Monument record 0414900000 - 14 TEMPLE SQUARE:CELLAR

Summary

Local knowledge of possible Saxon or medieval burial being found in cellar in Temple Square in World War II

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  • Conservation Area ()

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

MR E NEARY,FRIEND OF BUILDER INVOLVED WITH REPAIRWORK AT PREMISES WAS TOLD BY HIM OF A SKELETON BEING FOUND HALF IN WALL BY STEPS DOWN TO CELLAR, DURING WORLD WAR 2(BI1).REV C N WHITE, EX-RECTOR OF ELLESBOROUGH, CONFIRMS DETAILS & BELIEVES A STONE COFFIN WAS ALSO FOUND(BI2)

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  • <1>SBC9905 Bibliographic reference: NEARY MR E TO PIKE A R FEB 1978.
  • <2>SBC16540 Bibliographic reference: WHITE REV C N TO PIKE A R, FEB 1978.

Location

Grid reference SP 81786 13789 (point) (Exact)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC11943)

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Dec 17 2018 8:28AM

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