Monument record 0021001000 - BUCKINGHAM

Summary

Historical records of late Saxon double burh at Buckingham

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Type and Period (1)

  • BURH (10th Century - 900 AD to 999 AD)

Description

NOV 914 EDWARD THE ELDER (899-925) BUILT BURHS ON BOTH BANKS OF OUSE AT BUCKINGHAM TO CONTROL ROUTES TO NORTHAMPTON, BEDFORD & OUSE VALLEY. LOST ITS MILITARY SIGNIFICANCE AFTER 942 (B1,B6).
MENTIONED IN BURGHAL HIDAGE, C10 (B4,B7).
2 MAPS SHOW POSSIBLE BURH DEFENCE LOCATIONS (B8).
NGR TO PRESENT TOWN CENTRE.
Discussion of Buckingham's hidage, suggestion that Buckingham added to Burghal Hidage list after 914 and consideration of topography (B10). Detailed discussion of location and layout of burh (B11).

Sources (11)

  • <1>SBC15591 Bibliographic reference: VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY. Victoria County History: Buckinghamshire Vol 3. Vol 3. p471.
  • <2>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. p384.
  • <3>SBC1278 Article in serial: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER; & RECS OF BUCKS VOL XV P281 & PL2.
  • <4>SBC433 Bibliographic reference: ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE & BURGHAL HIDAGE (VARIOUS EDNS, EG ENGLISH HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS VOL 1). SEE A.
  • <5>SBC4270 Article in serial: R H M Dolley et al. 1965. 'THE BUCKINGHAM MINT', IN BRITISH NUMISMATICS JOURNAL 34 PP46-52. Vol 34. pp46-52.
  • <6>SBC788 Article in serial: Arnold Baines. 1985. 'DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOROUGH OF BUCKINGHAM, 914-1086', IN RECS OF BUCKS 27 PP53-64. Vol 27. pp53-64.
  • <7>SBC790 Article in serial: Arnold Baines. 1984. 'THE DANISH WARS & THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOROUGH & COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM', IN RECS OF BUCKS 26 pp11-27. Vol 26. pp11-27.
  • <8>SBC4892 Map: Mike Farley. 1970s. MAPS FROM UNPUBLISHED ARTICLE PREPARED 1970'S, IN HANGING FILE.
  • <9>SBC19662 Article in serial: Keith Bailey. 1994. 'The Hidation of Buckinghamshire Part II', in Records of Buckinghamshire 34 pp87-96. Vol 34. pp87-96.
  • <10>SBC19663 Bibliographic reference: D Hall & A R Rumble (eds). 1996. The Defence of Wessex: the Burghal Hidage and Anglo-Saxon Fortifications. pp89, 118, 194-5.
  • <11>SBC19670 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1995. An Archaeological Study of Mount Pleasant, Buckingham.

Location

Grid reference SP 69500 34000 (point)
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

May 20 2022 1:38PM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the Heritage Portal maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.