ABBOTTS ANN MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry record, TNA/MDR reference F237374, authority reference GB/NNAF/M167026, location at Abbotts Ann in Hampshire, and the historical description consistently identify the ecclesiastical manor historically called Ann or Anna, held by the New Minster/Hyde Abbey and distinct from Little Ann, the separate Wherwell Abbey estate.
Representative point: 51.18970, -1.52895
Basis: documented_manor_house — The Manor and East Manor House, Abbotts Ann, is a documented listed manor house in the historic village core. Historic England gives National Grid Reference SU 33013 43490, equivalent to approximately 51.18970, -1.52895 in WGS84.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The available evidence establishes the manor's location and historical landholding, including its Domesday assessment and separate relationship from Little Ann, but does not provide an accessible, sufficiently explicit perimeter for the manorial lands. The 1739 survey and map and the 1779 map are important archival leads, but the catalogue records alone do not justify reconstructing a polygon. The modern Abbotts Ann parish boundary cannot safely be substituted for the historical manor boundary.
Sources:
- The Manor and East Manor House, Abbotts Ann, Historic England list entry 1093102: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1093102 — Identifies the listed manor house at Abbotts Ann and gives National Grid Reference SU 33013 43490, supporting the representative point.
- Abbotts Ann Manor, TNA/MDR record F237374: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F237374 — Registry record identifying the exact manor, historical name Ann or Anna, Hyde Abbey/New Minster ownership, post-Dissolution Paulet ownership, and distinction from Little Ann.
- Survey of Abbotts Ann and Little Ann, 1739, Hampshire Archives, Copy/43: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14356621 — Archival lead for the historical territorial extent of Abbotts Ann Manor and the separate Little Ann estate; catalogue description records a 1739 survey.
- Map of Abbotts Ann and Little Ann, 1739, Hampshire Archives, 37M85/19/OT/2: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14371751 — Archival map lead potentially capable of defining the historical extent, but the catalogue record alone does not expose a verified boundary polygon.
- Map of Abbotts Ann and Little Ann, 1779, Hampshire Archives, 17M63/12: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14285928 — Later archival map lead for the two estates; no sufficiently accessible boundary depiction was available for safe polygon reconstruction.
- Abbotts Ann village history: https://www.abbottsann.com/our-village/history/ — Provides contextual evidence for the 903 charter, Domesday assessment, Hyde Abbey ownership, separate Little Ann holding, mills, and the historical landscape of the two estates.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The representative point is suitable for injection because it is based on the documented manor-house location, not a generic settlement centroid.
- No historical manor polygon is returned. The historical manorial extent should not be assumed to equal the modern civil parish, conservation area, settlement boundary, or later Red Rice estate.
- The 1739 and 1779 archival maps should be inspected directly at Hampshire Archives before attempting any future boundary reconstruction.