ABERGAVENNY CASTLE MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The supplied TNA/MDR record is explicitly titled Abergavenny Castle Manor, and the associated Gwent Archives material identifies the same Abergavenny manorial complex through ministers' accounts for the lordship of Abergavenny, later perambulations of the manor of Abergavenny, and records concerning the manor and lordship of Abergavenny. The historical form Burgavenny/Bergavenny is supported by the archival references.
Representative point: 51.8197, -3.0175
Basis: documented_manor_house — Abergavenny Castle was the documented castle and administrative centre of the medieval Marcher lordship; the surviving castle site is at OS grid reference SO299139, corresponding approximately to 51.8197, -3.0175.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period: Medieval to nineteenth century
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The evidence establishes a substantial territorial lordship/manorial complex centred on Abergavenny Castle, extending beyond the castle precinct into associated lands and districts. The Gwent Archives catalogue records nineteenth-century perambulations of the Blaenavon, Varteg and Nantyglo districts of the manor of Abergavenny, while earlier archival descriptions enumerate associated manors, hamlets, rents and lands. However, no accessible source located in this research supplies a sufficiently explicit, source-verifiable perimeter for the exact manor record. The manor boundary therefore should not be reconstructed from the modern parish, town, county or broad medieval lordship extent.
Sources:
- The National Archives: Abergavenny Castle Manor, F241963: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F241963 — Primary registry record identifying the exact manor as Abergavenny Castle Manor.
- Gwent Archives: Abergavenny, Lord, manuscripts, GB0218.D1583: https://www.gwentarchives.gov.uk/media/ng4jnefd/d1593-lord-abergavenny-papers.html — Identifies ministers' and manorial records for Abergavenny, including perambulations of the manor of Abergavenny in 1870-1885, historical references to the manor and lordship, and lands and jurisdictions associated with it. ([gwentarchives.gov.uk](https://www.gwentarchives.gov.uk/media/ng4jnefd/d1593-lord-abergavenny-papers.html))
- Cadw: Abergavenny Castle, Scheduled Monument full report: https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/sam/FullReport?id=2970 — Describes Abergavenny Castle as the administrative centre of its own Marcher lordship, encompassing the middle Usk Valley and extensive mountainous areas. ([cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net](https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/sam/FullReport?id=2970))
- Catalogue of British Town Maps: Monmouthshire-Abergavenny-1821: https://townmaps.history.ac.uk/townmap/monmouthshire-abergavenny-1821/ — Catalogues the 1821 survey of the ancient barony or lordship of Abergavenny and its plan of the town, castle and castle/bridge meadows; useful evidence for the documented manorial centre but not an accessible complete boundary polygon. ([townmaps.history.ac.uk](https://townmaps.history.ac.uk/townmap/monmouthshire-abergavenny-1821/))
- Abergavenny Castle, Parks & Gardens UK: https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/abergavenny-castle — Provides the castle site location as latitude 51.8194073, longitude -3.0174476, OS grid SO299140, supporting the representative point. ([parksandgardens.org](https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/abergavenny-castle?utm_source=openai))
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The historical territorial jurisdiction appears to have been broader than the castle precinct and may overlap conceptually with the medieval lordship of Abergavenny, but the exact extent of this registry's manor cannot be safely represented as a polygon from the sources located.
- Do not substitute the modern Abergavenny parish, community, Monmouthshire boundary, town boundary or the broad medieval lordship area as the manor boundary.