Information for record number MWA12657:
Newlands Hall Park

Summary Medieval and post-Medieval park associated with Newlands Hall.
What Is It?  
Type: Park
Period: Medieval - Post-Medieval (1066 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 32 85
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 A park appears to have existed in this area from at least 1547, where it is mentioned in a Bailiffs account. A Priory Cartulary of 1411 mentions 'Newland Manor' as containing 270 acres of waste, wood and pasture and this may have formed a park. It is likely that the park was created out of an area of waste such as heath or common. Field names on an estate map of 1768 have names relating to parks such as 'park' and 'lawn'. However, at this time it appears to have developed into a farmed estate rather than an area of parkland.
2 280 Acres of waste land in Keresley and Exhall were given to Coventry Priory in c.1150 with permission to inclose.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 2, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Page W (ed)
Date: 1908
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 2
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Newland House Farm and Park
Author/originator: Ben Morton
Date: 2011
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Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument PARK * An enclosed piece of land, generally large in area, used for hunting, the cultivation of trees, for grazing sheep and cattle or visual enjoyment. Use more specific type where known. back
monument PRIORY * A monastery governed by a prior or prioress. Use with narrow terms of DOUBLE HOUSE, FRIARY, MONASTERY or NUNNERY. back
monument PASTURE * A field covered with herbage for the grazing of livestock. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument MANOR * An area of land consisting of the lord's demesne and of lands from whose holders he may exact certain fees, etc. back
monument WOOD * A tract of land with trees, sometimes acting as a boundary or barrier, usually smaller and less wild than a forest. back
monument LAWN * A flat, and usually level area of mown and cultivated grass, attached to a house. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back

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