ALPINGTON MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry record is explicitly for Alpington Manor in Alpington, Norfolk. The associated Arundel Castle archive catalogue identifies a distinct 'Manor of Alpington' with court rolls for 1579-1653 and joint Alpington/Framingham Parva court rolls for 1537-1539, matching the supplied research leads and distinguishing it from similarly named manors elsewhere.
Representative point: 52.5589, 1.3787
Basis: documented_manor_house — Hall Farm House on Church Meadow Lane was formerly listed as 'Alpington Hall'; it is a 17th-century house and the strongest documented surviving manor-house identification for Alpington Manor. OS grid reference TG 29119 01033.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period: not established
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The available online evidence confirms the manor's location and surviving manor-house site but does not provide a manor-specific estate map, rental map, perambulation, mapped parcel schedule, or other reliable perimeter evidence. The civil parish boundary and modern settlement extent have therefore not been substituted for the historical manorial extent.
Sources:
- The National Archives: Alpington Manor, record F238513: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F238513 — Registry record identifying the exact manor as Alpington Manor, Norfolk; authority/reference GB/NNAF/M167910.
- F. W. Steer Catalogue, Volume II: Arundel Castle Archive: https://www.arundelcastle.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Vol-2.pdf — Catalogue entries identify 'Manor of Alpington' court rolls, 1579-1653, and 'Manors of Alpington and Framingham Parva' court rolls, 1537-1539; the Norfolk section also notes an Alpington court within the Framingham Earl material.
- Hall Farm House, Alpington, Historic England listing 1050656: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1050656 — Historic England states that Hall Farm House was formerly listed as 'Alpington Hall and barn' and gives its location as OS grid reference TG 29119 01033.
- History of Yelverton and Alpington: Manors and Landowners: https://alpingtonwithyelverton.com/history/ — Local historical account confirms that Alpington and neighbouring Yelverton each had a manor house or hall and were historically connected with the Norfolk ducal estates.
- History of Alpington, Vision of Britain: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5973 — Nineteenth-century gazetteer description identifies Alpington Hall as a chief residence of the parish, supporting the manor-house location.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- No defensible historical polygon for the manorial land extent was found in the available evidence.
- The representative point is suitable for locating the manor house/site, not for asserting the extent of the manor's customary or freehold lands.
- The Alpington civil-parish boundary, modern estate boundary, and settlement footprint were not used as substitutes for a historical manor boundary.