Monument record 0096800000 - MEDMENHAM

Summary

Eleventh to seventeenth century historical references to a fishery and fifteenth century records of a fishpond in Medmenham

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Type and Period (2)

  • FISHERY (Medieval to 17th Century - 1066 AD to 1699 AD)
  • FISHPOND (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)

Description

DOMESDAY BOOK RECORDS 1000 EELS FROM FISHERY AT MEDMENHAM (B1).
FISHING RIGHTS AT END OF C16 EXTENDED OVER 4 MILES OF THE THAMES, & 1630 REFERENCE TO A FREE & SEVERAL FISHERY (B2).
DOCUMENT OF 1422-61 MENTIONS A FISHPOND, BROKEN AWAY (CONFRACTUM)(B3).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire.
  • <2>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp87-88.
  • <3>SBC12288 Bibliographic reference: PLAISTED A H 1925 MANOR & PARISH RECORDS OF MEDMEN HAM PP107, 136, 294, 358-361, 370-371.
  • <4>SBC10424 Map: OS 1961 6 INCH MAP, & A R PIKE.

Location

Grid reference SU 81200 83600 (point)
Civil Parish MEDMENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 8 2022 9:30PM

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