Monument record 0540900000 - SHALSTONE PONDS
Summary
Eighteenth century records of fishponds
Protected Status/Designation
- Planning Notification Area: Post-medieval fishponds at Shalstone Ponds
- SHINE: Shalstone medieval fishponds
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Type and Period (1)
- FISHPOND (18th Century - 1700 AD? to 1799 AD?)
Description
Plan Form - LINEAR
LETTER FROM HENRY PUREFOY, OCT 1746: 'I SHALL LET DOWN MY FISH POND ON TUESDAY MORNING NEXT…'. ON TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER, HENRY WAS 'AT THE POND BANK ON FFISHING THE UPPER POND'; THE RECTOR ATTENDED & VARIOUS OTHERS, INCLUDING '2 LITTLE BOYS WHO STOOD BY THE UPPER POND'. ON 29 SEPT 1743 2 MEN RECEIVED 1 SHILLING 'FOR FISHING THE ROUNDABOUT POND' (B1).
THE PROBABLE SITE OF THESE FISHPONDS ARE THE 3 INTERLINKED PONDS KNOWN AS SHALSTONE PONDS. THEY HAVE BEEN CREATED BY THE DAMMING OF A STREAM AND ARE NOW [1979] NO MORE THAN VERY OVERGROWN, MUDDY HOLLOWS. SHALSTONE PONDS AT NGR, ALSO OTHER PONDS NEARBY AT SP6406 3626 & SP6439 3631 (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC4518 Bibliographic reference: ELAND G (ED) 1931 PUREFOY LETTERS1735-1753,VOL 2 P 384/MITCHELL L G (ED) 1973 THE PUREFOY LETTERS 17.
- <2>SBC13694 Unpublished document: C A M Reid. 1979. FIELD VISIT NOTES FILED IN BIOLOGICAL RECORDS CENTRE (NO.0504).
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 6404 3691 (210m by 220m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SHALSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Jan 10 2018 2:39PM
