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| HHER Number: | 4099 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | SITE OF ROYAL DEER PARK, KINGS LANGLEY |
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Summary
Late 13th century deer park, comprising a great and a little park; sold by King Charles I
Monument Types
- DEER PARK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
Protected Status
- SHINE: MEDIEVAL DEER PARK BOUNDARY EARTHWORK, KINGS LANGLEY
Full description
Site of royal deer park, disparked by 1881 <1>. Earliest reference 1276 <2>. In 1626 it was leased for 99 years to Sir Charles Morrison <3>. The history and limits are set out by <4>.
The manor of Langley was acquired by Eleanor of Castile after Edward I's coronation in 1274, and the park is first documented in November 1276 as the queen's new park; accounts for 1296-7 refer to a great park and a little park, as well as 'parva London', 'Little London', which may be either the little park or a third one, and which had a hall and chamber <5, 6>; see [800]. In 1305-6 a water gate was made for the great park, implying that it bordered the river Gade; other gates were made at the same time, and a bridge for Little London; see <6> for further details. In 1626 Charles I leased the park to Sir Charles Morrison of Cassiobury; it was sold to the Cassiobury estate in 1631 and was disparked by the Earl of Essex. Balls Pond and Langley Lodge farms [15355] were built on the land. Surviving earthworks include lynchets marking the park's western boundary near the site of Pingel's Gate [16342], and a possibly early boundary bank. The little park seems to have been SE of the parish church extending to the river <5, 6>.
<1> Harting, J E, 1881-3, Hertfordshire deer-parks; Trans Herts Natural History Soc & Field Club 2, 97-111 (Article in serial). SHT4077.
<2> Cantor, Leonard, 1983, The medieval parks of England: a gazetteer (Bibliographic reference). SHT6459.
<3> Page, W (ed.), 1908, VCH Hertfordshire vol.2, - p237 (Bibliographic reference). SHT9314.
<4> Fisher, R, 1956, The royal park, Kings Langley; Watford & SW Herts Archaeol Soc Bulletin 5 (May 1956), 5-7 (Article in serial). SHT1116.
<5> Rowe, Anne, 2009, Medieval parks of Hertfordshire, - p148-53 (Bibliographic reference). SHT6026.
<6> Hertfordshire Gardens Trust, 2010, Register of historic parks and gardens of local importance in Dacorum, RNO 2521 (Unpublished document). SHT5883.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Article in serial: Harting, J E. 1881-3. Hertfordshire deer-parks; Trans Herts Natural History Soc & Field Club 2, 97-111. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Cantor, Leonard. 1983. The medieval parks of England: a gazetteer. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Page, W (ed.). 1908. VCH Hertfordshire vol.2. - p237. |
| <4> | Article in serial: Fisher, R. 1956. The royal park, Kings Langley; Watford & SW Herts Archaeol Soc Bulletin 5 (May 1956), 5-7. |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Rowe, Anne. 2009. Medieval parks of Hertfordshire. - p148-53. |
| <6> | Unpublished document: Hertfordshire Gardens Trust. 2010. Register of historic parks and gardens of local importance in Dacorum. RNO 2521. |
Related records
| 15356 | Parent of: LANGLEY LODGE FARMHOUSE (SUNBURY HILL FARM), LANGLEY LODGE LANE, KINGS LANGLEY (Building) |
| 800 | Parent of: MOATED SITE, LITTLE LONDON, MOAT FARM, KINGS LANGLEY (Monument) |
| 16342 | Parent of: SITE OF PINGELS GATE, KINGS LANGLEY PARK, KINGS LANGLEY (Monument) |
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