Monument record 0706000000 - Rowsham
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
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
History of hamlet from 1800-1960 (B1).
Rowsham is first recorded in legal documents in 1198, with frequent references in the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th centuries (B2).
The large hamlet of Rowsham lies in a valley about a mile south-west by footpath from Wingrave on the road between Aylesbury and Leighton Buzzard. There are some good residential houses and one or two 17th-century cottages of brick and timber and tiled roofs, a Congregational chapel, a brewery, and Mercers' Farm, part of the endowment of St. Paul's School, of which the Mercers' Company are trustees. Burbage Manor House, which stood nearly in the centre of the hamlet, was taken down in the early 18th century (B3).
'Rowsham' is marked on OS maps from about 1813 onwards (B4).
Sources (4)
- <1>SBC25479 Bibliographic reference: Ken & Margaret Morley. 1999. Wingrave: a Rothschild Village in the Vale.
- <2>SBC8280 Bibliographic reference: A Mawer & F M Stenton. 1925. PLACE-NAMES OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (ENGLISH PLACE-NAMES SOCIETY VOL 2). Vol 2. pp89-90.
- <3>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p458.
- <4>SBC27303 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BC). 2025. Information from historic OS mapping.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 85020 17989 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WINGRAVE WITH ROWSHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
May 15 2025 11:54AM
