Introduction
There was a medieval park at Hadley, which was later developed into a country estate. Surviving landscape features and toponyms allow some reconstruction of the earlier park's extent.
The house itself is now in use as Hadley Park House Hotel, and a major road bisects the estate. Nonetheless, field names allow the extent of the park to be characterised. In 1900, the Castle Car Works lay just outside the south-west corner of the former park, whose curving, northern, boundary lay north and west of Hadley Park Farm, the most likely site for a lodge. Hadley park bridge lay at the point where the canal crossed the west boundary of the park.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
01952 677 269Access contact details
Now in use as a hotel. http://www.hadleypark.co.uk
Directions
- History
Most of the north-east part of Hadley township was emparked before 1277. By 1557 the lord had leased out the park.
Hadley Park Farm was bought with the manor in 1848 by G.B. Thorneycroft. The farm was briefly known as Hadley Hall. In 1851, its park-like grounds were alluded to in Bagshaw's Directory of Shropshire. More recently, the house has been converted into use as a hotel and restaurant
Period
Medieval (1066 to 1540)
- Key Information
Type
Estate
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
Medieval (1066 to 1540)
Survival
Part: standing remains
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Hadley &
- References
References
- Bagshaw, S. 1851. {History, gazetteer, and directory of Shropshire; comprising a general survey of the county of Shropshire}, p437. History, gazetteer, and directory of Shropshire; comprising a general survey of the county, etc
- G.C. Baugh, {Victoria County History: Shropshire, Volume 11} (London: Constable, 1985) p257, 259. Victoria County History: Shropshire, Volume 11
- Map of the field names of the Hadley area, Shropshire Map of the field names of the Hadley area, Shropshire