More information : [TL 07670175] MOAT [G.T.]
[Course only shown]. (1)
OS 25" 38 : 8 Homestead Moat. (2)
"At Little London, in a field to the south between the high road and the village, have been found traces of a Medieval house ..." (3)
Described as a possible gate or lodge to the Royal Park [TL 00 SE 2]. (4)
Henry III (1216-72) built a hunting-lodge 'Little London', with a
moat around it, between the R. Gade and the highway.
[A further reference occurs under the date 1312].
"Edward II in fulfillment of a vow built a house for the Friars in
his park of Langley and granted that they might until it was
completed, dwell in Little London a lodge in the Royal Park. The site of this with mound and moat is between the canal and the Watford Road." (5)
The King's Langley Tithe Map (1835) shows the N, S & W sides of this
moat only. It is shown wet and has an entrance to the part wooded
island over the northern end of the W. arm.
It lies in a field called 'London Field'. (6)
This homestead moat, set into the slope at the foot of the W. bank
of the River Gade, has been much reduced by cultivation. Formerly
oblong on plan (see O.S.25") it measured appx. 80.0m N-S by 100.0m E-W. The W, and fragments of the N and S arms only remain with further
mutilation of the SW corner by drainage operations. Within the
enclosed area is a depression together with a heavy scatter of flint
and roofing tile.
The entrance-causeway shown on the 1835 Tithe Map no longer exists.
25" A.M. survey carried out. (7)
TL 076017. Medieval moated site known as Moat Farm - scheduled. (8)
|