HER 1876 - Windsor Great Park

Windsor Great Park. The Domesday Survey mentions an enclosure of the King's Woodland at Windsor in 1086. In the reign of Henry III the King's Park in the forest of Windsor was surrounded by a hedge and stretched from Surrey Berkshire border to somewhere near Sandpits. The Park hedge was replaced by paling c. 1261-2, and two hundred and fifty perches of paling were erected along the main road running along the Surrey Berkshire border at the Coronation of Edward I. The name Great Park came into use about 1368 to distinguish these areas from the Little Park under the Castle. On Norden's map of 1607, the only place where the boundaries appear to coincide with the present ones (fixed by Act of Parliament in 1817), is between Egham Wick and Bishopsgate. Parts of the boundary from Clewer to Queen Anne's Gate are practically the same. The medieval park boundary is traceable for long stretches and generally consists of a low spread bank with a shallow outer ditch.

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Archaeological History

Activity	Person & Organisation	Dates
borehole survey		2004-01-01
Description Company: Archaeoscape in conjunction with SCAU Location Surrey, Runnymede, Egham, Grid Reference SU 962 723 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info Produced by Archaeoscape document more... Reference A Geoarchaeological Investigation at Savill Gardens, Windsor, Surrey Reference 31/12/04 Reference Author: C.P.Green and G.E. Swindle Company: Archaeoscape Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
desk-based research	Poulton, R SCAU	2004-02-01
Location Surrey, Runnymede, Egham, Grid Reference SU 962 723 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info Produced by Surrey County Archaeological Unit Poulton, R document more... Reference A Preliminary Archaeological Assessment of the Proposed Re-Development of Facilities at Savill Gardens, Windsor, Surrey Reference 11/02/04 Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part

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