Monument record 0192801000 - CHRIST'S HOSPITAL, MARKET SQUARE

Summary

Site of sixteenth century almshouse, rebuilt in the late nineteenth century.

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Type and Period (1)

  • ALMSHOUSE (16th Century to 19th Century - 1597 AD? to 1897 AD)

Description

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL (QUEEN ELIZABETH'S ALMSHOUSES; ON SITE OF ST LAURENCE'S LEPER HOSPITAL? (B2).
FOUNDED 1597 (B2) OR 1598 (B5).
FOUNDED TO PROVIDE A REFUGE FOR 36 MAIMED UNMARRIED SOLDIERS; IN 1666 IT HAD 2 GOVERNORS & SHELTERED 7 WOMEN (B5).
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL IS AN OLD PLAIN STONE BUILDING SITUATED IN MARKET HILL. IN THE WALL IS A STONE BEARING THE WORDS 'CHRIST'S HOSPITAL' [1872](B3).
REBUILT 1897 (B4).
NGR TO CHRIST'S HOSPITAL (B7).

Sources (5)

  • <2>SBC7606 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 2 P583.
  • <3>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. pp240, 246.
  • <4>SBC13064 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 PP20, 76.
  • <5>SBC15269 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 1 P307, 392; 3 PP474, 486, 488.
  • <7>SBC10398 Bibliographic reference: OS 1959 6IN (1:10560).

Location

Grid reference SP 6966 3404 (point)
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 1 2019 12:42PM

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