Monument record 7000 - Astrop Park

Astrop Park was described in c1740 and depicted on late 18th century mapping. Its improvement in the mid 18th century has been attributed to Capability Brown.

{1} Enclosed parkland shown on map; enclosed by Sir John Willes; improved by Brown in 1759.

{2} Digitised boundary may extend too far eastwards.

{3} Astrop House park attributed to Brown in undated poem in Methuen archives; now held in Wiltshire Record Office; Client Sr Jn Willes.

{4} 1740 description of gravelled walks & hedges of 12ft close clipped; has traced position of walks & found 2 "strange designs".

{9} Enclosed by Act of Parliament in 1772; total 1565 acres; Will Willes Lord of Manor owns 1295 acres; third in pasture.

{11} Keeper's cottage, pheasantry and a cottage by W. Wilkinson of Oxford, 1868.

{12} The park was partly landscaped by Brown, probably when he was working at Aynho c1760.

<1> Eyre T. (Revised by Jefferys T.), 1779, Map of the County of Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Map). SNN1852.

<2> , 1950, Ordnance Survey 2.5 Inch Series, SP53 (unchecked) (Map). SNN41632.

<3> Turner R., 1985, Capability Brown and The Eighteenth Century English Landscape, p.172 (unchecked) (Book). SNN42509.

<4> GIGGENS B.L., NOTE, (unchecked) (Note). SNN42502.

<5> 1883, Garden (Vol.24 1883), 289-90 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN56426.

<6> Stroud D., 1975, Capability Brown, p.216 (unchecked) (Book). SNN42133.

<7> Bryant A., 1827, Map of The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Map). SNN2733.

<8> Ordnance Survey, OS Landranger Series Map 151, Sheet No 151 (unchecked) (Map). SNN54551.

<9> Baker G., 1830, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.703 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77327.

<10> Kings Sutton - The Decline of Astrop, (unchecked) (Report). SNN70285.

<11> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.517 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<12> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 99 (Book). SNN111989.

Record last edited

Sep 29 2026 10:33AM