Monument record MLI50659 - DEERPARK AT GLENTWORTH HALL
Summary
DEERPARK AT GLENTWORTH HALL
Type and Period (3)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
GLENTWORTH DEERPARK WAS PROBABLY CREATED BY SIR CHRISTOPHER WRAY TO ACCOMPANY HIS BUILDING OF GLENTWORTH HALL FROM 1566 ON: HIS WILL IN 1589 REFERS TO THE PARK AND ITS DEER. IT STILL EXISTED IN THE MID C17, BUT BECAME REDUNDANT AT LATEST IN THE MID C18 WITH THE RE-ORIENTATION OF THE HOUSE AND ITS LANDSCAPING OF LAKE AND TREE-BELTS FACING EAST. ITS APPROXIMATE AREA IS INDICATED BY FIELD NAMES ENDING 'PARK' AND BY ROADS SKIRTING IT. {1}~
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SLI1063 Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. ppviii,53; ARCHIVE NOTES.
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Location
| Grid reference | SK 9350 8780 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GLENTWORTH, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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