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Monument Number 927986
Hob Uid: 927986
Location : Cumbria Eden Askham, Bampton
Grid Ref : NY5088021460
Summary : Medieval deer park at Setterah. A park existed there in 1289, and a licence to empark was granted in 1339. The boundary is preserved in the current field pattern.
More information : A deer park at Setterah Park, Helton, the boundary of which is preserved in the present field layout. Its N edge skirts a moat (NY 52 SW 2) which may have been a hunting lodge. Thmomas Engleys, the lord of Helton Flecket, obtained licence to empark his `wood of Satrou' in 1339 but a `park of Saterhou' already existed in 1289. (1,1a)

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Source details : Amy Lax/24-NOV-1994/RCHME: Burtergill Wood Survey
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Source Number : 1a
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Source details : Winchester, AJL, 1987. Landscape and Society in Medieval Cumbria. Edinburgh: John Donald (105-6)
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Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Deer Park
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Number : NY 52 SW 59
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1994-09-13
End Date : 1994-11-03

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 927986