Monument record 0120300000 - ACKHAMSTEAD (MOOR FARM)

Summary

Lost Hamlet of Ackhamstead (? Site of) - Eleventh to nineteenth century references to settlement, now deserted

Protected Status/Designation

Archaeological Notification Area: Remains of Medieval hamlet and chapel of Ackhamstead (DBC9536)

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Type and Period (1)

DESERTED SETTLEMENT (11th Century to 19th Century - 1000 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

ACKHAMSTEAD FORMERLY DETATCHED PART OF LEWKNOR-UP-HILL (OXON)(B1-3).
EXTENT SHOWN ON MAPS (B2-5).
CHAPELRY (B2,B6).
1052, LEWKNOR, & ACKHAMSTEAD GRANTED TO ABINGDON ABBEY. NO SEP 1086 REF BUT C11 & C12 REFS. 1278 AGAIN GRANTED TO ABBEY (FULL HISTORY). 1849 POP 58; 2 FARMHOUSES (MOOR & FINNAMORE FARMS) & 10 COTTAGES (B3).
TOWNSHIP AREA DEFINED BY APPROX NGRS SU 8045 9096, SU 8185 9000, SU 8171 8863 & SU 8020 9013 (B2-5).

Deserted Medieval Village of Achampstead. Archaeological classification poor. No documentary evidence yet seen SU 807 907. (B14-B15)

Ackhamstead, a lost hamlet or chapelry first mentioned in 1242, has so completely lost its identity that the revised parish boundary between Hambleden and Great Marlow cuts across it. The extent of the former parish, a detached portion of the county of Oxfordshire, is shown on the Ordnance Maps before 1885 and on the 1st edition one-inch map the church is named 'Ackhampstead' (B16)

No trace of settlement was found in this area of mixed arable and pasture. According to the manager of Moor Farm small areas of"banks and hummocks" were levelled about 8 years ago in the field centred SU 8056 9072. (B17).

Sources (21)

<1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp65, 68.
<2>SBC3394 Article in serial: A Morley Davies. 1949. 'ABEFELD AND ACKHAMSTEAD - TWO LOST PLACES', IN RECS OF BUCKS 15 PP166-171. Vol 15, part 3.
<3>SBC17044 Unpublished document: G H Wyatt. 1969. ACKHAMPSTEAD: A HISTORY COMPILED FOR THE FRIETH VILLAGE SOCIETY (TYPESCRIPT PAMPHLET).
<4>SBC6712 Map: JEFFERIES T 1788 MAP OF BUCKS/ BRYANT A 1825 MAP O F BUCKS.
<5>SBC10285 Map: OS 1881 SIX INCH MAP 1ST EDITION.
<6>SBC8280 Bibliographic reference: A Mawer & F M Stenton. 1925. PLACE-NAMES OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (ENGLISH PLACE-NAMES SOCIETY VOL 2). Vol 2. p187.
<7>SBC4643 Bibliographic reference: ENGLISH PLACE-NAME SOCIETY JNL 2 1969-1970 P31.
<8>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. pp884,899-900.
<9>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. pp168-169.
<10>SBC1639 Bibliographic reference: BERESFORD M W 1953 NOTES ON BUCKS D.M.V'S (IN CAS FILE 0000)/ BERESFORD M W & HURST J G 1971 DESERTE.
<11>SBC64 Bibliographic reference: A R PIKE JAN 1980 FIELD VISIT/CAS CARD 1203.
<12>SBC11149 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 89 SW 10 (FILED).
<13>SBC3985 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1986. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKS; WYCOMBE: PARISHES OF FAWLEY &C.
<14>SBC28104 Serial: Deserted Medievial Village Research Group. 1965. Deserted Medieval Village Research Group, 13th Annual Report, 1965.
<15>SBC27839 Serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1953 - 60. Records of Buckinghamshire volume 16. Volume 16.
<16a>SBC15380 Bibliographic reference: 1907. Vicotria County History OXON 2. p58-59.
<16>SBC27821 Serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1947. Records of Buckinghamshire Volume 15. Volume 15.
<17>SBC27603 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 01-AUG-74.
<18>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
<19>SBC19579 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 Provisional Edition 6". Quarter sheet. 1:10,560.
<20>SBC28105 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1975. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 24-JAN-75.

Location

Grid reference	SU 80560 90720 (point)
Civil Parish	FINGEST AND LANE END, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish	GREAT MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire