Monument record 0474100000 - KILN WOOD, EAST BURNHAM

Summary

Eighteenth to nineteenth century brick and tileworks and quarry in Kiln Wood

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (3)

  • BRICKWORKS (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
  • TILE WORKS? (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Former Type) QUARRY (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

DEEP QUARRY NOTED IN WOOD, CENTRED AT NGR, & TOWARDS ITS N W CORNER A LARGE AMOUNT COMPACTED TILE & VITRIFIED BRICK, PROB C18-EARLY C19, VISIBLE IN STEEP SIDE OF QUARRY. ALTHOUGH NO KILNS SURVIVE, PROBABLE THAT TILE & BRICK MADE HERE. SAMPLE AT BCM. MAP, 1808, SHOWS KILN CLOSE ADJACENT TO W (B1,2). 'PIT' SHOWN ON 6IN OS 1ST EDITION (BUCKS SHEET 53, SURVEYED 1880); 25IN OS 1ST EDITION (BUCKS SHEET 53.5 SURVEYED 1876) [B3]

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC9483 Bibliographic reference: MRS B HURMAN & A R PIKE JULY 1980 FIELD VISIT.
  • <2>SBC5237 Graphic material: FIELD J 1808 PLAN OF PART OF BURNHAM PARISH TAKEN IN 1931 FROM PLAN MADE BY R BINFIELD WHICH HE TOOK.
  • <3>SBC20218 Unpublished document: CMAG. 1980(?)-2001. Mineral Extraction Sites in Buckinghamshire. D0380.

Location

Grid reference SU 94320 84500 (point)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13551)

Record last edited

Oct 17 1990 12:00AM

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