Monument record 0949400000 - High Wycombe town

Summary

Medieval to modern town of High Wycombe, recorded in Domesday Book.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Archaeological Notification Area: High Wycombe Town Historic Core (DBC9830)
  • Conservation Area: Amersham Hill Conservation Area (DBC7252)
  • Conservation Area: High Wycombe Conservation Area (DBC7272)
  • Conservation Area: Leigh Street Furniture Heritage Conservation Area (DBC7278)
  • Conservation Area: Priory Avenue Conservation Area (DBC7291)
  • Conservation Area: Terriers Conservation Area (DBC7297)
  • Conservation Area: Totteridge Conservation Area (DBC7299)
  • Conservation Area: Wycombe Abbey Conservation Area (DBC7309)

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Type and Period (3)

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

Description

Robert [D'Oilly] holds Wycombe himself from his wife's holding. It answers for 10 hides. Land for 30 ploughs; in lordship 4 hides; 3 ploughs there. 40 villagers with 8 smallholders have 27 ploughs. 8 slaves and 4 boors; 6 mills at 75s a year; meadow for 3 ploughs, for the horses of the court, and for the villager's ploughs; woodland, 500 pigs. Total value £26; when acquired £10; before 1066 £12. Brictric held this manor from Queen Edith (B1).
NGR to centre of town (near church).
Conservation Areas designated in 1970, 1986, 1987 and 2006. See summaries (B2-8).
Historic towns characterisation project report (B9).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire. 19:2.
  • <2>SBC23255 Bibliographic reference: Wycombe District Council. 2010. High Wycombe Conservation Area Appraisal.
  • <3>SBC23283 Bibliographic reference: Wycombe District Council. 1995. Totteridge Conservation Area Character Survey.
  • <4>SBC23281 Bibliographic reference: Wycombe District Council. 1995. Terriers Conservation Area Character Survey.
  • <5>SBC23263 Map: Wycombe District Council. Wycombe Abbey Conservation Area.
  • <6>SBC23260 Bibliographic reference: Wycombe District Council. 2012. Priory Avenue Conservation Area Appraisal.
  • <7>SBC23235 Bibliographic reference: Wycombe District Council. 2012. Amersham Hill Conservation Area Appraisal. 1:10,000.
  • <8>SBC23267 Bibliographic reference: Wycombe District Council. 2006. Leigh Street Furniture Heritage Conservation Area (summary).
  • <8>SBC25430 Bibliographic reference: Wycombe District Council. 2012. Leigh Street Furniture Heritage Conservation Area Appraisal.
  • <9>SBC23734 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Council. High Wycombe: Historic Town Assessment Report.

Location

Grid reference SU 86515 93117 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 13 2025 6:53PM

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