Find Spot record 0045201000 - HM PRISON, BIERTON HILL

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Four inhumations of unknown date discovered while digging the foundations of the new gaol in the nineteenth century

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  • INHUMATION (Undated)

Description

IN DIGGING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE NEW COUNTY GAOL IN AYLESBURY, MAY 1845, 4 SKELETONS WERE FOUND. THEY HAD PROBABLY BEEN BURIED FOR MANY YEARS (B4).

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  • <1>SBC5624 Bibliographic reference: Robert Gibbs. 1882. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, A LIST OF LOCAL OCCURENCES VOL 4 (1841-80) P42. Vol 4.
  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. pp75-76.
  • <3>SBC509 Verbal communication: ARP 1977 (JULY) PERS COMM.
  • <4>SBC1995 Article in serial: 1962. BUCKS ADVERTISER (16TH FEB 1962) LETTER FROM G A OSTERFIELD (COPY IN CAS FILE 4701).
  • <5>SBC3590 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST.
  • <6>SBC4963 Unpublished document: Mike Farley (BCM). 1992. AUGUST 1992 FIELD VISIT (SEE NOTE FILED).

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Grid reference SP 82750 14400 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Oct 18 2024 2:40PM

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