Monument record 0541501000 - ESE OF WINDMILL HILL FARM

Summary

Possible site of Saxon meeting place, mentioned in historical records

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Possible site of Saxon moot or boundary marker

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Type and Period (1)

  • MOOT (11th Century - 1000 AD to 1099 AD)

Description

EXACT SITE OF WADDESDON HUNDRED MEETING PLACE IS UNKNOWN. MAY WELL HAVE BEEN ON PROMINENT HILL SE OF VILLAGE (B1).
SUGGESTED SITE OF THE HUNDRED TREE (HUNDRYTHE TREOW)WHICH WAS PRESUMABLY ANCIENT MEETING PLACE, IN BOUNDARY CHARTER OF 1004. WOULD HAVE LOST SIGNIFICANCE AFTER REGROUPING OF 1007 (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC8280 Bibliographic reference: A Mawer & F M Stenton. 1925. PLACE-NAMES OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (ENGLISH PLACE-NAMES SOCIETY VOL 2). Vol 2. p131.
  • <2>SBC766 Article in serial: Arnold Baines. 1972. 'The Boundaries of Over Winchendon', in Recs of Bucks 19 pp169-173. Vol 19. p170.

Location

Grid reference SP 74500 15300 (point)
Civil Parish UPPER WINCHENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish WADDESDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Dec 5 2020 12:48PM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the Heritage Portal maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.