Monument record 0192801000 - CHRIST'S HOSPITAL, MARKET SQUARE

Summary

Site of sixteenth century almshouse, rebuilt in the late nineteenth century.

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Type and Period (2)

ALMSHOUSE (16th Century to 19th Century - 1597 AD? to 1897 AD)
BOUNDARY WALL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1500 AD? to 1799 AD?)

Description

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL (QUEEN ELIZABETH'S ALMSHOUSES); ON SITE OF ST LAURENCE'S LEPER HOSPITAL? RETURN OF 1666 MENTIONS HOSPITAL HOUSE, YARD, ORCHARD & CLOSE (B2).
FOUNDED 1597 (B2) OR 1598 (B5,B10).
FOUNDED TO PROVIDE A REFUGE FOR 36 MAIMED UNMARRIED SOLDIERS; IN 1666 IT HAD 2 GOVERNORS & SHELTERED 7 WOMEN (B5,B10).
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL IS AN OLD PLAIN, STONE BUILDING SITUATED IN MARKET HILL. IN THE WALL IS A STONE BEARING THE WORDS 'CHRIST'S HOSPITAL' [1872](B3).
REBUILT 1897 (B4).
NGR TO CHRIST'S HOSPITAL (B7).
Evaluation trial trenching by Network Archaeology in June 2012 and watching brief in June 2013 during groundworks for a rear extension idenfied the remains of a NE-SW aligned limestone boundary wall 0.5m wide, at least 15m long and surviving to a depth of at least 1m. The wall appeared to have gone out of use by the 18th century when it was buried by up to 1.1m of rubble and garden soils containing pottery, brick and tile. The wall may have been the rear property boundary to the 16th century almshouse. See report for detail (B9).

Sources (7)

<2>SBC26952 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 2). Volume 2. p583.
<3>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. pp240, 246.
<4>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. pp20,76.
<5>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. pp307, 392.
<7>SBC10398 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1959. OS 1959 6-INCH MAP (1:10560). 1:10,560.
<9>SBC25280 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 2013. Christ's Almhouses, Buckingham: Archaeological Trench Evaluation and Watching Brief.
<10>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp474, 486, 488.

Location

Grid reference	SP 6966 3404 (point) NGR to Christ's Hospital
Civil Parish	BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

Event - Intervention: Evaluation trial trenching at Christ's Hospital (Ref: CAB26) (EBC18220)
Event - Intervention: Watching Brief at Christ's Hospital (Ref: CAB26) (EBC18221)

Record last edited

Nov 7 2024 1:02PM