ALVEDISTON MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry name, Alvediston location, TNA/MDR record F272875, and associated archival records all identify the Wiltshire manor of Alvediston, not the unrelated Alveston Manor in Warwickshire. Historic sources describe Alvediston Manor as the former Wilton Abbey holding later granted to Sir William Herbert and held by the Pembroke family until 1918.
Representative point: 51.0114, -2.0352
Basis: documented_manor_house — The Grade II listed building The Manor, Alvediston, is the surviving manor house associated with the manor. Historic England gives National Grid Reference ST9762323556, converted here to approximately 51.0114, -2.0352 WGS84.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period: Medieval to early modern manor; later estate configuration documented into the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: Available online evidence establishes the manor house and identifies component demesne and copyhold lands, including Church Farm and the later Elcombe Farm, but does not publish a defensible manor boundary polygon. The Wiltshire parish area and modern civil-parish boundary cannot be substituted for the historical manorial extent. The cited 1565-1566, 1666, and 1758 surveys may contain the necessary parcel-level evidence, but their plans or detailed contents were not available in the accessible catalogue results.
Sources:
- The Manor, Alvediston - Historic England listing 1130703: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1130703?section=overview — Identifies the surviving manor house, describes its historical character, and supplies NGR ST9762323556.
- Alvediston Community History - Wiltshire Council: https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/6 — States that Wilton Abbey held Alvediston, records the transfer to Sir William Herbert, describes the manor's demesne and copyhold development, and records the later division into Church and Elcombe farms.
- Alvediston - Wiltshire OPC Project: https://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/parishes/alvediston/ — Confirms the historical identity of Alvediston Manor and locates Alvediston Manor House near the church.
- TNA/MDR record F272875: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F272875 — Registry authority record for the exact manor entry supplied by the requester.
- Alvediston manor survey, 1565-1566, reference 2057/S/3: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N16164774 — Archival lead likely relevant to reconstructing the historical territorial extent, but the accessible catalogue entry does not expose a boundary plan.
- Alvediston manor survey, 1758, reference 2057/S/28: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N16167409 — Archival lead for the later manorial extent; no detailed boundary data was available in the accessible catalogue entry.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- No historically defensible manor boundary polygon was found in the accessible online evidence.
- The 2,534-acre modern civil parish was not used as a proxy for the manor.
- The representative point is the documented surviving manor house, not a calculated centre of the historical manorial lands.
- Inspection or digitisation of the 1565-1566 and 1758 surveys, associated maps, rentals, or enclosure/tithe plans would be required for a supported polygon.