Monument record 0003200000 - 450M NNE BRIARS BANK FARM: Mychel Horwood Manor

Summary

Historical evidence of Mychel Horwood manor and earthworks seen on aerial photographs may correspond to the medieval manor house

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Medieval Mychel Horwood manor (DBC8820)

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Type and Period (2)

  • DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)
  • MANOR? (5th Century Saxon to Medieval - 410 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

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'DIVERSE DITCHES', WHERE FOUNDATIONS WERE PERHAPS DUG UP. THE SITE OF 'THE MANOR PLACE OF MICHEL HORWOOD' FORMERLY LOCATED 'AT WHYRLDYCH, IN PRIOR'S WOOD'? (B2).
NGR FROM THIS DESC & APS (B3); SKETCH/FURTHER INFO, CAS CARD. WAS 'LINE OF ENTRENCHMENTS' (B1) THE SAME EARTHWORKS? (BUT SEE CASS 0219).
An article tracing the 10th century boundary of the Manor of Winslow notes the the reference to 'Manor of Mychel Horwood at Whirledich in the Priors Wood stood until pulled down by Sir Ralph Rochford so that he could live nearer to God and the church' (B4).

Sources (9)

  • ---SBC17209 Aerial Photograph: 17/03/35. AMO 1359. SP\794330. Yes.
  • ---SBC21023 Aerial Photograph: Major Allen. 1935. 1935 Ashmolean Museum Oblique AP. SP79463295. Yes.
  • ---SBC21024 Aerial Photograph: Major Allen. 1935. 1935 Ashmolean Museum Oblique AP. SP79443302. Yes.
  • ---SBC21025 Aerial Photograph: Major Allen. 1935. 1935 Ashmolean Museum Oblique AP. SP79483305. Yes.
  • ---SBC21033 Aerial Photograph: Major Allen. 1936. 1936 Ashmolean Museum Oblique AP. SP79433297. Yes.
  • <1>SBC12893 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 P126.
  • <2>SBC13674 Article in serial: George Eland. 1935. 'THE ANNUAL PROGRESS OF NEW COLLEGE BY MICHAEL WOODWARD, WARDEN 1659-75', IN RECS OF BUCKS 1934 13 PP77-137. Vol 13 part 2. pp104, 106-7.
  • <3>SBC2119 Verbal communication: BULL E J 1973 PERS COMM (& SEE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM A/P'S 1359-1362, & 1367; COPIES AT BCM.
  • <4>SBC20208 Article in serial: E J Bull and Julian Hunt. 1996. 'Rewalking the Tenth-century Perambulation of Winslow Manor', in Recs of Bucks 38 pp90-108. Vol 38. pp104.

Location

Grid reference SP 7945 3298 (point) (Centred on)
Civil Parish GREAT HORWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13250)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13767)

Record last edited

Jan 9 2018 10:10AM

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