Monument record 0095405001 - SE OF LITTLE KIMBLE CHURCH

Summary

Local tradition of a nunnery being established here in the thirteenth century

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Type and Period (1)

  • NUNNERY? (13th Century - 1200 AD to 1299 AD)

Description

NUNNERY FOUNDED BY QUEEN ELEANOR TRADITIONALLY SAID TO HAVE EXISTED AT LITTLE KIMBLE & TO HAVE LATER BECOME THE SITE OF THE MANOR HOUSE. NOT LISTED BY KNOWLES & HADCOCK OR MENTIONED IN VCH (B1,B4).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. pp413, 476, Fig 164.
  • <4>SBC11368 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARDS (FILED).

Location

Grid reference SP 82790 06220 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT AND LITTLE KIMBLE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 22 2022 3:50PM

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