Monument record 0293500000 - LAMUA HUNDRED (PARK MEADOW?)

Summary

Supposed site of Saxon meeting place suggested by historical records and surviving earthworks

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • MOOT? (5th Century Saxon to Medieval - 410 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

ANCIENT LAMUA HUNDRED DERIVED FROM HILL NEAR CHURCH. HUNDRED COURT HELD THERE, WHERE THERE IS TRACE OF INCAMPMENT (B1).
PARK MEADOW, TRADITIONAL SITE OF FOLKMOTE OR COURT OF LAMUA. DITCHES & EARTHWORKS STILL VISIBLE (B2-3).
DITCHES, AT NGR, & OTHER SLIGHT EARTHWORKS IN FIELD SE OF CHURCHYARD (B4).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC16730 Bibliographic reference: Browne Willis. 1755. The History and Antiquities of the Town, Hundred and Deanry of Buckingham. pp2, 268.
  • <2>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. p81.
  • <3>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p272.
  • <4>SBC12151 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1977. PERS COMM, MARCH 1977 FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.
  • <5>SBC4766 Unpublished document: Michael Farley (BCM). 1996. NOTES OF SITE VIST.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7054 2663 (30m by 70m)
Civil Parish STEEPLE CLAYDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Field visit (EBC17394)

Record last edited

Nov 14 2024 5:41PM

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