Monument record 478/0/33 - The Angles

Post Medieval pond, possibly for breeding wildfowl.

{1} Pond shown in 1741.

{2} Field name: The Angles. [Possible association with fishing/angling.]

{3} Pond immediately south of Big Waters, at the junction of two valleys. The interior of a long rectangular pond, now totally overgrown, is occupied by narrow parallel banks over 0.25m high. The pond and its banks are shown on the estate map of 1741. No purpose can be assigned to the site, except that it may have been used for breeding wildfowl.

{4} A more complex system of water channels, banks and islands is shown on the surveyor's map of 1812. The site, which was fed by Big Waters, may also have included Sewell's Pond, c.80m to the west.

<1> 1741, Map of Fawsley, (unchecked) (Map). SNN8611.

<2> 1955, OS 6 INCH MAP, SP55NE (unchecked) (Map). SNN8616.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.91 Site 7 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1811-9, First Edition Ordnance Survey Surveyors Drawings, (checked) (Map). SNN104902.

Record last edited

Sep 12 2022 1:56PM