Monument record 728/5/2 - System of Ponds to West of The Rectory

18th century ponds

{1} In 1767 there was only a single circular pond immediately south of the Rectory. But by 1798 a system of ponds had been constructed. The earlier circular pond to the south west of the Rectory had, by 1798, been altered to form a U-shaped pond and below it to the south west has a long narrow pond containing two banks or islands end-on to each other down the centre. The U-shaped pond has now disappeared but the long pond remains as two separate ones, with a dam 2m high at the south west end of the lower one. No purpose can be assigned to these ponds.

{3} Aerial photos NCCAP: SP6650/002-3

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.72 Site 9 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> 1798, Greens Norton Enclosure Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN12769.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, RAF VAP F21 58/RAF/2316,0065-6 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<4> 1767, Map of Greens Norton, (checked) (Map). SNN13216.

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Feb 27 2024 11:20AM