Preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers, associated fishponds, medieval settlement of Hogshaw and the site of the medieval church of St John the Baptist, 200m south of Hogshaw Farm

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History & significance

The Preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers is a Scheduled Ancient Monument in Buckinghamshire comprising the remains of a medieval military-religious settlement and associated landscape features dating from the twelfth century onwards. The site includes earthworks relating to the preceptory itself, the medieval settlement of Hogshaw, fishponds typical of monastic land management, and the location of the medieval church of St John the Baptist situated approximately two hundred metres south of Hogshaw Farm. The Knights Hospitallers, as the military order responsible for the site, would have maintained the preceptory as both a spiritual and administrative centre with supporting agricultural infrastructure. The survival of these archaeological features, though now largely earthwork, provides evidence of how religious military orders organised and exploited the medieval English countryside.

Preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers, associated fishponds, medieval settlement of Hogshaw and the site of the medieval church of St John the Baptist, 200m south of Hogshaw Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1405586. View the official record →

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