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Monument Number 245505

Hob Uid: 245505
Location :
Buckinghamshire
Hambleden
Grid Ref : SU7762091250
Summary : The site of a manor house or palace belonging to Bishops of Lincoln (13th century to 1547) surviving only as a house platform.
More information : (SU 7791) Ruins of the old manor house of the Bishops
of Lincoln are near the church of St Bartholomew at the north
of the village of Fingest. The manor was held by the Bishops of
Lincoln from the 13th c until 1547.

Reference is made to the site of the Bishops Palace (or manor
house) (2) at a point several hundred yards N of the church (3). (1-3)

According to the owner of Fingest Manor the site of the palace
was at SU 7762 9125, but no positive proof was available. At
the siting a level area C 20.0m by 30.0m and an old well exist,
but no other remains. (4)

SU 7761 9127. A house platform indicating the site of the former manor house (5)
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Source details : VCH Buckinghamshire 3 1925 42
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Source details : Records of Buckinghamshire 13 1934-40 301
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Source details : Antiquity Journal 18 1938 287
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Source details : P A Stevens/17-OCT-1972/Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator
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Source details : Records of Buckinghamshire 21 1979 191
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Buckinghamshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 4498
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 79 SE 13
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-10-17
End Date : 1972-10-17