BARKINGTON MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry name Barkington matches the documented Devon manor of Barkington in Staverton parish and Haytor hundred. Local historical material identifies Barkington/Barkingdon as a separate manor in Staverton, while modern property, archaeological and mapping records identify the surviving manor house as Barkingdon Manor. The supplied TNA/MDR record and associated Devon archive references are therefore consistent with this exact manor.
Representative point: 50.47652, -3.72235
Basis: documented_manor_house — Coordinates correspond to the mapped Barkingdon Manor building, located at approximately Ordnance Survey grid reference SX 778 655. Heritage Gateway independently places Barkingdon Manor House at SX 778 655, and local historical material states that the present manor house stands very close to the earlier manor-house site.
Point confidence: medium
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The available web evidence establishes the manor-house location and confirms that Barkingdon/Barkington was a distinct manor, but does not provide a sufficiently explicit, manor-specific perimeter. Medieval inquisitions record holdings associated jointly with Barkingdon and Sparkwell, including six messuages, 140 acres of land, 2 acres of meadow, 30 acres of pasture and 4 acres of wood, but these figures cannot safely be converted into a Barkington-only boundary. Parish, postcode, modern estate and current property boundaries were not substituted for the historical manorial extent.
Sources:
- The National Archives: Barkington Manor, MDR record F276431: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F276431 — Supplied registry record for the manor and authority/reference GB/NNAF/M294489.
- The National Archives: Barkington Manor court roll, 1620-1623, reference 53/6/Box 47: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N16429713 — Supplied Devon archive research lead directly associated with the manor.
- The National Archives: survey with other manors, 1735, reference 49/9/1/488: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N16432346 — Supplied Devon archive research lead potentially relevant to the manor's territorial extent.
- GENUKI Devon Manors, names A-C: https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/DevonManors/list1 — Lists Barkington as a manor in Staverton parish and Haytor hundred.
- Staverton and Landscove history: Barkingdon: https://www.staverton.org/landscove-pages/history-pages/ — Identifies Barkingdon as a separate manor, states that the present manor house was built in 1874 close to the original, and discusses its historical relationship with Sparkwell.
- Heritage Gateway: Socket stone at Barkingdon Manor, Staverton, HER MDV121521: https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?resourceID=104&uid=MDV121521 — Places Barkingdon Manor House at grid reference SX 778 655 in Staverton parish.
- Mapping the Medieval Countryside: Barkingdon and Sparkwell holdings: https://inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/25-560/561.html — Records the medieval combined Barkingdon and Sparkwell holding as six messuages, 140 acres of land, 2 acres of meadow, 30 acres of pasture and 4 acres of wood; useful extent evidence but not sufficient to isolate a Barkington-only polygon.
- Mapcarta: Barkingdon Manor: https://mapcarta.com/W170352268 — Maps the present Barkingdon Manor building and provides coordinates 50.47652, -3.72235.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The historical manor is recorded under variant forms including Barkington, Barkingdon and Berkedon.
- The medieval acreage evidence located is for Barkingdon and Sparkwell jointly, so it does not justify a separate Barkington manor polygon.
- No reliable manor-specific boundary map, rental map, survey plan or reconstructed perimeter was found in the available evidence.
- The representative point is suitable for identifying the manor house/site, but not as a proxy for the full historical territorial extent.