Monument record 0054502000 - WESTERN GREEN FARM

Summary

Building platform recorded in field survey may be site of medieval chantry chapel known from historical documents

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Deserted or shrunked Medieval village and manorial earthworks

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  • CHANTRY CHAPEL (13th Century to 17th Century - 1200 AD? to 1699 AD?)

Description

CHAPEL MENTIONED IN C13 (B4,B26).
CHAPEL FOUNDATIONS NOT LONG SINCE DUG UP (1755)(B2).
MAP OF 1613 SHOWS BUILDINGS ENCLOSED BY CURTAIN WALL - 'THE OLD CHAUNTERY HOWSE WHICH ONCE STOOD (HERE)' (B1).
CHANTRY RENTS MENTIONED 1663 (B3).
PLATFORM AT NGR - SITE OF CHAPEL? (B5).
'LOWEST COURSE OF STONE-BUILT STRUCTURE - ?CHAPEL' MARKED ON 1:2,500 EARTHWORK SURVEY SLIGHTLY TO SE AT SP73613 33870 (B6).

Sources (8)

  • ---SBC18766 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 1946 RAF vertical AP 14.3228. SP\737332. Yes.
  • <1>SBC2086 Map: BUCKS RECORDS SOC 1964 BUCKS ESTATE MAPS (NO5).
  • <2>SBC16730 Bibliographic reference: Browne Willis. 1755. The History and Antiquities of the Town, Hundred and Deanry of Buckingham. p290.
  • <3>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. p116.
  • <4>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. pp237,240-242.
  • <5>SBC8346 Verbal communication: 1973. MEF & BULL EJ (CMAG) 1973 (SEPT) FIELD VISIT.
  • <6>SBC10562 Map: OS FIELD INVESTIGATOR. 1974. OS FIELD INVESTIGATOR 1974 (MAY) 25IN SURVEY. 1:2,500.
  • <26>SBC15711 Article in serial: 1968. ELVEY G R (ED) 1 1968 LUFFIELD PRIORY CHARTERS PT1, IN BUCKS RECORD SOC 15 P40 (CHARTER 40).

Location

Grid reference SP 73589 33921 (point)
Civil Parish THORNBOROUGH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC17359)
  • Event - Survey: Topographic earthwork survey (EBC14184)

Record last edited

Nov 14 2024 5:22PM

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