| HER Number (PRN): | 07679 |
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| Name: | Haughmond Park aka Upton Park |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
- DEER PARK (13th century to Late 19th century - 1297 AD to 1895 AD)
- PARK (13th century to Early 20th century (pre-war) - 1297 AD to 1913 AD)
Summary
A medieval to post medieval park.
| Parish: | Uffington, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Upton Magna, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ51SW |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 543 140 |
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Related records
| 02683 | Parent of: Circle of pits on Haughmond Hill (Monument) |
| 14309 | Parent of: Haughmond Castle, a folly in Haughmond Park (Building) |
| 08233 | Parent of: Post medieval formal garden remains at Haughmond Abbey (Monument) |
| 08235 | Part of: 16th-17th century mansion at Haughmond Abbey (Monument) |
| 00116 | Part of: Haughmond Abbey (Monument) |
| 07706 | Part of: Landscape park associated with Sundorne House (Landscape) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
The Augustinian abbey at Haughmond was dissolved in 1539 and the abbey buildings converted into a private house (V.C.H. Shropshire 2 (1973), 68-9). There had been a park on the hill above the abbey since 1297 when the abbot had licence to inclose 20 a. of his wood, licence for an additional 60 a. being granted in 1313 (V.C.H. Shropshire 1 (1908), 493). The park survived the Dissolution, and in the later 16th and 17th centuries contained a house or lodge (C. Saxton, Map of Shropshire. (1577); J. Speed, Map of Shropshire (1611)), perhaps in fact Haughmond Abbey, which certainly by 1695 was encompassed within the pale (R. Morden, Map of Shropshire, (1695)). In 1752 the park was apparently known as Upton park (J. Rocque, Map of Shropshire (1752)). On the top of the hill is Haughmond Castle (PRN 14309), a folly originally comprising two embattled round towers with a screen wall. One tower and a part of the wall collapsed in 1931. The Castle may have been built for John Corbet of Sundorne, perhaps by Robert Mylne who carried out alterations at Sundorne in 1774 (G. Headley and W. Meulenkamp, Follies (1986), 188-9) <1>
The Barkers may have enclosed a wide tract of land around Haughmond Abbey within a park pale: Speed's map of 1611 appears to show such a park, though very schematically. Closer to the house they set out a privy garden and cloister garden [PRN 08278], with surrounding formal gardens [PRN 08233] <1a>
Photographed (general views) during aerial survey in 2012. <5><6>
Depicted, as Upton Park, on a map dating to 1777. This appears to be of similar size to that shown on Foxall's transcription of tithe map. Some evidence of tree clumps in the Northern part of the park and seemingly enclosed with a simple fence. No sign of a wider park pale. <7><7a>
Other sources recorded by the NRHE. ->
-> A park at Haughmond was enclosed by Edward I in 1297 and enlarged by Edward II in 1313. It is shown on maps by Speed (1610), Saxton (1577) and Bowen (1751) but had been disparked by 1895. Speed shows the park enclosing Haughmond and stretching nearly to Astley. <8a><8b><8c><8d>
Sources
| [01] | SSA10241 - Field survey report: Stamper Paul A. 1993. A Survey of Historic Parks and Gardens in Shropshire. SCCAS Rep. 41. |
| [01a] | SSA20176 - HER comment: Anon. Unattributed SMR Comments in SMR database. |
| [02] | SSA24658 - Webpage: Parks and Gardens UK. 2014. Parks and Gardens UK. http://www.parksandgardens.org/. |
| [03] | SSA6390 - Map: Saxton C. 1577. Map of Shropshire. |
| [04] | SSA4884 - Map: Speed J. 1608/ 1610. Map of Shropshire. |
| [05] | SSA27117 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2012-May-23. SA1201_095 to SA1201_102 (8 photos) Flight: 12_SA_01. Colour. Digital. |
| [06] | SSA26601 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2012-May-23. SA1201_087 to SA1201_092 (6 photos) Flight: 12_SA_01. Colour. Digital. |
| [07a] | SSA22368 - Map: Shropshire Archives. 2003. Collection of Scanned copies of the Foxall Tithe Award Map Transcriptions. Foxall map transcripts. 1:10560. |
| [07] | SSA31349 - Map: Anon. 1777. A survey and valuation of Sundorn and Haughmond Abby Demesnes near Shrewsbury and other estates in the Hundreds of Bradford South and Pimhill, and the Liberties of Shrewsbury in the County of Salop belonging to John Corbet Esq.. |
| [08b] | SSA178 - Volume: Victoria County History. 1908. Victoria County History 1. Victoria County History of Shropshire. Vol 1. p.493. |
| [08] | SSA31555 - COLLECTION: Historic England. 2020 onwards. NRHE: National Record of the Historic Environment. HOB UID 70370. |
| [08d] | SSA31655 - Monograph: Herring M. 1949. Shropshire (Vision of England). pp.104-105 (Map). |
| [08c] | SSA7593 - Article in serial: Leighton S. 1896. Article in the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Ser 2, Vol VIII (=Vol 19). p.13. |
| [08a] | SSA7777 - Monograph: Shirley E P. 1867. English Deer Parks. p.202. |
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 18 2021 9:44AM |
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