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Water gardens, avenue and an associated earthwork, east of Court Farm

England
List entry 1007716
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007716
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.09 hectares
Grid reference
SP 48055 20488
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Water gardens, avenue and an associated earthwork, east of Court Farm is a scheduled ancient monument comprising designed landscape features located in Oxfordshire. The site consists of water garden elements, a formal avenue, and earthwork remains that reflect the ornamental and functional landscape management practices of the post-medieval period. These features are indicative of the estate improvements and agricultural innovation characteristic of early modern English country properties. The surviving physical remains provide evidence of the historical development and utilisation of the landscape in this part of Oxfordshire.

Water gardens, avenue and an associated earthwork, east of Court Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007716. View the official record →

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What is Water gardens, avenue and an associated earthwork, east of Court Farm?

Water gardens, avenue and an associated earthwork, east of Court Farm is a scheduled ancient monument comprising designed landscape features located in Oxfordshire.

Who is responsible for protecting Water gardens, avenue and an associated earthwork, east of Court Farm?

Water gardens, avenue and an associated earthwork, east of Court Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1007716.

What other scheduled monuments are near Water gardens, avenue and an associated earthwork, east of Court Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rectangular earthwork, Hensington (3.6 km), Shipton-on-Cherwell churchyard cross (3.9 km), Deserted village of Hampton Gay (4.1 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Rectangular earthwork, Hensington
3.6 km
Shipton-on-Cherwell churchyard cross
3.9 km
Deserted village of Hampton Gay
4.1 km
Thrupp Cross
4.7 km
Blenheim Villa, a Roman villa and associated field system 200m north east of Little Cote
5 km
Earthwork 300m south west of Fair Rosamund's Well, Blenheim Park
6.3 km
Bladon camp: a hillfort on Bladon Heath
7.1 km
Ten medieval pillow mounds and part of an associated enclosure 300m north west of Combe Lodge
7.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Water gardens, avenue and an associated earthwork, east of Court Farm

Water gardens, avenue and an associated earthwork, east of Court Farm stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Water gardens, avenue and an associated earthwork, east of Court Farm

AlchesterRoman town · ~5.7 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~17.4 milesTowcesterRoman town · ~21.9 milesBattle of Cropredy Bridge 1644Battle (1644) · ~16.2 milesBattle of Edgcote 1469Battle (1469) · ~16.7 milesBattle of Chalgrove 1643Battle (1643) · ~17.4 milesBattle of Edgehill 1642Battle (1642) · ~19.4 miles
Domesday entry for Tackley, Oxfordshire →
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