Place record 0261800000 - BOARSTALL PARISH

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NON ANTIQUITY (Undated)

Description

PARISH OF BOARSTALL LOCATED ON THE EXTREME W OF COUNTY, ON BORDER WITH OXFORDSHIRE. POPULATION WAS 135 IN 1988, WITH A TOTAL OF 49 HOUSES (B2).
IN 1939 TWO-THIRDS OF THE COUNTY WAS UNDER PASTURE (B3).
CHARTERS OF MISSENDEN ABBEY'S HOLDINGS IN BOARSTALL SURVIVE FROM 1169 & C.1240 (B1).
An article by Sarah Bendall examines three maps from the 1590s, which relate to the dispute over the rectories Brill, Boarstall and Oakley (Brill) Church which had been left in trust by Sir John Williams for the foundtion of a free school at Thame. Lord Williams' title to the land was challenged in the Court of Chancery. The maps were drawn to establish that the glebe and tithes arising in Bril, Oakley and Boarstall were due to the parish of Brill, and lists 17 particular places or parcels of land (B4).
Documentary references to parish (B6-8).
References and articles relating to the Boarstall Horn and Boarstall Cartulary (B9-13).
Negative watching brief(B14)

Sources (13)

<1>SBC6816 Bibliographic reference: JENKINS JG (ED) 1962 CARTULARY OF MISSENDEN ABBEY PT III IN BUCKSRECORDSOC12(CHARTERS651-652)".
<2>SBC9234 Unpublished document: Rachel Morse. 1988. BOARSTALL PARISH SURVEY.
<3>SBC6993 Bibliographic reference: Kelly's Directories Ltd. 1939. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS -1939.
<4>SBC20305 Article in serial: Sarah Bendall. 1993. 'Interpreting Maps of the Rural Landscape: an Example from Late Sixteenth-Century Buckinghamshire' in Rural History Vol 4. Vol 4 Part 2.
<5>SBC19900 Article in serial: A Roberts. 1999. The Trustees of stone artefacts from the Geological Museum to the British Museum. Lithics, No 20.
<6>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p57 - 60.
<7>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p9 - 14.
<8>SBC22775 Unpublished document: Mark Page. 2002. An Assessment of the Documentary and Cartographic Evidence Relating to the Medieval Landscape and Society of the Bernwood Forest Project Area.
<9>SBC24160 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Record Office. The Boarstall Horn, 15th century.
<10>SBC24161 Monograph: R.A. Skelton & P.D.A. Harvey. 1986. Extract from: Local Maps and Plans from Medieval England.
<11>SBC24162 Unpublished document: 1983. Extract from 'The Common Chronicle' exhibition catalogue.
<12>SBC24163 Article in serial: John Cherry. Symbolism and Survival: Medieval Horns of Tenure.
<13>SBC24164 Article in monograph: Rowena E. Archer. 2009. Piety, Chivalry and family: The Cartulary and Psalter of Sir Edmund Rede of Boarstall (d.1489).

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 6212 1410 (5630m by 5136m)
Civil Parish	BOARSTALL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire