Monument record 0053301000 - PREBENDAL HOUSE, AYLESBURY

Summary

Site of possible Saxon nunnery suggested by historical records

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • NUNNERY? (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)

Description

A SAXON NUNNERY MAY HAVE OCCUPIED THE SITE WHERE THE PREBENDAL HOUSE NOW STANDS (B2,P63). THE NUNNERY MAY HAVE BEEN SUCCEEDED BY A HOUSE OF MATURINE MONKS (B2).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC7465 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 2 P58.
  • <2>SBC14433 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP47, 63, 71-72.
  • <3>SBC5653 Bibliographic reference: Robert Gibbs. 1885. A History of Aylesbury. pp95, 102.
  • <4>SBC10435 Map: OS 1966 1:1250 MAP.
  • <5>SBC7162 Bibliographic reference: KNOWLES D & HADCOCK RN 1971 MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS HOU SES IN ENGLAND & WALES (2ND EDN) PP461, 466.

Location

Grid reference SP 81660 13900 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 9 2013 4:40PM

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