Monument record 0117701000 - BOURNE END STATION

Summary

Saxon metalwork found along Bourne End railway line in the nineteenth century -Alleged 7th or 8th century interments found, with associated weaponry.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • INHUMATION CEMETERY (7th Century to 8th Century - 600 AD to 799 AD)
  • (Undated)

Description

MANY SAXON RELICS - SWORDS, KNIVES & OTHER RELICS - FOUND ALONG THE LAND NOW OCCUPIED BY RAILWAY LINE BETWEEN LEVEL CROSSING & BOURNE END STATION: MANY OBJECTS TAKEN AWAY BY VILLAGERS (B4).
THESE FINDS PROBABLY MADE DURING CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY LINE, 1852-4 (B3).

(SU 89628736) Many Anglo-Saxon interments with weapons, probably 7th/8th century found about 1900-10. (7)

No further information. 929) (B8)

There is nothing relating to this site in F. Colmer's papers. (B9)

NRHE Insert 1999 (B10)

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC11114 Unpublished document: OS RECORD CARD SU 88 NE 43 (FILED).
  • <2>SBC7428 Unpublished document: LETTER FROM OS JAN 1978 (FILED).
  • <3>SBC4927 Article in serial: Mike Farley (BCM). 1987. 'AN ANGLO SAXON CEMETERY AT BOURNE END, WOOBURN, REINSTATED', IN RECS OF BUCKS 29 PP170-174. Vol 29.
  • <4>SBC3120 Unpublished document: COLMER F 1930'S MSS NOTES & ILLUSTRATION.
  • <5>SBC905 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER & PIKE A R (BCM) JAN 1980/CAS CARD 1177.
  • <6>SBC4873 Unpublished document: FARLEY M E (BCM) MARCH 1988 WATCHING BRIEF (SLIDES ETC, FILED).
  • <7>SBC27633 Digital archive: VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION - Rec 6" (Anon;undated).
  • <8>SBC27603 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 01-AUG-74. F Colmer High Wycombe.
  • <9>SBC27634 Digital archive: Historic England. 1978. VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION -.
  • <10>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 89620 87360 (point)
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • ASSEMBLAGE (7th Century to 8th Century - 600 AD to 799 AD)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC11943)

Record last edited

Jul 7 2025 4:11PM

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