ASTON JUXTA MONDRUM MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry name, historical form “Aston in Mondrem,” location in Aston juxta Mondrum, Cheshire, and the associated 1615–1743 court records all identify the Cheshire manor historically styled Aston in Mondrem or Aston juxta Mondrum. Medieval evidence records Aston as a manor held successively by the Minshull and Dutton families, and a 1360 extent explicitly records a manor-house at Aston.
Representative point: 53.1086, -2.5291
Basis: documented_manor_house — Approximate WGS84 position of Aston Hall/Aston Lower Hall on Dairy Lane, Aston juxta Mondrum. Historical evidence identifies Aston Hall as the manorial house associated with Aston juxta Mondrum; the coordinate is based on the modern postcode location for the Aston Hall complex rather than a surveyed historic-house point.
Point confidence: medium
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period: Medieval to early modern; specifically evidenced by the 1360 extent and later court records
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The available evidence establishes the manor’s location and identifies a manor-house at Aston, but does not provide a sufficiently recoverable manor-specific perimeter. The 1360 extent records demesne land and leasehold rents, while later sources associate Aston Hall with the manor; neither supplies a mapped boundary. The c.1,255-acre township area reported for Aston juxta Mondrum has not been substituted for the manorial extent because a township or parish boundary is not necessarily identical to the manor.
Sources:
- The National Archives, Manor Records: Aston juxta Mondrum Manor, F286814: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F286814 — Registry record identifying the exact manor and authority/reference GB/NNAF/M312856.
- British Library, Add MS 36920: court procedures with other manors: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N17257712 — Existing registry research lead for Aston juxta Mondrum manor court material dated 1615–1743.
- British Library, Add MS 36920: court book with other manors: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N17257717 — Existing registry research lead for the manor’s court book dated 1615–1743.
- The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, volume 125: https://rslc.org.uk/api/file/Vol_125.pdf — Discusses the 1360 extent of Aston-juxta-Mondrum and Church Minshull, explicitly recording a manor-house at Aston, leasehold tenants, rents, and demesne land.
- Worleston Dairy Institute – Nantwich History: https://nantwichhistory.wordpress.com/worleston-dairy-institute/ — Identifies Aston Hall at Worleston as being in Aston-Juxta-Mondrem and places the later dairy institute on the Aston Hall estate.
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue, Add Ch 49786–49881: https://searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/037-002149955 — Catalogue description for deeds relating to Aston-juxta-Mondrum, Worleston, and associated Cheshire properties, supporting the historical identification of the Aston estate context.
- CW5 6DS postcode coordinates: https://www.doogal.co.uk/UKPostcodes?Search=CW5+6 — Provides the approximate modern WGS84 coordinate 53.108587, -2.529062 for the Aston Hall/Dairy Lane postcode area used for the representative point.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- No defensible manor-specific historical polygon was located in the accessible evidence.
- The representative coordinate is approximate and should not be interpreted as the exact surviving medieval house footprint.
- Do not use the modern civil-parish or township boundary as the manor boundary without locating a manor-specific map, rental, survey, enclosure record, or mapped extent.