Hawridge Court

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Hawridge Court Farm

In the civil parish of Cholesbury Cum St Leonards. In the historic county of Buckinghamshire (Modern Authority of Buckinghamshire, 1974 county of Buckinghamshire).

Oval ringwork internally some 60.0m NE-SW by 50.0m transversely, situated on a broad ridge within the garden of Hawridge Court. It is bounded by a rampart with an average height of 2.0m and outer ditch of similar size which, apart from some surface water on the NW, is dry. A difference of 2.0m in base level of the ditch from E to W precludes it from ever having been waterfilled. The interior and exterior ground levels are similar, a gap and causeway through the defences in the E probably representing an original entrance. Hawridge Court, C17 construction but not outstanding, occupies the N side of the ringwork. (PastScape)

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP950058

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 346258
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 0024800000 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

• Web site links
  • http://ubp.buckscc.gov.uk/ThemeDetails.aspx?UID=MBC797
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns (Malvern) p35
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p27
    Dyer, James, 1972, 'Earthworks of the Danelaw Frontier' in Fowler, P.J. (ed), Archaeology in the Landscape p231 [as Danish]
    Page, Wm (ed), 1925, VCH Buckinghamshire Vol3 p367 [manorial history] http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42580#s2
    RCHME, 1912, An inventory of the historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Vol1 [south] p191 http://www.archive.org/details/inventoryofhisto01greauoft
    Page, Wm (ed), 1908, VCH Buckinghamshire Vol2 p33 http://www.archive.org/details/victoriahistory02pageuoft
    Lipscomb, G., 1847, History and Antiquities of Buckinghamshire Vol3 p372-3
• Journal Articles
  • King, D.J.C. and Alcock, L., 1969, 'Ringworks in England and Wales' Château Gaillard Vol3 p90-127