Monument record 0704500000 - Askett

Summary

Medieval or post-medieval to modern hamlet of Askett

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Askett Conservation Area (DBC7253)

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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

Conservation Area designated in 1977 (B1).
Askett is first recorded in legal documents in about 1250, with other mentions in 1300 and 1541 (B2).
The hamlet of Askett was in the parish of Monks Risborough. At Askett there is a Baptist chapel built in 1839, with a small burial-ground attached. Master John Schorne is said to have been vicar here before he went to Long Marston, c. 1290 (B3).
'Ascott' and later 'Askett' is marked on OS maps from 1812 onwatds (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC23236 Bibliographic reference: Wycombe District Council. 1996. Askett Conservation Area Character Survey.
  • <2>SBC8280 Bibliographic reference: A Mawer & F M Stenton. 1925. PLACE-NAMES OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (ENGLISH PLACE-NAMES SOCIETY VOL 2). Vol 2. p171.
  • <3>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. p256.
  • <4>SBC27303 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BC). 2025. Information from historic OS mapping.

Location

Grid reference SP 81505 05220 (point)
Civil Parish PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 8 2025 3:28PM

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