Monument record 0042300000 - HEARNTON WOOD, WEST WYCOMBE

Summary

Remains of brickworks, shown on map of 1767

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Remains of post-medieval brick kiln (DBC9226)

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Type and Period (3)

  • BRICKWORKS (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • BRICK KILN (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • CLAY PIT (18th Century - 1700 AD? to 1799 AD?)

Description

1767 MAP SHOWS A BRICK KILN IN HEARNTON WOOD (B1).
FOLLOWING UP MR H GREEN'S CONFIRMATION THAT KILN STILL EXISTED, A FIELD VISIT SHOWED A MASS OF FLINT TUMBLE INCORPORATING BRICK, WITH BRICK PITS TO N & S, CENTRED AT NGR (B2).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC8157 Map: 1767. MAP OF THE MANOR OF WEST WYCOMBE BELONGING TO THE RT HON FRANCIS BARON LE DESPENCER, 1767.
  • <2>SBC5336 Verbal communication: Mike Farley (BCM). 1973. FARLEY M E (BCM) PERS COMM APRIL 1973.
  • <3>SBC20218 Unpublished document: CMAG. 1980(?)-2001. Mineral Extraction Sites in Buckinghamshire. D2438.

Location

Grid reference SU 82050 96200 (point)
Civil Parish WEST WYCOMBE RURAL, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC16347)

Record last edited

Jul 17 2018 7:04PM

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