Ackhampstead

Ackhampstead (literally 'oak homestead' in Old English^[1]) or 'The Moor' was an ancient township^[2] (or chapelry) in the Chiltern Hills, south of Lane End.

Until 1844 it was a detached part of Oxfordshire in the parish of Lewknor, part of a division of the parish known as Lewknor Uphill consisting of three detached parts. It was transferred to Buckinghamshire by the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844. By the mid-nineteenth century the population of the community was negligible. The Bishop of Oxford demolished its medieval chapel and replaced it with a new church at Cadmore End.^[3] In 1885 the division of Lewknor Uphill was dismembered. Ackhampstead was transferred to the parish of Great Marlow for ecclesiastical purposes,^[2] and became part of the civil parish of Great Marlow in 1895.^[4]

In 1934 the western end, including Moor Farm, became part of the civil parish of Fingest, renamed Fingest and Lane End in 1937,^[5] and is now in Lane End parish. The greater part, including the site of the chapel and Moor Wood, remains in Great Marlow parish. A detailed history of Ackhampstead was compiled by Dr Gordon Wyatt in 1969 for the Frieth Village Society.^[6]

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External links[]

• Gerry Palmer (17 January 2011). "Ackhampstead - The Chapel that Vanished". Archaeology in Marlow. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
• Maurice Beresford (1954). "Lost Villages of England". Lutterworth Press.^{[permanent dead link]}
• Vision of Britain: Boundary map of Lewknor Uphill

Coordinates: 51°36′20″N 0°50′0″W / 51.60556°N 0.83333°W / 51.60556; -0.83333

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