AVEBURY MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry name, Avebury location, TNA/MDR record F272893 and authority GB/NNAF/M290955 match the documented historic Avebury Manor in the village of Avebury, Wiltshire. Historic England identifies the surviving manor house at National Grid Reference SU 09889 69997 and describes it as the successor to the medieval manorial/religious site.
Representative point: 51.42894, -1.85925
Basis: documented_manor_house — The surviving Avebury Manor house, a Grade I listed building, at Historic England NGR SU 09889 69997; independent gazetteer conversion gives approximately 51.42894, -1.85925.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period: Medieval to early modern manor; relevant surviving documentary leads include 1558-1603, 1632-1633 and 1651-1657.
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The research evidence confirms the manor house and establishes that Avebury formed a historical estate or manor. A Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre account reports approximately two hides, or about 240 acres, associated with Avebury in the Domesday period. However, no authoritative online manor map, survey plan, rental map, enclosure or tithe material was located that defines the perimeter of the specific Avebury Manor recorded here. The Avebury civil/parish boundary, conservation area, National Trust property, World Heritage Site and modern estate holdings were not substituted for a manorial boundary.
Sources:
- Historic England: Avebury Manor, List Entry 1033785: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1033785 — Official identification of Avebury Manor, its Grade I status, NGR SU 09889 69997, parish location and continuity from the Benedictine cell/Fotheringhay-period site to the later manor house.
- Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre: Avebury Manor Reborn: https://wshc.org.uk/avebury-manor-reborn/ — Historical account of the Avebury estate, including the Domesday reference to two hides, approximately 240 acres, and the later manor-house history.
- National Trust: History of Avebury Manor: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wiltshire/avebury/history-of-avebury-manor — Confirms the historical identity and continuity of Avebury Manor, including its medieval priory background, 1547 purchase by William Sharington and subsequent ownership history.
- The National Archives: TNA/MDR record F272893: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F272893 — Registry authority record for the exact manor entry identified by the supplied TNA/MDR reference.
- The National Archives: survey book, 1558-1603, LR 2/191: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N16164673 — Supplied archival lead referring to Avebury Parsonage and other manors; supports the existence of contemporary manorial survey material but does not provide an accessible online boundary polygon.
- Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre: rental and accounts, 1632-1633, 1976/5/1/1: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N16165601 — Supplied archival lead for Avebury manor rental and account material; the online catalogue entry does not expose a mapped boundary.
- Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre: court book, 1651-1657, 473/52: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N16165888 — Supplied archival lead for the manor court book; the online catalogue entry does not expose a mapped boundary.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The representative point is safe to inject as the documented manor-house location.
- No defensible historical manorial perimeter was established from the accessible evidence; do not inject a polygon.
- The approximately 240-acre Domesday figure is an area reference, not a recoverable boundary description for the later manor record.