Monument record 0228901000 - PASTURE FARM, DINTON Designed Landscape - Formal Garden

Summary

Formal garden terracing seen on aerial photographs

Protected Status/Designation

  • SHINE: Upton deserted medieval village earthworks with manor site, fishponds and associated ridge and furrow cultivation earthworks

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • FORMAL GARDEN (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

Complex of features. To W ground artificially terraced (SP7706 1091) as if for formal garden. Upper terrace has bow front. Park names on enclosure map of 1803 in vicinity (B1).
Aerial photogaphs taken in 1996 show that the site is more extensive than previously thought and there are indications of additonal buildings (B3).

Sources (6)

  • ---SBC17298 Aerial Photograph: 01/04/76. BCM A1/7/23. SP\773112. Yes.
  • ---SBC17340 Aerial Photograph: 15/07/86. BCM A11/3/18. SP\772109. Yes.
  • ---SBC17713 Aerial Photograph: 18/03/66. CUC ANG 53. SP\770110. Yes.
  • <1>SBC6543 Bibliographic reference: HURMAN MRS B,PARMINTER MRS Y & FARLEY M E,MAY 1975 & ST JOSEPH'S A/P'S.
  • <2>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <3>SBC19883 Aerial Photograph: Mike Farley. 1996. A25/27/13 - Blommer and Upton. SP7730 1100. Yes.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7715 1102 (364m by 314m)
Civil Parish DINTON-WITH-FORD AND UPTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13545)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13974)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14402)

Record last edited

May 5 2021 3:40PM

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