'Within are deposited the bones of 247 persons, who were discovered in AD 1818 buried in a field at Holman's Bridge near Aylesbury. From the history and appearance of the place where they were found it is concluded to be the remains of the officers and men who perished in an engagement fought in AD 1642 fought between the troops of K Charles I under the command of Prince Rupert and the garrison who held Aylesbury for the Parliament.'
Historyedit
It was the location, in 1642, of the Battle of Aylesbury, where although heavily outnumbered a Parliamentariangarrison under Sir William Balfour took the town of Aylesbury from the Royalist forces of Prince Rupert.[2] After the battle the bodies of the dead were thrown into a common grave near the bridge. In 1818 they were exhumed and their bones moved to a common grave in nearby Hardwick.[3]
In 2006 work began to add a wooden pedestrian bridge alongside the existing bridge to provide pedestrian access to the new Weedon Hill housing estate. The housing development is controversially being built on the tract of land where the battle took place.[4]
Referencesedit
^. Archived from the original on 18 July 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2006.
^Account of the Battle of Aylesbury 20 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
^Genuki: The Battle of Aylesbury 2010-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
^BBC coverage of controversy over the Weedon Hill housing development
External linksedit
Image of the common grave in Hardwick at Buckinghamshire Photographs
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