Information for record number MWA722:
Fishponds 200m SE of Manor House Farm, Priors Marston.

Summary Fishponds, used for the breeding and storage of fish, which date to the Medieval/Post Medieval period. They remain partly visible as earthworks and are situated 200m southeast of the Manor House at Priors Marston.
What Is It?  
Type: Fishpond
Period: Medieval - Post-Medieval (1066 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Priors Marston
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 49 56
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 A fishpond complex of two rectangular fish tanks with a long lake, now shrunken to the Ox Pool. It is said locally that the Prior of Coventry had his fish from Marston.
2 Plan of 1977.
3 Plan of 1778.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Priors Marston
Author/originator: Usher H
Date: 1977
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Plan
Title: Fishponds at Priors Marston
Author/originator: Usher H
Date: 1977
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Plan
Title: Estate Map of Priors Marston
Author/originator: Estate of Earl Spencer
Date: 1778
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Z177:2:1-2 (U)
   
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Glossary

 
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technique Earthwork Earthworks can take the form of banks, ditches and mounds. They are usually created for a specific purpose. A bank, for example, might be the remains of a boundary between two or more fields. Some earthworks may be all that remains of a collapsed building, for example, the grassed-over remains of building foundations.

In the winter, when the sun is lower in the sky than during the other seasons, earthworks have larger shadows. From the air, archaeologists are able to see the patterns of the earthworks more easily. Earthworks can sometimes be confusing when viewed at ground level, but from above, the general plan is much clearer.

Archaeologists often carry out an aerial survey or an earthwork survey to help them understand the lumps and bumps they can see on the ground.
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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 FISHPOND * A pond used for the rearing, breeding, sorting and storing of fish. back
monument LAKE * A large body of water surrounded by land. back
monument MANOR HOUSE * The principal house of a manor or village. back
monument FISH TANK * A small brick structure attached to a house for keeping fish prior to cooking. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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