Monument record 0158700000 - LUFFIELD PRIORY (OR ABBEY)

Summary

Historical records of twelfth to fifteenth century abbey, some earthworks remaining and site of buildings can be seen on aerial photographs

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  • Planning Notification Area: Site of Medieval Benedictine monastery at Luffield Priory

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Type and Period (1)

  • PRIORY (12th Century to 15th Century - 1100 AD to 1499 AD)

Description

FOUNDED C.1124, DISSOLVED 1494 DUE TO ITS POVERTY. BENEDICTINE MONKS. IN 1755 PART OF TOWER WALL REMAINED. SUPPOSED CHURCH DIMENSIONS: 80 X 30 FT (HISTORY)(B1-8,B16).
NO STRUCTURAL REMAINS; NUMEROUS DITCHES MAY INDICATE MONASTIC BUILDINGS (B9).
C15 CARTULARY (B10-11).
NGR (B12).
AP CROPMARKS PROBABLY BLDGS (B14).

Sources (17)

  • ---SBC19942 Photograph: 1942. Luffield Abbey.
  • <1>SBC16704 Bibliographic reference: WILLIS B 1755 HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF BUCKINGHAM PP223-227.
  • <2>SBC16743 Bibliographic reference: WILLIS B MS FOLIO XI,BODLEIAN LIBRARY,OXFORD.
  • <3>SBC7727 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 PP110-112.
  • <4>SBC14398 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP285-286.
  • <5>SBC5750 Bibliographic reference: GOUGH H 1884 TERRITORIAL,CORPORATE & LOCAL ARMORY OF BUCKS IN RECSOFBUCKS5P367"".
  • <6>SBC5706 Bibliographic reference: GIBBS R 1891 BUCKS MISCELLANY P157.
  • <7>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. pp347-350.
  • <8>SBC7151 Bibliographic reference: KNOWLES D & HADCOCK R N 1971 MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS HO USES,2ND EDITION PP55,70.
  • <9>SBC13055 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 PP19,21,184.
  • <10>SBC4578 Bibliographic reference: ELVEY G R (ED)1968,1975 LUFFIELD PRIORY CHARTERS,V OLS 1-2 IN BUCKSRECORDSOCIETY15&18"".
  • <11>SBC3426 Bibliographic reference: DAVIS G R C 1958 MEDIEVAL CARTULARIES OF GREAT BRI TAIN P71.
  • <12>SBC10378 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1958. OS 1958 1:10560 MAP. 1:10,560.
  • <13>SBC1948 Excavation archive: BROWN MRS G FEB 1975 (LETTER RE EXCAVATION FILED) (SITE ARCHIVE AT NAR (PRN 1866)..
  • <14>SBC12052 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R FROM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY A/P BSG 101,APR IL 1975 (COPY AT BCM).
  • <15>SBC19256 Bibliographic reference: Browne Willis. 1717. An History of the Mitred Parliametary Abbies. Vol 2. p24.
  • <16>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. pp197-198.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6738 4209 (230m by 170m)
Civil Parish LUFFIELD ABBEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11833)

Record last edited

May 30 2022 5:35PM

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