ASTON BY BUDWORTH MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry name ASTON BY BUDWORTH MANOR matches the historical form Aston juxta Budworth. The National Archives record F286812 and associated court-roll, rental, survey and valuation references consistently place this manor at Aston by Budworth in Cheshire. Nineteenth-century descriptions identify the manor of Aston juxta Budworth and distinguish it from other manors in the township, including Wethall.
Representative point: 53.2991, -2.4858
Basis: documented_manor_house — Aston Park is a Grade II* listed former manor house at Aston by Budworth. Local historical material states that the present 1715 Aston Park house stands on the site of the original manor, providing the best surviving location for the manor house and manorial centre.
Point confidence: medium
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The available web evidence establishes the manor's location and ownership context but does not publish a sufficiently clear historical boundary for Aston juxta Budworth Manor. The township's recorded area, approximately 2,859–2,957 acres in nineteenth- and eighteenth-century sources, cannot safely be substituted for the manorial extent because sources also identify other proprietors and separate manors within the township. The surviving National Archives and Warburton archive references to surveys, rentals, valuations and maps are promising evidence leads, but their actual boundary contents were not available in the accessible catalogue records.
Sources:
- The National Archives: Aston by Budworth Manor, F286812: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F286812 — Registry authority record identifying the exact manor record and the reference F286812.
- The National Archives: Aston by Budworth survey, WAR/Box 25/Folder 2: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N17258100 — Catalogue record for a 1660 survey associated with the Warburton archive; useful lead for reconstructing the manorial extent, but the catalogue entry does not expose the survey map or perimeter.
- Aston By Budworth Parish Council: Places of Interest: https://www.astonbybudworthpc.co.uk/local-information/places-of-interest.php — States that the present Queen Anne house known as Aston Park, built in 1715, stands on the site of the original manor; also gives the historical Warburton ownership context.
- Historic England: Aston Park, Aston By Budworth, List Entry 1139509: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1139509 — Authoritative identification of Aston Park as a 1715 Grade II* country house at Aston by Budworth; the listed building location corresponds to the representative point.
- British Listed Buildings: Aston Park, Aston by Budworth: https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101139509-aston-park-aston-by-budworth — Provides the listed building grid reference SJ67717811 and coordinates approximately 53.299, -2.4858, used for the representative GPS point.
- Arley Hall Archives: Aston-by-Budworth in 1744: https://www.arleyhallarchives.org/map4.htm — Identifies an estate map of Aston-by-Budworth dating from 1744, a potentially relevant source for reconstructing historical parcels and extent, but the accessible page does not provide a machine-readable manor boundary.
- Four North Cheshire Townships in the 18th Century: https://www.hslc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/141-5-Foster.pdf — Scholarly study based partly on Arley Hall archive maps and rentals; describes Aston by Budworth as a township of about 2,957 acres and provides context for Warburton landholding without proving that the township boundary equals the manor boundary.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- Do not inject a polygon based on the modern civil-parish or historical township boundary.
- The representative point identifies the documented surviving manor-house site at Aston Park, not the full historical extent of the manor.
- Aston by Budworth contained other estates and manors, including Wethall, and later sources identify additional proprietors; therefore township acreage is not a reliable proxy for the manor's territorial boundary.