Monument record 4759/1 - Deer park boundary

{1} From the south. End of Park Lane, the boundary ran south east until it met the lane running south from Plumpton End. No trace remains here as the hedge has been realigned, but the fact that Breach Field, one of the common fields of Paulerspury, still existed to the N.E. In 1820 suggests that the park boundary lay approximately along this line. It then ran S. Along the W. Side of the Plumpton End lane to the Paulerspury-Whittlebury parish boundary. No indication of the park boundary can be seen along the lane. This boundary then turned W. And followed the parish boundary for 1.75 km. To just SW. Of Park Farm. Again there is little indication of a park boundary. To the SW. Of Park Farm the park boundary met the hollow-way or lane running S. From Pury End and ran along its E. Side. In a few places along this lane are the remains of a large bank up to 1.25m high. At the S. Corner of Pury End the deer park boundary seems to have followed the stream. It then must have turned S.E., along the S.E. Side of Paulerspury village, to reach the S. End of Park Lane. No boundary bank has been observed here.

{?} Only a short fragment of the rampart survives south of the Church of Paulerspury

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.116-7 site 20 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

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