Monument record 0857200000 - Denham

Summary

Medieval and post-medieval settlement of Denham, recorded in Domesday Book

Protected Status/Designation

  • Archaeological Notification Area: Historic town core of Denham (DBC9966)
  • Conservation Area: Denham Conservation Area (DBC7385)

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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)
  • TOWN? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VILLAGE (Post-Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

The Abbot of St Peter's of Westminster holds denham. It answers for 10 hides. Land for 12 ploughs; in lordship 3 hides; 2 ploughs there. 15 villagers with 3 smallholders have 7 ploughs; a further 3 possible. Meadow for 12 ploughs; 2 mills at 7s; 3 fisheries yield 3s a year; woodland, 300 pigs. The total value is and was £7; before 1066 £10. The thane Wulfstan gave this manor to St Peter's of Westminster; it lay there in lordship in 1066 (B1).
NGR to centre of village.
Conservation Area designated in 1971 and revised in March 2006 (B2).
Historic towns characterisation project report (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire. 7:1.
  • <2>SBC23427 Unpublished document: South Bucks District Council. 2008. Denham Conservation Area Character Appraisal.
  • <3>SBC23738 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Council. Denham: Historic Town Assessment Report.

Location

Grid reference TQ 040 870 (point)
Civil Parish DENHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Apr 13 2025 3:01PM

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