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Beaumont Palace, built outside the north gate of Oxford, was intended by Henry I about 1130 to serve as a royal palace conveniently close to the royal hunting-lodge at Woodstock (now part of the park of Blenheim Palace). Its former presence is recorded in Beaumont Street, Oxford.
This report describes the archaeological excavations by Oxford Archaeological Unit, which took place in 1997-8. The first elements of the site to be examined were the back gardens, pits and privies of the fine stone houses built along St. John St and Beaumont St by 19th-century property speculators. Records from that period show that burials ...
- 19 Nov 2020 11:41
- Oxford Archaeology South > Fieldwork
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- Monograph (Project Report)
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In the early 14th century, the palace site was granted to the Carmelite Friars. The excavations found evidence for a substantial east-west aligned buttressed stone building, which may originally have been built as part of the palace, but which ultimately formed part of the Friary complex.
BEAUMONT PALACE AND THE WHITE FRIARS: EXCAVATIONS AT THE SACKLER LIBRARY, BEAUMONT STREET, OXFORD By Daniel Poore and David R. P. Wilkinson With contributions by Leigh Allen, Kate Atherton, Paul Blinkhorn, Paul Booth, Angela Boyle, Philippa Bradley, Duncan H. Brown, Greg Campbell, Bethan Charles, Cecily Cropper,
Description. Beaumont Palace was built by Henry I in the 12th century. Both Richard I and King John were born there. The monarchs did not spend much time at the King's Houses, using them mainly as a stopping point on the journey to Woodstock. In 1318 the buildings were granted to the Carmelite Friars.
The development site is thought to lie at the eastern limit of the precinct of Beaumont Palace, a royal residence immediately outside the north wall of the medieval city of Oxford and in use c. 1132--1318. Numerous medieval pits were found aligned in rows and possibly dug as tree planters.
Beaumont Palace was originally built in 1132 as a hunting lodge by Henry I. Richard I and his brother John were born here. The Carmelite order arrived in Oxford in 1256 and in 1316 were granted a site in the grounds by the King. In 1828, Beaumont Street was laid out on the site of the former palace. License:
