Monument record 0240600000 - CHURCH STREET, BUCKINGHAM

Summary

Early eighteenth century almshouses built on site of fifteenth century hospital and chantry

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Type and Period (2)

  • HOSPITAL (Founded 1431, 15th Century to 18th Century - 1431 AD to 1701 AD?)
  • ALMSHOUSE (Built 1701?, 18th Century to Modern - 1701 AD? to 1913 AD?)

Description

BARTONS HOSPITAL, FOUNDED 1431 BY JOHN BARTON TO KEEP HIS OBIT (B1) (IE, ASSOCIATED WITH A CHANTRY? JPP).
CHANTRY SUPPRESSED C16; HOSPITAL REMAINS, AS ALMSHOUSES (1862) (B2).
PRESENT BUILDING (1913) MODERN, BUT THERE IS A STONE RESET IN WALL, READS 'ALMSHOUSES REBUILT 1701'. 100YDS S OF CHURCH (B3) JPP.

Sources (8)

  • ---SBC21393 Aerial Photograph: Aerofilms, Boreham Wood. 1973. Aerofilms oblique AP. SP69533379. Yes.
  • ---SBC21396 Aerial Photograph: Mike Farley (BCM). 1994. Oblique AP by Mike Farley, taken 1994. SP69423378. Yes.
  • ---SBC21401 Aerial Photograph: Mike Farley (BCM). 1986. 1986 oblique AP by Mike Farley. SP69503376. Yes.
  • <1>SBC26952 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 2). Volume 2. p581.
  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p240.
  • <3>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. pp20,74.
  • <4>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p488.
  • <5>SBC7176 Bibliographic reference: KNOWLESD & HADCOCK RN 1971 MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS HOUS ES (2ND EDN) PP316, 348.

Location

Grid reference SP 69420 33700 (point)
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 7 2024 1:01PM

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