Wakefield Hunting Lodge

In the civil parish of Potterspury.
In the historic county of Northamptonshire (Modern Authority of Northamptonshire, 1974 county of Northamptonshire).

"Wakefield was the site of a royal hunting lodge in the Forest of Whittlebury. It was built or rebuilt early in the reign of Henry II, who in 1158-9 spent £16 13s. 4d. on the 'work' of his houses here, and in the following year £5 6s. 8d. on their repair. Further work costing some £10 was carried out under Hugh de Neville, the chief forester, in 1206-7, and again in 1209-11. The house is included in a list of royal hunting lodges drawn up in 1217, but Henry III did not keep it up and nothing further is known of its history." (HKW) Site under C18 house, Wakefield Lodge.

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.

This site is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 235261)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP73754255

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

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1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 343217

Books

Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p1006

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

Calendar of Patent Rolls (1217-25) p124-5

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.

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