ASHLEY MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry location, associated place, TNA/MDR record F272946, authority GB/NNAF/M291008, and the linked 1564-1565 and 1793-1794 survey records all point to the Ashley Manor in the Ashley settlement of Box parish, Wiltshire. Historic England independently identifies Ashley Manor at Ashley, Box, with a C17 manor house having earlier origins and records its historical association with the Long family and later the Northey family.
Representative point: 51.4134, -2.2701
Basis: documented_manor_house — Historic England National Heritage List entry 1363630 gives the manor-house National Grid Reference ST 81314 68303, converted here to approximate decimal WGS84 coordinates.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period: Not established
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The available web evidence securely locates the manor house but does not expose a surveyed or mapped perimeter of the historical Ashley manorial lands. The 1564-1565 survey and 1793-1794 survey/valuation are strong archival leads, but their actual maps, parcel schedules, or boundary descriptions were not available in the accessible catalogue results. The Box parish, Ashley settlement, modern listed-building curtilage, and present-day estate grounds must not be substituted for the historical manorial extent.
Sources:
- Historic England: Ashley Manor, Box, Wiltshire, NHLE 1363630: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1363630 — Official listing identifies Ashley Manor in Box parish, gives NGR ST 81314 68303, describes the C17 manor house with earlier origins, and notes its Long and Northey ownership history and appearance on F. Allen's 1630 map.
- The National Archives: Ashley Manor registry record F272946: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F272946 — TNA/MDR record supplied for the exact registry manor and authority reference GB/NNAF/M291008.
- The National Archives: 1564-1565 survey, DL 44/123: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N16164757 — Archival survey record supplied as a direct research lead for the historical manor.
- Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre: 1793-1794 survey and valuation, ref. 378/1: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N16167920 — Archival survey and valuation involving Ashley and other manors; a potential source for reconstructing the manorial extent if the underlying material is consulted.
- Wiltshire Council Community History: Box: https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/24 — Local historical context distinguishes Ashley Manor House from other Box parish manors and confirms its C17 date with earlier origins.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- No defensible historical manor-land polygon was found in the accessible evidence.
- The representative point is the documented manor-house site, not the centre of the historical manorial territory.
- Do not substitute the modern civil parish of Box, the Ashley settlement boundary, the listed-building curtilage, or the modern estate grounds for the manor boundary.