Monument record 0175500000 - BUCKINGHAM CASTLE

Summary

Historical records of medieval and post-medieval castle

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Type and Period (3)

  • CASTLE (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
  • FARM? (Mentioned 1574, 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
  • BOWLING GREEN (Laid out 1670, 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Castle, seat of Giffards, built soon after Conquest (B4).
Mentioned ?c1070, 1216 (B6); mentioned in connection with with manor 1308; provisioning 1312 (B1).
Camden (1540s) mentions ruins (B6).
Castle Farm & Castle Mills placenames mentioned 1574; Castle Street existed by 1735 (B2).
Also Castle Hill mentioned (B3,B5 &C).
Stood on motte, subsequently flattened to form churchyard (B6).
Church built 1777-81 (CASS 04040).
NGR to church (B7).
Evaluation revealed traces of demolished medieval wall (?curtain wall) (B12). See 01755:04.

Sources (13)

  • <1>SBC6421 Bibliographic reference: HMSO. 1892. CALLENDAR OF CLOSE ROLLS EDWARD II P402FF; ALSO P50 FOR 1307 REFERENCE.
  • <2>SBC16730 Bibliographic reference: Browne Willis. 1755. The History and Antiquities of the Town, Hundred and Deanry of Buckingham. pp49-51.
  • <3>SBC6143 Bibliographic reference: J T Harrison. 1909. LEISURE HOUR NOTES ON HISTORICAL BUCKINGHAM PP41-44 (ORIGINAL PLANS ETC IN ENVELOPE IN BCM COPY OF BROWNE WILLIS; PHOTOCOPIES FILED).
  • <4>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p476.
  • <5>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. p72.
  • <6>SBC13711 Bibliographic reference: D F Renn. 1968. NORMAN CASTLES IN BRITAIN P121.
  • <7>SBC10398 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1959. OS 1959 6-INCH MAP (1:10560). 1:10,560.
  • <8>SBC19562 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Services. 2001. Church of SS Peter and Paul, Church Hill, Buckingham: an Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment.
  • <9>SBC19598 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2002. St Peter and St Paul's Church, Buckingham: Archaeological watching brief March 2002.
  • <10>SBC19668 Verbal communication: Sandy Kidd (BCC). 2000. Landowner to Sandy Kidd June 2000.
  • <11>SBC19669 Graphic material: George Bickham. The North View of Buckingham, undated engraving by George Bickham.
  • <12>SBC20068 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Services. 2002. Church of St Peter and St Paul, Church Hill, Buckingham: An Archaeological Evaluation.
  • <13>SBC26725 Unpublished document: Michael Farley. 2023. 16 Well Street, Buckingham: Watching Brief.

Location

Grid reference SP 69500 33800 (point)
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Watching brief (Ref: BUCPP 01) (EBC16041)

Record last edited

Nov 14 2024 6:15PM

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