Monument record 0575700000 - MAIDENS' WELL, GT.BRICKHILL

Summary

Unlocated site of a sixteenth century chapel, mentioned in a documentary of 1519.

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Type and Period (1)

  • CHAPEL (First mentioned 1519, 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)

Description

IN 1519 ROBERT KEYE OBTAINED LICENCE TO BUILD A CHAPEL IN HONOUR OF THE VIRGIN MARY & ST JOHN BAPTIST NEAR THE SPRING CALLED THE MAIDENS WELL (B1).
NEITHER SITE OF CHAPEL NOR MAIDENS' WELL LOCATED (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC15914 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 P298 (CITING LINCOLN EPISCOPAL REGISTER MEMO. WOLSEY & ATWATER, FOLIO 88).
  • <2>SBC12150 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1991. PIKE A R, PERS COMM, JUNE 1991.

Location

Grid reference SP 90000 31000 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT BRICKHILL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Mar 3 2016 2:05PM

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