Monument record 0026700000 - SNELSHALL PRIORY, WHADDON

Summary

Historical records of twelfth century priory, dissolved in the sixteenth century and now earthworks recorded on aerial photographs

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  • Ancient Monument 1011308: SNELSHALL BENEDICTINE PRIORY: A MOATED PRIORY SITE AND FISHPONDS NORTH OF BRIARY PLANTATION (DBC7216)
  • Planning Notification Area: Medieval monastic complex of Snelshall Priory (DBC8583)

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Type and Period (1)

  • PRIORY (12th Century to 16th Century - 1100 AD to 1599 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0268 m Width 0210
Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
SAM. SITE OF SNELSHALL PRIORY, FIRST RECORDED 1147 (B5), DISSOLVED 1535 (B8). NOW A SET OF EARTHWORKS (B12). 1:2500 PLAN OF SITE IN HANGING FILE, ALSO A REVISED OS PLAN IN CAS FILE (B10). THE SITE IS IN WHADDON PARK (B3); NGR TO CENTRE OF SITE (B7).
Whaddon Chase map shows the grounds to cover the same area as the modern day earthworks (B15).
1997 APs show the site to have extended to the north (B14). Site visit by S Kidd 2001, details of extra-SAM earthworks (see 0267:01 for detail) (B17).
Earthworks to southwest of main priory complex noted and plotted as cropmarks. A pair of parallel linear features (X5) running roughly north from the western enclosure ditch of the priory is interpreted as a trackway marked on the 1599 Salden Estate map and apparently perpetuated as boundaries shown on a map of 1800 (B19).
Evidence for trackway X5 cited above is not convincing. The 1975 NMR AP referenced as evidence does not show a cropmark or soilmark feature but contemporary vehical tracks, and other APs show continued use as a farm access track; the Salden Estate merely shows a boundary, not a track; and an AP of 1935 by Major Allen appears to show a former field boundary ditch at this location (B20).
Magnetic susceptibility survey carried out by Bartlett-Clark Consultancy in 2004 in fields immediately to the west and northwest of Snelshall Priory showed higher magnetic anomalies close to earthworks but do not suggest the presence of extensive or substantial settlement remains associated with the surviving earthworks (B18).

Sources (41)

  • ---SBC17211 Aerial Photograph: 17/03/35. AMO 1365. SP\816345. Yes.
  • ---SBC17244 Aerial Photograph: 01/06/76. BCM A/1/9/19-21. SP\816343. Yes.
  • ---SBC17373 Aerial Photograph: 14/08/90. BCM A14/16/22. SP\816345. Yes.
  • ---SBC17384 Aerial Photograph: 05/02/90. BCM A14/7/2. SP\818345. Yes.
  • ---SBC17488 Aerial Photograph: 22/08/95. BCM A24\35. SP\816344. Yes.
  • ---SBC17849 Aerial Photograph: 01/07/49. CUC DA 4-5. SP\816344. Yes.
  • ---SBC17880 Aerial Photograph: 26/04/53. CUC LO 65-68. SP\815344. Yes.
  • ---SBC18027 Aerial Photograph: 01/06/63. FAS 4026/6313. SP\812342. Yes.
  • ---SBC18285 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/90. NMR 8134/1. SP\816345.
  • ---SBC18286 Aerial Photograph: 13/05/81. NMR 8134/14/213. SP\816342. Yes.
  • ---SBC18287 Aerial Photograph: 13/05/81. NMR 8134/14/215. SP\814343. Yes.
  • ---SBC18288 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/90. NMR 8134/2/163-164. SP\816345.
  • ---SBC18289 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/90. NMR 8134/3/165-166. SP\816345.
  • ---SBC18290 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/90. NMR 8134/4/167-168. SP\816345.
  • ---SBC18291 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/90. NMR 8134/5/169-171. SP\816345.
  • ---SBC18292 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/90. NMR 8134/6. SP\816345.
  • ---SBC18293 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/90. NMR 8134/7/49,50,52. SP\816345.
  • ---SBC18294 Aerial Photograph: 14/08/75. NMR 8134/7/51. SP\816345. Yes.
  • ---SBC18295 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/90. NMR 8134/8/53-56. SP\816345.
  • ---SBC18296 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/90. NMR 8134/9/57, 59-60. SP\816343.
  • ---SBC18297 Aerial Photograph: 14/08/75. NMR 8134/9/58. SP\816345. Yes.
  • <1>SBC7777 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 PP504-7.
  • <2>SBC14469 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP767-69.
  • <3>SBC13011 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 PP 19, 294, 321.
  • <4>SBC15301 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 1 PP352-3; 3 435.
  • <5>SBC6821 Bibliographic reference: JENKINS JG 1952 CARTULARY OF SNELSHALL PRIORY IN BUCKSRECORDSOC9".
  • <6>SBC13385 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1954 16 PP54-5.
  • <7>SBC10448 Map: OS 1971 1:2500 MAP.
  • <8>SBC7170 Bibliographic reference: KNOWLES D & HADCOCK RN 1971(2ND EDN) MEDIEVAL RELI GIOUS HOUSES PP 57, 77, 185, 191.
  • <9>SBC2074 Bibliographic reference: BUCKS RECORD SOC 1941 P77 (CALLENDAR OF ANCIENT DE EDS-- AT THE MUSEUM, AYLESBURY; REF- DOCUMENT 372.
  • <10>SBC10986 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP83 SW 3 & OS SURVEY (CAS FILE).
  • <11>SBC225 Bibliographic reference: AIR PHOTOS- CAMB UNIV (ST JOSEPH).
  • <12>SBC13921 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1993. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <13>SBC211 Aerial Photograph: AIR PHOTOS 1981(13 MAY) RCHM NMR SP8134/14/213/215 (COPIES AT BCM.
  • <14>SBC19016 Aerial Photograph: 1997. AP Run A25/38/9 to A25/38/14. SP816344.
  • <15>SBC16520 Map: 1844. WHADDON CHASE INCLOSURE MAP.
  • <16>SBC19256 Bibliographic reference: Browne Willis. 1717. An History of the Mitred Parliametary Abbies. Vol 2. p36.
  • <17>SBC19364 Verbal communication: Kidd S. 2001. Pers Comm Kidd S to Wise J.
  • <18>SBC23016 Unpublished document: Bartlett-Clark Consultancy. 2004. Report on the Archaeogeophysical Survey of Proposed Development Sites West of Milton Keynes.
  • <19>SBC22855 Unpublished document: Archaeological Investigations Ltd. 2004. New Lansdown, Whaddon Park, The Oaks: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment. pp14,17,32 (No.42);Fig 3 (H); Fig 4 (X7 & X5).
  • <20>SBC23367 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BCC). 2009. Information from 1940s and later aerial photos.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8156 3438 (500m by 530m) (Centred on)
Civil Parish WHADDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (5)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13816)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13829)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14117)
  • Event - Survey: Geophysical survey (EBC16901)
  • Event - Survey: Walkover survey (EBC17172)

Record last edited

Jun 5 2017 4:08PM

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