ASTON BY STONE MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry name, Staffordshire location, TNA/MDR record F256278, authority reference GB/NNAF/M274319, and the associated 1686 and 1805 court-roll references all identify the manor of Aston by Stone near Stone, Staffordshire. The Staffordshire archive guide independently lists Aston by Stone with court rolls for 1686 and 1805 at SRO D1798/663/27-28.
Representative point: 52.8841, -2.1283
Basis: documented_manor_house — Aston Hall, Aston-by-Stone, stands on the ancient moated manorial site and is identified by Historic England at National Grid Reference SJ9148531684. The site is historically associated with the manor house and later Aston Hall.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The available web evidence establishes the manor-house site and provides references to surveys, rentals, court rolls, a 1845 township tithe map, and a 1942 Stone Aston Estate sale map, but does not expose a sufficiently clear, source-supported perimeter for the historical manorial land. The Aston-by-Stone township, parish, civil-parish, modern settlement, or estate-sale extent must not be substituted for the manor boundary.
Sources:
- Aston Hall, Stone — National Heritage List for England, List Entry 1432002: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1432002 — Identifies Aston Hall at Aston-by-Stone, gives National Grid Reference SJ9148531684, and records the ancient moated site and its historical development as the manor-house site.
- Aston-by-Stone – Holy Michael Archangel, Taking Stock: https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/aston-by-stone-holy-michael-archangel/ — Describes Aston Hall as occupying an ancient site delineated by a large dry moat and records the succession of the Heveningham, Simeon and Weld families and the rebuilding of the hall.
- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archives Service: Guide to Sources No. 7 — Manorial Records: https://staffordshirehistorycentre.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/guide-to-sources-no.7-manorial-records-2021.pdf — Lists ASTON by STONE and the 1686 and 1805 court rolls under Staffordshire Record Office reference D1798/663/27-28.
- Stone, Staffordshire: Aston etc township tithe map, 1845: https://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/Details.aspx?PageIndex=14&ResourceID=42606&SearchType=2&ThemeID=774 — Confirms the existence of a detailed 1845 Aston township tithe map, potentially useful for future parcel-level reconstruction, but the accessible record does not provide a manor-specific boundary.
- Staffordshire: Particulars and Plans of the Stone Aston Estate near Stone, 1942: https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/volume/SB00006 — Records a sale volume containing a location map for the Stone Aston Estate and identifies Aston Hall Farm, Aston House, Aston Lodge Farm, Aston Mill Farm, Aston Pool Farm and associated properties; it does not by itself establish the medieval or early-modern manor boundary.
- TNA/MDR record F256278 — Aston by Stone Manor: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F256278 — Registry record supplied for the exact manor identity.
- Survey of demesne, 1612 — MS.DD.Weld c.10/1: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14723002 — Registry-linked survey reference for the manor's demesne.
- Surveys, 1642–1647 — MS.DD.Weld c.10/1: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14723353 — Registry-linked survey references for the manor.
- Rental fragment, 1664 — MS.DD.Weld c.10/1: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14723620 — Registry-linked rental reference for the manor's holdings.
- Court roll, 1686 — D1798/663/27: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14723864 — Registry-linked court-roll reference, matching the Staffordshire archive guide.
- Survey and valuation, 1801 — MS.DD.Weld c.18/5: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14725400 — Registry-linked survey and valuation reference for the manor.
- Court roll, 1805 — D1798/663/28: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14725453 — Registry-linked court-roll reference, matching the Staffordshire archive guide.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The representative point is suitable for locating the documented manor-house site at Aston Hall, not for asserting the full territorial extent of the manor.
- No historically defensible manor-specific polygon was found in the accessible evidence.
- Aston Hall's present footprint and the later Stone Aston Estate are not necessarily identical to the historical manorial extent.