Monument record 0053301000 - PREBENDAL HOUSE, AYLESBURY

Summary

Site of possible Saxon nunnery suggested by historical records

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  • 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).
Possible site of Saxon monastery. It is said the Saints Edburga and Edith, daughters of King Redwald (died before 627) took the veil at Aylesbury, and that St Osyth was buried there. Leland also refers to a house of Trinitarians there, although that may have been a possession only (B5).

Sources (2)

  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. pp47,63,71-72.
  • <5>SBC28638 Bibliographic reference: D Knowles & R N Hadcock. 1953. Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales. pp461, 466.

Location

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

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Record last edited

Mar 5 2026 2:15PM

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