Monument record 0259300000 - MANOR FARM, LECKHAMPSTEAD

Summary

Medieval to post-medieval fishponds recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of possible Civil War battery and medieval fishponds

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  • FISHPOND (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 80m, Width 25m.
2 FISHPONDS, TERRACED ONE ABOVE THE OTHER. C60M SE OF FARM, AT NGR. FORMED BY WIDENING A NATURAL CLEAVAGE IN THE HILLSIDE? UPPER (S) POND HAS A RECENTLY RE-DUG DAM AT ITS N END, ACTING AS AN OVERFLOW INTO LOWER (N) POND. SEE CAS 6IN RECORD MAP FOR FULL EXTENT (B3).
SKETCH PLAN OF EARTHWORKS (B4).

Sources (6)

  • ---SBC19914 Aerial Photograph: Glen Foard, Northants County Council. 1990. NHC11929/15 - Leckhampstead. SP725378. Yes.
  • ---SBC19915 Aerial Photograph: Glen Foard, Northants County Council. 1992. 14264/23 - Leckhampstead. SP725380. Yes.
  • <1>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p185.
  • <2>SBC6482 Bibliographic reference: HUGHES MW (ED) 1940 FEET OF FINES FOR BUCKS IN BUCKSRECORDSOC"4P29".
  • <3>SBC510 Bibliographic reference: ARP 1977(14 FEB) FIELD VISIT.
  • <4>SBC2783 Bibliographic reference: CHADBURN ADB 1984 PARISH SURVEY OF LECKHAMPSTEAD P P30,77-78 (IN CAS FILE 2708).

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7264 3780 (30m by 70m)
Civil Parish LECKHAMPSTEAD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13447)
  • Event - Survey: Parish survey (EBC13925)

Record last edited

Oct 26 2024 3:08PM

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