Monument record 0184602000 - Lowndes Park
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (2)
- PARK (First mentioned 1264, 13th Century to Post-Medieval - 1200 AD? to 1798 AD?)
- DEER PARK (First mentioned 1264, 13th Century to Post-Medieval - 1200 AD? to 1798 AD?)
Description
RECTORY HOUSE STOOD IN PARK WITH WHICH IT WAS ASSOCIATED (B3).
PART OF ESTATE ACQUIRED BY CHARLES LOWNDES (B8).
MARKED ON FIFTY INCH OS MAP AS LOWNDES PARK (B6).
The first reference to a park in Chesham occurs in 1264 when Hugh de Vere is said to have held his court in the park which was half a league round (mentioned in Chancery Inquisitions Post Mortem of Henry III). In 1295 the Earl of Oxford had a 'little park' here and there is a charter of 1321 dealing with the appointment of a parker. The park lay on the west side of the town and there are still today traces of an earthwork along its southern boundary (B12).
De Vere's park is not mentioned in VCH and not clear therefore which of the Chesham manors it was attached to, but the NGR mentioned by Cantor is to Lowndes Park.
Sources (4)
- <3>SBC5568 Unpublished document: GARRETT-PEGGE JW TRANSCRIPT OF FIRST VOLUME OF PARISH REGISTER OF CHESHAM (1904) PXIV.
- <6>SBC10582 Map: OS FIFTY INCH MAP (1962).
- <8>SBC1720 Bibliographic reference: BIRCH C BOOK OF CHESHAM (1974) PP30 37-38.
- <12>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. pp439, 441, Fig 2 (7).
Location
| Grid reference | SP 95660 01610 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Feb 14 2018 6:20PM
