Monument record 0008800000 - E OF TINGEWICK WOODS

Summary

Possible post-medieval dam across a tributary of the River Ouse recorded in field survey

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  • DAM (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 140m.
Plan Form - LINEAR.
DAM IN 1913 WAS A STRONG BANK 7FT HIGH & C 100 YDS LONG, WITH RETURN AT S END ACROSS A SMALL TRIBUTARY OF THE OUSE, PIERCED TO ALLOW ITS PASSAGE (B1).
DAM MUCH DENUDED BY 1982; APPEARED AS A SLIGHT SWELLING EACH SIDE OF STREAM, WITH S RETURN SLIGHTLY MORE PROMINENT. RELATES TO FISHPONDS (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. p300.
  • <2>SBC14869 Bibliographic reference: STEER FW 1972 ARCHIVES OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD PP21 6-224.
  • <3>SBC15121 Unpublished document: Sheila Girardon. 1982. TINGEWICK PARISH SURVEY (TYPESCRIPT FILED). pp27-30.
  • <4>SBC575 Bibliographic reference: ARP 1982(SEPT) FIELD VISIT (& REF TO RAF AP OCT 19 46 -RUN 14, PRINT 3237, AT BCM- ).

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6643 3189 (50m by 150m)
Civil Parish TINGEWICK, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13272)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13497)

Record last edited

Aug 6 2025 1:28PM

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