Monument record 0064300000 - THE WARREN, BLEDLOW

Summary

Saxon inhumation cemetery found in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century

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Archaeological Notification Area: Saxon cemetery found in late 19th and early 20th century (DBC9187)
SHINE: Late prehistoric flint-working site, Roman building and Saxon cemetery at the Warren, found by fieldwalking and earlier discoveries (DBC8219)

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Type and Period (1)

INHUMATION CEMETERY (5th Century Saxon to 10th Century - 410 AD to 999 AD)

Description

GRAVES FOUND S SIDE OF WARREN, LATE C19, 60CM FROM SURFACE (B1-2).
OS 1885 MAP SHOWS SITE AT SP7756 0135, BUT 1922 EDITION HAS CORRECT LOCATION (B3-5).
IN 1912 C SKILBECK FOUND GRAVES & KNIFE IN UPPER RAG-PIT (AT NGR) WHERE PREVIOUS BONES HAD COME FROM, WHICH WERE REBURIED IN BLEDLOW CHURCHYARD (B5-10).

(SP 7768 0144) Human Remains found (NAT) (B4).
A number of Anglo-Saxon inhumations have been found over a period of years in a small chalk pit adjoining a trackway on the E side of the Warren. The skeletons were orientated with feet to the E and no objects other than an iron knife were found with them. The bones were reburied in Bledlow churchyard (B7).
The iron knife (in Aylesbury Museum) was found with the skeleton of a boy by C O Skilbeck in 1925. (for bronze strap-end probably associated see SP70SE2) (B11-B12).
No further information (B13).
NRHE Insert 199 (B14).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (14)

<1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. pp104-105.
<2>SBC8122 Bibliographic reference: MAIDENHEAD & TAPLOW FIELD CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 7 1891 P37.
<3>SBC10193 Map: OS 1877/85 1ST EDIT SIX-INCH MAP.
<4>SBC10353 Map: OS 1922 SIX INCH MAP (SEE J F HEAD'S WORKING MAP IN CAS FILE 2616).
<5>SBC7410 Bibliographic reference: LETTER FROM C O SKILBECK TO J F HEAD, 1949 (FILED).
<6>SBC6220 Article in serial: J F Head. 1946. 'BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, AD 450-700', IN RECS OF BUCKS 14 PP301-340. Vol 14, part 6. p314.
<7>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. pp97,99,147.
<8>SBC918 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER (SEE ALSO LETTER FROM C O SKILBECK IN CAS FILE 0645).
<9>SBC20374 Bibliographic reference: A Meaney. 1964. Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p57.
<10>SBC10701 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 70 SE 12, DEC 1965..
<11>SBC20374 Bibliographic reference: A Meaney. 1964. Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites.
<12>SBC28776 Index: O G S Crawford. O G S Crawford DA Index.
<13>SBC28777 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 16-JAN-74.
<14>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	SP 77680 01430 (point)
Civil Parish	BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Event - Intervention: (EBC10001)
Event - Intervention: (EBC14416)

Record last edited

Jan 12 2026 3:38PM