Monument record 1156/2/11 - The Elm Walk, Ecton Hall

The Elm Walk was created within the open fields at some time before 1699, possibly in the early 1690s by Mr Catesby

{2} The main manor of Ecton was purchased by Thomas Catesby in 1574 and the family continued to hold the manor until the late C17th. Though undocumented it was undoubtedly they who first established formal gardens around the Hall.
The first recorded landscaping is the reference to a little enclosure called Elm Walk being created within the open fields at some time before 1699, possibly in the early 1690s by Mr Catesby. The Elm Walk was the avenue seen on the 1703 map running north from The Hall giving access to the Great Road, now the A4500.

<1> 1703, Ecton Parish Survey (NRO Map 2115), (unchecked) (Map). SNN22606.

<2> Foard G., 1993, Ecton: Its Lost Village and Landscape Park, p.340+Pl.3+Fig.2b (checked) (Article). SNN54811.

<3> 1743, Useful Memorandums Relating to My Estates, p.9 (unchecked) (Memorandum). SNN108781.

<4> 1770 (circa), Plan of Part of The Estate of Ambrose Isted in Ecton (NRO Map 2120), (unchecked) (Map). SNN22532.

Record last edited

Oct 18 2019 11:33AM