Monument record 0685500000 - 'Little Hermitage'

Summary

Possible site of a late medieval hermitage, indicated by documentary and place name evidence

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • HERMITAGE (RELIGIOUS)? (16th Century - 1500 AD? to 1599 AD?)

Description

The will of William Smyth (1507-c.1528?) included a gift of 10 shillings for 'the Ancresse at Bucks', which suggests that there was at least 1 female hermit attached to Buckingham church in the 16th century. The 1840 tithe map for Radclive records a field name of 'Little Hermitage' between St Rumbold's Well and Tingewick Road (B1).
NGR to centre of 'Little Hermitage'.

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC20016 Unpublished document: Mike Farley. 2003. Correspondence from Mike Farley to Julia Wise, March 2003.

Location

Grid reference SP 687 336 (point)
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Feb 15 2024 11:46AM

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