Monument record 0705300000 - Beacon's Bottom

Summary

Post-medieval hamlet of Beacon's Bottom

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

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

Description

The hamlet of Beacon's or Bacon's Bottom lies southeast of Stokenchurch. There is a school and Methodist chapel (B1).
'Beacon's Bottom' is marked on OS maps from 1812 onwards (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p96.
  • <2>SBC27303 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BC). 2025. Information from historic OS mapping.

Location

Grid reference SU 78574 95321 (point)
Civil Parish STOKENCHURCH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 8 2025 7:19PM

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