Monument record 0687401001 - Penn Wood: Inclosure boundary 1855

Summary

Low bank, often defined with a hedge, marking the enclosure of Penn Wood in 1855 known from woodland survey

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • BOUNDARY (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • WOOD BANK (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

The survey notes two types of boundary banks - the low well defined banks alongside the roads and school playng field are planted with hedges of hawthorn, beech, hornbeam and ash are likely to date from the 1855 enclosure (1).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC20067 Unpublished document: Neil Sanderson. 2000. Ecological and Historic Landscape Assessment of Penn Wood.
  • <2>SBC19623 Bibliographic reference: Miles Green. 1999. The History of Penn Wood.

Location

Grid reference SU 92335 96145 (point)
Civil Parish PENN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Ecological and historic landscape survey (EBC16289)

Record last edited

Apr 1 2003 10:19AM

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