Monument record 0060400000 - THE PRIORY, CASTLE STREET

Summary

Possible Roman house found in the nineteenth century on Castle Street. Roman building with Tesselated pavement and well discovered

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Type and Period (1)

HOUSE? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

ROMAN WELL & PAVEMENTS FOUND MID C19TH IN FRONT OF HOUSE IN ALL HALLOWS LANE (NOW CASTLE STREET) ADJOINING THE PRIORY (B1).
NOTED AS A SUBSTANTIAL ROMAN BUILDING (B4).
PRESUMED CONNECTION WITH FINDS OF WALLING ON SITE OF WESLEYAN CHAPEL (CASS 00616)(B6).

(SU 86539313) A Roman well was discovered a few years ago "in the garden in front of the house in Allhallows Lane adjoining the house formerly called Wellysbourne House, but lately the Priory" On the same premises at the same time some early tessellated pavements were found, and when digging the foundations of the Wesleyan Chapel in the immediate vicinity a portion of ancient walling was discovered. (Sited at SU 86539313 from Parker's sketch map - well and pavements only - Chapel not marked) (B8).

The area of the Roman finds is built over, and no further finds have been reported. The Wesleyan Chapel lies at SU 8655 9320 (B9).

NRHE Inseet 1997, Update 1999 (B11)

Sources (11)

<1>SBC11521 Bibliographic reference: PARKER J 1878 EARLY HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF WYCOM BE PP5-6.
<2>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. p19.
<3>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p157.
<4>SBC10077 Map: ORDNANCE SURVEY 1956 MAP OF ROMAN BRITAIN P36.
<5>SBC8289 Map: MAYES MR L J DEC 1972 & OS 1975 1:1250 MAP.
<6>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
<7>SBC3604 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: BOROUGH OF HIGH WYCOMBE.
<8>SBC11520 Bibliographic reference: J Parker. 1878. EARLY HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF WYCOMBE.
<9>SBC27868 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 01-AUG-74.
<10>SBC27450 Bibliographic reference: Eleanor Scott. 1993. A gazetteer of Roman villas in Britain. Vol1, p28.
<11>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	SU 86525 93135 (point)
Civil Parish	HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire