Monument record 0120301000 - ACKHAMSTEAD CHAPEL (MOOR FARM)

Summary

Thirteenth to nineteenth century records and modern ruins of chapel - Remais of demolished chapel at Ackhampstead, documented in 1278.

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CHAPEL (Demolished after 1848, 13th Century to 19th Century - 1200 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
CHAPEL DEPENDANT ON LEWKNOR. 1ST REF 1242, IN DEANERY OF ASTON (ROWANT). DOC SOURCE SUGGESTS REBUILD C.1412 TITHED SEP. FROM LEWKNOR. REGULAR SERVICES C18 & C19. CEASED C.1850, WHEN CHURCH BUILT AT CADMORE END (B2-3,B7).
LOW FLINT WALLS VISIBLE 1949 (B2-3,B8-10).
NOW LOW GRASSY FLINT RUBBLE MOUND (B11).

(SU 80709058) Church (Ruins) (NAT) (B19).

Ackhampstead Chapel ruins on Moor Farm. Only low remains of flint walls are visible. The building is said to have been rectangular, with lancet windows. Ackhamstead, a lost hamlet or chapelry, is first mentioned in 1278. (B20 and B9)

SU 80709058. The remains of the chapel lie in an overgrown thicket. Leaf mould and earth banking leaves no extant walling showing for a detailed plan to be made, but it is rectangular and measures overall 16.5m x 5.5m with the walls probably standing about 0.4m high. Published survey (25") revised (B20).

NRHE insert 2005 (B13).

Sources (11)

<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SBC17044 Unpublished document: G H Wyatt. 1969.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).
<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.
<9>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1.
<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.
<13>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 80700 90580 (point)
Civil Parish	GREAT MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire