Monument record 0175502000 - BUCKINGHAM CASTLE

Summary

Historical records of part of castle still standing in seventeenth century and used as a chapel

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Type and Period (1)

CHAPEL (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

'All that now remains of the castle AD 1735 is a dark room or 2 on N corner of the hill next Castle Street...& was left standing because it had been antiently used as a chapel to the prison, it being called the Chapel-End' (B2).

Sources (7)

<1>SBC6421 Bibliographic reference: HMSO. 1892. CALLENDAR OF CLOSE ROLLS EDWARD II P402FF; ALSO P50 FOR 1307 REFERENCE.
<2>SBC16732 Bibliographic reference: WILLIS B 1755 HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES…OF BUCKINGHAM PP49-51.
<3>SBC6143 Bibliographic reference: J T Harrison. 1909. LEISURE HOUR NOTES ON HISTORICAL BUCKINGHAM PP41-4 (ORIGINAL PLANS ETC IN ENVELOPE IN BCM COPY OF BROWNE-WILLIS; PHOTOCOPIES FILED).
<4>SBC15984 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 P476.
<5>SBC12999 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 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.

Location

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