ALLER MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry name and the saved historical names identify the manor of Aller in Abbotskerswell parish, Devon. Independent Devon sources explicitly equate Aller with Over Aller and Branscombes Aller, distinguish it from other Devon manors named Aller, and describe its descent through the Bagtors, Branscombes, Scobhulls, Speccots and Bealys. The Devon Historic Environment Record identifies the associated historic manor-house site at Aller and records the Domesday estate of Alra.
Representative point: 50.5087, -3.5848
Basis: documented_manor_site — Approximate WGS84 conversion of OS grid reference SX 877 689 for the recorded Aller Manor House site. The Devon HER places the remains east of Aller Farm and notes that the exact location is uncertain; therefore this is a site-level representative point rather than a precise surviving building location.
Point confidence: medium
Boundary status: insufficient
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The available evidence establishes the manor's location and historical identity but does not provide a defensible perimeter for the manorial land. The Abbotskerswell parish boundary, modern civil-parish boundary, and the wider Aller settlement cannot safely be substituted for the historical manor extent.
Sources:
- Devon and Dartmoor Historic Environment Record: Aller Manor House, Kingskerswell, HER MDV21725: https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?resourceID=104&uid=MDV21725 — Records Aller Manor House at OS grid reference SX 877 689; identifies the site with the Aller Domesday estate and notes surviving old cob walls east of Aller Farm as remains of the original manor.
- Magna Britannia, Devonshire, Part II: Abbots Carswell / Aller: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Magna_Britannia%3B_being_a_Concise_Topographical_Account_of_the_Several_Counties_of_Great_Britain%2C_Vol._VI-_containing_Devonshire%2C_Part_II_%28IA_dli.granth.75056%29.pdf — States that the manor of Aller was formerly called Over Aller or Branscombes Aller and summarizes its medieval and early-modern ownership history.
- GENUKI Devon Manor Names: Aller: https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/DevonManors/list1 — Lists Aller, Over Aller and Branscombes Aller together as one manor in Abbotskerswell parish and Haytor hundred.
- The National Archives: Aller Manor record F276383: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F276383 — Registry record supplied for the exact manor identity.
- The National Archives: 1591 court roll, Add Roll 64569: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N16429006 — Existing British Library court-roll reference supplied as a documentary lead for this manor.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The representative point is based on the documented historic manor-house site at SX 877 689, whose exact building location is reported as uncertain.
- No historically documented manor-land boundary or mapped estate perimeter was found in the available evidence.
- Do not use the Abbotskerswell parish, Kingskerswell civil-parish, modern settlement, or current landholding boundaries as the manor polygon.