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Priory Park, St Neots

Introduction

Features of Priory Park include shelter belts, tree clumps, a shrubbery walk and a walled orchard.

There is a boundary shelter belt planting, and some individual trees remaining from the medieval field boundaries, and clumps of exotic introductions. The garden had a shrubbery walk screening a quadrant shaped walled orchard. There are views across the Park to the River Ouse to the west.
Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts

Access contact details

http://www.huntsdc.gov.uk/Leisure+and+Culture/Parks+and+Countryside/St+Neots+-+Priory+Park.htm

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History

This public park extends over 32 hectares to the north of St. Neots. The house, built for Owsley Rowley in 1792 and later altered in the 19th century, was situated on high ground in the north-east corner.

In the 1930s, the occupant was George Fydell Rowley who was noted for his eccentricities. He was voilently opposed to motor cars and expected his guests to arrive in horse drawn vehicles, or they were not invited again.

The house was demolished in 1965 to make way for a new housing estate and the park handed over to the Local District Council.

Period

  • 18th Century
  • Late 18th Century
Features & Designations

Features

  • Shelter Belt
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  • Orchard
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  • Shrubbery
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  • Walk
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  • Garden Wall
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  • Hall (featured building)
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Key Information

Type

Park

Purpose

Recreational/sport

Period

18th Century

Survival

Extant

Hectares

32

Open to the public

Yes

Civil Parish

Kimbolton

References

Contributors

  • Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust