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Summary

Great Fulford Deerpark. Mentioned in 1462-3, when the King granted the Park of Fulford to John Staplehill. Appears on Saxton's 16th century map. It was disparked and divided into farms circa 1860.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Historic parkland asociated with Great Fulford and prehistoric oval enclosure at Greenlane Farm

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX79SE/12/3
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DEER PARK (Early Medieval to XVIII - 1066 AD to 1800 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV295167.

Shirley, e. P. /some account of english deerparks/(1867)91.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV295170.

Cherry, b. + pevsner, n. /the buildings of england: devon/(1989)55,58,85,91,343,458.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV295171.

Des=os 6"(1906)78se/79sw.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV295172.

Des=gallant, l. /deer parks/(1986)/manuscript in smr.

GALLANT, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV943.

The park at fulford was described by lysons in 1822 as abounding with forest trees and exhibiting some beautiful scenery. Prince in 1701 described it as well accommodated with gardens, fishponds and park. Speed's map of 1610 shows the house inside a park bordering the n bank of the river teign (gallant).

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

Map object based on this source.

Shirley, E. P., 1867, Some Account of English Deerparks (Monograph). SDV314505.

Great Fulford. Deerpark. Mentioned in 1462/3, when the king granted the park of Fulford to John Staplehill. Appears on Saxton's map (16th century). It was disparked and divided into farms about the year 1860.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Map object based on this source.

Gray, T., 1995, The Garden History of Devon: An Illustrated Guide to Sources, 112-113 (Monograph). SDV671.

Devon Gardens Trust, 1999, Devon Local Register, 62 (Un-published). SDV170167.

Clark, J. + Richardson, D., 1999, Great Fulford (Un-published). SDV357652.

Devon Gardens Trust, 2013, Devon Gazetteer of Parks and Gardens of Local Interest (Reg/Local list of Historic Parks and Gdns). SDV354335.

Clark, J. + Richardson, D., 2013, Great Fulford (Un-published). SDV357594.

The landscaped grounds include a beech avenue and a lake. Polwhele wrote in 1793 that ‘The house stands on a rising ground near a sheet of water ... it is well accommodated with gardens, fishponds and a park.’ White (1850) wrote ‘a large square mansion, of the Elizabethan age, in a finely wooded park of about 400 acres, stocked with deer, and having a small lake.’
Stockdale described it as 'built on a gentle eminence and surrounded by extensive plantations of 400 acres presenting a variety of the most picturesque scenes imaginable.' The 1905 and 1906 Ordnance Survey maps show a formal avenue from Tower Lodge to the south, a series of plantations (Langleypark, Coleshill, Berryhead, Poad, Westernwalk, Round & Camsland). To the south and east of the house is Great Fulford Park, bisected by a small copse containing Canal Walk. There is a large lake with a boat house south of the house

Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.

'Great Fulford Park' shown. Map object based on this source.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

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