Parent's Guide to Pets: Golf Course Story

Sunday, 3 May 2020

Golf Course Story

The Maps

Contemporary map from OS.

Aerial view from Google

Aerial Geotech surveillance showing contours.

1884 OS map showing footpaths across the field

1627 Tithe Map of Evington-
with Hall Yard Close becoming 'Piggy's Hollow in the C19th

History
At the Norman invasion the lands around St Denys Church belonged to Leicester Abbey, with Manor Farm next door (Stoughton Farm Park site). The Site was fortified in the 13th century.
After the reformation the land was transferred to the Grey family of Bradgate Park.
The to their enemies, the Hastings, and on the the Cavendish family.

Neglect resulted in Hall Yard Close falling down. In Victorian times a farmer called Piggy's Wilson used the ditches to secure his pigs.

The golf course says it opened in 1890 on most of the medieval fields, with the undulating furrows still very visible.

Evington Chapel is a small baptist chapel on the Evington Green. It is said to have bought in 1834 an organ from Prince Albert. Apparently Albert had bought it but found it too small for his requirements.

Geography
The Evington Brook forms a gentle valley through the golf course. The arboretum has stone paths of Breedon granite. Piggy's Hollow was kept full of water via a natural spring in Evington Village. The moat attempts to fill from time to time in wet weather. We found the slopes on the golf course are just too shallow for successful sledging on a snowy day.

Photography