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One of the most important activities of the Trust is its research into Buckinghamshire’s parks, gardens and open spaces.
Our Research and Recording Group investigates and records the history of individual parks and gardens to ascertain their historic significance, record their current condition and inform their future conservation and development.
Our Research Group is friendly, lively and very active; we meet at Buckinghamshire Council offices about every six weeks to report on research findings and share good research practice. Volunteers are also invited to attend training days and educational visits, both locally and further afield. The Group’s research is used to raise awareness and inform owners and those responsible for the management of historic parks and gardens. Importantly, it is also used to inform the Trust’s responses to planning applications that may affect a site on the local or national Register.
Our all-important research findings feed into not only our local planning authority but Parks & Gardens UK and the Historic England List as well as being available for access to all online.
The sites we will be working on fall into the following categories:
We need volunteers who are interested in gardens, horticulture, social and cultural history, local history or archaeology to get involved and help support our work. If you would like to join our enthusiastic team helping to understand more about our garden heritage,
please contact us.
Our group is discovering a wealth of information about each site, and once their reports on each site are completed they are published here on our website. Hard copies are only provided to the property’s owners, Buckinghamshire Council planning department and the Historic Environment Register and The Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies. In April 2020 Buckinghamshire became a unitary authority, the former districts all coming under the control of Buckinghamshire Council. For the foreseeable future and the purposes of our project we will continue to use the four district names as they divide the county into more manageable areas.
Former local authority districts:
AVDC – Aylesbury Vale District Council
ChDC – Chiltern District Council
SBDC – South Bucks District Council
WyDC – Wycombe District Council
MKC – Milton Keynes Council
SlBC – Slough Borough Council
As our research on each site is completed it will be added to the (alphabetical) list here. Simply click on the name of a site to download the pdf file.
Addington Manor AVDC
Alderbourne Manor SBDC
Alscot Lodge WyDC
Aylesbury Cemetery AVDC
Barton Hartshorn AVDC
Baylis Park, Slough SlBC
Bekonscot ChDC
Bletchley Park MKC
Boarstall Tower AVDC
Brands House, Four Ashes WyDC
Campbell Park MKC
Castle Hill House, High Wycombe WyDC
Chalfont Park ChDC
Chenies Manor ChDC
Chetwode Manor AVDC
Chesham Bois House ChDC
Chetwode Priory AVDC
Chilterns Crematorium ChDC
Chilton House AVDC
Cowper & Newton Museum, Olney MKC
Dadford Burial Ground AVDC
Dancers End Pumping Station, AVDC
Denham Grove SBDC
Dinton Hall AVDC
Ditton Park
Doddershall Park AVDC
Dorney Court SBDC
East Burnham Park SBDC
Great Brickhill Manor AVDC
Green Park, Aston Clinton AVDC
Hanslope Park MKC
Heatherden Hall, home of Pinewood Studios SBDC
High & Over, Amersham ChDC
High Wycombe Cemetery WyDC
Hillesden House AVDC
Horsenden Manor WyDC
Horwood House AVDC
Lilies, Weedon AVDC
Lillingstone House AVDC
Little Halings, (Tile House Farm) SBDC
The Manor House, Bledlow WyDC
Manor House/Brooke House, Princes Risborough WyDC
Marlow Cemetery WyDC
Central Milton Keynes MKC
Newlands Tree Cathedral MKC
Nether Winchendon Manor AVDC
Orchard House, Olney MKC
Poundon House AVDC
Rayners, (formerly Penn School) WyDC
Richings SBDC
Rignalls WyDC
Pednor House ChDC
St Katharine’s, Parmoor WyDC
Savay Farm, Denham SBDC
Stoke Court SBDC
Stoke Place SBDC
Tingewick Hall AVDC
Wavendon House MKC
Wendover Manor AVDC
Weston Park MKC
Willen Lakes, MKC
Winslow Hall AVDC
Woodlands Park ChDC
Woodrow High House ChDC
