Hislop, M. (2006). Priory Park, Dudley, West Midlands: A Desk-Based Assessment, 2006. Birmingham: Birmingham Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1010263. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Priory Park, Dudley, West Midlands: A Desk-Based Assessment, 2006
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Series:		 Birmingham Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 A desk-based assessment of Priory Park, Dudley, West Midlands (NGR SO 942910) was carried out to inform the preparation of a conservation plan commissioned by the Friends of Priory Park and the Green and financed by a project planning grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Priory Hall, the former house of the earl of Dudley''s agent, Francis Downing, is a grade II listed Tudor Gothic-style house of 1825 built to the design of the architect Thomas Lee. It lies to the west of Dudley Castle, within Priory Park on the periphery of one of the most important medieval landscapes within the West Midlands conurbation, which incorporates both the Priory and Castle of Dudley. Priory Park itself, which is on the Register of Historic Gardens, was created for the house, and contains the remains of the buildings belonging to the Priory of St James as well as the extensive earthworks of the former pools that once surrounded it. The ruins were utilised as part of a romantic approach to the Hall, which occupies a high point overlooking the park, immediately south of the parish boundary. Map evidence suggests that the parish boundary itself may have formed part of the monastic precinct. A large earthen mound immediately to the northeast of the house was in existence in 1835. It is possible that it represents a spoil heap connected with the cutting of the Dudley Canal Tunnel of 1792 and that it was later used as a feature within the landscaped park, but other, earlier origins cannot be ruled out, and an alternative hypothesis is that the mound is a 12th-century motte, perhaps a siege castle connected with King Stephen''s attack on Dudley in 1138, that was subsequently landscaped and adapted as a park feature.
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Author:		 M Hislop
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Publisher:		 Birmingham Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Dudley Borough SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2006
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Site: Priory Park
Parish: DUDLEY
District: Dudley
County: West Midlands
Country: England
Grid Reference: 394200, 291000 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Hall (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PRIORY (Monument Type England)
DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH (Event)
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)
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OASIS Id: birmingh2-36439
OBIB: Report No. 1364
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Note:		 21 Pages A4 report text, 11 pages A4 illustrations, 10 pages A4 plates
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Created Date:		 23 Nov 2016