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Biggin Grange Deer Park

Introduction

This is the site of a medieval deer park which lay around and to the south-east of the current Biggin Hall. Sections of medieval boundary bank survive with traces of associated ditches.

The deer park occupied land in what are now two parishes, Oundle and Benefield. It took in an area known as Park Wood, which is now woodland.
History

A deer leap was recorded in 1307. This is a bank to let deer cross ditches, fences or roads, into, but not out of, a deer park. The site of the warren associated with this park has not been identified. In 1500 two tenants were fined for breaking into the warren and taking rabbits and hares.

Period

Medieval (1066 to 1540)

Features & Designations

Designations

  • Historic Environment Record (Local Authority)

  • Reference: SMR 1453 - MNN1004

Features

  • Earthwork
  • Description: The boundary bank enclosing the deer park, about 2 metres high and 8 metres wide, with a few traces of the accompanying inner ditch.
Key Information

Principal Building

Agriculture And Subsistence

Period

Medieval (1066 to 1540)

Survival

Lost

Civil Parish

Oundle