Information for record number MWA850:
Fulbrook Park

Summary The site of Fulbrook Park, a deer park dating to the Medieval or Post Medieval period. The Park is known from documentary evidence. It is situated in the area of Fulbrook.
What Is It?  
Type: Deer Park
Period: Medieval - Post-Medieval (1066 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Fulbrook
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 24 60
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Park attached to Fulbrook Castle, created in the reign of Henry V by the Duke of Bedford. The Castle being too close to Warwick, it was allowed to fall into disrepair, and the pales were subsequently noted as a haunt for highway robbers. Leland describes a fayre Parke, but notes that much of the stonework of the Castle had been removed. The Park was renewed and extended in the early 17th century. Contains a description of part of the bounds of the Park.
2 Fulbrook parish is divided by the Warwick-Stratford road into 2 unequal portions. The boundaries of the larger are approximately those of the Park enclosed by John, Duke of Bedford about 1421. Rous complains bitterly that the enclosing of the Park converted a formerly safe highway into a notorious haunt for robbers. It was disparked by John Dudley, but renewed and extended in the 17th century, when Hampton Wood and adjacent lands were added. In the later 17th century the Park was being divided into farms, and though it is shown on Beighton's map of 1725 it was by this time little more than a name.
3 Noted.
4 Map of 1736.
5 'Park' field names noted.
6 Lovie comments that the area is open farmland with blocks of Woodland, few houses, at the time of his report (1996/7).
7 Lovie comments that a 19th century engraving of a deer barn at Fulbrook has been seen, suggesting that some deer-keeping continued, possibly on the Lucy estate.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Leland's Itinerary
Author/originator: Leland J
Date: 1535
Page Number: 47-8
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Some accounts of English deer parks
Author/originator: Shirley E
Date: 1867
Page Number: 153-161
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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: 6
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Register Review Data Tables (Stratford on Avon)
Author/originator: Lovie, Jonathan
Date: 1997
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Source No: 7
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Register Review Report & Recommendations
Author/originator: Lovie, Jonathan
Date: 1997
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Map
Title: Lands of T Lucy
Author/originator: Fish J
Date: 1736
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 595: 4
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Map
Title: Historic Landscape Assessment Maps
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1999
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technique Documentary Evidence Documentary evidence is another name for written records. The first written records in Britain date back to the Roman period. Documentary evidence can take many different forms, including maps, charters, letters and written accounts. When archaeologists are researching a site, they often start by looking at documentary evidence to see if there are clues that will help them understand what they might find. Documentary evidence can help archaeologists understand sites that are discovered during an excavation, field survey or aerial survey. 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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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 HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
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 ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument CASTLE * A fortress and dwelling, usually medieval in origin, and often consisting of a keep, curtain wall and towers etc. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. 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 BARN * A building for the storage and processing of grain crops and for housing straw, farm equipment and occasionally livestock and their fodder. Use more 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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