Find Spot record 0045100000 - CHURCH STREET, AYLESBURY

Summary

Two burials of a late Saxon or medieval cemetery found in the nineteenth century

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Type and Period (2)

  • CHURCHYARD (11th Century to Medieval - 1000 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • INHUMATION CEMETERY (11th Century to Medieval - 1000 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

SKULLS & OTHER BONES OF 2 ADULTS. HAD LAIN IN-SITU FOR A LONG TIME. IN GOOD STATE, BUT BROKEN BY A SPADE. SIDE BY SIDE, 2FT APART, 2FT BELOW GROUND SURFACE. NO COFFINS OR OTHER OBJECTS. FROM CEMETERY OF FORMER RELIGIOUS HOUSE/HOSPITAL? (B1) OR OF 'MINSTER'? (CASS 2575:01:001). NGR TO 'CHANTRY', PRESUMED SITE (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC13303 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1861 2 P353.
  • <2>SBC8451 Map: MEF 1980 (APRIL) FROM OS 50 INCH (1.1250) MAP, 196 0.

Location

Grid reference SP 81755 13828 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC12164)

Record last edited

Nov 29 2004 10:25AM

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