Wimpole Park, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire. Medieval Settlement, Post-Medieval Park and Gardens: Survey Report
Author(s): Paul Pattison, Louise Barker
Between January 1998 and August 2000, the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) and English Heritage carried out survey and analysis at Wimpole in Cambridgeshire. The investigation demonstrated that 18th-century landscaping at Wimpole Hall did not involve massive earth-moving. There is evidence that, where possible, earlier features were adapted and incorporated into later designs and redundant features removed only where absolutely necessary: many formed earthworks which were incorporated in new designs or which blended into the park but which provided an air of antiquity and authority, a clear link with the past. The deserted settlements in the park show that, before the establishment of the Hall and Park in the 17th century, Wimpole was a polyfocal settlement comprising small groups of cottages. (This was report 15/2003 in a previous series)
- Report Number:
- 117/2003
- Series:
- Other
- Pages:
- 55
