Introduction
Ruyton-XI-Towns has had a park since the 12th century.
Ruyton Park lay north-west of Ruyton village. The first mention of a park at Ruyton XI Towns is when John Lestrange enlarged his park there in 1195. He added a corner of Birch Wood, which abutted where the park pale met the river Perry. The park was mentioned again in 1269-1275. In the 14th century, income from the park derived from pannage, agistment (payment for cattle grazing), and sales of timber. In 1378, after a great storm, the timber sold included alders and a lentisk (Pistacia Lentiscus, or mastic tree). Enclosure began in 1600, when a third of the park was sold.
Before 1788 a house
called Ruyton Park had been built in the south-eastern part of the old
park. It was rebuilt in 1887-9, and
surrounded by a small park running down to the Perry. Since 1940 it has housed Packwood Haugh Preparatory School.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Owners
Packwood Haugh School Ltd.
Packwood Haugh, Ruyton XI Towns, Shrewsbury, SY4 1HXOther Websites
- History
Period
- Medieval (1066-1540)
- 12th Century
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Educational
Principal Building
School
Period
12th Century
Survival
Part: standing remains
Civil Parish
Ruyton-XI-Towns
- References
References
- {Ordnance Survey County Series Six Inch}, Shropshire, XX.SW, (Southampton: Ordnance Survey, 1902)
- Stamper, P.A. {Historic Parks and Gardens of Shropshire}, (Shrewsbury: Shropshire Books, 1996): 6.
- Rees, U. {The Cartulary of Shrewsbury Abbey}, (Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1975): 20.
- {Ordnance Survey One Inch Map, Shropshire}, LXXIII.SW, LXXIV.SE, (London: Ordnance Survey, 1833, 1837)
- Brown, Y. {Ruyton XI Towns}, (Ruyton XI Towns: Eleventowns Publishing, 1988): 14-15, 106-107.
- Eyton, R.W. {Antiquities of Shropshire 10}, (London, 1860): 113.