Newport Pagnell Town Defences

Has been described as a Possible Urban Defence

There are no visible remains

NameNewport Pagnell Town Defences
Alternative Names
Historic CountryBuckinghamshire
Modern AuthorityMilton Keynes
1974 AuthorityBuckinghamshire
Civil ParishNewport Pagnell

Bond writes that a late Saxon possible circuit 'can be traced from topographical indications'.

Gatehouse Comments

It would seem unlikely the fortifications had any post-Conquest significance. Will have included the parish church (at given map ref) within the circuit.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSP877439
Latitude52.0869407653809
Longitude-0.720420002937317
Eastings487700
Northings243900
HyperLink HyperLink HyperLink

No photos available. If you can provide pictures please contact Castlefacts

Most of the sites or buildings recorded in this web site are NOT open to the public and permission to visit a site must always be sought from the landowner or tenant.

Calculate Print

Books

  • Bond, C.J., 1987, 'Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Defences' in Schofield, J. and Leech, R. (eds) Urban Archaeology in Britain (CBA Research Report 61) p. 92-116 online copy
  • Haslam, J., 1985, Early Medieval Towns in Britain c700-1140 p. 40, 46
  • Robinson, J., 1975, The evolution of the medieval Newport Pagnell (Bradwell Abbey Occasional Papers 2)
  • Page, Wm (ed), 1927, VCH Buckinghamshire Vol. 4 p. 414 online transcription
  • Lipscomb, G., 1847, History and Antiquities of Buckinghamshire Vol. 4 p. 272