Monument record 0504201000 - 100M NW OF LILIES

Summary

Local tradition of site of plague victim's burial ground and historical evidence of old churchyard

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Type and Period (1)

  • CEMETERY (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

Part of field known as Weedon Churchyard & Burial Ground, said to be the site of burials of Weedon plague victims. Area now a rectangular patch of ground overgrown & heavily wooded (B1).
Plot of land at Weedon Hill called the old churchyard mentioned in Glebe Terrier for Hardwick (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC5416 Unpublished document: Eleanor Forfang. 1981. HARDWICK CUM WEEDON: A PARISH SURVEY. pp32-33.
  • <2>SBC19033 Article in serial: Michael Reed. 1988. Buckinghamshire Glebe Terriers 1578-1640. p102.

Location

Grid reference SP 8110 1851 (point)
Civil Parish WEEDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Dec 13 2023 1:06PM

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