Monument record 0052500000 - TEMPLE BULSTRODE

Was in Hedgerley. C13 owned by Knights Templar who had a preceptory (01:000) by 1276. After Templars suppressed in 1308, king seized lands (B4) & in 1337 they went to Bisham Priory. After dissolution series of owners until 1686 when Judge Jeffreys bought it & united with Bulstrode manor (CASS 01540)(B1-5,B21).
A change in ownership and proposed use for the field (grazing by horses) prompted a site visit accompanied by the EH monument warden. It was noted that the field was covered in long grass and that there were reeds in the lower parts. The new owner noted that there was sewage discharge into the field from the farm's septic tank. The earthworks were visible as a low undulating platform on the east side of the field with a broad low depression on the south and west sides. There is also a bank linking the hedgerow bank to the platform. It is unclear whether these are original elements of the site or the result of disturbance from adjacent grazing /road construction. However, the possibility that the platform does define the moated island ought to be considered (B19).