ASHBY OF THE LAUNDE MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The supplied primary name, historical name Ashby de la Launde, registry locality, and authority record identify the medieval and later manor at Ashby de la Launde in Lincolnshire. Historical evidence places the manorial hall at the site later occupied by Ashby Hall, rather than at a different same-named manor.
Representative point: 53.0845, -0.4299
Basis: documented_manor_house — Ashby Hall occupies the site of the earlier Norman manorial hall. Historic England gives the hall's National Grid Reference as TF 05259 55293; the modern WGS84 position is approximately 53.0845, -0.4299.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period: Medieval manor and later early-modern estate; documented context principally c.1220 to the 16th century, with later King family estate history
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The sources establish the manorial centre and broad ownership history but do not provide a reliable, explicit perimeter for the historical Ashby of the Launde manor. Evidence that Ashby Hall had an associated park and later estate land is not sufficient to equate that park or the modern parish with the medieval manorial extent. The manor's historical lands may also have changed through disputes, conveyances and later additions, including land associated with Rowston.
Sources:
- The National Archives Discovery: Ashby of the Launde Manor, F292033: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F292033 — Registry record and authority reference supplied for the exact manor identification; the page was not directly machine-readable during research.
- Ashby Hall, Historic England National Heritage List entry 1061827: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1061827 — Identifies Ashby Hall at Main Street, Ashby de la Launde, gives National Grid Reference TF 05259 55293, and documents the surviving hall as a late-16th-century rebuilding incorporating the site of the earlier manorial house.
- Ashby Hall, park and gardens, Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer record MLI89154: https://heritage-explorer.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Monument/MLI89154 — States that a manorial hall existed at Ashby around 1220, describes the succession from the Ashby family to the de la Laundes and later owners, records two manors in Ashby and later land acquired at Rowston, and gives the hall/grounds location centred on TF 05384 55296.
- Ashby de la Launde Hall, Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology: https://slha.org.uk/catalogue_item/ashby-de-la-launde-hall — Confirms that Ashby de la Launde Hall was built in 1595 for the King family and is the principal historic country-house/manorial centre associated with the locality.
- GENUKI: Ashby de la Launde, Lincolnshire: https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/AshbydelaLaunde — Provides historical and gazetteer context identifying Ashby Laund House as the principal residence and the seat of the later lords of the manor, while also supplying the locality's approximate map position.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- No authoritative manor map, rental map, enclosure plan or other source establishing the complete historical manorial perimeter was located.
- The returned point is suitable as a documented manorial-house location, but it must not be interpreted as the boundary or total territorial extent of the manor.
- The modern parish, civil parish, village extent, Ashby Hall park and later King family estate have not been substituted for the medieval manor boundary.