ARDEN MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry record's primary name and Hawnby location match the historic manor of Arden in Hawnby parish. Historical descriptions identify Arden with Ardenside as a distinct township and manor, centred on Arden Hall, formerly the site of St Andrew's Priory and subsequently the seat of the Tancred family. This is distinct from the separate manor of Hawnby.
Representative point: 54.3084, -1.2029
Basis: documented_manor_house — Arden Hall, the documented historic manor house and successor to the priory site at Arden, listed by Historic England at National Grid Reference SE5195890599.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period: Late 19th century evidence; historical extent also associated with the medieval and early-modern manor of Arden
Boundary confidence: medium
Boundary basis: The available evidence establishes Arden's territorial context but does not provide a reliable manor-specific perimeter. The 1890 directory describes Arden with Ardenside as a distinct township of 4,524 acres, with George Tancred as lord of the manor and sole landowner. That acreage and township identification are useful extent evidence, but the township boundary cannot safely be treated as identical to the manorial boundary without a manor map, survey, rental map, enclosure record or equivalent source. No polygon is therefore returned.
Sources:
- The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register: Arden Manor, record F243585: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F243585 — Registry record supplied for Arden Manor in Hawnby, Yorkshire.
- Arden Hall, Hawnby — Historic England listing 1191079: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1191079 — Documents Arden Hall in Hawnby, gives National Grid Reference SE5195890599, and identifies it as the historic country house associated with Arden and the Tancred family.
- Directory of North Riding Yorkshire, Hawnby entry: https://leicester.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/api/collection/p16445coll4/id/290405/download — Describes Arden with Ardenside as a township in Hawnby parish, records an area of 4,524 acres, and states that George Tancred was lord of the manor and sole landowner.
- A Vision of Britain Through Time: Hawnby Parish: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10431839 — Lists ARDEN as a distinct manor within Hawnby ancient parish and separately lists Hawnby as another manor.
- Arden Mill, Hawnby — Historic England listing 1391800: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1391800 — Places Arden Mill within the Arden manorial landscape and states that it served St Andrew's Priory at Arden and later supplied Arden Hall.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- No authoritative manor-specific historical boundary polygon was located in the available sources.
- The documented 4,524-acre extent is for the historic township of Arden with Ardenside and must not be assumed to be exactly identical to the legal or customary extent of Arden Manor.
- The representative point is the historic manor house/site at Arden Hall, not the centre of the modern Hawnby settlement.