ARLESTON MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The exact Derbyshire archive evidence identifies a manor of Arleston in the Barrow-on-Trent area. The Derbyshire Record Office catalogue records deeds for properties in Arleston and Sinfin, including a 1542 common recovery concerning the manors of Arleston, Egginton and Hilton and a 1602 deed releasing the manor of Arleston, Hilton and Sinfin. The historical form Erlstone is consistent with Arleston and does not indicate the unrelated Arleston Manor in Shropshire.
Representative point: 52.8632, -1.5009
Basis: supported_manorial_centre — Arleston House Farmhouse, Arleston Lane, is the documented historic building and likely manorial centre associated with the Arleston estate. Its location is given by Historic Environment Record grid reference SK 33697 29639, corresponding to approximately 52.8632, -1.5009. Historical commentary identifies the site as incorporating remains of an earlier manor house, although the separate identification of the site with the Hospitaller camera is disputed.
Point confidence: medium
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period: Medieval to early modern; extent not securely mapped
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The sources establish the manor's centre at Arleston and document associated legal interests in Arleston, Sinfin, Hilton, Egginton, Barrow, Normanton, Stenson and Ash. However, the available evidence does not provide a reliable mapped perimeter for the manorial land. The 19th-century area of the joint Sinfin and Arleston township, and modern parish or township boundaries, cannot safely be substituted for the historical manor boundary. The 1542 deed's list of places records lands and tenements involved in a legal transaction involving several manors, not a complete boundary description of Arleston Manor.
Sources:
- The National Archives: F253249, Arleston Manor: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F253249 — Registry record supplied for the exact manor, associated with Barrow on Trent, Derbyshire.
- Derbyshire Historic Environment Record: MDR4292 Arleston House Farm: https://her.derbyshire.gov.uk/Monument/MDR4292 — Records Arleston House Farmhouse at SK 33697 29639 and identifies the historic building, its Barrow-upon-Trent location, and documentary references to the Arleston site.
- Derbyshire Record Office catalogue: D2375/D/D/4/12, deeds for Arleston and Sinfin: https://calmview.derbyshire.gov.uk/calmview/TreeBrowse.aspx?field=RefNo&key=D2375%2FD%2FD%2F4%2F12&src=CalmView.Catalog — Lists deeds for Arleston and Sinfin, including the 1542 common recovery concerning the manors of Arleston, Egginton and Hilton with lands in Arleston, Egginton, Hilton, Barrow, Normanton, Sinfin, Stenson and Ash; the 1602 release of the manor of Arleston, Hilton and Sinfin; and later title documents for the Arleston and Sinfin estate.
- Arleston House Farmhouse, Historic England listing information: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1096557 — Provides the listed building identification and national grid reference for Arleston House Farmhouse, the most defensible surviving historic site associated with the manor.
- Arleston and the Knights Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem, Derbyshire Miscellany: https://www.derbyshireas.org.uk/DM15-02.pdf — Discusses the descent of Arleston Manor and distinguishes the Arleston estate from the broader and disputed identification of Arleston House with the Hospitaller camera.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- No reliable historical manor boundary polygon was located; do not inject the modern Barrow-upon-Trent parish, the joint Sinfin and Arleston township, or any modern estate boundary as the manor extent.
- Arleston House is a defensible manorial-centre proxy, but its identification as the Hospitaller camera is disputed and should not be treated as certain.
- The documented 1542 list of places reflects a legal transaction involving multiple manors and associated lands; it is not a complete boundary description for Arleston Manor.