Monument record 1070 - Possible Late Medieval/Post Medieval Park at Elkington

Elkington was held by Pipewell Abbey until Dissolution, but all the arable land in the parish had been converted to pasture before then.

{1} Recorded as parkland in 1731.

{8} Elkington was held by Pipewell Abbey until Dissolution, but all the arable land in the parish had been converted to pasture before then. In 1412 the parish was described as destitute, presumably following The Black Death. At Dissolution eight large pastures and a grange were bought by various lay landowners, the grange presumably on the site of the present Elkington Farm. By 1547 four thousand sheep were grazing in the parish.

<1> 1731, Map of Elkington, (unchecked) (Map). SNN13872.

<2> 1932, Fieldnames Overlays (general-needs sorting out into OS quarter sheets), (unchecked) (Map). SNN10076.

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

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1811-9, First Edition Ordnance Survey Surveyors Drawings, Sheet 261 (Map). SNN104902.

<5> Bryant A., 1827, Map of The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Map). SNN2733.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1880s, First Edition OS 6 Inch Mapping Series (29NE), (unchecked) (Map). SNN41960.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 1950s, Ordnance Survey 1950s Mapping Series (SP67), (unchecked) (Map). SNN106312.

<8> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.78 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77381.

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Oct 23 2024 10:59AM