Monument record 0938800000 - Whitchurch
Summary
Medieval to modern settlement of Whitchurch, recorded in Domesday Book.
Protected Status/Designation
- Archaeological Notification Area: Historic town core of Whitchurch (DBC9412)
- Conservation Area: Whitchurch Conservation Area (DBC8015)
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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
Hugh of Bolbec holds Whitchurch from Walter [Giffard]. It answers for 8 hides. Land for 12 ploughs; in lordship 3 ploughs; [another] 2 possible. 14 villagers with 2 smallholders have 7 ploughs. 8 slaves; meadow for 6 ploughs. In total, the value is and was £8; before 1066 £10. Two brothers, thanes of King Edward's, held this manor as two manors; they could sell (B1).
NGR to centre of village.
Conservation Area designated on 1st January 1971. See summary (B2).
Historic towns characterisation project report (B3).
40 shillings was raised from rent of the borough and its prerequisites in 1296 (B4).
Sources (4)
- <1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire. 14:16.
- <2>SBC23645 Bibliographic reference: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2008. Whitchurch Conservation Area Summary.
- <3>SBC23736 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Council. Whitchurch: Historic Town Assessment Report.
- <4>SBC29231 Article in serial: Maurice Warwick Beresford. 1981. ' Enlish Medieval Boroughs: A Handlt: Revisions 1973-81', in Urban History Yearbook 8 pp59-65. p61.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 801 208 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WHITCHURCH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Feb 25 2026 1:07PM
