Monument record 0191100000 - HITCHAMBURY

Summary

Roman jar found at Hitchambury

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

LARGE RED EARTHENWARE JAR, LIKE AN AMPHORA BUT NOT POINTED AT BOTTOM, FOUND AT CONSIDERABLE DEPTH, DURING EXCAVATIONS AT THE OLD RECTORY, HITCHAM. WORKMEN REMOVED IT, THEN BROUGHT IT TO HOUSE. BONES SAID TO HAVE BEEN FOUND AROUND IT (B1-2).
THE OLD RECTORY IS HITCHAMBURY (B3).
MARKED AT NGR (B4.)


Hitchambury at SU 9135 8310 was the old rectory until the present rectory at SU 9185 8249 was built in 1909. The earthenware jar cannot be located (B5).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC13618 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 9 1909 P450.
  • <2>SBC11189 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 98 SW 41 (NOT RETAINED).
  • <3>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. p205.
  • <4>SBC10423 Map: OS 1961 6 INCH MAP (PREVIOUS EDNS MARK HOUSE AS 'T HE RECTORY').
  • <5>SBC28316 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 09-JUL-74.
  • <6>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 91300 83100 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • JAR (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11988)

Record last edited

Nov 11 2025 2:59PM

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