Record Details

Summary

A string of four ornamental pools or ponds in Maple Hayes Park which were in existence by the end of the 19th century.

Monument Type(s):

• ORNAMENTAL POND (Victorian to 21st Century - 1887 AD? to 2003 AD)

Protected Status:

Full description

Parkland survives to the south and east of Maple Hayes, with a boundary belt and the southern part of a string of ornamental pools. (SB, 15-Oct-2003) <1>

Four pools are shown on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1887, two of which are labelled as 'fish ponds', with another labelled as 'pond'. (SB, 15-Oct-2003) <2>

Two of the ponds were created by filling in a curvilinear ditch to the south, south-east and east of Maple Hayes House. (SB, 20-Oct-2003) <3>

Sources and further reading

<1>	SST3623 - Published Book: The Victoria History of the Counties of England. 1990. (VCH volume 14) A History of the County of Stafford, Volume XIV, Lichfield.. Page 212.
<2>	SST3601 - Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1875-1890. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6" Maps. Plastic film. 6" to the mile. Staffordshire Sheet LII. S.W..
<3>	SST3657 - Cartographic: David and Charles (Publisher). 1970. Ordnance Survey 1834-1836 1" Maps. Paper. 1" to a mile. Sheet 42 Lichfield (N.E.).

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50615	Related to: Formal Garden, Maple Hayes Park, Burntwood (Monument)
50616	Related to: Fountain, Maple Hayes Park, Burntwood (Monument)
50614	Related to: Tree Lined Avenue, Maple Hayes Park, Burntwood (Monument)

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