Information for record number MWA6163:
Site of Fishponds S of Studley Priory

Summary The site of several Medieval/Post Medieval fishponds used for the breeding and storage of fish. The site is now built over but is located just north of Studley Bridge.
What Is It?  
Type: Fishpond
Period: Medieval - Post-Medieval (1066 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Studley
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 07 64
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 The most detailed evidence for the layout of fishponds comes from an 18th century estate map. This shows a series of rectangular fishponds lying S of Priory Farm. One long pond to the W of the Farm may have formed part of a moat around the Priory (PRN 6164). The inlets to the ponds are not shown. After 1824 a new mill pool for the mill (PRN 568) was constructed which destroyed some of the ponds. Little remains of the fishponds. In the 18th century there were seven separate ponds of rectangular shape and one irregular waterfilled depression linking the river with an outlet channel. The links between the ponds on the 18th century map are not clear.
2 Plan of the site.
3 These ponds are now built over.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Studley Parish Survey
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1980
Page Number: 54-5
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Plan
Title: Plan
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1980
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Unpublished document
Author/originator: Hingley R C
Date: 1987
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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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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument POOL * A small body of water, either natural or artificial. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument FISHPOND * A pond used for the rearing, breeding, sorting and storing of fish. back
monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument POND * A body of still water often artificially formed for a specific purpose. Use specifc 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 MOAT * A wide ditch surrounding a building, usually filled with water. Use for moated sites, not defensive moats. Use with relevant site type where known, eg. MANOR HOUSE, GARDEN, etc. back
monument BRIDGE * A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use specific type where known. 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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