1 Parkland surrounding Foxcote House. Little is known about the grounds, but features include woodland, drives, pleasure grounds, fishponds, kitchen garden.
2 An area of parkland is shown shaded on the ...
Parkland surrounding Foxcote House, Lark Stoke is shown on 19th century maps of 1822 and 1884.
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1 A ‘salt maere’ (pool, possibly providing refreshment for pack animals) is referred to on the boundary of Alveston in a charter of AD 985. The fishpond in Goldicote Park ...
There is Early Medieval documentary evidence for the existence of a 'salt mere' at this site, associated with a trackway. The present fishpond in Goldicote Park, 300m south west of Long Coppice, may be its descendant.