Introduction
Lubstree park was a deer park of medieval origin, and there was a lodge there from the early 17th century. The park was enclosed and the lodge destroyed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- History
According to the medieval placename, Lubstree Park was presumably first enclosed by the Domesday lord of the manor, Godebold the priest. This large area of rising ground on the edge of the weald moors was known in 1224 as 'haye Gubald,' but by 1283 was called Lubstree Park. At that time was said to be over a league in circumference 'by the perch of the forest.'
A lodge was built in the park in the very beginning of the 17th century, and it served as the main residence of the Levesons, the lords of the manor. By 1679 the part of the park that included the lodge, as well as some land to the west of it, had been enclosed, but most of the park remained open. In 1720, it was recorded that starving deer, which had to compete for grazing with cattle and horses, were escaping and causing damage outside the pale. The park was finally fully enclosed around 1744, and Lubstree Park ceased to exist. Not long after, around 1818, the lodge was destroyed.
- Features & Designations
Features
- Hunting Lodge (featured building)
- Description: Lubstree Park lodge was an early 17th-century building of some size and style. In 1605 it was of two storeys, with a hall and offices on the ground floor. There were various chambers, including a great chamber, above. By 1679 the lodge had an elaborate balcony overlooking the park. It was destroyed around 1818.
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Park Pale
- Description: There was a park pale mentioned in 1720.
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Agriculture And Subsistence
Principal Building
Agriculture And Subsistence
Survival
Lost
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Preston Upon The
- References
References
- Baugh, G.C. {Victoria History of the County of Shropshire, Volume 11}, (London: Constable, 1985): 154, 156, 159. Victoria County History: Shropshire, Volume 11