BAGOTS BROMLEY MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The National Archives manor record F256016 identifies BAGOTS BROMLEY MANOR in Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, with authority reference GB/NNAF/M274057. Historic England independently identifies the Bagot's Bromley medieval moated manorial enclosure in Abbots Bromley as the site of the manor associated with William Bagot's knight's fee and the Bagot family.
Representative point: 52.8314, -1.9022
Basis: documented_manor_site — Approximate centre of the documented Bagot's Bromley medieval moated manorial enclosure, centred near OS National Grid Reference SK 06678 25999 / SK0667925995. The site contains the former manorial residence, building platform, moat and fishponds; the mansion was demolished in 1811.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The available web evidence securely locates the manorial residence and its immediate moated enclosure, but does not provide a defensible polygon for the full historical manorial landholding. Historic England describes the archaeological enclosure and cites a 1724 estate survey, while the surviving archival leads include medieval and early-modern court rolls, rentals, accounts and an extent; however, the actual territorial perimeter of the manor has not been recovered from the accessible evidence. The parish, modern administrative boundaries and scheduled-monument boundary must not be substituted for the historical manor extent.
Sources:
- The National Archives: BAGOTS BROMLEY MANOR, F256016: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F256016 — Confirms the exact registry identity, location in Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, authority reference GB/NNAF/M274057, and the manor-record chronology from 1286 to 1860.
- Historic England: Bagot's Bromley moated manorial enclosure, NHLE 1009841: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1009841 — Provides the documented manorial site, parish, National Grid Reference SK 06678 25999, dimensions and features of the moated enclosure, identification with William Bagot's knight's fee in 1166, the 1724 estate-survey reference, and the demolition of the manorial buildings in 1811.
- Historic England Research Records: Bagot's Bromley moated manor (site of), Monument No. 304818: https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?resourceID=19191&uid=304818 — Records the former manor house, moat, fishponds and house platform immediately southeast of Bagot's Farm, with grid reference SK0667925995 and evidence of the 1811 demolition and 1981 excavation.
- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Guide to Sources No. 7, Manorial Records: https://staffordshirehistorycentre.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/guide-to-sources-no.7-manorial-records-2021.pdf — Lists the Bagots Bromley manorial archive series, including court rolls from 1287 onward, accounts, and associated records held under Staffordshire Record Office reference D4038.
- Ancient Monuments: Bagot's Bromley moated manorial enclosure: https://ancientmonuments.uk/108056-bagots-bromley-moated-manorial-enclosure-abbots-bromley — Publishes the approximate geographic coordinates 52.8314, -1.9022 and reproduces the Historic England description of the documented manorial enclosure.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The returned point represents the documented manorial site/residence, not the centre of the entire historical manor's landholding.
- No historically supported full-manor polygon was found in the accessible evidence; do not inject a boundary polygon based on Abbots Bromley parish, the modern settlement, or the scheduled-monument boundary.
- The coordinate is an approximate site-centre coordinate derived from the published grid reference, not a surveyed position for a surviving manor house.