Monument record 0253302000 - HILLESDEN PARISH CHURCH

Summary

Possible Civil War mass grave found in 1850

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  • SHINE: Hillesden House medieval to post medieval manor site with fishponds and garden, also Civil War ploughed out earthworks

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Type and Period (2)

  • MASS GRAVE (Civil War - 1640 AD? to 1649 AD?)
  • (Alternate Type) BURIAL PIT (Civil War - 1640 AD? to 1649 AD?)

Description

LARGE HOLE/PIT, FOUND 1850. AT DEPTH OF C8FT WERE THE REMAINS OF C30 PEOPLE, ALL AGES; BURIED INDISCRIMINATELY? WERE THESE THE REMAINS OF THOSE WHO FELL AT THE SIEGE OF HILLESDEN HOUSE, IN 1643? PIT NEAR 'CHURCHYARD CROSS' (B3).
NGR TO 'ALL SAINTS CHURCH' & 'CROSS' (B6).

Sources (2)

  • <3>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. pp279-281.
  • <6>SBC10468 Map: OS 1976 1:2500 MAP.

Location

Grid reference SP 68570 28760 (point)
Civil Parish HILLESDEN, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 20 2024 3:12PM

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