Monument record 326/0/2 - Possible Medieval/Post Medieval Fishponds

Ponds, possibly medieval fishponds

{1} Ponds (SP 536421-536415) lie S of the village, along the valley of a stream, on Middle Lias Clay between 115 m. and 122 m. above OD. There is one large curving pond with, below it, five small rectangular ones, all with massive dams up to 2 m. high. Each of the two lowest has a long rectangular island within it. All the ponds have C19th sluices in their dams and appear to be the result of landscaping for Marston House which overlooks the N pond and
which was rebuilt in the first of the C18th. The ponds existed in their present form in 1769 but they may have originated as medieval fishponds.

Aerial photos NCCAP: SP5342/1-3

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.101/Site 16 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> 1760, Marston St Lawrence Enclosure Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN9805.

<3> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, A/P (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1926, 3212-4) (Photographs). SNN104890.

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Oct 20 2023 12:33PM