Monument record 874 - Greens Norton Park

Deer park, possible early post medieval (site)

{1}{2} Its exact area is known from historic mapping.

{4} Documentary evidence for a deer park associated with Greens Norton manor. Centred on SP664504. It occupies a roughly rectangular area immediately north-west of the village, between the Bradden and Blakesley roads. By the C18th it was already divided into fields, all with park names. No identifiable boundaries survive apart from the normal hedgebank around it.

{5} It was abandoned by the early C18th.

{6} The park is first recorded in 1546. Fieldname: Greens Norton Park.

<1> 1726, Map of Greens Norton, (unchecked) (Map). SNN12756.

<2> 1767, MAP, (unchecked) (Map). SNN47374.

<3> , 1950, Ordnance Survey 2.5 Inch Series, SP65 (unchecked) (Map). SNN45811.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.70 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<5> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Book). SNN77325.

<6> Gover J.E.B.; Mawer A.; Stenton F.M. (Eds.), 1933, The Place-names of Northamptonshire, p.43 (unchecked) (Series). SNN5881.

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Feb 3 2025 8:49PM