Monument record 0994900000 - UPPER ICKNIELD WAY
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- TRACKWAY? (Early Neolithic to Medieval - 4000 BC? to 1539 AD?)
Description
Plan Form - Linear
Marked on historic maps. Jefferys' 1770 map only shows the Icknield Way between Tring and Dunstable, with the route appearing to follow an earlier line SE around Ivinghoe Beacon. OS 2-inch surveyor's drafts show both Upper and Lower Icknield Ways, with the route (here marked 'Roman Road') following the earlier line SE around Ivinghoe Beacon. Bryant's 1825 map shows the Upper Icknield Way (Lower Icknield Way not shown), with the route appearing to follow the later diversions NW around Little Kimble church and NW around Ivinghoe Beacon. The 1st edition 6-inch and 25-inch OS maps show the route following the earlier line SE of Little Kimble church but the later diversion NW of Ivinghoe Beacon (B1-4).
Dating and course of prehistoric trackway briefly discussed (B5).
An important routeway between Wesses and East Anglia, with a band of tracks following the Chiltern scarp just above the springline and marked today reasonably closely by the bridleways and paths of the Upper Icknield Way (B6).
Notes on possible routes across the Risborough, Wendover and Berkhampstead gaps (B7).
Existence of the Icknield Way as a long-distance Prehistoric routeway suggested to be a creation of medieval chroniclers, mythologised by later writers (B8).
NGRs derived from route as shown on 1st edition 6-inch and 25-inch OS maps.
Sources (8)
- <1>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
- <2>SBC23595 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1811-1823. OS surveyors' draft 2-inch drawings..
- <3>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
- <4>SBC23596 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1876-1886. 1st edition 25-inch and 6-inch OS maps.. Printed map. Paper. 1:10,560.
- <5>SBC20379 Bibliographic reference: The Viatores. 1964. Roman Roads in the South-East Midlands. pp49-53.
- <6>SBC20314 Bibliographic reference: LW Hepple & AM Doggett. 1999. The Chilterns. pp8-11,21-22.
- <7>SBC23594 Unpublished document: Leonard Bull. 1976. Notes on the Upper Icknield Way.
- <8>SBC22157 Article in serial: Sarah Harrison. 2003. 'The Icknield Way: Some Queries', in Archaeological Journal 160. Vol 160.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 88005 09962 (21998m by 17691m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LONGWICK-CUM-ILMER, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | WENDOVER, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | WESTON TURVILLE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | ELLESBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | GREAT AND LITTLE KIMBLE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | ASTON CLINTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | HALTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Apr 24 2025 1:31PM
