Landscape record 235/3 - Doddington Park

<1> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 20/21 Harrison W 1902 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

Possible medieval deer park at Doddington. Listed under deer parks of which there is evidence to impark. The licence to crenellate Doddington Castle in 1365 and 1403 would probably have been followed by the enclosing of a park

<2> de Figueiredo P & Treuherz J, 1988, Cheshire Country Houses, /72 (Book). SCH785.

Capability Brown produced designs in 1770 for improvements to an earlier C18 landscape park and for a new house. Designs for house were rejected in favour of Samuel Wyatt, but part of Brown's landscape designs may have been adopted

<3> English Heritage, 2001, Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest, 1994 (Report). SCH2822.

The lake to the east of the house, Doddington Pool, was enlarged to its present c.25ha. Traces of Brownian planting, clumps of oaks remain in the parkland. An avenue, Wilbraham's Walk, extends 0.5km northeast from the Hall to Avenue Lodge. Parterre, which may follow Wyatt's design, on the south front of the house

<4> Shirley, E P, 1867, Some account of English deer parks, with notes on the management of deer, /207-8 (Book). SCH1108.

In 1867 park contained both red and fallow deer.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, White J 1961 SJ74NW2 (Index). SCH2487.

Park no longer contains deer & ha- ha is filled in

<6> Various, Aerial photographs, 1946 1069/UK 1459 RAF (Aerial Photograph). SCH128.

Park used as an Army camp in the Second World War

<7> Stroud D, 1975, Capability Brown (Oral Communication). SCH510.