Monument record 0147100000 - HEDSOR MANOR

Summary

Manorial history of medieval and post-medieval manor of Hedsor- Manor house situated in Hedsor Park to the east of the church on the site now occupied by Hedsor Priory. It was constructed in 1583 and replaced by another house in 1778. This was damaged by fire and demolished in 1865. The current house, which is situated on a site further to the east was constructed in 1868.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Archaeological Notification Area: Site of Medieval manor of Hedsor (DBC9295)

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Type and Period (3)

  • MANOR (16th Century to 18th Century - 1583 AD to 1778 AD)
  • COUNTRY HOUSE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1778 AD to 1865 AD)
  • COUNTRY HOUSE (19th Century - 1865 AD? to 1868 AD)

Description

No mention of Hedsor in Domesday, but it must have been included either in Bishop of Bayeux or Miles Crispin's lands, since in 1166 it appears as a knight's fee attached to the Honour of Wallingford (manorial history)(B1-2).

(SU 90758618) Manor House (NR) (Site of) (B12).

The remains of Old Hedsor House, at the Priory, East of the church, consist of three walls built of flint and clunch in chequer pattern; they now enclose a garden, but are part of the outer walls of old Hedsor House. On the SE wall is a stone with the initials RH and the date 1583 (B3).

The old Manor House, which was built by Roland Hynde in 1584, was pulled down about 1778 and a new one erected. This house has been likewise pulled down, and the present Lord Boston has erected another on the same site (B13).

'The Priory' garden is bounded by the outer walls of the 1583 house (See Antiquity Model) (B14).

Remains of architectural and historic interest include a cellar possibly pre 1584, three lengths of wall (as above), a fine Elizabethan doorway with original bricks, and a fine brew-house. (B15)

NRHE Insert 1998 (B16)

Sources (16)

  • <1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp54-56.
  • <2>SBC1781 Article in serial: Lord Boston. 1903. 'NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF THE MANOR & CHURCH OF HEDSOR', IN RECS OF BUCKS 8 PP487-516. Vol 8, Part 6. pp487-499.
  • <3>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. p194.
  • <4>SBC4242 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1987. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST; BUCKS: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: PARISHES OF CHEPPING WYCOMBE &C.
  • <5>SBC7330 Bibliographic reference: LANGLEY T 1797 HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF THE HUNDRED OF DESBOROUGH P278.
  • <6>SBC9868 Bibliographic reference: NAR SU 98 NW 4 & 13.
  • <7>SBC12605 Bibliographic reference: RCHM 1994 MEDIEVAL VILLAGE RESEARCH GROUP INDEX.
  • <8>SBC4637 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 1994. Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England: Buckinghamshire. Part 4.
  • <9>SBC23133 Verbal communication: Matthew Jackson (Wycombe District Council). 2008. Matthew Jackson to David Radford (BCC), pers comm, June 2008.
  • <10>SBC25438 Bibliographic reference: Professor Russell Thomas. 2020. The Manufactured Gas Industry: Volume 3 Gazetteer.
  • <11>SBC25431 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BCC). 2021. Information from historic OS mapping and aerial photographs.
  • <12>SBC27310 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1961. OS 1961 6-INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
  • <13>SBC27646 Serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1870-77. Records of Buckinghamshire volume 4. Volume 4. p398.
  • <14>SBC28242 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 19-SEP-74. OS74/F2/0.
  • <15>SBC28243 Verbal communication: Sir Hugh Wontner. 1976. Oral Information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments - Letter, Sir Hugh Wontner 25-2-1976.
  • <16>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 90780 86160 (point)
Civil Parish HEDSOR, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 2 2025 10:35AM

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