APPLETON WISKE MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The National Archives Manorial Documents Register record F243584 identifies APPLETON WISKE MANOR in Appleton Wiske, Yorkshire, with authority reference GB/NNAF/M169308. The associated North Yorkshire County Record Office rentals, enclosure material and 1805 perambulation are consistent with this same manor and its historical lands, not with another Appleton Wiske locality.
Representative point: 54.446970, -1.384918
Basis: supported_manorial_centre — The modern address Manor House, Manor Farm, Appleton Wiske, DL6 2AY provides the strongest surviving geographic indicator of the manorial centre. The postcode centroid is at 54.446970, -1.384918. This is treated as a supported manorial-centre point rather than a precisely documented surviving medieval manor-house coordinate because the accessible sources do not establish the historic building footprint or prove that the present structure is wholly continuous with the medieval manor house.
Point confidence: medium
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The record set demonstrates that a historical manor boundary existed: the North Yorkshire County Record Office catalogue includes an 1805 perambulation and 1790-1805 enclosure correspondence, plans and agreements concerning waste land. However, the accessible catalogue entries do not expose the perambulation route, mapped perimeter, parcel schedule or plan image. The published 1,865-acre figure for Appleton Wiske describes the historical township/chapelry and cannot safely be substituted for the manorial extent. No historically grounded polygon can therefore be reconstructed without inventing boundaries.
Sources:
- The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register: Appleton Wiske Manor, F243584: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F243584 — Registry record for the exact manor, with primary name, location and authority reference GB/NNAF/M169308.
- North Yorkshire County Record Office: 1805 perambulation, ZDG(A)/IV/4/2 mic 1310/581: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14316461 — Catalogue entry confirms the existence of a manor-related 1805 perambulation, potentially the key boundary evidence, but no route or plan is exposed in the accessible record.
- North Yorkshire County Record Office: enclosure correspondence, plans and agreements, 1790-1805: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14321553 — Catalogue entry confirms surviving plans and agreements concerning enclosure of waste land along the roadside, relevant to historical territorial extent but insufficiently detailed online for polygon reconstruction.
- North Yorkshire County Record Office: 1773-1778 rentals, ZDG(A)/IV/4/1 mic 1310/404: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14260132 — Manor rental catalogue entry supporting the existence of leasehold and freehold holdings associated with the manor.
- DL6 2AY geodata: https://www.getthedata.com/postcode/DL6-2AY — Provides postcode coordinates 54.446970, -1.384918 for the address area containing Manor House, Manor Farm, Appleton Wiske.
- Council Tax premises in DL6 2AY: https://counciltaxrates.info/dl62ay — Lists the specific premises Manor House, Manor Farm, Appleton Wiske, DL6 2AY, supporting its use as the best available manorial-centre indicator.
- Appleton Wiske Parish through time, Vision of Britain: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10388880 — Links Appleton Wiske with a manor unit in the historical administrative context and distinguishes it from the parish/chapelry record.
- Appleton Wiske, Kelly's Directory extract: https://forebears.io/england/yorkshire/appleton-wiske — Confirms the historical identity and ownership context of Appleton-upon-Wiske manor, while recording the 1,865-acre figure as the township/chapelry area rather than a proven manor polygon.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The representative point is suitable for locating the manor in geographic applications but should not be interpreted as a surveyed historic manor-house footprint.
- No boundary polygon is returned because the accessible sources do not reveal the 1805 perambulation route or the enclosure-plan geometry.
- The 1,865-acre historical area associated with Appleton Wiske is an administrative township/chapelry figure and must not be used as the manor boundary.
- The catalogue records should be consulted directly, or the underlying plans and perambulation requested from North Yorkshire County Record Office, before attempting boundary reconstruction.