Monument record 0426300000 - CHENIES PARK
Summary
Unlocated sites of possibly two medieval and post-medieval deerparks, first mentioned in 1335 and possibly gone by the early seventeenth century
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Type and Period (2)
- PARK (14th Century to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1699 AD?)
- DEER PARK (First mentioned 1335, 14th Century to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1699 AD?)
Description
REFERENCES TO TWO PARKS (B1-2). NO TRACE OF PARKS DURING FIELDWORK 1960. ESTATE PLAN OF 1735 SHOW 'PARK' ROAD NAMES WHICH SUGGEST THAT 2 PARKS LOCATED W AND SW RESPECTIVELY OF MANOR HOUSE (B3). There was a park here in 1335 when it was 60 acres in extent. The next reference we have found occurs in the 1530s when Leland mentions 2 parks which then belonged to the Russels, Earls of Bedford, who acquired the manor in 1526. Saxton shows a park here in 1574 but it does not appear on Speed's map of 1610 which may indicate that it was disparked shortly before that time (B4).
Sources (4)
- <1>SBC7392 Bibliographic reference: LELAND J ITIMERARY 1535 TO 1543 (ED LT SMITH 1907 VOL 1 P105).
- <2>SBC14533 Bibliographic reference: SHIRLEY EP ENGLISH DEER PARKS (1867) P129.
- <3>SBC10668 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD BCM CAS ENVELOPE FILE 4263.
- <4>SBC2326 Article in serial: L M Cantor and J Hatherly. 1977. 'THE MEDIEVAL PARKS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE', in Records of Buckinghamshire 20. Vol 20 part 3. p440, Fig 2 (6).
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 02000 98000 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CHENIES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Aug 19 2003 1:14PM
