Monument record 0257501000 - ST MARY'S CHURCH, AYLESBURY

Summary

Documentary evidence for seventh to eleventh century minster church at Aylesbury.

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Type and Period (1)

  • MINSTER? (7th Century to 11th Century - 600 AD? to 1099 AD?)

Description

C7 LEGENDS IMPLY EXISTENCE OF A MONASTIC CHURCH IN AYLESBURY (B1).
POSSESSION OF LARGE REVENUES, DEPENDANT CHAPELS & EXTENSIVE GRAVEYARD ALSO SUGGEST MINSTER STATUS (B1,B4-5). WATCHING BRIEF FOUND TRACES OF EARLIER NAVE & LATE SAXON(?) W TOWER (B6).
DISCUSSION OF EDITH & ST OSYTH & MINSTER (B15).
Discussion of early endowment of Aylesbury minster (B21).

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC15617 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 PP 13-18.
  • <4>SBC5189 Article in serial: Mike Farley. 1979. 'BURIALS IN AYLESBURY AND THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE TOWN', IN RECS OF BUCKS 21 PP116-122. Vol 21.
  • <5>SBC310 Article in serial: D Allen and Hal Dalwood. 1983. 'EXCAVATIONS IN GEORGE STREET, AYLESBURY 1981', IN RECS OF BUCKS 25 PP1-60.
  • <6>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire.
  • <14>SBC4440 Article in serial: Brian Durham. 1978. 'TRACES OF A LATE SAXON CHURCH AT ST MARY'S, AYLESBURY', IN RECS OF BUCKS 20 PP621-626. Vol 20.
  • <15>SBC761 Article in serial: Keith Bailey. 1989. 'OSYTH, FRITHUWOLD & AYLESBURY', IN RECS OF BUCKS 31 PP37-48. Vol 31.
  • <21>SBC22461 Article in serial: Hugh Hanley. 2005. 'Some New Light on Caldecote and the Ancient Endowment of Aylesbury Minster', in Records of Bucks Vol 45 pp33-44. Vol 45.

Location

Grid reference SP 81710 13915 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Mar 25 2022 11:17AM

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