Monument record 6760/1/1 - Post medieval/modern stone Pit, The Racecourse

Stone pit shown on 18th and 19th century mapping.

{1} Stone pit shown as square enclosure on The Race Ground.

{2} A roughly square enclosure labelled 'Stone Pit' is shown on The Race Ground, with a trackway leading southwards to the Kettering Road.

{3} Quarry hollow shown on east side of Race Course.

{4} The quarry noted on the Inclosure Map was plotted again in the 1880s.


[HER note 08/05/2014: reference {1} may be the same as {2} but the titles are different, so needs further checking.]

<1> 1779, Map of The Commons of Northampton (Map). SNN2683.

<2> 1779, Northampton Enclosure Map (NRO Map 5700), (unchecked) (Map). SNN40916.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1887, First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 Inch Mapping Series (45.05), (checked) (Map). SNN47521.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1880, First Edition OS 6 Inch Mapping Series (45NW), (unchecked) (Map). SNN56298.

<5> Wood; Law, 1847, Town Map of Northampton, (unchecked) (Map). SNN752.

Record last edited

Jun 29 2021 3:06PM