More information : Fishpond (TL 00339707) SW of the village in the bottom of Willow
Brook valley. It was part of the establishment of the Royal Hunting
Lodge at King's Cliffe and payments for its repair and upkeep are
recorded during the C12th and C13th. The long rectangular pond
covered just over 3 hectares immediately N of the present stream.
On the Enclosure Map of King's Cliffe, 1813 it is shown still filled
with water. The retaining dam at the E end is a large earthen bank
90 m. long, 15 m. wide and up to 4 m. high in the centre. There are
the remains of limestone revetting on the upstream side. (1)
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