ABERYSCIR MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The TNA/MDR record F237219 and authority GB/NNAF/M171311 identify Aberyscir Manor in historic Brecknockshire. The alternative form Aberysgyr corresponds to the same Aberyscir locality. Historical sources describe the mesne lordship/manor of Aberyscir and place its manorial centre at the motte below Aberyscir Court, near the confluence of the Afon Ysgir and River Usk.
Representative point: 51.9560, -3.4567
Basis: documented_manor_house — Aberyscir Court, at OS grid reference SN999296, occupies the position of an earlier house; archaeological survey evidence identifies the motte below the Court as the focus of the medieval manor. The coordinate represents the documented Court/manorial-centre site.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The available evidence establishes the manor's location and manorial centre but does not provide a reliable documentary perimeter for the historical manorial lands. The recorded acreage and boundaries of Aberyscir parish cannot safely be substituted for the manor boundary.
Sources:
- The National Archives Discovery: Aberyscir Manor, TNA/MDR record F237219: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F237219 — Registry record supplied for Aberyscir Manor, associated with historic Brecknockshire and authority reference GB/NNAF/M171311.
- Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust, Historic Settlement Survey: Aberyscir: https://heneb.org.uk/archive/cpat/ycom/bbnp/aberyscir.pdf — States that the motte below Aberyscir Court was the focus of the manor; records that the motte was later superseded by an unfortified manor house and that Aberyscir Court occupies the position of an earlier house.
- Cadw, Full Report for Listed Buildings: Aberyscir Court, reference 84269: https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=84269&lang=en — Documents Aberyscir Court at Easting 299991, Northing 229619, south-west of St Mary and St Cynidr's Church, and records that the present 1837 house was built on the site of an earlier house.
- A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, entry for Aberyscir: https://parishmouse.co.uk/wales/breconshire/aberyscir-breconshire-family-history-guide/ — Describes the mesne lordship of Aberyscir, its descent from Bernard Newmarch to Hugh Surdwal, and the artificial moated mount near the Usk as the probable site of the ancient mansion.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- No historically defensible manor-land polygon was located in the available sources.
- The Aberyscir parish area, including figures around 1,900 acres in nineteenth-century descriptions, is not treated as the manor extent.
- The representative coordinate is centred on the documented Aberyscir Court/earlier manorial-centre site rather than the modern settlement centroid.