Monument record 0497001000 - NW OF BUSHEYCLOSE SPINNEY
Summary
Waterfalls used as boundary marker in medieval charters
Protected Status/Designation
- Planning Notification Area: Medieval fishponds or later ornamental ponds, on Medieval boundary of Whaddon Chase
Map
Type and Period (2)
- BOUNDARY MARKER (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)
- WATERFALL? (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
Description
Dimensions - Length 640m, Width 50m.
Plan Form - Linear.
Series of banks & fishponds(?) forming a line of waterfalls, likely to have originated as an ornamental feature. Perhaps the 'waterfalles' referred to in the bounds of Whaddon Chase, 1493 ('From Whirledich to the waterfalles, so up Parkhill, then down to a stone between my Lord of Yorks ground & the Abbots & the Priors' (B1).
Sources (1)
- <1>SBC3257 Unpublished document: Bob Croft (MKAU) & Andrew Pike (BCM). 1980. CROFT R A (MKAU) & PIKE A R 1980 (& SEE BM ADD ROLL 53964, BOUNDS OF WHADDON CHASE; TRANSCRIPT: GURNEY NOTEBOOK 'WING & WINSLOW CT ROLLS', COPY FILED).
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 7932 3385 (450m by 400m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NASH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | WHADDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: (EBC14264)
Record last edited
Dec 7 2023 3:04PM
