BACONS MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The Loddon, Norfolk registry context matches the historical Loddon manor recorded as Bacon’s Manor, also called Loddon Bacon’s, Ludden Bacon’s and Bacon’s Hall. Local historical evidence places Bacon’s Manor immediately north-east of the present Holy Trinity churchyard in Loddon, and the associated 1626 conveyance refers to the site of the manor and its manor yards.
Representative point: 52.5357, 1.4840
Basis: documented_manor_site — Approximate point immediately north-east of Holy Trinity churchyard, matching the documented location of Bacon’s Manor and the reported site of its former medieval manorial buildings. The buildings had disappeared by the seventeenth century, with foundations reportedly found in the nineteenth century.
Point confidence: medium
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period: Medieval to early modern; extent evidence also survives for 1626 and later manorial administration
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: No reliable manor map, surveyed perimeter, or explicit boundary description for the whole manorial holding was located. The available evidence identifies a manorial site and indicates associated holdings: the 1626 conveyance included the manor site and manor yards in Loddon measuring 30 acres 3 roods, an acre at Costinwickes, and 24 acres of marsh at Haddiscoe. These references demonstrate territorial extent beyond the manor-house site but are insufficient to reconstruct a defensible polygon.
Sources:
- Norfolk Heritage Explorer, Loddon historic environment summary, including NHER 28815 Bacon’s Manor: https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?uid=%27TNF414%27 — States that Bacon’s Manor (NHER 28815) was situated close to Holy Trinity Church in Loddon; the local conservation appraisal specifies that it was first north-east of the present churchyard and that the medieval manorial buildings had vanished by the seventeenth century.
- Loddon and Chedgrave Conservation Area Character Appraisal: https://www.southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk/asset-library/imported-assets/loddon-character-appraisal-sml.pdf — Municipal historical appraisal places Bacon’s Manor north-east of the present churchyard and describes the manor’s historical relationship with Loddon.
- Norfolk Mills: Loddon watermill: https://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/loddon.html — Transcribes a 1626 conveyance referring to Loddon Bacon’s, Ludden Bacon’s and Bacon’s Hall, the site of the manor and manor yards containing 30 acres 3 roods, plus land at Costinwickes and marsh at Haddiscoe; also preserves later Bacon’s Manor court-roll evidence.
- Church of England Heritage Record, Holy Trinity, Loddon: https://heritage.churchofengland.org/buildings/8959 — Provides the reference location for Holy Trinity Church at grid reference TM 363 987, used as the geographic anchor for the documented manor-site location immediately north-east of the churchyard.
- The National Archives, F239531: Bacon’s Manor: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F239531 — Registry record for the exact manor identified as Bacon’s Manor in Loddon, Norfolk.
- The National Archives, Buxton Papers 86/2, 1461 rental: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14349180 — Associated 1461 rental record supplied as a documentary lead for the Loddon Bacon’s Manor holding.
- The National Archives, MAF 20/122, enfranchisement evidence: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14288440 — Associated 1840–1920 file concerning enfranchisement of copyhold land held of the manor.
- The National Archives, MAF 9/215, enfranchisement deeds and awards: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N14246594 — Associated 1861–1862 deeds and awards concerning enfranchisement of copyhold land.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The representative coordinate is an evidence-based approximation, not a surveyed building footprint.
- The 30 acres 3 roods described in the 1626 conveyance appear to relate to the manor site and manor yards, while the Costinwickes and Haddiscoe parcels are separate associated holdings; they should not be treated as a single contiguous polygon.
- No defensible historical perimeter for the complete manorial extent was found, so no polygon is supplied.