Find Spot record 0545400000 - VICINITY OF WOOBURN HOUSE

Summary

Seventeenth century metalwork found in the eighteenth century

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

QUANTITY OF GOLD ANGELS, VALUE £50 DISCOVERED IN WILDERNESS W OF WOOBURN HOUSE, C1762, SUPPOSEDLY CONCEALED IN CIVIL WAR. TRADITION THAT LORD WHARTON CONCEALED £60,000 IN WEST WOOD AND AT RESTORATION FORGOT EXACT SPOT, BUT AFTER CLEARING 2 ACRES THE WHOLE WAS DISCOVERED (B1-2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC3173 Bibliographic reference: COOKE G A C.1802? TOPOGRAPHICAL & STATISTICAL DESC RIPTION 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

Jul 30 1992 12:00AM

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