Monument record 0702300000 - Lacey Green
Summary
Post-medieval to modern hamlet of Lacey Green.
Protected Status/Designation
- Conservation Area: Lacey Green Conservation Area (DBC7276)
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Type and Period (2)
- SETTLEMENT (Post-Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 1999 AD)
- HAMLET (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)
Description
Conservation Area designated in 1989. See Conservation Area Character Survey for detail (B1).
The civil parish of Princes Risborough contains the hamlets of Longwick, Lacey Green, Looseley Row, and Speen. A chapel of St. John the Evangelist was built at Lacey Green early in the 19th century. It was consecrated by the Bishop of Lincoln in 1825. The hamlet, with Looseley Row and Speen, was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1851 (B2).
Lacey Green is marked on OS maps from 1812 onwards (B3).
Lacey Green is first mentioned in legal documents in 1766 (B4).
Sources (4)
- <1>SBC23265 Bibliographic reference: Wycombe District Council. 1999. Lacey Green Conservation Area Character Survey.
- <2>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. pp260, 267.
- <3>SBC27303 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BC). 2025. Information from historic OS mapping.
- <4>SBC8280 Bibliographic reference: A Mawer & F M Stenton. 1925. PLACE-NAMES OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (ENGLISH PLACE-NAMES SOCIETY VOL 2). Vol 2. p173.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 82373 00151 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LACEY GREEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
May 4 2025 6:16PM
