Monument record 0292901000 - BAPSEY POND

Summary

Bapsey Pond, said to have been used for baptising since Saxon times

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  • POND (5th Century Saxon to Modern - 410 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Description

BAPSEY POND CONNECTED BY TRADITION WITH ST BIRINIUS, AFTERWARDS 1ST BISHOP OF DORCHESTER, SAID TO HAVE BAPTISED HIS SAXON CONVERTS HERE (B3).
BAPSEY POND SHOWN ON OS 25 INCH 1931 MAP (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC4870 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E (BCM) MARCH 1977 (LABEL, FILED).
  • <2>SBC11947 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R (BCM) NOV 1978 FROM BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
  • <3>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p240.
  • <4>SBC10366 Map: OS 1931 REVISION 25 INCH MAP.

Location

Grid reference SU 90660 82030 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 4 2024 3:07PM

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