Monument record 0003502000 - SW OF UPPER FARM

Summary

Medieval moat recorded in field survey

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  • None recorded

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  • MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

MOATS & SITE OF OLD MANOR HOUSE SHOWN ON 1844 MS PLAN 1844 (B2).
IRREGULAR MOAT CONSISTS OF POSSIBLY 3 NEARLY RELATED ENCLOSURES (B5,B11).
HAS RECENT HOUSE STANDING IN IT. HEAVILY WOODED-TO BE CLEARED OUT SHORTLY. NE SIDE HAS DOG LEG - ?2 PHASES (B8).
GOOD CONDITION (B9 ).
Owner reports moat not desilted c30 years ago (B10).

Homestead Moat and fish-ponds SW of Upper Farm, mark the site of the former manor house (B4).
Homestead Moat and four large fishponds, water-filled and in good condition. No traces were found to indicate the site of the manor house. Moat and ponds are linked with modern sluices, and formerly fed by springs, are now filled from the overflow from the nearby Grand Junction Canal. There are no retaining banks, the site being nearby level arable land, but there are few indications to show how the spoil was disposed of when the moat and ponds were first dug. Published 1:2500 survey revised. (B22).

Sources (9)

  • <2>SBC1951 Bibliographic reference: BROWN WILLIAM 1844 MOATS AT DRAYTON BEAUCHAMP (FIL ED).
  • <4>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. p136.
  • <5>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. p30.
  • <8>SBC5129 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E,26 JULY 1972,FIELD VISIT.
  • <9>SBC11368 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARDS (FILED).
  • <10>SBC22216 Unpublished document: Sandy Kidd (BCC). 2003. Notes by Sandy Kidd following site visit October 2003.
  • <11>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp341-342.
  • <22>SBC29054 Verbal communication: A S Phillips. 1972. Field Investigator Comments - F1 ASP 23-FEB-72.
  • <23>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 9003 1200 (160m by 170m)
Civil Parish DRAYTON BEAUCHAMP, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13944)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14156)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC16498)

Record last edited

Mar 25 2026 11:29AM

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