Monument record 0687405000 - Benmond End Pond, Penn Wood: extractive pit

Summary

Extractive pit in Penn Wood, possibly for eighteenth century clay-digging, which now contains Benmond End Pond

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

The Survey notes a pond in a former pit which has been extended by excavation (survey ref: A22) (1)
References to expenses at the brick-kiln, 1750 on Wycombe Heath. Chalk digging; lime burning; brick making mentioned & 2 kilns of lime & brick & tyles, bricks, coping bricks & list of workers (3).
Wycombe Heath lay mainly in & NW of Penn Wood. The north part of Penn Wood has many pits including large one at SU 9139 9641 (4).

Sources (6)

  • ---SBC20074 Bibliographic reference: Elizabeth S Eames. 1968. Medieval Tiles: A Handbook. pp16-22.
  • ---SBC20075 Bibliographic reference: Elizabeth Eames. 1985. English Medieval Tiles. pp55-56.
  • <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SBC20067 Unpublished document: Neil Sanderson. 2000.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.
  • <3>SBC14104 Bibliographic reference: SHARDELOES ESTATE ACCOUNT BOOK 1747-68 (AT BRO, D/ X 963 Q).
  • <4>SBC1717 Bibliographic reference: BIOLOGICAL RECORDS, BCM.

Location

Grid reference SU 91391 96421 (point)
Civil Parish PENN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

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

Record last edited

Apr 1 2003 12:06PM

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