Find Spot record 0545400000 - VICINITY OF WOOBURN HOUSE

Summary

Seventeenth century metalwork found in the eighteenth century

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

A quantity of gold angels, to the value of £50, was discovered in the wilderness west of Wooburn House, c1762, supposedly concealed there during the Civil War. There is a tradition that at that period Lord Wharton concealed £60,000 in a wood called West Wood and at the Restoration he could not recollect the exact spot; the only person privy to the transaction being either dead or in exile; but that after clearing 2 acres the whole was discovered (B1-2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC3173 Bibliographic reference: George Alexander Cooke. 1802?. Topographical & Statistical Description of the County of Buckingham. p138.
  • <2>SBC1911 Article in serial: BRITISH NUMISMATIC JOURNAL 1915 12 P115.

Location

Grid reference SU 91100 88200 (point)
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • COIN HOARD (Civil War - 1640 AD to 1649 AD)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12769)

Record last edited

Nov 12 2025 12:09PM

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