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Watford Park is a scheduled ancient monument in Northamptonshire consisting of eighteenth-century garden earthworks overlying the remains of a shrunken medieval settlement. The site preserves ridge and furrow cultivation patterns associated with the medieval village of Watford, demonstrating the long continuity of land use at this location. The superimposition of later garden features upon earlier medieval features provides archaeological evidence of changing land management practices across successive centuries. The monument is designated under the National Heritage List for England with reference 1021465.
Watford Park: C18 garden remains overlying the shrunken medieval village of Watford and associated ridge and furrow cultivation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021465. View the official record →
Watford Park is a scheduled ancient monument in Northamptonshire consisting of eighteenth-century garden earthworks overlying the remains of a shrunken medieval settlement.
Watford Park: C18 garden remains overlying the shrunken medieval village of Watford and associated ridge and furrow cultivation 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 1021465.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long Buckby ringwork and bailey (2.9 km), Medieval settlement of Ashby St Ledgers (3.3 km), Watling Street Roman Road (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Watford Park: C18 garden remains overlying the shrunken medieval village of Watford and associated ridge and furrow cultivation's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Watford Park: C18 garden remains overlying the shrunken medieval village of Watford and associated ridge and furrow cultivation stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.