Monument record AMP 003 - Ampton Park
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 866 699 (1653m by 1734m) Centred on |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL86NE |
| Civil Parish | AMPTON, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK |
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Type and Period (3)
Full Description
Ampton Park, established in ?1728, together with Livermere Park (Little Livermere 15 & Great Livermere 9). William Kent is said to have been involved, though there is no evidence.
Circa 1735-1750 Baptist Lee of Livermere Hall joined with the Calthorpes of Ampton Hall & enlarged the existing meres on their properties to form the present linked Livermere Long Water & Ampton Water. In 1790 Humphry Repton came & produced sketches to improve the park (however, no red book is known). The park boundary dividing the two estates survives as a bank & ditch (LML 015 & LMG 009), and part of the park boundary ditch survives S of Ampton Hall. The full extent of this ditch is unclear but is plotted where not surviving by a dotted line after 1783 & 1836/1837 plottings (S1)(S2). For 1809 plans of Ampton estate see (S3) and for 1629 layout see (S4). For Ampton Hall (associated with C18 park) & `canal' see AMP 004.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <S1> SSF12438 (No record type): OS, 1 inch map, 1st edition, sheets 54 & 55, 1836 & 1837.
- <S2> SSF7573 (No record type): Hodskinson J, The County of Suffolk 1783, Suff Records Soc, 15, 1972, map 4.
- <S3> SSF16423 (No record type): Plans of Calthorpe Estate, 1809, SRO (Bury) 2399/1.
- <S4> SSF10735 (No record type): Map of lands of Henry Calthorpe, 1629, SRO (Bury) M503/1.
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Mar 20 2019 5:28PM