ASTON SOMERVILLE MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry record, TNA/MDR reference F241028, authority GB/NNAF/M225690, and the associated place Aston Somerville identify the historic manor of Aston Somerville in the former county of Gloucestershire, now Worcestershire. Independent historical descriptions state that the manor was held by the Somerville family for more than six centuries, consistent with this exact manor record and its 1481-1483 rental and 1546-1549 court-roll references.
Representative point: 52.043154, -1.937280
Basis: documented_manor_house — Manor Farm, School Road, Aston Somerville, is identified in the Historic England archive as a circa-1700 manor house. The coordinate corresponds to the documented Manor Farm property at National Grid reference SP043383.
Point confidence: medium
Boundary status: insufficient
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The available web evidence establishes the manor's location and historical identity but does not provide a manor-specific map, survey, rental plan, terrier, or explicit perimeter for the manorial land. The 993-acre historical parish area cannot safely be substituted for the manor extent.
Sources:
- The National Archives: Aston Somerville Manor, MDR record F241028: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F241028 — Registry/MDR record supplied for the exact manor; the page is the authoritative record reference, although its details require JavaScript access.
- The National Archives: 1481-1483 rental, with other manors, reference W53: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14294668 — Existing registry research lead showing a medieval rental associated with the manor.
- The National Archives: 1546-1549 court rolls, reference SC 2/175/73: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14348075 — Existing registry research lead showing early Tudor manorial court rolls associated with Aston Somerville.
- Manor Farm—Built circa 1700, Historic England Archive, OS71/F5/11A: https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/item/OS71/F5/11A — Identifies Manor Farm at Aston Somerville as a manor house and dates the building approximately to 1700.
- Map of WR12 7JE, Manor Farm, Aston Somerville: https://www.doogal.co.uk/ShowMap?postcode=WR12+7JE — Places Manor Farm, School Road, Aston Somerville at latitude 52.043154, longitude -1.937280, grid reference SP043383.
- Aston Somerville historical description: https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place%3AAston_Somerville%2C_Gloucestershire%2C_England — Reproduces the 1870-1872 historical gazetteer description stating that the manor had been held by the Somerville family for upwards of six centuries and records the former Gloucestershire location.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The administrative location changed from Gloucestershire to Worcestershire in 1931; this does not alter the historic manor identity.
- The representative point is based on the surviving/documented Manor Farm manor-house site, not a modern parish or civil-administrative centre.
- No defensible historical manorial boundary polygon was found; do not inject a boundary from the parish, ward, postcode, modern estate, or present-day property boundary.