Monument record 0061100000 - ST MARGARET'S HOSPITAL

Summary

Thirteenth to sixteenth century records of leper hospital

Protected Status/Designation

Planning Notification Area: Site of Medieval leper hospital and cemetery (DBC9570)

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Type and Period (2)

HOSPITAL (Founded 1229?, 13th Century to 16th Century - 1229 AD? to 1599 AD?)
LEPER HOSPITAL (Founded 1229?, 13th Century to 16th Century - 1229 AD? to 1599 AD?)

Description

First impression is of 2 hospitals - Ss Giles' & Margaret's (B1-2,B19).
But seems, particularly from grant to Richard May of 1392 only 1, dedicated variously (B2,B7,B19).
St Giles' Hospital for lepers founded before 1229. St Margaret's first mentioned 1229 (B2,B19).
1596 estate map marks 'St Margaret's' approx at NGR (B3).
An archaeological desk-based assessment of land at West Richardson Street, High Wycombe, carried out by NAU Achaeology in February 2010, identified the potential for archaeological remains in undisturbed areas of the site, and the possibility of medieval burials connected with the medieval leper hospital of St Margaret's, located to the south of the site (B17).
Subsequent trial trenching in June 2010 failed to locate any remains associated with the hospital, suggesting that the complex did not extend further to the north (B18).

Sources (19)

<1>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. p646.
<2>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. pp307, 394.
<3>SBC6463 Map: Robert Hovenden. 1596. HOVENDEN R 1596 ALL SOULS COLLEGE ESTATE MAP (PHOTO AT BCM & BRO REF MAR/1/13T.
<4>SBC2031 Article in serial: Francis Colmer. 1940. BUCKS FREE PRESS,30 AUG 1940 (ARTICLE BY F COLMER).
<5>SBC7025 Bibliographic reference: KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS 1899 (PER MRS A COLMER).
<6>SBC10358 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1925. OS 1925 1:2500 MAP. 1:2,500.
<7>SBC628 Bibliographic reference: L J Ashford. 1960. The History of the Borough of High Wycome from its Origins to 1880. pp34-35,71.
<8>SBC6476 Article in serial: HUGHES M W (ED)1940 'FEET OF FINES FOR BUCKS', IN BUCKS RECORD SOC 4 P69.
<9>SBC7143 Bibliographic reference: D Knowles & R N Hadcock. 1971. MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS HOUSES IN ENGLAND & WALES (2ND EDITION) PP322,364.
<10>SBC7227 Verbal communication: LAMB G C & PIKE A R APRIL 1980.
<11>SBC3141 Unpublished document: COLMER MRS A, & PIKE A R DEC 1981 (& SEE COPY OF LABEL FILED).
<12>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
<13>SBC5101 Excavation archive: Mike Farley and CMAG. 1986. FARLEY M E SEPT 1986 (DETAILS & SITE ARCHIVE IN BCM).
<14>SBC4735 Article in serial: Mike Farley & Keith Manchester. 1989. 'THE CEMETERY OF THE LEPER HOSPITAL OF ST MARGARET, HIGH WYCOMBE', IN MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY 33 PP82-89. Vol 33. pp82-89, plate VI.
<15>SBC20152 Unpublished document: Gillian Crane. 1986. Detailed notes on age, sex and pathology of skeletal material held at BCM.
<16>SBC22749 Digital archive: Roberta Gilchrist & Barney Sloane. 2005. Medieval Monastic Cementeries of Britain (1050-1600): digital resource & database of excavated samples.
<17>SBC23716 Unpublished document: NAU Archaeology. 2010. An Archaeological Desk-based Assessment of land at West Richardson Street, High Wycombe.
<18>SBC23941 Unpublished document: NAU Archaeology. 2011. An Archaeological Evaluation on Land at West Richardson Street, High Wycombe.
<19>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp113-114.

Location

Grid reference	SU 85700 93300 (point)
Civil Parish	HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire