Place record 0277300000 - STOWE PARISH

Summary

General background information on Stowe parish.

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  • SHINE: Stowe medieval to post medieval landscape garden, medieval deserted villages of Lamport & Boycott, shrunken village of Daford, also moats, manors and fishponds, ridge and furrow earthworks & cropmarks, and areas of ancient semi natural woodland

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  • NON ANTIQUITY (Undated)

Description

THE GREATER PART OF THE PARISH OF STOWE IS TAKEN UP BY THE GROUNDS AND PARK ATTACHED TO STOWE HOUSE - THIS PARISH COVERS 3045 ACRES (B1).
FOR STOWE HOUSE (NOW STOWE SCHOOL) & PARK, SEE CASS 04208.
Brief summary of results of Whittlewood Project (B6).
Detailed findings of Whittlewood Project (B7).
Negative fieldwork reports (B8-9).
Analysis of pre-1600 major and minor place-names in parish (B10).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC16095 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 PP229-237.
  • <2>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. p286-288.
  • <3>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p229-237.
  • <4>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p303-310.
  • <5>SBC22332 Article in serial: Medieval Settlement Research Group. 1993. Medieval Settlement Research Group Annual Report 8. No 8. p35.
  • <6>SBC22524 Article in serial: Medieval Settlement Research Group. 2004. Medieval Settlement Research Group Annual Report 19. No 19. p6.
  • <7>SBC22774 Bibliographic reference: Richard Jones and Mark Page. 2006. Medieval Villages in an English Landscape: Beginnings and Ends.
  • <8>SBC19210 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Services. 2001. Land Adjacent to Grooms Cottage, Main Street, Dadford: An Archaeological Evaluation.
  • <9>SBC19829 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2003. New Field House, Stowe School, Stowe: Archaeological Watching Brief Report.
  • <10>SBC24751 Unpublished document: Eleanor Forward. 2007. Place-Names of the Whittlewood Area.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 675 380 (4744m by 5598m)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 14 2022 6:02PM

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