ALTRINCHAM MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The National Archives record F286799 is the registry record for Altrincham Manor, located at Altrincham, Cheshire. The associated court rolls, verdicts, suit rolls and court books in the Grey family papers are consistent with the manorial jurisdiction later held by the Earls of Stamford and Warrington. Alfred Ingham's history explicitly identifies the Earl of Stamford and Warrington as Lord of the Manor of Altrincham and records manorial waste at Broadheath. The manor should not be conflated with the separate manor and estate of Dunham Massey, although the Stamford lords' principal seat was at Dunham Hall.
Representative point: 53.3890, -2.3505
Basis: supported_manorial_centre — The Old Market Place is the historic heart of Altrincham's planned medieval borough and market, established under the 1290 charter of the lord of the manor. Manorial and borough courts were exercised in the town, making the Old Market Place area the best defensible representative point for Altrincham Manor where no documented manor-house site has been identified.
Point confidence: medium
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The evidence establishes the manor's location and jurisdictional association with the historic town of Altrincham, and identifies individual manorial lands such as Broadheath, but does not provide a sufficiently explicit, source-backed perimeter of the historical manorial land. The medieval borough, parish, township, civil parish, modern Trafford boundary and later Stamford estate must not be substituted for the manor boundary.
Sources:
- The National Archives: Altrincham Manor, record F286799: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F286799 — Registry identity, authority/reference GB/NNAF/M312841 and location Altrincham, Cheshire.
- A history of Altrincham and Bowdon, with an account of the Barony and house of Dunham, Alfred Ingham, 1879: https://www.altrinchamheritage.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/History-of-Altrincham-and-Bowdon-Alfred-Ingham-1879.pdf — Identifies the Earl of Stamford and Warrington as Lord of the Manor of Altrincham; records the 1755 Broadheath grant as waste belonging to the Earl in that capacity and describes the town's manorial court and borough institutions.
- Altrincham Heritage: Extra Maps & Plans: https://www.altrinchamheritage.com/?page_id=16 — Provides access to the 1790/1799 Stamford property plan of Altrincham, reproduced from GB 133 EGR11/5/11. It supports the historic association of substantial Altrincham land with the Stamford lordship, but does not by itself establish a complete manor perimeter.
- Historic England: 2, 2A, 4A and 4 Old Market Place, Altrincham: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1120933 — Gives a precise National Grid Reference in the Old Market Place area, supporting the representative coordinate for the historic market-centre of Altrincham.
- National Trust Heritage Records: Dunham Massey Hall: https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?skin=printerfriendly&uid=MNA120573 — Confirms the historic manorial connection of the Stamford/Dunham estate and notes the early extent of Dunham Massey Hall; useful for distinguishing the lord's principal seat from the separate Altrincham Manor jurisdiction.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- No reliable source located supplies a complete polygon for the historical manorial land of Altrincham Manor.
- The representative point is a historically supported town/manorial centre, not a surviving manor-house location.
- The Old Market Place, historic borough, parish, township and modern administrative boundaries are not interchangeable with the manor's territorial extent.
- Broadheath is documented as manorial waste in 1755, but that isolated parcel is insufficient to reconstruct the full manor boundary.