Find Spot record 0061101001 - ST MARGARET'S HOSPITAL

Summary

Sixty burials found during road widening in 1883, thought to be Roman at the time but now thought to be the cemetery of the leper hosptial and to date to the medieval period

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Type and Period (1)

  • INHUMATION (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

IN APRIL 1883 C.60 SKELETONS FOUND IN WIDENING WATER LANE. MAP SHOWS WATER LANE CORRESPONDS TO PRESENT DESBOROUGH ROAD (B10). BODIES WERE LAID WITHOUT REGARD TO ORIENTATION, SIDE BY SIDE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE & AT 1 TIME. PROBABLY SLAIN IN BATTLE.ABOUT 45 MEN & 5-10 YOUTHS (B11).

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  • <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SBC3141 Unpublished document: COLMER MRS A, & PIKE A R DEC 1981 (& SEE COPY OF LABEL FILED).

Location

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

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC1209)

Record last edited

Aug 8 2017 9:11AM

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