ALLEXTON MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The Allexton record is securely identified by the matching historical names: the larger medieval manor at Allexton was known as Bakepuz/Bakepuiz Manor, while the smaller manor was known as Hakelut's or Hackluit's Manor. The archival and historical sources place both within Allexton, Leicestershire, and distinguish them from similarly named manors elsewhere.
Representative point: 52.5965, -0.7962
Basis: documented_manor_site — The documented medieval moated manor-house site at Allexton, south of the Eye Brook and north of the village, is identified by Historic England as having a 13th-century house and garden and documentary evidence for a bridge by 1297. Its published location is National Grid Reference SK 81637 00533.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period: Medieval and early modern manor; exact period of the requested territorial extent not established
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The evidence confirms the manor-house site and establishes that Allexton contained two medieval manors, the larger Bakepuiz manor and the smaller Hackluit's manor, later held conjointly. The available sources do not provide a sufficiently clear manor-wide perimeter or mapped parcel schedule. The 1600-1650 survey reference is a strong archival lead, but its accessible catalogue record does not expose a boundary map or enough parcel detail to reconstruct the manorial extent. The civil parish, conservation area, estate grounds, and scheduled-monument boundary were therefore not substituted for the historical manor boundary.
Sources:
- Historic England: Moated site at Allexton, List Entry 1010920: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1010920 — Official scheduled-monument record locating the medieval moated manor site at SK 81637 00533 and stating that the 13th-century moat had a house and garden, with documentary evidence for a bridge by 1297.
- John Nichols, Antiquities of the County of Leicester, Allexton entry: https://leicester.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/api/collection/p15407coll6/id/6258/download — Historical account identifying the larger or superior Allexton manor as Bakepuz/Bakepuiz Manor, describing the Allexton lordship and medieval tenurial evidence.
- V. McLoughlin, Medieval Rothley, Leicestershire: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/pstorage-leicester-213265548798/18176741/ThesisVMcLoughlin.pdf — Scholarly discussion stating that Allexton had two medieval manors, the larger known as Bakepuz manor and the smaller as Hakelut's manor, and noting the manor house and moated site.
- The National Archives, F285119: AllexTON Manor: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F285119 — Registry authority record for the exact manor entry researched.
- Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Record Office survey reference 35'29/39: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N17009192 — Catalogue record for the 1600-1650 survey held by the county record office; useful evidence lead for possible manorial extent, but the online record does not expose a usable boundary map.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The historical evidence indicates two medieval manors at Allexton, later held conjointly; the registry name may encompass the principal Bakepuiz manor record while Hackluit's Manor is a related historical division.
- No defensible manor-wide polygon was found. The returned point identifies the documented medieval manorial centre/site, not the full territorial extent.
- The scheduled-monument boundary around the moated site is archaeological-protection legislation and is not the boundary of the historical manor.