Monument record 0069400000 - GRANGE FARM, STEWKLEY

Summary

Post-medieval 'pest-house' recorded in field survey and known from documentary records and local knowledge

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL? (HOUSE PLATFORM:PEST HOUSE?, Post-Medieval to 19th Century - 1540 AD? to 1899 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - SQUARE
PLATFORM C.40M SQUARE & SMALLER ONE ADJACENT TO ITS E CORNER. NETTLE GROWTH INDICATES A FORMER BUILDING HERE & FARMER SAYS SITE (AT NGR) WAS FORMERLY A PEST-HOUSE (B1). SHOWN AS A BUILDING ON PRE-INCLOSURE MAP 1811 (B2) & ON EARLY C19 FARM MAP (B1). SHOWN AS 'GUNNERS MOOR' ON 1870 MAP (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC519 Bibliographic reference: ARP 1977(5TH MAY) FIELD VISIT.
  • <2>SBC6854 Bibliographic reference: JONES NW 1985(OCT) (SEE HIS STEWKLEY PARISH SURVEY P16, IN CAS FILE 2766).

Location

Grid reference SP 84250 27640 (point)
Civil Parish STEWKLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC1345)

Record last edited

Sep 9 2004 1:57PM

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