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| HER Number | MWB16184 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Shaw Deer Park |
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Summary
Documentary evidence for a park in 1248, probably shown on a map in 1574
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- National Monuments Record No.: SU 46 NE 138
SU 47 69 (two deer parks in Shaw-cum-Donnington)
Monument Type(s):
- DEER PARK (13th century to Elizabethan - 1248 AD to 1574 AD?)
Full Description
This deer park at Shaw is probably the one shown schematically on Saxton's map <1><2>. The owner Philip de Columbers was granted a licence in 1248 to impark part of his demesne lands with a dike and hedge. Research on Shaw's historic landscape concluded that the park was a small one in a typical location 'bordering a river at the edge of a manor or parish <3>', and this is the location marked on the GIS, in an area of Shaw developed for housing in the mid 20th century <4>, south of Love Lane. Field names here on the Shaw Tithe map <5> include Park Mead and Park Piece. It is unclear whether any park earthworks might survive.
Fieldwork by Greenaway in 2004 <6> may have identified a deer park boundary at Snelsmore Common; it was suggested that this could be Shaw's park but it seems more likely that this is the deer park in the area of Donnington (See MWB16191).
Sources and further reading
Related Monuments
| MWB16191 | Donnington Deer Park (Monument) |
| MWB16720 | Shaw Manor - conjectural location (Monument) |
| MWB16065 | Snelsmore Common boundary bank (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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