ASTWICK MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry location and associated place Evenley, Northamptonshire, match the documented Astwick in Evenley parish. Historic England identifies Astwick as a manor of Evenley, while the Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record identifies the surviving deserted settlement and moated manorial site as Astwick. The Magdalen College archival court roll and account references supplied with the record are consistent with this Northamptonshire manor.
Representative point: 52.0052, -1.1674
Basis: documented_manor_site — Approximate centre of the documented moated enclosure at Astwick, identified by Historic England and the Northamptonshire HER as the probable site of the medieval manor house. The point is derived from HER grid reference SP 5725 3440 and is approximate because no building survives on the central platform.
Point confidence: medium
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The evidence securely locates the manor house/manorial centre and the associated deserted settlement, but does not provide a reliable perimeter for the historical manorial landholding. The scheduled monument boundary is an archaeological protection boundary covering the village earthworks and moat, not demonstrably the full medieval manor. No defensible manor-land polygon has therefore been returned.
Sources:
- Historic England, Site of the medieval village of Astwick and the moated site 1500yds SW of Evenley village, NHLE 1002898: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1002898 — Identifies Astwick as a manor of Evenley, records the former moated manor-house site, describes the surviving settlement extent, and gives the location as approximately SP 5700734169.
- Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record, Monument 155: Astwick: https://her.northamptonshire.gov.uk/Monument/MNN3310 — Identifies Astwick as a deserted medieval village and moated manor in Evenley parish; records the likely manor-house enclosure and gives the centred location SP 570 342.
- Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record, Monument 155/1/1: Medieval Moat, Astwick: https://her.northamptonshire.gov.uk/Monument/MNN117111 — Records the medieval moat associated with Astwick and gives the more precise centred grid reference SP 5725 3440 used to estimate the representative point.
- The National Archives, ASTWICK MANOR, TNA/MDR record F278761: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F278761 — Registry record for the exact manor supplied by the requester.
- The National Archives, court roll for 1330-1333, EP35/48: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N16462655 — Archival research lead supplied for the Astwick Manor record, held by Magdalen College Archives.
- The National Archives, view of account for 1539-1540, EP36/2-5: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N16464207 — Archival research lead supplied for the Astwick Manor record, held by Magdalen College Archives.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- Do not substitute the modern parish of Evenley or the scheduled-monument boundary for the historical territorial extent of Astwick Manor.
- The representative point marks the probable moated manor-house site, not a surviving standing manor house.
- The available web evidence does not establish the full medieval manorial land perimeter; a historical estate map, rental with mapped parcels, or archival enclosure/tithe reconstruction would be required for a defensible polygon.