Monument record 0061101000 - ST MARGARET'S HOSPITAL

Summary

Burials from possible medieval leper hospital cemetery found in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Protected Status/Designation

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

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Type and Period (1)

  • INHUMATION CEMETERY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

BURIALS FOUND IN VICINITY OF ST MARGARET'S HOSPITAL ON 3 OCCASIONS. SEEMS FIRST THOUGHT TO BE RB BATTLE VICTIMS (B4,B11).
DOCUMENTARY WORK SHOWS SITE OF 1986 FINDS ALMOST CERTAINLY THAT OF THE LEPER HOSPITAL. PRESUMABLY ALL HOSPITALS HAD THEIR OWN CEMETERIES (B13 -14).
Negative fieldwork (B20).

Sources (6)

  • <4>SBC2031 Article in serial: Francis Colmer. 1940. BUCKS FREE PRESS,30 AUG 1940 (ARTICLE BY F COLMER).
  • <11>SBC3141 Unpublished document: COLMER MRS A, & PIKE A R DEC 1981 (& SEE COPY OF LABEL FILED).
  • <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.
  • <16>SBC22749 Digital archive: Roberta Gilchrist & Barney Sloane. 2005. Medieval Monastic Cementeries of Britain (1050-1600): digital resource & database of excavated samples. Database ref:XWYC86.
  • <20>SBC27816 Unpublished document: Cotswold Archaeology. 2025. Land at 4 Leigh Street, The Chiltern Rooms and Needham Bowl, High Wycombe: Archaeological Evaluation.

Location

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

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11977)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC1209)
  • Event - Intervention: Evaluation trial trenching at Leigh Street (EBC18770)

Record last edited

Aug 9 2025 2:18PM

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