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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 →
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.
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 Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1405586.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deserted village (site of) at Fulbrook Farm (1.3 km), Deserted village (site of) at Denham Lodge (2.4 km), Quainton medieval standing cross (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of 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's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
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 stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.