Venue Type & Location
Private Residence
Site Name: New Park
Location: near Ormskirk
County: Lancashire
Location Type: Town - near town at determined location
Overview
Situated less than a mile from Lathom House near Ormskirk.
Limited archaeological evidence for a 16th c. residence with a moat called Halton Castle is all that remains from the Stanleys' occupation of New Park.
Performance History
Stanley household accounts for New Park survive for only a short time in the later 16th c. (1586--90) when Henry, the 13th Earl of Derby, and his family were periodically in residence.
Current Status
All that survives of the building at New Park called Halton Castle is a small square earthwork on Ormskirk Golf Course (<i>Medieval Earthworks</i> 277).
History of the Venue
15th c. The Stanley lords of Lathom created a park, called Lady Park or New Park.
16th--17th c. The Stanleys occasionally kept house at a residence in New Park, a 'quarter of a mile from Lathom' (VCH Lanc 3.254 n. 24).
ca.1725 The house in New Park was pulled down, coinciding with the erection of a new building at Lathom House.
Record Source
REED Lanc 179--84
Patrons who owned this venue
| Name | Date | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| Hastings, Anne | 0-1550 | Countess of Derby |
| Stanley, Edward | 1509-1572 | Baron Strange (of Knokyn) |
| Stanley, Edward | 1509-1572 | Lord Strange |
| Stanley, Edward | 1509-1572 | Earl of Derby |
| Stanley, Edward | 1509-1572 | Baron Stanley |
| Stanley, Edward | 1509-1572 | Lord of the Isle of Man |
| Stanley, Edward | 1509-1572 | Knight of the Garter |
| Stanley, Ferdinando | 1559-1594 | Baron Stanley |
| Stanley, Ferdinando | 1559-1594 | Lord of the Isle of Man |
| Stanley, Ferdinando | 1559-1594 | Earl of Derby |
| Stanley, Ferdinando | 1559-1594 | Baron Strange (of Knokyn) |
| Stanley, Henry | 1531-1593 | Earl of Derby |
| Stanley, Henry | 1531-1593 | Knight of the Garter |
| Stanley, Henry | 1531-1593 | Lord Strange |
| Stanley, Henry | 1531-1593 | Baron Stanley |
| Stanley, Henry | 1531-1593 | Lord of the Isle of Man |
| Stanley, Henry | 1531-1593 | Baron Strange (of Knokyn) |
| Stanley, James | 1607-1651 | Baron Strange |
| Stanley, James | 1607-1651 | Earl of Derby |
| Stanley, James | 1607-1651 | Lord of the Isle of Man |
| Stanley, Thomas | 1433-1504 | Baron Stanley |
| Stanley, Thomas | 1485-1521 | Lord of the Isle of Man |
| Stanley, Thomas | 1485-1521 | Baron Mohun |
| Stanley, Thomas | 1485-1521 | Baron Strange (of Knokyn) |
| Stanley, Thomas | 1485-1521 | Baron Stanley |
| Stanley, Thomas | 1485-1521 | Earl of Derby |
| Stanley, Thomas | 1433-1504 | Knight of the Garter |
| Stanley, Thomas | 1433-1504 | Lord of the Isle of Man |
| Stanley, Thomas | 1433-1504 | Earl of Derby |
| Stanley, William | 1561-1642 | Earl of Derby |
| Stanley, William | 1561-1642 | Lord of the Isle of Man |
| Stanley, William | 1561-1642 | Knight of the Garter |
Bibliographic Sources
- George, David, ed. Lancashire. Toronto, Buffalo, London: U of Toronto P, 1991
- Lewis, Jennifer. The Medieval Earthworks of the Hundred of West Derby: Tenurial Evidence and Physical Structure. Oxford: John & Erica Hedges, 2000
- MacLean, Sally-Beth. 'A Family Tradition: Dramatic Patronage by the Earls of Derby.'. Manchester and New York: Manchester UP, 2003 Region, Religion and Patronage: Lancastrian Shakespeare 205--26.
- The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster. 8 vols. London: Archibald Constable, 1906--14