Monument record 0857000000 - Long Crendon

Summary

Medieval and post-medieval settlement of Long Crendon, recorded in Domesday Book.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Long Crendon Conservation Areas
  • Planning Notification Area: Historic town core of Long Crendon

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Type and Period (4)

  • VILL (Recorded 1086, 11th Century - 1000 AD to 1099 AD)
  • SETTLEMENT (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1999 AD)
  • VILLAGE (Post-Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 1999 AD)
  • TOWN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

Walter [Giffard] holds (Long) Crendon himself. It answers for 20 hides. Land for 25 ploughs; in lordship 10 hides; 5 ploughs there. 52 villagers with 10 smallholders have 20 ploughs.10 slaves; 1 mill at 18s; meadow for 10 ploughs; woodland, 100 pigs, and a park there for woodland beasts. Total value £20; when acquired and before 1066 £15. Seric son of Aelfeva held this manor (B1).
NGR to centre of village.
Conservation Area designated on 10th March 1969 and reviewed on 25th February 2009. See appraisal (B2).
Historic towns characterisation project carried out in 2008. See report for detail (B3).
Village history (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire. 14:5.
  • <2>SBC23362 Bibliographic reference: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2009. Long Crendon Conservation Areas.
  • <3>SBC23724 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Council. 2009. Long Crendon: Historic Town Assessment Report.
  • <4>SBC25206 Bibliographic reference: Joyce Donald & Long Crendon Preservation Society. 2006. Long Crendon: A Short History.

Location

Grid reference SP 693 086 (point)
Civil Parish LONG CRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 9 2024 12:59PM

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