Monument record 8065 - Guilsborough Hall Park

{1} Guilsborough Hall was demolished in 1959

{3} Mentions William Zouch and Lucas Ward, Esq in connection with Guilsborough Hall

{4} Sir Thomas Ward written on map next to Guilsborough Hall

{5} Mr Ward, Lord of the Manor - good house in which he lives, formerly the residence of the farm of Belcher and called the Parsonage House at Guilsborough or manor house of Nortoft. John Ward present possessor purchased manor with several houses and 150 acres of land 1710.

{7} The large field forming the south east part of the area is the sole unimproved remnant of Guilsborough Park. It has preserved several moderate scarps which appear to be the truncated plough ridges of medieval farming that the park was laid out over.

<1> , MAP, (unchecked) (Map). SNN44809.

<2> Bryant; Greenwood, 1827?, County Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN54941.

<3> Evans J., 1813, The Beauties of England and Wales (Northamptonshire), (unchecked) (Book). SNN44614.

<4> Eyre T. (Revised by Jefferys T.), 1779, Map of the County of Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Map). SNN1852.

<5> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.566 (unchecked) (Book). SNN100366.

<6> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 243 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<7> RCHME, 1993, Guilsborough, A Survey, pp. 6-7 (unchecked) (Report). SNN74256.

Record last edited

Nov 17 2010 6:06PM