Hedgerow record 0099200000 - THE BLACK HEDGE

Summary

Hedgrow dated to the tenth century by hedgerow dating and in documentary sources

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  • BOUNDARY MARKER (10th Century - 900 AD to 999 AD)

Description

Plan Form - Linear.
Black Hedge marks boundary of Monks Risborough. Found to contain 12.44 species in a 30yd stretch. First mentioned in AD 903 charter (illus)(B1-2).
'Blacanhegcean' dated by species count to C8. 30ft wide in places, appears to be a double hedge with central ditch (further detail & charter transcript)(B3).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC5588 Bibliographic reference: GELLING M (ED) 1979 EARLY CHARTERS OF THE THAMES VALLEY PP178-181 (APPEN-DIX BY M REED)(PHOTOCOPY, F.
  • <2>SBC13687 Bibliographic reference: REED M 1979 THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LANDSCAPE PP70-71 & PLATE 7.
  • <3>SBC770 Article in serial: Arnold Baines. 1981. 'THE BOUNDARIES OF MONKS RISBOROUGH', IN RECS OF BUCKS 23. Vol 23. pp76-101.
  • <4>SBC779 Article in serial: Arnold Baines. 1996. 'MONKS RISBOROUGH: NEW LIGHT FROM ISLINGTON', IN RECS OF BUCKS 36 (1994) PP98-102. Vol 36.
  • <5>SBC6357 Bibliographic reference: HEPPLE L W & DOGGETT A M 1994 THE CHILTERNS (2ND EDN, REPRINTED 1999) PP65-68 FIGS 16,23-4,46-8.
  • <6>SBC23046 Article in serial: Gill Hey, Caroline Dennis & Andrew Mayes. 2007. 'Archaeological Investigations on Whiteleaf Hill, Princes Risborough, 2002-6', in Records of Bucks 47 pp1-80. Vol 47, Part 2.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 82524 02534 (670m by 995m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish LACEY GREEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish GREAT AND LITTLE HAMPDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 8 2024 4:10PM

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