Monument record 0045600000 - 150M NW OF ST JAMES'CHURCH

Summary

Possible Civil War cemetery discovered in the nineteenth century

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  • Planning Notification Area: Undated human burials found in 19th century
  • SHINE: Possible Bronze Age cemetery at Church Farm, suggested by excavated barrow and earlier finds

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  • INHUMATION CEMETERY (Civil War - 1640 AD to 1649 AD)

Description

FOUND BY MR WEST ABOUT 1830 IN OLD ORCHARD PIECE. SOME SKELETONS CLOTHED. BONES RE-INTERRED ON SAME SPOT WHERE THEY WERE DISCOVERED ABOUT 18 BELOW SURFACE (B1).
MAP MARKS 'HUMAN REMAINS, COIN SET FOUND' AT NGR (B4).
OS PROBABLY CONFUSED WITH CAS 01042 (B5).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC3234 Article in serial: 'C P A'. 1860. 'HISTORICAL MEMORANDA OF BIERTON', IN RECS OF BUCKS 2 PP160-165. Vol 2, part 4. pp162-163.
  • <2>SBC7269 Bibliographic reference: LAMBORN C ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERIES AT BIERTON INBUCKSHERALD2FEB1861P4"(PHOTOCOPYOFTYPESCRIPTFILEDINCA.
  • <3>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p93.
  • <4>SBC10358 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1925. OS 1925 1:2500 MAP. 1:2,500.

Location

Grid reference SP 83470 15340 (point)
Civil Parish BIERTON WITH BROUGHTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Oct 18 2024 2:28PM

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