Monument record 0218500000 - FOOTPATH WADDESDON-WOODHAM

Summary

Route of a medieval road, shown on a sixteenth century map and mentioned in 1766, partly surviving as an earthwork.

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Type and Period (1)

  • ROAD (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 3200m.
Plan Form - Linear.
Award of 1766 mentions ancient public bridle road from Water gate in N Field to Binwell Lane Farm, NW of Colwick (B1).
C16 map shows main road did not run straight to Waddesdon then; Bridle Road on C16 map marked 'Road to London' (B2).
The line is still evident, forming a shallow hollow 12m wide, 0.20m deep (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p108.
  • <2>SBC9214 Bibliographic reference: MORETON C O 1929 WADDESDON & OVER WINCHENDON PP175 -176 +FIELD NAME MAP AT END.
  • <3>SBC12257 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R,MARCH 1978.
  • <4>SBC11452 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1993. THE CALVERT A41 ACCESS, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7208 1834 (2640m by 1760m)
Civil Parish WADDESDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish WESTCOTT, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish WOODHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Walkover survey, topographic earthwork survey and test pitting (EBC14106)

Record last edited

Oct 24 2024 4:46PM

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