Monument record 0257700000 - POTTER ROW

Summary

Site of thirteenth to fifteenth century pottery kiln suggested by place-name evidence and finds of medieval pottery in Potter Row

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Medieval and post-medieval pottery production centre at Potter Row (DBC9832)

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Type and Period (1)

  • POTTERY KILN (13th Century to 15th Century - 1200 AD to 1499 AD)

Description

'LA POTTEREREWE' (1311), 'POTTERSROWE' (1509) EARLIEST VERSIONS OF NAME (B1).
QUANTITIES OF MED POT INCLUDING WASTERS, FOUND IN RESTRICTED AREA OF FIELD (B2-4).
FABRIC: SANDY, QUARTZ TEMPERED,?DERIVED FROM LOCAL CLAY WITH FLINTS. PHASE 1 (01:000) C13, GRITTY, UNGLAZED. PHASE 2 (02:000), FINER, GLAZED (B5).
Evidence from Great Missenden Abbey cartulary for potter called Peter Pottarius that may be connected to this medieval pottery kiln on Potter Row (B6).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC8273 Bibliographic reference: MAWER A & STENTON F M 1925 PLACE NAMES OF BUCKS P156 (ENGLISH PLACE-NAME SOCIETY 2).
  • <2>SBC6028 Bibliographic reference: HALL MRS M AND FARLEY M E (BCM) JAN 1977 FIELDWORK (SEE CAS CARD).
  • <3>SBC6027 Bibliographic reference: HALL MRS M AND FARLEY M E (BCM) FEB 1978 FIELDWORK (& SEE CAS CARD).
  • <4>SBC2653 Bibliographic reference: CAUVAIN S, CAUVAIN P AND FARLEY M E (BCM) DEC 1980 FIELDWORK (& SEE CAS CARD).
  • <5>SBC651 Article in serial: Helen Ashworth. 1983. 'EVIDENCE FOR A MEDIEVAL POTTERY INDUSTRY AT POTTER ROW, GREAT MISSENDEN', IN RECS OF BUCKS 25 PP153-159. VoL 25l 1.
  • <6>SBC22225 Unpublished document: Mike C J Davis. 2004. The Landscape of Missenden Abbey. p 20.

Location

Grid reference SP 90280 02720 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10211)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14502)

Record last edited

Sep 29 2022 2:22PM

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