Place record 0262300000 - BRILL PARISH

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NON ANTIQUITY (Undated)

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BRILL PARISH LAY WITHIN BERNWOOD FOREST & GAVE THE ALTERNATIVE NAME OF THE FOREST OF BRILL TO ALL OR PART OF IT (B3).
THIS PARISH IS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF A POTTERY INDUSTRY THERE FROM THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD TO C19 (B1).
POPULATION IN 1931 WAS 869 (B2).
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 (B1).
Negative fieldwork reports (B6-9,B11-12).
Documentary references to parish (B3-5, B10).
Finds identification forms, largely post medieval (B13)

Sources (13)

<1>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.
<2>SBC19620 Bibliographic reference: Bill Simpson. 1985. The Brill Tramway.
<3>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p62 - 67.
<4>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p14 - 19.
<5>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p338-347.
<6>SBC22578 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Services. 2005. Coronation Cottage, 20 The Green, Brill: An Archaeological Watching Brief.
<7>SBC22597 Unpublished document: Jacobs Babtie. 2006. Brill Church of England Combined School: Archaeological Watching Brief Report.
<8>SBC22700 Unpublished document: John Moore Heritage Services. 2006. An Archaeological Watching Brief for Chapmans Lane Rising Main: Chapmans Lane and Tram Hill, Brill.
<9>SBC22769 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Services. 2006. Kings Ride Cottage, The Square, Brill: An Archaeological Watching Brief.
<10>SBC22775 Unpublished document: Mark Page. 2002.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.
<11>SBC22888 Unpublished document: John Moore Heritage Services. 2007. An Archaeological Watching Brief at 48 Temple Street, Brill.
<12>SBC22914 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Services. 2007. 52 Temple Street, Brill: An Archaeological Watching Brief.
<13>SBC24182 Unpublished document: -. 2004. 'Getting to know Bernwood' project finds identification forms.

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 6563 1468 (4251m by 6105m)
Civil Parish	BRILL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire