ALLINGTON MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry location and associated place identify Allington in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, and the supplied 1433, 1509 and 1561 court-roll leads are held under the Allington manor record series at Lincolnshire Archives. The documented Old Manor House in Allington is historically identified as a manor house and former residence of the lords of the manor. The identification is geographically distinct from other English manors named Allington.
Representative point: 52.9519, -0.7274
Basis: documented_manor_house — Historic England lists the Old Manor House, Manor Lane, Allington, at National Grid Reference SK 85597 40142. This converts to approximately 52.9519, -0.7274 WGS84. The building is a documented mid-seventeenth-century manor house and occupies the site associated with the historical Allington manor.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period: Medieval to early modern; extent not securely reconstructed
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The available evidence establishes the manor house and the general historical manorial landscape but does not supply a defensible perimeter for this exact manor. Allington historically contained more than one manor, and the later Allington tithing included intermingled demesne, copyhold, freehold, common-field and downland holdings. The 1799 enclosure evidence describes East Field, West Field, Allington meads and the western and eastern downs, but does not demonstrate that all of those areas belonged to this specific manor. The modern civil parish, ecclesiastical areas and the wider 2,070-acre combined East and West Allington area therefore cannot safely be substituted for the manor boundary.
Sources:
- The National Archives: Allington Manor, F291929: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F291929 — Registry record for the exact supplied manor entry.
- Lincolnshire Archives: Allington manor court roll, 1433, 1-ANC/3/25/1/1: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N17763412 — Contemporary court-roll lead associated with the Allington manor record.
- Historic England: Old Manor House, Allington, List Entry 1360036: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1360036 — Identifies the Grade II* Old Manor House in Allington, gives NGR SK 85597 40142, and describes it as a mid-seventeenth-century country house.
- Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer: Allington Medieval Settlement, MLI80077: https://heritage-explorer.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Monument/MLI80077 — Places the medieval settlement and field system around the Old Manor House and records earthworks east of the house, supporting the historical location but not a manor perimeter.
- South Kesteven District Council: Allington Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan: https://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-09/Allington_Conservation_Area_Appraisal___Management_Plan_2013_Review.pdf — States that the Manor House was originally the residence of the lords of the manor, records the historical division of Allington into East and West, and distinguishes the manor house from the later Allington Hall estate.
- Allington Manor: History: https://www.allingtonmanor.co.uk/history — Provides local historical context identifying the site with Allington Manor and noting that by the sixteenth century the surrounding land was divided into three manors, with the surviving estate identified as West Allington Manor.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The name Allington Manor is potentially ambiguous within the historical settlement because Allington was divided into multiple manors; the supplied registry and archive context were used to retain the Allington, Lincolnshire identification.
- No historically documented polygon for this exact manor was located in the available evidence.
- Do not use the modern civil parish, the combined East and West Allington area, the conservation area or the later Williamson/Welby estate as the manor boundary.