ASHTON WITH STODDAY MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry name and location correspond to the historic manor associated with Ashton Hall in the former township of Ashton-with-Stodday, south of Lancaster. Historic England identifies Ashton Hall as a medieval mansion formerly listed under Ashton with Stodday, while historical material records Ashton and Stodday as a manorial unit. The associated National Archives records, including medieval rent rolls and later rentals, are consistent with this identification.
Representative point: 54.00890, -2.82290
Basis: documented_manor_house — Ashton Hall is the documented medieval manor house and historic seat of the lord of the manor. The point is based on Historic England's listing location SD4616757303, cross-checked against mapped GPS positions for Ashton Hall.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The evidence establishes the manor house and the general historic association of Ashton and Stodday, but does not provide a sufficiently clear manor-specific perimeter. The former civil-parish or township boundary cannot safely be substituted for the manorial extent. References to lands in Scotforth occur in later historical and rental material, but do not by themselves establish the complete boundary of this exact manor record.
Sources:
- Ashton Hall, Thurnham - Historic England listing 1071756: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1071756 — Identifies Ashton Hall as a C14th mansion, gives National Grid Reference SD4616757303, and notes that it was formerly listed under Ashton with Stodday.
- Ashton Hall - Parks & Gardens UK: https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/ashton-hall — Identifies the site as a manor house and gives mapped coordinates approximately 54.0086891, -2.8227357; records the associated medieval deer park and gardens.
- Ashton with Stodday archaeological assessment: https://eprints.oxfordarchaeology.com/2291/1/L9436_CompleteReport.pdf — Summarises the Domesday and medieval history of Ashton with Stodday, including the early manorial holding and the grant of land at Ashton and revenues from the mill at Stodday.
- National Archives E179 record for Ashton, Stodday and Scotforth: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e179/details.asp?doc_id=15493&doc_ref=E179%2F132%2F352&piece_id=13811 — Provides historical fiscal-record evidence showing Ashton, Stodday and Scotforth as named manorial or assessment units in the same local context.
- National Archives record F244897: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F244897 — Registry authority record supplied for the exact manor name Ashton with Stodday Manor.
- National Archives rent roll DL 43/4/3: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14376620 — Medieval rent-roll research lead for the manor, dated 1399-1422.
- National Archives rental SC 12/19/7: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14328721 — Sixteenth-century rental research lead for the manor, dated 1509-1547.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- No reliable manor-specific historical boundary polygon was located.
- The former Ashton-with-Stodday township or civil-parish boundary must not be treated as the manor boundary without additional estate-map, survey, rental or parcel evidence.
- The representative point is suitable for locating the manor house and historic manorial centre, not for asserting the full territorial extent of the manor.