Alcester Heath Park
Description of this historic site
Alcester Heath Park, an area of heathland enclosed by Fulke Greville to form a park and a rabbit warren in the Post Medieval period. The park is known to have existed from documentary evidence. It was situated to the west of King's Coughton.
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Notes about this historic site
1 Fulke Greville is recorded as having enclosed a good deal of Alcester Heath in the mid 16th century. The area shown includes a warren (indicated by ‘coney’ field names) and fields with surviving ‘park’ names.
2 Illustrative map for above.
3 Named ‘Conyngere’ in 1462/3. It may have been the warren created by Walter de Beauchamp in 1300.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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