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HER Number: 2211
Record Type: Monument
Name: Site of Town Wall

Grid Reference: SU 75 82
Parish:HENLEY-ON-THAMES, SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE

Monument Type(s):

Summary

Pre-1397. Although no traces of walls are now to be seen, there is abundant evidence that the town was once protected by them. MARGINAL

Associated Monuments

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    • Associated Finds:

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    • Description

    3) Corporation Deeds contain a number of references to them most of which decribe the position of various properties using phrases such as "above the wall", "at the walls", "near the walls" etc. The first such entry being in 1397 and the last in 1531


    <1> OS Record Card, SU 78 SE 28 (Index). SOX273.


    <2> NMR Monument - Long Listing Filed in Detailed Record File (Index). SOX391.


    <3> General reference, J S Burn: 'History of Henley-on-Thames' (1861) pp.11-12 (Bibliographic reference). SOX373.

    Sources

    <1>OS Record Card. SU 78 SE 28. [Index / SOX273]
    <2>NMR Monument - Long Listing Filed in Detailed Record File. [Index / SOX391]
    <3>General reference. J S Burn: 'History of Henley-on-Thames' (1861) pp.11-12. [Bibliographic reference / SOX373]

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