Monument record 0046600000 - HOLME OR HOME CLOSE FIELD

Summary

Medieval moat recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Medieval moat and fishpond at Cheddington Manor (DBC8981)

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Type and Period (1)

  • MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 46m, Width 44m.
Plan Form - Subsquare.
Deep moat encloses site of unknown building (B1).
Homestead moat & fishpond (B3).
Moat probably the site of former Brocas family manor house (B5).
Marked at NGR (B6).
(For manorial history see B2; capital messuage referred to in June 1259, B4. Later manor house see CASS 05292).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p657.
  • <2>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. pp30, 331-332.
  • <3>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. p84.
  • <4>SBC6473 Article in serial: M W Hughes (ed). 1940. 'FEET OF FINES FOR BUCKS', IN BUCKS RECORD SOCIETY 4 P110. Vol 4.
  • <5>SBC3553 Bibliographic reference: DoE (Ministry of Housing & Local Government). 1956. PROVISIONAL LIST OF BUILDINGS OF ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST.
  • <6>SBC10479 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS 1979 1:2500 MAP. Paper. 1:2,500.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 9158 1748 (60m by 50m)
Civil Parish CHEDDINGTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 18 2024 1:17PM

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