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The Cemetery of the Leper Hospital of St Margaret, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Bibliographic Data

ID10998790
AuthorsMichael Farley (corresponding author), Keith Manchester
Year1989
Volume33
Issue1
Pages82-89
Publication date1989-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedieval Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0076-6097 • E-ISSN: 1745-817X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00766097.1989.11735520
OpenAlexW2405177092
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited2

A CEMETERY uncovered during roadworks at High Wycombe in ig86 confirmed the location of the medieval hospital of St Margaret. Examination of the skeletal remains suggests that several of the individuals excavated had suffered from leprosy

Ancient history · Archaeology · Leprosy · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Medicine · Paleopathology and ancient diseases

  • Pathways to the medieval hospital

    Open Access•Sarah Inskip, Craig Cessford et al.•Antiquity•2023

  • Pathologie et archéologie de la lèpre

    Open Access•Pascal Sellier•Les Nouvelles de l archéologie•2022

  • A Biocultural Approach to Understanding the Presence of Children from Medieval Hospitals in England

    Esme Hookway, K Squires•Childhood in the Past•2020

  • The earliest recorded case of lepromatous leprosy in continental Croatia

    Open Access•Ž Bedić, Mario Šlaus et al.•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2019

  • A Quantitative Approach to Record Skeletal Manifestations of Leprosy and Its Application to St Mary Magdalen Leprosarium, Winchester

    Open Access•Alette Anne Blom, H Dawson‐Hobbis et al.•International Journal of…•2026

  • Medieval Leper Hospitals in England

    Simon Roffey•Medieval Archaeology•2012

  • Work and the Adolescent in Medieval England ad 900–1550

    Mary Lewis•Medieval Archaeology•2016

  • Osteoarchaeological evidence for leprosy from western Central Asia

    Open Access•Blau, Soren Blau et al.•American Journal of Physical…•2005

  • A leprous skeleton of the 7th century from Eccles, Kent, and the present evidence of leprosy in early Britain

    Open Access•Keith Manchester•Journal of Archaeological Science•1981

  • A Leper Cemetery at South Acre, Norfolk

    Calvin Wells•Medieval Archaeology•1967

Citations per year0.38
Citation span2005 - 2026 (22)
Highly citedNo

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