Monument record 3084/1/2 - Possible Medieval Cross-Shaped Fishpond

A moat once surrounded the manor house and the nearby chapel. This feature is only visible now as a fishpond complex.

{1}Fishpond immediately north of the Manor House on the edge of the River Welland. It consists of a roughly cross-shaped pond 1.5m deep, linked to a branch of the river by a narrow channel but much altered and mutilated.

{3} Depiction of formal garden garden suggests early 17th century landscaping; originally a second basin to the north-west;

{4} A map of 1630 shows the original shape of the pond with a second basin, of which no evidence survives on the ground, to the north-west parallel with the river. The depiction on the map of a formal garden further south suggests that the area around the manor house may have been landscaped in the early 17th century;

{5}A water feature possibly a moat can be detected on the north side of the La Zouch capital manor. This is identified by RCHM as a fishpond.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.50/Site 8 & Fig 62 (Series). SNN77379.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<3> 1619, Map of Harringworth, (unchecked) (Map). SNN38814.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.189/Site 8 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77382.

<5> Woodfield P., 1981, The Larger Medieval Houses of Northamptonshire, p156 (unchecked) (Article). SNN23550.

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Jul 20 2023 1:04PM