Monument record 563/2 - Site of Medieval deer park at Bewsey.

Deer Park at Bewsey is shown on Saxton's map of 1577. The manor house, park & demesne lands of Bewsey, lay within the township of Burtonwood, but some lands in Warrington & Great Sankey seem to have been included in the park (1).
William Butler's old park of 'Beausi' was recorded in 1313, perhaps indicating that he had acquired an existing park but had also made a new park. Certainly the 14th century grants made by him include grazing rights within his old park (5).

<1> Farrer W & Brownbill J, 1906-14, The Victoria County History of the County of Lancaster, 3/326 1907 (Book). SCH3636.

<2> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 19/36 Harrison W 1901 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

<3> Shirley, E P, 1867, Some account of English deer parks, with notes on the management of deer, /214 (Book). SCH1108.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ58NE4/1980 (Index). SCH2487.

<5> Lewis J, 2000, The Medieval Earthworks of the Hundred of West Derby, /204 (Monograph). SCH3778.