Flitteriss Park

Flitteriss Park was enclosed by Royal grant as a deer park and royal hunting ground in 1183. The park enclosed approximately 310 acres of wooded land on the modern boundary between Rutland and Leicestershire. The name Flitteriss, originally "flyterys" is derived from a disputed area of woodland on the border mentioned, the dispute being between the Manors of Oakham and Leicester. The dispute arose when the park fell into disrepair during the thirteenth century and was uninhabited during the early Middle Ages. Residence once again began in the late 1500s when the then Duke of Buckingham became a regular hunter on the park.

A royal Lodge was constructed in 1282 and used infrequently until a family of farmers took up residence in the fifteenth century. The house was extended during this time to become a large manor residence and held the manorial rights over nearby Braunston until the nineteenth century when the house fell into dereliction. The house is thought to have crumbled around 1920 and today, only patchy ruins exist where it once stood. Original farm buildings still stand to the east of the existing farm. The stone used for construction was quarried on site.

Today the Park is permanent pasture farmland and little wooded area remains between the ancient woodlands of Ladywood and Cold Overton Park.

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