Monument record 0058801000 - BIDDLESDEN MANOR HOUSE

Summary

Sixteenth and seventeenth century records of manor house, site now occupied by later house

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  • MANOR HOUSE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

SOME C16 & C17 ACCOUNTS OF THE MANOR HOUSE, WHICH MUST HAVE INCORPORATED AT LEAST PART OF THE OLD CISTERCIAN ABBEY, DISSOLVED 1539, STATE THAT IT CONTAINED 16 BAYS, A BREWHOUSE, STABLE, COLEHOUSE, DOVECOTS, ORCHARD, HOPYARD & 3 FISHERIES. SUCCEEDED BY PRESENT BUILDING (B3,B16).
Sir Peter Temple's house at Biddlesden plundered in 1643, during the Civil War (B17).

Sources (3)

  • <3>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. pp365-369.
  • <16>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. pp154-155.
  • <17>SBC25958 Bibliographic reference: Ian Beckett. 2015. Wanton Troopers: Buckinghamshire in the Civil Wars 1640-1660. p65.

Location

Grid reference SP 63260 39910 (point)
Civil Parish BIDDLESDEN, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 11 2023 2:47PM

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