Monument record EUN 064 - Post medieval deer park (Euston Hall)

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Summary

Deer park in 1677 had a pale 9 miles in compass and was disparked before 1867 (R1) (S1). Formerly recorded as EUN MISC

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 91 78 (1000m by 1000m)
Map sheet TL97NW
Civil Parish EUSTON, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Deer park in 1677 had a pale 9 miles in compass and was disparked before 1867 (R1) (S1).
Disparked by 1867. Boundary has had several changes since C17. Park fence shown on estate map of 1841 along NW boundary of Fakenham Wood but portrays no other stretch. Where best preserved pale averages 6m wide and 0.8m high with a vague ditch 0.4m deep on inside (S1)(R2).
David Dymond suggests that Bayton Grove, to E of house, was site of deer park noted by Evelyn (see Euston Park - EUN 020).

Formerly recorded as EUN MISC

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <R1> (No record type): Shirley E P, English deerparks, 1867, 122.
  • <S1> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL97NW19,.
  • <R2> (No record type): Euston Estate, Estate map 1841.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 21 2020 8:46AM

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