Monument record 2005/0/1 - Ornamental Lake

{1} Mr Webb introduced extensive sheet of water in front of the house.

{2} Mill still in existance in 1791, was covered by a lake shortly before Baker wrote his description, which speaks enthusiastically of the "judicious embellishments" of Mr Webb.

{3} Kipling made lake.

{4} An ornamental lake later appeared in a private park at Overstone.

{5} A well-marked hollow way runs down the hillside and disappears beneath the waters of the large ornamental lake constructed in the early C19th at the time of emparking.

<1> Baker G., 1822-36, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.53 (unchecked) (Book). SNN10400.

<2> Brown A.E.; Taylor C.C., 1975, Four Deserted Settlements in Northamptonshire, 195 (checked) (Article). SNN75848.

<3> Allison K.J.; Beresford M.W.; Hurst J.G. et al, 1966, The Deserted Villages of Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Report). SNN39628.

<4> Laundon J.R., 2006, The Importance of Northamptonshire's Reservoirs, p.73 (part checked) (Article). SNN109288.

<5> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.121-22 Sites 6+7 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

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