ASH MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry record's Ash, Surrey location and Winchester College archive leads match the documented Ash manor house at Ash Green, Surrey. Historic records identify Ash Manor as a Chertsey Abbey holding later granted to Winchester College, consistent with the supplied 1278–1923 rentals, court rolls, valuations, accounts and enfranchisement records. The documented manor house is a moated site at OS grid reference SU 9012 5041.
Representative point: 51.24582, -0.71012
Basis: documented_manor_house — Ash Manor and Old Manor Cottage, Ash Green: documented Grade II* moated manor house; Historic England and heritage records identify the house and site at SU 9012 5041. Coordinates correspond to the documented building/site.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The sources establish the manor-house site and describe its immediate moated complex, farmstead and surrounding agricultural setting, but no accessible source provides a defensible polygon for the historical manorial landholding. The modern parish, civil parish, listed-building curtilage or wider Ash Green area has not been substituted for the manor's territorial extent.
Sources:
- The National Archives, Ash Manor record F245023: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F245023 — Registry identity, authority reference GB/NNAF/M170560 and associated Ash, Surrey location.
- Historic England: Ash Manor and Old Manor Cottage, Ash, List Entry 1294794: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1294794 — Documents the Grade II* moated manor house at Ash Green and identifies the Victoria County History and Surrey Domestic Buildings Research Group as sources.
- Heritage Gateway: Ash Manor, Historic Environment Record UID 250868: https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?resourceID=19191&uid=250868 — Gives OS grid reference SU 9012 5041, describes the surviving square homestead moat and manor house, and records the medieval royal/manorial history.
- The Gatehouse Gazetteer: Ash Manor: https://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/4456.html — Identifies Ash Manor with historical names including Henley on the Heath, Henley by Guildford and South Henley, and gives coordinates 51.24582, -0.71012.
- Planning Inspectorate appeal decision: Land at Ash Manor, Ash Green Road, Ash: https://www.bristol.gov.uk/files/documents/5500-land-at-ash-manor-ash-green-road-ash-guildford/file — Describes the surviving moat, the Ash Manor complex, associated Manor Farm buildings, historic pond and trackway, and the surrounding agricultural setting; it does not establish the full historical manor boundary.
- Victoria County History, Surrey, Volume 3, 'Parishes: Ash': https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol3/pp340-344 — Authoritative county-history reference for Ash manor's medieval ownership and transfer from Chertsey Abbey to Henry VIII and subsequently Winchester College.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The representative point is safe for injection because it is based on the documented manor house, not a settlement-centre proxy.
- No reliable accessible evidence was found for the complete historical manorial perimeter; therefore no boundary polygon is supplied.
- The surviving moat represents the immediate manor-house enclosure, not the territorial extent of the manor, and has not been misreported as the manor boundary.
- Historical references to Henley on the Heath, Henley by Guildford and South Henley relate to this Ash Manor but are not saved registry alternative names.