Tithing Stone
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Tithing Stone
Image: © Jeff Tomlinson Taken: 23 May 2009
Boundary stone between the Wooburn and Beaconsfield parishes. The inscription is : 3rd May 1827 Boundary Stone of the Manor and Parish of Beaconsfield The custom of tithing Corn in this Parish is and has been immemorially by the TENTH COCK and the ELEVENTH SHOCK It was erected to commemorate the winning of a legal dispute by a local farmer. The farmer had challenged the rights of the Vicar of Beaconsfield with respect to the levying of tithes.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.599498
Longitude
-0.663102