Monument record 0541400000 - ROWLEY HILLS

Summary

Historical records of early medieval boundary marker and possible meeting place

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  • Planning Notification Area: Site of possible Saxon moot or burial mound (DBC9513)

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Type and Period (2)

  • BOUNDARY MARKER (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
  • MOOT (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Description

'ROWLEY HILL' DERIVED FROM 'RUGAN HLAWE' OF CHETWODE-HILLESDEN CHARTER (AD 949)(B2).
ROWLEY HILL IN TURN GAVE ITS NAME TO ROVELAI HUNDRED (B1).
ON HIGHEST SPOT IN AREA & APPROACHED BY 7 FOOTPATHS; MAY HAVE BEEN THE HUNDRED MEETING PLACE (B2-3); IS ON PARISH BOUNDARY.

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC16730 Bibliographic reference: Browne Willis. 1755. The History and Antiquities of the Town, Hundred and Deanry of Buckingham. p2.
  • <2>SBC8280 Bibliographic reference: A Mawer & F M Stenton. 1925. PLACE-NAMES OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (ENGLISH PLACE-NAMES SOCIETY VOL 2). Vol 2. p58.
  • <3>SBC5590 Bibliographic reference: GELLING M 1979 EARLY CHARTERS OF THE THAMES VALLEY P172.
  • <4>SBC786 Article in serial: Arnold Baines. 1982. 'THE CHETWODE-HILLESDEN CHARTER OF 949', IN RECS OF BUCKS 24 PP22-3,26-7. Vol 24.

Location

Grid reference SP 691 303 (point)
Civil Parish HILLESDEN, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 14 2024 6:31PM

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