Monument record 679/0/7 - Medieval/ post medieval fishpond complex

Remains of fishpond complex depicted in 1740, which were modified in 1803, and destroyed in the 19th century.

{1} Fishponds (SP 647483), at the head of a small stream on the E side of the village street, on glacial deposits, at 120 m above OD. A rectangular pond 30 m by 25 m, with a large dam up to 2 m high at its E end, is the only survivor of a system of ponds which in 1740 (map in NRO) lay in a small field called Fishpond Close. To the S of the surviving pond there was a much larger rectangular pond with a small rectangular island within it; another smaller pond lay to the NW By 1803 (NRO, Enclosure Map) the two main ponds still existed though they are depicted as circular. The smaller one had been replaced by a group of five other small ponds. All these were presumably destroyed in the 19th century.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.24/Site 3 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> 1740, Map of Bradden, (unchecked) (Map). SNN13579.

<3> 1803, Bradden Enclosure Map (Draft?), (unchecked) (Map). SNN13581.

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Jan 19 2024 1:41PM