ALDERLEY MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The supplied TNA/MDR record F241026 is specifically for Alderley Manor in Alderley, Gloucestershire, and its associated court rolls, surveys, rentals and maps consistently concern the same Gloucestershire manor. The historical forms Alderleigh and Alrelie are consistent with the documented historical names of Alderley; the archive evidence is distinct from the unrelated Alderley manors in Cheshire.
Representative point: 51.6152, -2.3363
Basis: documented_manor_site — Alderley House is documented at National Grid Reference ST 76812 90765. The present nineteenth-century house occupies the site associated with the Hale family’s manor-house complex; the Hale estate acquired Alderley Manor in 1599, and a later manor house was built nearby in the seventeenth century. This is the best surviving documented manorial centre for the record.
Point confidence: medium
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period: Medieval to nineteenth century; surviving record series includes maps from 1767, 1825 and 1839
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The archive catalogue confirms the existence of manor-specific surveys, rentals and maps, including maps shared with the manor of Wortley and other manors. However, the accessible evidence does not expose a sufficiently legible, source-backed perimeter or parcel schedule from which the historical manorial boundary can be reconstructed reliably. The civil or ancient parish boundary of Alderley must not be substituted for the manor boundary.
Sources:
- The National Archives, Manor record F241026: Alderley Manor: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F241026 — Primary TNA/MDR authority record identifying the exact manor record and its Gloucestershire location.
- Historic England, Alderley House, listing 1340687: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1340687 — Provides the documented location of Alderley House at NGR ST 76812 90765, equivalent to approximately 51.6152, -2.3363, in Alderley parish.
- Historic England, Alderley Grange, listing 1000751: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000751 — States that Robert Hale acquired the manor of Alderley in 1599 and that a Hale house was built in Alderley in 1608, documenting the historic Hale manorial centre and its continuity within the village.
- Gloucestershire Archives, Manorial Records research guide: https://catalogue.gloucestershire.gov.uk/guides/manorial — Explains that manor surveys, terriers and estate maps can document manorial boundaries, supporting use of the supplied survey, rental and map references while confirming that a boundary should not be inferred from a modern administrative unit.
- Yale University Beinecke Library, Documents concerning Alderley Manor, Gloucestershire, 1581-1694: https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.osborn.fa13.htm — Independent archival description explicitly identifies documents concerning Alderley Manor, Gloucestershire, including court rolls and records of Alderley Manor, and links the manor to the Poyntz and Hale families.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- No defensible historical manor polygon was established from the accessible online evidence.
- The Alderley civil or ancient parish boundary, including the approximately 878-898 acre parish area cited in later gazetteers, has not been used as a proxy for the manorial extent.
- The representative point is suitable for locating the manor record but should not be interpreted as the full extent of the historical manor.