Monument record 0059101000 - BOYCOTT

Summary

Historical records of possibly medieval chapel, destroyed by the eighteenth century

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  • 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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  • CHAPEL (Medieval to 18th Century - 1066 AD? to 1799 AD?)

Description

CHAPEL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST IN BOYCOTT, GONE BY WILLIS'S TIME (C.1755); HE FOUND IT MENTIONED IN 'THE REGISTER OF LUFFIELD' (B1).
IN 1862 'THE CHAPEL (HAD BEEN) LONG SINCE SWEPT AWAY & ITS SITE PASSED IN TO OBLIVION' (B2).
NGR TO BOYCOTT MANOR (B4).

Sources (3)

  • <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.
  • <4>SBC1626 Bibliographic reference: BERESFORD M & HURST JG 1971 DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILL AGES P183.

Location

Grid reference SP 66200 37200 (point)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 14 2024 5:55PM

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