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This is a National Register of Pounds and Pinfolds in England, by county, and is a work in progress. Entries will be made as I visit the site or receive confirmation of the location and condition preferably with a current photograph. Any background information or history is always appreciated and contributors of photographs will be acknowledged.

Although each and every site of a pound or pinfold is of historical significance I have decided to exclude from this register sites that do not have at least the outline of the pinfold or a significant part of the structure still observable.  

Interpretive Notes:

Location: Current English administative County names and boundaries are used.
Condition: This is designated as Complete (all walls intact though not necessarily at original height), Disrepair (some fallen walls), Derelict (outline structure only), Adapted (walls used for another purpose) or Incomplete (walls missing). 

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CountyLocationGrid ref.ConditionUseNotes 
BerkshireBucklebury Pound, Newbury560704CompleteMonumentRectangular, brick built with stone coping in good condition.Image(P)
BuckinghamshireEast Burnham PoundCompleteMonumentListed rectamgular pound repaired in 1943.Image(EH)
Little Marlow Pound, WycombeCompleteMonumentFlint walls adjoining Manor House.Image(EH)
CambridgeshireCoveney PoundCompleteMonumentPound and adjoining Lock Up.Image(EH)
Sutton PoundCompleteMonumentRoadside rectangular pound probably C19.Image(EH)
West Wratting PoundCompleteMonumentRectangular red brick pound with coping.Image(EH)
CheshireBate Heath Pinfold687793CompleteMonumentComplete and in good condition. Image(G)
Capenhurst Pinfold365737CompleteMonumentRestored by Parish Council.Image(G)
CumbriaSee Register for Cumbria 
CornwallSt Day Pound, KerrierAdaptedStoreCircular and adapted for modern use.Image(EH)
DerbyshireBiggin Pinfold155593CompleteMonumentRestored pinfold, circular,coping stones and wooden gate.
Curbar Pinfold250746CompleteStoreWell kept, circular with wooden gate.
Little Longstone Pinfold189715CompleteMonumentIn corner of field built against farm buildings.
Monyash Pinfold150668CompleteMonumentAt field edge, rectangular with information board.
Youlgreave206641AdaptedStoreEasily missed as it now encloses a shed.Image(P)
DorsetLeigh PoundCompleteHigh walled pound.Image(EH)
DurhamHeadlam Pound178189CompleteGardenLarge pound in centre of a common.See Gallery
GloucestershireCharfield Pound717913CompleteGardenSquare pound next to Pound View Cottage.Image(P)
Thornbury Pound633906CompleteGardenRectangular Pound attached to Town Lockup.Image(P)
Westerleigh Pinfold699799AdaptedNoneHigh walled and altered for building development.Image(P)
Isle Of ManSt Johns Pinfold279819IncompleteMonumentOpposite church of St John. Wall only remaining.
Four Roads, Port Erin PinfoldCompleteStoreUnder research / Seeking more information.
Isle of WightFreshwater336650CompleteMonumentRestored in 2007 by Parish Council
LancashireArkholme PinfoldCompleteGardenTwin celled pinfold, Grade II listed.See Gallery
Bolton-le-Sands PinfoldAdaptedAmenityNow semi circular, rubble wall with coping.
Brindle PoundUnder research / Seeking more information.
Burrow (Over Burrow) CompleteGardenUnder research / Seeking more information.
Broughton PinfoldCompleteMonumentRectangular with floor below road level.
Out Rawcliffe PinfoldCompleteMonumentCircular with coping stones and stone lintel over doorway.
Pilling PinfoldCompleteMonumentA "new" pinfold built on the site of the old one.
Riley Green Pound620255Under research / Seeking more information.
Slyne-with-Hest PinfoldCompleteMonumentUnder research / Seeking more information.Image(G)
Tockholes PinfoldUnder research / Seeking more information.
Wennington PinfoldCompleteMonumentSmall but grand Pinfold built with dressed stone and coping.
Yealand Conyers505745Under research / Seeking more information.
Yealand Storrs498762CompleteAmenityUnder research / Seeking more information.Image(P)
LincolnshireBardney Pinfold476655CompleteMonumentUnder research / Seeking more information.Image(G)
Heckington PinfoldCompleteAmenityUnder research / Seeking more information.Image(P)
MerseysideSpital PinfoldCompleteMonumentWell maintained by Wirral Council.Image(P)
NorfolkNorth Elmham Pinfold987221CompleteMonumentSquare brick pinfold c 1830. Listed grade II.Image(P)
NottinghamshireKirkby-in Ashfield PinfoldCompleteMonumentSquare with locked gate in a Conservation area.
Sutton-in-Ashfield PinfoldCompleteMonumentSquare well built and maintained with overlarge gate.
SomersetAshfield, Oakhill635478CompleteAmenityRenovated and partly rebuilt.
Stanton Prior Pinfold665625CompleteMonumentRound, high walled built with local "Bath" stone. Image(P)
Stoke St GregoryIn restoration
WiltshireCrudwell PoundCompleteNoneDrystone build, beside & below the road, repaired in 1988.See Gallery
Yorkshire (North)Crakehall241900AdaptedGardenWalls have been lowered and now an amenity garden.Image(G)
Galphay Pinfold251724CompleteAmenityRestored in 2002 by Lord of the Manor for Kirkby Malzeard.
Hutton-le-Hole704902CompleteMonumentRebuilt PinfoldImage(G)
Hunton Pinfold185923CompleteMonumentRenovated in 2008 by Parish Council. See Gallery
Raskelf Pinfold492710CompleteMonumentRenovated in 1971 by Parish Council. 
Reeth Pinfold036996CompleteMonumentLarge pinfold with lintel over door and drinking trough. 
Snainton Pinfold917823CompleteMonumentA rebuilt Pinfold.Image(G)
Thoralby000866CompleteMonumentA good example of a village pinfold.Image(G)
Yorkshire (West)Acaster Malbis Pinfold587454CompleteMonumentSmall rectangular and brick built pinfold.
Dringhouses Pinfold586495CompleteMonumentLarge circular pinfold in renovated condition.
Heath PinfoldCompleteMonumentLarge circular pinfold rebuilt in 1996.
Ilkley PinfoldIncompleteAmenityPreserved with 3 walls only. Resited in c 1869.
Kirkheaton PinfoldIncompleteGardenMuch reduced in  height due to modern roads and housing.
Midgley Pinfold029265Under research / Seeking more information.
Ossett PinfoldIncompleteGardenRectangular pinfold, solid with dressed limestone coping,See Gallery
Redmire Pinfold044913CompleteMonumentDrystone walled pinfold of irregular shape.See Gallery
Shelley PinfoldCompleteStorageRented out by the local council.

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