A memorandum from the cartulary of Newstead Abbey contains the following passage: "The said lord king (Henry II) gave also to the aforesaid canons at their first foundation, the field of arable lands called Abbayfelde, which lies between the town of Papilwyke and the monastery ... At the head, whereof, hard by the town of Papilwyke, the canons of the said monastery have made a grange and have ever kept that field for themselves ..." (1)
Memorandum originally recorded on the Patent Roll of 24 Edw II (1350-1). (3)
The canon's grange stood at or near the site of the present Grange Farm. (4)
A cellar underlying the approx centre of the modern farmhouse is supposedly part of the Med grange. It was not possible to see the cellar. (5)

<1> Thoroton Society, 1919, TTS, p 36 (Published document). SNT344.

<2> Dugdale W, 1817-1830, Monasticum Anglicanum, VI, (i), pp 474 - 5 (Published document). SNT147.

<3> Stapleton A, 1903, Notes on the Crosses of Nottingham Past and Present, p 49 (Published document). SNT1326.

<4> Nottingham Corporation, 1945, Newstead Abbey Pubn no 1 (Published document). SNT251.

<5> Woodhouse WC, 1959, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1437.