Monument record 0004200000 - BENHILL,WALTON

Summary

Cremation cemetery of possible Roman or Saxon date uncovered by workmen in the nineteenth century

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Type and Period (1)

CREMATION CEMETERY? (1st Century Roman to 6th Century - 43 AD? to 599 AD?)

Description

IN FIELD CALLED BENHILL IN WALTON HAMLET, BETWEEN TRING/WENDOVER ROADS (& JUST BEYOND THE NEW CEMETERY) WORKMEN DUG UP HUMAN & OTHER BONES, SPEARHEAD & POTTERY. BURNING PRACTICED HERE? EXTENT OF ?CEMETERY UNKNOWN (B2).
ATTEMPTS TO FIND LOCATION (B7); TENTATIVE NGR CALCULATED FROM THIS INFO (B8).

Sources (9)

<1>SBC13293 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1858 2 P48.
<2>SBC13598 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 2 1859 PP101-5 (ARTICLE REPRODUCED I N AEDES HARTWELLIANAE, ADDENDA"1864PP206-8".
<3>SBC5633 Bibliographic reference: 1891. GIBBS R BUCKS MISCELLANY 1891 PP93-4.
<4>SBC903 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
<5>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p5.
<6>SBC10739 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 81 SW 4 (IN CAS FILE).
<7>SBC5185 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY ME 1976 SAXON & MEDIEVAL WALTON, AYLESBURY; EXCAVATIONS 1973-4, IN RECORDSOFBUCKS20PP153-290".
<8>SBC600 Bibliographic reference: ARP CALCULATES A TENTATIVE NGR FROM INFO IN BI7.
<9>SBC5653 Bibliographic reference: Robert Gibbs. 1885. A History of Aylesbury. p11.

Location

Grid reference	SP 83150 13350 (point)
Civil Parish	AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire