Monument record 246 - Edgcote House Park

The park was laid out in the 18th century. It has a lake fed from the River Cherwell and an irrigation system with dams and a lock to supply the kitchen garden and power for the Hill. Work on the park began in the 1740s before the house was rebuilt.

{1} In 1547 the King granted the manor to Will Chauncey Esq.; Chauncey family leads to Carter family descent.

{2} "Edgcott Hall, church and parsonage"; viewed through parkland trees and pastoral scene with grazing sheep; the hall is shown on the left hand side of the sketch; notes written on reverse "….Edgcote contains 13?0 acr. Belonging to J.Carter lord of the manor. The present house has main east and west fronts; it was erected by Richard Chauncy Esq. in 1752; the yellow sandstone was dug in the lordship….".

{3} William Henry Chauncy Esq.; also shown on second edition of 1791.

{7} Map of 1710 shows house and gardens to the east and a church in the gardens; Edgcote House was built 1747-52; between 1761-1788 the village was demolished by the Lord of the Manor for a new landscape park to the west of the house.

{8} 1st edition mentions 18 farms and the whole lordship enclosed; the manor house was owned by Tobias Chauncey Esq.; 2nd edition? Vol 1 p117; the old manor house was taken down in the middle of the last century; the whole parish of c.1340 acres belongs to Thomas Carter Esq Lord of Manor; old enclosure.

{9} The present proprietor converted several small ponds and streams connected with the River Cherwell into an extensive sheet of water forming a pleasing view from the east front.

{10} Village partially deserted by 1502; 120 acres of arable were enclosed and converted to pasture; 120 acres of pasture enclosed; 9 houses were destroyed; in 1547 500 sheep were maintained there; the parish was wholly enclosed prior to 1720; a mansion was built in the village in 1752; before 1788 the village was demolished and 2 new farms and 7 cottages rebuilt outside the park leaving the church and rectory isolated; in 1847 Edgcote was the home of Aubrey Cartwright (Aynho) son of William Ralph Cartwright and Julia Aubrey.

<1> BURT J., NOTE, (unchecked) (Notes). SNN47775.

<2> CLARKE G., 1850, Pencil Sketches, (checked) (Drawing). SNN45694.

<3> Eyre T. (Revised by Jefferys T.), 1779, Map of the County of Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Map). SNN1852.

<4> 1920, Country Life (1920), 46-54 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN60407.

<5> , 1950, Ordnance Survey 2.5 Inch Series, SP54 (unchecked) (Map). SNN59252.

<6> Ordnance Survey, OS Landranger Series Map 151, Sheet No 151 (unchecked) (Map). SNN54551.

<7> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Series). SNN77382.

<8> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.125 (unchecked) (Book). SNN100366.

<9> Baker G., 1822-36, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.495 (unchecked) (Book). SNN10400.

<10> Allison K.J.; Beresford M.W.; Hurst J.G. et al, 1966, The Deserted Villages of Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Report). SNN39628.

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