Landscape record MDR5145 - Possible medieval deer park, Ashover, Stretton and Clay Cross

Type and Period (3)

DEER PARK ? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
DEER LEAP ? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PARK PALE ? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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None recorded

Full Description

'Deerleap Cottages and Dearleap Lane' suggests the site of a park pale, possibly following this boundary and footpath, SK 36706310 to SK37206410. No park is recorded in this location. (1) No actual park is known in the area (which is in any case doubtfully in Ashover parish at all). Whether the name and boundary represent a remnant of the 12th century forest between the Derwent and Erewash or are connected with a grant of free warren in Ashover to Geoffrey de Langley in 1256 can only be speculative. (2)

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SDR11556 Index: North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust (NDAT). North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust Index: 3866. 3866.
<2> SDR19745 Unpublished document: Edwards, D. 2006. Notes on various SMR entries compiled during research for the new Victoria County History.

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Grid reference	SK 3672 6307 (point) (Centre)
Civil Parish	ASHOVER, NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE
Civil Parish	CLAY CROSS, NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE
Civil Parish	STRETTON, NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Jan 22 2019 4:14PM