AUNSBY MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry's alternative name Ounesby matches the Victoria County History reference to the manor of Aunsby [Ounesby]. The VCH records that in 1324 the manor was licensed for alienation to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, consistent with the supplied Dean and Chapter court rolls, rentals and surveys held at Lincolnshire Archives.
Representative point: 52.937425, -0.446551
Basis: supported_manorial_centre — Manor Farm (also called Aunsby Farm) is recorded within Aunsby at OS grid reference TF 0449 3901. The site is identified by the Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer and its entrance is independently geolocated at 52.937425, -0.446551. The surviving evidence supports it as the best available manorial-centre proxy, although an explicitly documented medieval manor-house site has not been located.
Point confidence: medium
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The available online evidence confirms the manor's identity and location but does not disclose a digitised historical manor map, mapped rental, survey plan or explicit perimeter. The supplied 1700-1750 rental and survey, 1761 survey, and later survey are important leads, but their geographic contents are not available in the catalogue records reviewed. The parish or civil-parish boundary cannot be substituted for the manorial extent.
Sources:
- The Victoria History of the County of Lincoln, Volume 2, p. 360: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/The_Victoria_History_of_the_County_of_Lincoln_Volume_2.pdf — States that in 1324 a licence was granted for the manor of Aunsby [Ounesby] to be alienated to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, establishing the historical identity and ecclesiastical ownership context.
- Settlement of Aunsby, Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer, MLI90894: https://heritage-explorer.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Monument/MLI90894 — Identifies Aunsby, records its historical place-name context and gives the settlement centre around TF 04504 38864; it also cites the VCH and Edward Trollope as historical sources.
- Manor Farm (Aunsby Farm), Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer, MLI121486: https://heritage-explorer.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Monument/MLI121486 — Records Manor Farm/Aunsby Farm within Aunsby and Dembleby at TF 0449 3901, providing the strongest surviving site-based lead for the manor's representative location.
- Entrance to Manor Farm, Aunsby, Wikimedia Commons / Geograph: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEntrance_to_Manor_Farm%2C_Aunsby_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6248195.jpg — Provides the mapped object location of the entrance to Manor Farm at 52.937425, -0.446551.
- Aunsby Manor record, The National Archives Discovery, F291313: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F291313 — The supplied TNA/MDR record identifies the exact registered manor as Aunsby Manor, with historical name Ounesby and reference GB/NNAF/M316699.
- Aunsby rental, 1700-1750, Lincolnshire Archives reference MON/7/14/182: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N17768340 — Catalogues a rental and supplies a potentially valuable lead for reconstructing the historical landholding extent, but the catalogue page does not expose the rental's parcel geography.
- Aunsby survey, 1700-1750, Lincolnshire Archives reference MON/7/14/182: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N17768341 — Catalogues a survey likely relevant to the manor's extent, but no survey plan or boundary description is available in the online catalogue entry.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The representative point is a supported manorial-centre proxy at Manor Farm/Aunsby Farm, not a proven surviving medieval manor-house footprint.
- No historically grounded manor boundary polygon could be established from the accessible evidence; do not substitute the modern Aunsby and Dembleby civil-parish boundary.
- The Lincolnshire Archives rental and survey references should be consulted directly for a possible future reconstruction of the manor's territorial extent.