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| HER Number | MWB16182 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | De la Beche Deer Park, Aldworth |
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Summary
Documentary evidence for a licence to impark woods at La Beche in 1335, and earthwork banks likely to represent the line of the park pale in Beche Park Wood
Monument Type(s):
- DEER PARK (14th century to 18th century - 1335 AD to 1761 AD?)
- PARK PALE (14th century - 1335 AD to 1400 AD)
Full Description
Beche Farm probably marks the site of the house given licence to crenellate in 1338 <1>; Beche Park Wood is probably the site of the park, and was also marked on Rocque's map <2>.
Survey work on the scheduled monument of Grim's Ditch at De la Beche suggested that part of it may have formed the northern boundary of the deer park <3>. Survey work in Beche Park Wood identified another earthwork boundary bank which is likely to define the southern extent of the park <>. The GIS point for this park is approximate, but centred between the north and south extents.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Greenaway, D. 2002-2011. Yattendon Estates Woodland Survey - general record. 2016 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB148750] |
| <01> | Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1979-80. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1979-80 70. 70. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. p67-79 The Medieval Parks of Berkshire by J M Catherly and L M Cantor. [Article in serial / SWB6837]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=70 (Accessed 07/09/2016) |
| <02> | Rocque, J. 1761. Rocque's Map of Berkshire. 1:35,000 (approx). [Map / SWB7242]
https://www.rct.uk/collection/700042/rocques-map-of-berkshire (Accessed 09/02/2021) |
| <03> | Greenaway, D. 2004. Grim’s Ditch, in De la Beche Manor, Aldworth. WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB14627] |
| <04> | Greenaway, D and Dunlop, L. 2011. Around the Three Valleys. p146. [Monograph / SWB148275] |
Related Monuments
| MWB4130 | De la Beche, Aldworth (Monument) |
| MWB1473 | GRIM'S DITCH - De La Beche Farm (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB1064 | Yattendon Estates Woodland Survey 2002-2011 (D Greenaway) |
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