Monument record 0060400000 - THE PRIORY, CASTLE STREET

Summary

Possible Roman house found in the nineteenth century on Castle Street

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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).

Sources (7)

  • <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SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator.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.

Location

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

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Record last edited

Nov 22 2024 1:36PM

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