon Street

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  • None recorded

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  • INHUMATION (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

DISCOVERY OF A SKELETON WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN IN POSITION FOR SOME CENTURIES. WAS 6FT DOWN; WAS FOUND DURING ROADWORKS AT SOME DATE AFTER AUGUST 1962. PERHAPS A BODY BURIED IN THE GREYFRIARS MONASTERY PRECINCT? APPROX LOCATION OF FIND POINTED OUT BY INFORMANT (B1).

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  • <1>SBC16536 Verbal communication: WHITE E 1980 (JUNE) PERS COMM TO MEF (& LETTER ON FILE).

Location

Grid reference SP 81828 13672 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC11943)

Record last edited

Dec 3 2023 7:50PM

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