Monument record 0045201001 - HM PRISON,AYLESBURY

Summary

Inhumation of possible nineteenth century date seen in groundworks

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  • INHUMATION (19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1899 AD?)

Description

REPORT OF 'LOADS OF HUMAN BONES' IN SEWER WORKS AT PRISON. VISIT NOTES HUMAN(?) BONE IN TRENCH ON PERIMETER ROAD: REMAINS OF RIBS & 1 VERTEBRA. TRACES OF GRAVE(?), ALIGNED E-W, FILLED WITH LIME(?), BUT TOO SMALL FOR FULL SKELETON, SEEN IN TRENCH SIDE. PROBABLY GRAVE OF EXECUTED PRISONER, POST 1845 PERIOD (B6).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC5624 Bibliographic reference: Robert Gibbs. 1882. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, A LIST OF LOCAL OCCURENCES VOL 4 (1841-80) P42. Vol 4.
  • <2>SBC14465 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN 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SBC4963 Unpublished document: Mike Farley (BCM). 1992.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).

Location

Grid reference SP 82700 14342 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11233)

Record last edited

May 17 2023 3:38PM

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