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Extract from

'The Monuments of Buckinghamshire'

208. TINGEWICK
(O.S. 6 in xiii. S.W.)

Roman:- (1) VILLA

Ecclesiastical:- (2) Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene

Secular:-

MONUMENTS (3-10) :-

These buildings are all of the 17th century, and of two storeys; the walls generally are of stone; the roofs are thatched. All have windows with old metal casements, and original chimney stacks of brick, except (4) which has modern stacks.

High Street, N. Side :-

(3) Cottage, 270 yards S.W. of the church, is a long rectangular building, partly timber-framed with wattle and daub filling, partly of stone and partly of brick.
(4) House, about 160 yards W. of (3), was built in 1690 on a rectangular plan; the date, with the initials 'V.W.H.', is inscribed on a stone in the S. wall.

S. side

(5)The Post Office, 1/4 mile W.S.W. of the church, has a central chimney stack.
(6)House, at the N.E. corner of Gorrell Lane. The walls are covered with modern plaster.

Stockley's Lane, S.E. corner :-

(7)House, built partly of brick. The plan is L-shaped, with a low modern addition at the back.

S. side:-

(8) House, at the E. corner of Wood Lane, 50 yards W. of (7). One of the external doors is of 17th-century panelling. Inside the building is a wide fireplace, partly blocked.
(9) House, at the W. corner of Wood Lane. The walls have been partly re-faced with modern brick.
(10) Cottage, about 500 yards S.W. of the church.

Condition - of all, good; (6) and (9) have been much restored and altered.

Unclassified

(11) DAM, about 2/3 mile S.S.W. of the church and E. of Tingewick Woods. A strong bank, with a return at the S. end, has been thrown across a small tributary of the Ouse. The bank is 7ft high and about 100yds long and is now pierced for the passage of the stream.

Condition - Good

(More about the dam)

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