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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 Dates Titles
Hastings, Anne 0-1550 Countess of
Stanley, Edward 1509-1572 Lord , 11th Baron , 4th Baron , 12th Earl of , Lord of the , Knight of the
Stanley, Ferdinando 1559-1594 13th Baron , 6th Baron , 14th Earl of , Lord of the
Stanley, Henry 1531-1593 Lord , 12th Baron , 5th Baron , 13th Earl of , Lord of the , Knight of the
Stanley, James 1607-1651 1st Baron , 16th Earl of , Lord of the
Stanley, Thomas 1433-1504 2nd Baron , Lord of the , Knight of the , 10th Earl of
Stanley, Thomas 1485-1521 3rd Baron , 11th Earl of , Lord of the , 10th Baron
Stanley, William 1561-1642 15th Earl of , Knight of the , Lord of the

Bibliographic Sources

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  • George, David, ed. Lancashire. Records of Early English Drama (REED). Toronto, Buffalo, London: U of Toronto P, 1991.
  • Lewis, Jennifer. The Medieval Earthworks of the Hundred of West Derby: Tenurial Evidence and Physical Structure. British Archaeological Reports, British ser 310. Oxford: John & Erica Hedges, 2000.
  • MacLean, Sally-Beth. 'A Family Tradition: Dramatic Patronage by the Earls of Derby.' . Region, Religion and Patronage: Lancastrian Shakespeare. Dutton, Richard, Alison Findlay and Richard Wilson, eds. Manchester and New York: Manchester UP, 2003.
  • The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. 8 vols. London: Archibald Constable, 1906–14.