Monument record 0080600000 - TRENCHES FARM

Summary

Earthworks of possible medieval fishponds or Tudor court garden at Trenches Farm.

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Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Medieval fishponds or Tudor court garden at Trenches Farm (DBC9387)

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Type and Period (2)

FISHPOND? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
FORMAL GARDEN (First mentioned 1603, 16th Century - 1500 AD? to 1599 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 90m, Width 50m.
Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
CENTRAL AREA, NOW OVERGROWN WITH OSIERS, DIVIDED INTO PANS ALL CONNECTED TO DEEP WATERCOURSE SURROUNDING THE WHOLE. SOIL DUG OUT USED FOR RETAINING BANK ALONG S & E FORMING AMORPHOUS MOUNDS IN PLACES. CALLED 'THE TRENCHES' AND LOCALLY ATTRIBUTED TO CROMWELLIANS (B1-5).
PROB FISHPOND ASSOCIATED WITH MOAT [CASS 00301] (B4).
'Court Garden' shown on 1603 Treswell map and on 1607 Norden map at this approximate location (B6).
The Trenches interpreted by John Phibbs as remains of Elizabethan royal court garden comparable to the pleasaunce at Kenilworth and Bacon's water gardens at Gorehambury (B7).

Sources (7)

<1>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. pp488-489, Fig 172.
<2>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p295.
<3>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p225.
<4>SBC11273 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD TQ 08 SW 03 (PART)(FILED IN CAS 030 1 FILE).
<5>SBC7286 Map: LANGLEY MARISH ENCLOSURE MAP 1809 (AT BRO, REF:1R/ 55/R -COPY AT BCM).
<6>SBC22717 Unpublished document: Cobham Resource Consultants. 1992. A Management Plan for Langley Park. Figs 6 and 7.
<7>SBC22884 Unpublished document: Debois Landscape Survey Group. 2006. Langley Park: An Analysis of the Historic Landscape. pp3, 12, 75-6.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TQ 00703 80171 (88m by 83m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish	WEXHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire