Monument record 1679/29 - Medieval/Post Medieval Tenement

{3} For full details of tenements see section 10 Historical Topography in main report. The castle is likely to have fronted directly onto what was later known as College Street with the main gate possibly represented by the gap in the tenement row at the north west corner of the outer bailey. The location of the castle gate may have had a significant influence on the character of tenements in its immediate environs. The castle and its associated warren seems to have restricted the expansion of the town on the east side, forcing possible encroachment onto an originally much wider road, similar to that which survived in the 18th century on both the Cambridge and the North Road immediately outside the town.

<1> COLBECK J., 1737, Higham Ferrers, 1737 (NRO Map 1004), (unchecked) (Map). SNN100548.

<2> Bainbridge T., 1789, Higham Ferrers, 1789 (NRO Map 1000), (unchecked) (Map). SNN100544.

<3> Foard G.; Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Higham Ferrers (Medieval - Industrial), (checked) (Digital archive). SNN100543.

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