Flitteriss Park

Henry III granted Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall the right to enclose the park with a ditch and hedge.

However, an inquest two years later found that "the wood is outside the said forest bordering the county of Leicester"[1] The park remained with the Earl and formed part of his Dower to the family of Isabel Marshal, his wife.

The problem of absentee landlords was in part down to the fact that the park was stated to be held by the castle and manor of Oakham, but since the boundary territory was disputed, little care was taken with the parkland.

The hunting lodge remained intact for 550 years until it crumbled in 1920 and today only patchy ruins exist where it once stood.

Grid Reference: SK8271708539 Flitteriss Park lends its name to a pedigree racehorse, winning many UK and US races.