Monument record 0109103001 - HOME GROUND,CUBLINGTON

Summary

Site of Medieval churchyard, excavated in nineteenth century.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1017896: MOTTE CASTLE AND ASSOCIATED REMAINS OF THE MEDIEVAL VILLAGE OF CUBLINGTON, IMMEDIATELY WEST OF RIDINGS WAY (DBC7186)

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Type and Period (3)

  • CEMETERY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CHURCHYARD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BOUNDARY BANK (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)

Description

Area in old village site excavated by Rev B R Perkins. Many human skeletons & bones, lying E-W, discovered (B2).
60 interments (B5).
Plan of village site, 1925, marks old churchyard (B6).
1519 Bishop's visitation ordered fencing & perambulation of former graveyard (B4,B8).
Marked by enclosure at NGR (B11).
Reference of close called the old churchyard possibly refers to this site (B17).

A probable medieval churchyard boundary bank is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located about 235 metres W of Manor Farm in Cublington and centred at SP 83440 22149, sections of earthwork bank up to 4 metres wide form a rectangular enclosure about 52 metres NW-SE and 38 metres SW-NE. There is no bank on the SW facing side. The churchyard enclosure is located about 75 metres SE of a medieval motte mound. On aerial photographs taken in 2022 and recent remote sensing data, the earthworks remain visible (18-22).

Sources (12)

  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p660.
  • <4>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p338.
  • <5>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. pp397, 423, 543, 548, 551.
  • <6>SBC8126 Graphic material: J P Maitland & R Gurd. 1925. CUBLINGTON: SITE OF ANCIENT CASTLE & ABANDONED VILLAGE (SURVEY PLAN & CROSS-SECTION).
  • <8>SBC1636 Bibliographic reference: BERESFORD M W & ST JOSEPH J K 1958 MEDIEVAL ENGLAND: AN AERIAL SURVEY PP100-102 FIGS 38A-B.
  • <11>SBC11380 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARDS SP 82 SW 3,14 (NOV 1971 & JUNE 1977, FILED).
  • <17>SBC19033 Article in serial: Michael Reed. 1988. Buckinghamshire Glebe Terriers 1578-1640. p65.
  • <18>SBC27055 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2024. RAF-CPE-UK-2139 RP 3319 03-JUN-1947.
  • <19>SBC27056 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2024. RAF-CPE-UK-2483 RS 3217 10-MAR-1948.
  • <20>SBC27057 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2024. OS-76043 V 219 29-APR-1976.
  • <21>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP82SW Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2021 SP8322.
  • <22>SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. 15-JUN-2022 SP8322.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8344 2214 (70m by 70m)
Civil Parish CUBLINGTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14200)
  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 9179) (EBC18604)

Record last edited

Jan 29 2025 10:24AM

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