Information for record number MWA565:
Studley Park

Summary The site of Studley Park, a deer park dating to the Medieval period. It is situated north east of Studley.
What Is It?  
Type: Deer Park
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Studley
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 08 63
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Noted.
2 Park at Studley given by Peter Corbizun to Thurstan de Montfort. It had probably belonged originally to the castle. By 1296 it was in the hands of John de Montfort's guardian and overlord, the Earl of Warwick. In 1520 Thomas Atwood, then prior, leased a parcel of pasture to Robert Morgan and it became known as Morgan's Park. At the Dissolution it passed to Sir Edmund Knightley and afterwards to Fulke Knottesford, who sold it to Sir Fulke Greville for £2000 in 1615. It may already have been disparked, since it was not shown on Saxton's map of 1576. By about the middle of the 17th century part at least had become reunited with the manor of Studley castle. The extent of the Park in 1615 was 140 acres and it appears to have lain rather to the NE of the present Park, in the region of Mars Hill, and to have extended to the E boundary of the parish at Morton Brook. The present Studley Park was made when the castle was built in 1834, though it has been considerably enlarged since that time.
3 The perimeter was not established.
4 The Medieval Park was probably disparked by 1615, and had certainly been enclosed by 1686. A map of 1752 shows a number of 'Park' field names to the east and north-east of the Medieval castle. The Park is not shown on early 19th century maps, but had been partially reinstated by the time of the OS 1st edition as a Park around the 19th century Studley castle [see PRN 8602].
5 Map illustrating areas probably within the Medieval Park.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Some Accounts of English Deer Parks
Author/originator: Shirley E
Date: 1867
Page Number: 160
Volume/Sheet: Deer Parks
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 3, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1945
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Volume/Sheet: 3
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Map
Title: Historic Landscape Assessment Maps
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1999
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 25NE6
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1968
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Historic Landscape Assessment
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1999
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source OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. back
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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument DEER PARK * A large park for keeping deer. In medieval times the prime purpose was for hunting. 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 BOUNDARY * The limit to an area as defined on a map or by a marker of some form, eg. BOUNDARY WALL. Use specific type where known. back
monument CASTLE * A fortress and dwelling, usually medieval in origin, and often consisting of a keep, curtain wall and towers etc. 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

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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