BADDESLEY CLINTON MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry record, authority GB/NNAF/M229085, location at Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire, and the associated medieval and early-modern court rolls, rentals, accounts and estreats all correspond to the historically documented manor of Baddesley Clinton, whose surviving manor house is Baddesley Clinton Hall.
Representative point: 52.3409, -1.7085
Basis: documented_manor_house — Baddesley Clinton House and bridge over moat is identified by Historic England as the manor house, with listed National Grid Reference SP 19950 71467. The converted WGS84 position is approximately 52.3409, -1.7085.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The evidence confirms the manor-house site and documents a 1699 Baddesley Clinton estate map, including named park enclosures such as the Hithermost Peece of ye Parke, Lane Peece, Barne Field, Midle Peece, Further Peece of the Parke and Churchfield. However, the available sources do not publish a sufficiently explicit perimeter for the whole historical manorial landholding. The registered park and modern civil-parish boundaries cannot safely be substituted for the manor extent.
Sources:
- Baddesley Clinton House and Bridge Over Moat, Baddesley Clinton – Historic England listing 1035136: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1035136 — Identifies the building as a manor house, records its historical ownership and development, and gives National Grid Reference SP 19950 71467.
- Baddesley Clinton Hall – Historic England Register of Parks and Gardens entry 1001186: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1001186 — Describes the moated medieval manor house and summarizes the 1699 estate plan and named park enclosures, while distinguishing the documented parkland from the wider historical estate.
- Baddesley Clinton estate map, 1699 – National Trust Collections object 343312: https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/343312 — Confirms the existence of a hand-drawn and coloured 1699 estate map of Baddesley Clinton.
- Baddesley Clinton Hall – Warwickshire Museum Historic Environment Record WA2643: https://timetrail.warwickshire.gov.uk/detail.aspx?monuid=WA2643 — Records the site of Baddesley Clinton Hall as a medieval and post-medieval manor house in Baddesley Clinton parish.
- TNA/MDR record F241120: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F241120 — Registry authority record for Baddesley Clinton Manor, authority/reference GB/NNAF/M229085.
- Baddesley Clinton manor records, including court rolls and rentals – Shakespeare Birthplace Trust holdings via The National Archives: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14264037 — Provides an archival lead for the associated Baddesley Clinton manorial records; the related sequence includes court rolls, rentals, bailiff's accounts and estreats from the medieval and early-modern periods.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- A defensible manor-house location has been established, but no reliable complete polygon for the historical manorial territory was found in the available evidence.
- The Historic England registered park boundary is not equivalent to the full historical manor extent and has therefore not been returned as a manor polygon.