ASKHAM BRYAN MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry record, TNA/MDR reference GB/NNAF/M169946, associated place Askham Bryan, and the York Historic Environment Record entry MYO7 all identify the same Askham Bryan manor in the former West Riding of Yorkshire. The 1583 Stapleton family deed also explicitly refers to the Manor of Askham Bryan and its property.
Representative point: 53.9293, -1.1591
Basis: documented_manor_site — York Historic Environment Record MYO7 records the Manor, Askham Bryan at OS grid reference SE 5531 4845. This point is also coincident with the historic manor/Low Hall site immediately beside St Nicholas' Church.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period: Medieval to post-medieval; precise period of the relevant territorial extent not established
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The available evidence securely locates the manor site but does not provide a documented manor boundary or a sufficiently explicit reconstruction of its landholdings. Archaeological evidence describes the surrounding medieval village, crofts, tofts, former North and West Fields, Ing Field and associated ridge-and-furrow, but does not establish that these features form the complete territorial boundary of the manor. The 1813 enclosure material cited in the archaeological report concerns historical field boundaries and cannot safely be substituted for a manorial boundary.
Sources:
- The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register: Askham Bryan Manor, F244360: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F244360 — Registry record supplied for the exact manor; identifies the Askham Bryan manor record and authority reference GB/NNAF/M169946.
- York Historic Environment Record: MYO7 - Manor, Askham Bryan: https://her.york.gov.uk/Monument/MYO7 — Official local HER entry titled Manor, Askham Bryan; gives the documented site at grid reference SE 5531 4845.
- Northern Archaeological Associates, Waste Water Pumping Station, Askham Bryan: Archaeological Monitoring Report: https://her.york.gov.uk/api/LibraryLink5WebServiceProxy/FetchResourceFromStub/1-0-9-3-9_bbd18d4b1c73160-10939_58f4f66fd031260.pdf — States that the location of Askham Bryan manor house may be preserved by Old Hall immediately west of St Nicholas' Church; describes the medieval village field system and notes that the 1813 enclosure boundaries are not equivalent to a securely identified manor boundary.
- Hull History Centre Catalogue: Agreement for sale, 7 February 1583, U DDCA/1/1: https://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/catalogue/U-DDCA-1-1 — Explicitly describes the sale of the Manor of Askham Bryan and all property there, confirming the manor identity and its associated property in the late sixteenth century.
- York Historic Environment Record: MYO324 - Low Hall: https://her.york.gov.uk/Monument/MYO324 — Records Low Hall at the same grid reference SE 5531 4845 and notes its foundation was visible in the early twentieth century, supporting interpretation of this location as the manor-house/manorial site.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- No reliable source located in the available evidence supplies a complete historical polygon for the manorial land or proves that the parish, conservation area, enclosure area or modern estate corresponds to the manor extent.
- The representative point denotes the documented manor site, not the full territorial extent of the manor.