BADBURY MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry record, TNA/MDR reference F273050, authority GB/NNAF/M291112, associated place Chiseldon, and the linked Wiltshire archive court-book descriptions all identify the historic manor of Badbury in Chiseldon, Wiltshire. Local historical evidence records Badbury, also written Badeberie, as a manor held by Glastonbury Abbey from at least the late 10th century and identifies the surviving house known as The Manor, formerly Badbury House, as the manor-house site.
Representative point: 51.5226, -1.7194
Basis: documented_manor_house — The Manor, Badbury, is a Grade II listed historic house at OS Grid Reference SU 19564 80448. Historic England identifies it as The Manor in the parish of Chiseldon; the Swindon Borough Council appraisal describes it as the village's principal historic building and formerly Badbury House.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The accessible evidence establishes the manor's location and historical status but does not provide a manor-specific legal or reconstructed perimeter. The Badbury Conservation Area is explicitly drawn around the historic settlement pattern and excludes surrounding agricultural land; it therefore cannot safely be substituted for the medieval or later manorial extent. The evidence that Badbury contained 20 hides in Domesday Book describes its assessed extent but does not supply enough mapped boundary information to construct a defensible polygon.
Sources:
- The National Archives: BADBURY MANOR, TNA/MDR record F273050: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F273050 — Registry record for the exact manor, associated with Chiseldon, Wiltshire, under authority/reference GB/NNAF/M291112.
- Historic England, The Manor, Badbury, List Entry 1184296: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1184296 — Official listing for The Manor, Badbury, Chiseldon, at OS Grid Reference SU 19564 80448; this supplies the documented manor-house location used for the representative point.
- Swindon Borough Council, Badbury Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan: https://www.swindon.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/5146/conservation_area_appraisal_for_badbury.pdf — Places Badbury in Chiseldon, records the manor's historical succession, states that the surviving house was formerly Badbury House, and notes that a local depression northwest of the house may mark an earlier manor-house site. It also states that the conservation-area boundary is tightly drawn to the historic settlement pattern, not the surrounding rural land.
- Victoria County History, A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 9, 'Parishes: Chiseldon': https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol9/pp6-23 — Authoritative parish history cited by the local council appraisal and other references for Badbury's medieval and post-medieval manor history.
- Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Badbury manor court book, 1640-1647, reference 117/1: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N16165732 — Archive catalogue reference confirming the existence of the Badbury manor court records used as a research lead for the same manor.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- No reliable manor-specific boundary map, survey, rental map, enclosure plan, or parcel reconstruction was located in the accessible evidence.
- Do not use the modern Chiseldon civil-parish boundary, Badbury Conservation Area boundary, or the hamlet footprint as the historical manorial boundary.
- The representative point identifies the surviving documented manor-house site; a local source mentions a possible earlier manor-house site northwest of it, but that location is not sufficiently documented for safe coordinate injection.