Information for record number MWA8587:
Park Hall grounds

Summary A formal garden dating from the Imperial onwards is marked on the Ordnance Survey maps of 1886 and 1924. It is situated 900m north west of Salford Priors.
What Is It?  
Type: Formal Garden, Garden
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Salford Priors
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 06 51
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Formal gardens and pleasure grounds attached to house built c1880. Paddock and formal pond to N. Recommended for inclusion on Local List.
2 OS 1:10560 1886 Sht Warks 43SW shows Formal gardens.
3 OS 1:10560 1924 Sht Warks 43SW shows altered layout.
4 South part of grounds, including area of Formal gardens, partly built over.
5 Park Hall and some surrounding grounds are marked on Greenwood's map of 1822.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
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: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: 43SW 1:10560 1888 2nd edition
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1888
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 43SW
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: 43SW 1:10560 1924
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1924
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 43SW
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Map
Title: OS 1:1250 digital vector maps (1999)
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1999
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Source No: 5
Source Type: Map
Title: Greenwood's Map of the County of Warwick 1822
Author/originator: Greenwood C & J
Date: 1822
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument PADDOCK * An enclosed field for horses. back
monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FORMAL GARDEN * A garden of regular, linear or geometrical design, often associated with the traditional Italian, French and Dutch styles. 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 POND * A body of still water often artificially formed for a specific purpose. Use specifc type where known. back
monument GARDEN * An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known. back

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