Monument record 0059100000 - BOYCOTT village
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Planning Notification Area: Deserted Medieval village of Boycott
- SHINE: Stowe medieval to post medieval landscape garden, medieval deserted villages of Lamport & Boycott, shrunken village of Daford, also moats, manors and fishponds, ridge and furrow earthworks & cropmarks, and areas of ancient semi natural woodland
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Type and Period (2)
- DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
- (Former Type) VILL (Undated)
Description
VILLAGE SAID TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY 1735 (B5).
WAS REFERRED TO AS A DECAYED HAMLET C.1755 (B1).
ONCE A POPULOUS VILLAGE, NOW (1862) DEPOPULATED & INCLUDED IN THE GROUNDS OF STOWE HOUSE (B2).
HAD A CHAPEL (B1-2).
NGR TO BOYCOTT MANOR (B4).
MANOR HOUSE ITSELF IS A C19 BUILDING (B6).
(Land of Reinbald) Reinbald holds 1 hide in Boycott from the King. Land for 3 ploughs. Now in lordship 1 plough, with 1 villager. Woodland 4 furlongs long and 2 wide. The value was 40s; now 20s. Blackman held it freely (B7).
Historic building survey carried out by Paul Woodfield and local volunteers in 2004 as part of the Whittlewood Project (B8).
Sources (8)
- <1>SBC16730 Bibliographic reference: Browne Willis. 1755. The History and Antiquities of the Town, Hundred and Deanry of Buckingham. p280.
- <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p309.
- <3>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p232.
- <4>SBC1626 Bibliographic reference: BERESFORD M & HURST JG 1971 DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILL AGES P183.
- <5>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
- <6>SBC3000 Verbal communication: CLARKE, MR G. 1977 PERS COMM.
- <7>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire. Entry E4.
- <8>SBC23346 Unpublished document: P Woodfield. 2005. Whittlewood Project: Historic Buildings Surveys: Stowe with Dadford and Boycott.
Location
Grid reference | Centred SP 6620 3717 (180m by 220m) |
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Civil Parish | STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Nov 14 2024 5:55PM