A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



LUDGERSHALL. Small quadrangular moat ; also moat, of irregularly 

 quadrangular form, at Tetchwich Farm. 



MARSTON, NORTH. Two moats, 2 and 3 miles west of the village. 



MARSWORTH Moat at Marsworth Great Farm. 



MISSENDEN, GREAT. Moat at Bury Farm. 



MURSLEY. Moat to the south of the village. 



OLNEY. Moat in the township of Warrington. 



PITSTONE. Moat inclosing a nearly semicircular space at Church 

 Farm (see fig. 5). 



PRINCES RISBOROUGH. Fragment of moat at the old vicarage ; another 

 adjacent moat, partly dry, but originally quadrangular, called ' The Mount.' 



QUAINTON. Moat, possibly once quadrangular, of large size, at Dod- 

 dershall House. 



QUARRENDON. Two moats of quadrangular form. 



RAVENSTONE. Remains of a moat, originally of some importance. 



SHENLEY CHURCH END. Moat adjoining the rectangular camp. 



SHERINGTON. Nearly quadrangular moat inclosing manor-house. 



SIMPSON. Moat i mile south-east of church. 



SOULBURY. Dry moat to the south of Liscombe Park. 



STEWKLEY. Moat near Stewkley Church. 



STOKE GOLDINGTON. Dry moat at Church Farm ; also a nearly 

 rectangular moat, with entrance on west side. 



STOKE MANDEVILLE. Moat at Moat Farm. 



STOKE POGES. Moat at Ditton Park. 



TATTENHOE. Moat near church. 



WENDOVER. Two moats 2 miles west of the town. 



WESTON TURVILLE. Small circular moat to the west of Weston Manor 

 House ; a dry moat ; small fragment of moat ; and another moat at Manor 

 Farm. 



WEXHAM. Moats of irregular forms at Wexham Court. 



WING. Traces of moat at Ascott Hall. 



WOTTON UNDERWOOD. Moat (fragments of) at Moat Farm. 



It is noteworthy that the homestead moats of Buckinghamshire, which 

 are generally of square, normal shape, in many cases inclose a space which is 

 associated with farmsteads bearing the suggestive appellations of manor 

 farm, moat farm, &c. In some homestead moats in the county one may find 

 considerable irregularity of shape, a circumstance which is probably due to 

 enlargement or modification arising from the amalgamation of several adjacent 

 inclosures. 



The distribution of homestead moats in Buckinghamshire, as elsewhere, 

 is largely governed by the presence or absence of water. They are to be 

 found in some abundance in the valleys and low-lying ground in the middle 

 and northern parts of the county, and even on the sides of the Chilterns and 

 other hills up to about 400 ft. above ordnance datum. This is at the present 

 time much above the level where water usually occurs, but probably it was 

 not so when the homestead-moats were constructed. 



