ALLINGTON MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The TNA Manorial Documents Register record F273006 is titled ALLINGTON MANOR and is located by the registry in All Cannings, Wiltshire. Historical sources distinguish this Allington, a hamlet and former tithing within the ancient parish of All Cannings, from other Wiltshire places named Allington. Medieval and later references describe Allington as a separate manor or manorial estate, including its descent with Lydiard Tregoze and its later breakup and sale.
Representative point: 51.36758, -1.90167
Basis: supported_manorial_centre — Approximate centre of the historic Allington settlement/tithing in All Cannings, where the Allington manor was situated. No securely identified surviving manor-house site for this exact record was found; the point is therefore a low-confidence manorial-centre approximation rather than a documented building location.
Point confidence: low
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period: Medieval to early modern; later estate extent uncertain
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The evidence establishes the manor's association with Allington tithing and records its historical territorial context, including Domesday assessment of Allington at 11½ hides and later references to an Allington manorial estate. The available online evidence does not supply a manor-specific map, parcel schedule, or explicit perimeter. The 1799 enclosure material covers the combined All Cannings and Allington tithings and cannot safely be treated as the boundary of Allington Manor.
Sources:
- The National Archives Discovery: Allington Manor, F273006: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F273006 — Primary MDR record supplied for the exact registry entry; identifies the record as ALLINGTON MANOR in the All Cannings context.
- Wiltshire Council Community History: All Cannings: https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/3 — Identifies Allington as a historic settlement within the ancient parish of All Cannings and distinguishes its medieval settlement and tithing context from All Cannings village.
- Robert Nicholas, A History of the County of Wiltshire material on All Cannings and Allington: https://www.multiwords.de/genealogy/Ni14RobertNicholas.html — Reports that Allington was held alongside Lydiard Tregoze until 1300, later describes the descent of the Allington estate and its breakup and sale, and records the Domesday assessment of Allington at 11½ hides.
- Wiltshire OPC Project: All Cannings parish history: https://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/parishes/all-cannings/ — Places Allington as a hamlet approximately half a mile north of All Cannings and confirms its inclusion within the historic parish context.
- Wiltshire Records Society / Wiltshire OPC: All Cannings and Allington Inclosure Award abstract, 1799: https://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/All%20Cannings/All%20Cannings%20-%20Inclosure%20Awards%20Abstract%201799.pdf — Shows that the 1799 enclosure document applied jointly to All Cannings and Allington tithing, demonstrating why its listed area and place-names cannot be used as an Allington Manor boundary.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The exact manor-house site for Allington Manor was not securely identified in the available sources.
- No manor-specific historical boundary polygon was found; do not substitute the modern Allington settlement, former civil parish, ancient parish of All Cannings, or the 1799 joint enclosure area.
- The representative coordinates are an approximate centre of historic Allington and should not be interpreted as the precise location of a surviving manor house.