Monument record 0569700000 - TURPIN'S ROW,AMERSHAM

Summary

Burial of uncertain date found digging a gas main next to Turpin's Row

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  • INHUMATION (Undated)

Description

SKULL & SOME BONES, PROBABLY OF A MAN, FOUND IN DIGGING A GAS MAIN AT 18IN DEPTH. SKULL INCOMPLETE, BUT LOWER JAW & TEETH PERFECT. ALSO ARM, RIB BONES & VERTEBRAE. FINDSPOT WAS ONCE SMALL RIVER BED (ILLUS OF FINDS) (BI1).TURPINS ROW IS 165-189 HIGH ST (TERRACE). FIND LIKELY TO BE BY NO 189(BI2)

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  • <1>SBC3133 Bibliographic reference: COLMER F MS NOTEBOOKS (BCM ACC NO 182.1988(9)P206 A)/BUCKS FREE PRESS 10 FEB 1939.
  • <2>SBC3192 Bibliographic reference: CORNS E N,APRIL 1989 (SEE L ETTER FILED).

Location

Grid reference SU 95340 97520 (point)
Civil Parish AMERSHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12062)

Record last edited

Dec 14 2017 10:01AM

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