Monument record 0025800000 - STONE BRIDGE, BICESTER ROAD

Summary

Sixteenth century record of bridge being used as town boundary

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  • BRIDGE (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)

Description

CHARTER OF INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF AYLESBURY (1554) MENTIONS 'STANNE BRIDGE' (STONE BRIDGE) AS BEING ON ONE OF THE CORPORATION BOUNDARIES. IT IS SOMETIMES CALLED 'GALLOWS BRIDGE' (B1).
A 'STONY LAYER' NEAR THE BRIDGE MAY BE THE BED OF AN OLD FORD (B2).
SEE ALSO CASS 0281, 1808, 2475

Sources (8)

  • <1>SBC5653 Bibliographic reference: Robert Gibbs. 1885. A History of Aylesbury. pp117, 429.
  • <2>SBC903 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
  • <3>SBC13363 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1928 (12) P91.
  • <4>SBC10387 Map: OS 1958 6IN (1:10560) MAP.
  • <5>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <6>SBC27546 Map: Historic England/OGS Crawford. VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION - Annotated Map Rec 6" (OGS Crawford Udtd).
  • <7>SBC27651 Serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1927-1933. Records of Buckinghamshire Volume 12. Volume 13.
  • <8>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 79570 15190 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish QUARRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jan 15 2026 1:53PM

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