Monument record 0703300000 - Longwick

Summary

Medieval to modern hamlet of Longwick

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • SETTLEMENT (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD? to 1999 AD)
  • HAMLET (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD? to 1999 AD)

Description

Longwick is mentioned in legal documents in 1320 and in 1485 (B1).
The civil parish of Princes Risborough contains the hamlet of Longwick. There is a branch of the Bell Street [Princes Risborough] Baptist chapel at Longwick, where there is also a Wesleyan chapel (B2).
'Longwick' is marked on OS maps from 1812 onwards (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. p173.
  • <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.

Location

Grid reference SP 79031 04742 (point)
Civil Parish LONGWICK-CUM-ILMER, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 5 2025 1:42PM

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