AUST MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry name AUST MANOR, historical form Austre, and location in Henbury, Gloucestershire correspond to the medieval and early-modern manor of Aust, historically a manor in the ancient parish of Henbury. The associated court rolls, accounts and rental records are consistent with this same Aust manorial record.
Representative point: 51.5986, -2.6189
Basis: documented_manor_house — Hill House in Aust is identified by local historical research as probably occupying the site of the old manor house. Historic England records Hill House at National Grid Reference ST 57234 89037; this has been converted approximately to WGS84 decimal coordinates.
Point confidence: medium
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The sources establish the manor's location at Aust and provide historical ownership and landholding context, but no reliable online source located for this research supplies a perimeter or mapped extent specifically identified as the manorial boundary. The historic parish, modern civil parish and general Aust settlement area cannot safely be substituted for the manor's territorial extent.
Sources:
- Historic England: Hill House, Aust, listing no. 1128889: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1128889 — Records Hill House in Aust at National Grid Reference ST 57234 89037 and describes the late-seventeenth-century farmhouse and its historic fabric.
- Aust – Bristol and Avon Family History Society: https://bafhs.org.uk/aust/?v=7885444af42e — States that Aust was historically a manor in Henbury parish and that the site of the manor house at Aust is probably that of Hill House; also summarizes the manor's ownership history.
- Meeting Point: Aust history article: https://www.olveston.com/images/back-issues/Meeting%20Point%20August%202007.pdf — Identifies Hill House, opposite the church, as the site of the old manor house and discusses the historical Aust manor estate.
- A Guide to Archive Sources for the History of South Gloucestershire: https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/media/41idowex/a-guide-to-archive-sources-for-the-history-of-south-gloucestershire-5th-ed-2018-02-28.pdf — Lists Gloucestershire and Bristol archival holdings concerning Aust manorial records, deeds, maps and the manor and mansion house.
- The National Archives: Aust Manor registry record F242046: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F242046 — Registry authority record supplied for the exact manor identification.
- The National Archives: Aust manor court roll, 1437, ref. 4984/1: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14277622 — Archive reference supplied as a manorial record for Aust, held by Bristol Archives.
- British Geological Survey coordinate converter: https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/data/webservices/convertForm.cfm — Authoritative coordinate-conversion reference for converting the Historic England National Grid Reference to WGS84 latitude and longitude.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The representative point is approximate because the evidence identifies Hill House as probably occupying the old manor-house site rather than providing a modern survey coordinate for the medieval manor house.
- No defensible historical manorial boundary polygon was located. Do not inject the modern Aust civil-parish boundary, the ancient parish of Henbury, or the settlement boundary as the manor extent.