Monument record 0701200000 - Prestwood

Summary

Post-medieval settlement of Prestwood

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Type and Period (1)

  • SETTLEMENT (Post-Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD? to 1999 AD)

Description

Prestwood is mentioned in legal documents as a property of Missenden Abbey in the 14th and 16th centuries, first gifted in about 1180 (B1).
'Prestwood' is marked on OS maps from about 1878 onwards (B2).
The straggling vllage of Prestwood is situated on the western boundary of Great Missenden parish (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC8280 Bibliographic reference: A Mawer & F M Stenton. 1925. PLACE-NAMES OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (ENGLISH PLACE-NAMES SOCIETY VOL 2). Vol 2. p156.
  • <2>SBC27303 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BC). 2025. Information from historic OS mapping.
  • <3>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. p347.

Location

Grid reference SP 87461 00639 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 4 2025 2:24PM

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