Plumpton Park (Clifton)

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A triangular field at the intersection of Green Balk and Ruddle Lane, c. 700 m E of Clifton, c. 2 km SSE of Conisbrough, was known as Plumpton Park in 1839.

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Triangular field at the intersection of Green Balk and Ruddle Lane, c. 700 m E of Clifton, c. 2 km SSE of Conisbrough, was formerly known as Plumpton Park / Google Earth Street View.]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-10-30. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-10-30.

In the Gest, King Edward is exasperated at noticing the scarcity of deer in Plumpton Park after Robin and his men have been poaching there during their stay with the knight. We should almost certainly take this to be in Lancashire, but it is perhaps worth noting that Plumpton Park was the name of a field, c. 700 m east of Clifton (c. 2 km SSE of Conisbrough), noted in the 1839 Titeh Award for Clifton Crookhill and Butterbush.[1]Template:PnItemQry

Quotations

[Gest; c. 1500:]
All the passe of Lancasshyre
He went both ferre and nere
Tyll he came to Plomton Parke
He faylyd many of his dere.[2]

Gazetteers

MS sources

  • The Genealogist, Piece 043, Sub-Piece 104, Image 132; tithe award (subscription required)
  • The Genealogist, Piece 043, Sub-Piece 104, Sub-Image 001; tithe map (subscription required).

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Notes

  1. The Genealogist, Piece 043, Sub-Piece 104, Image 132 and Piece 043, Sub-Piece 104, Sub-Image 001 (subscription required).
  2. Gest, st. 357.


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