BAGULEY MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The record's primary name BAGULEY MANOR and historical form Baggiley correspond to the Cheshire manor historically associated with Baguley Hall. Historic evidence identifies Baguley Hall as the medieval manor house, while the supplied TNA/MDR record and associated rental and court-roll references independently support the same manorial identity. This is the Baguley manor of the ancient township of Baguley in Cheshire, not another same-named place.
Representative point: 53.395132, -2.277864
Basis: documented_manor_house — Baguley Hall, Hall Lane, is a surviving medieval manor house historically associated with the manor of Baguley. Historic England gives National Grid Reference SJ 81620 88736, equivalent to approximately 53.395132, -2.277864 WGS84.
Point confidence: high
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The available evidence establishes the manor house and its historical association with Baguley, but does not provide a sufficiently reliable historical manor-boundary map or a parcel-level reconstruction. The documented area of the ancient township of Baguley cannot safely be substituted for the manorial extent: nineteenth-century descriptions distinguish the manor from another manor in the township, and later descriptions indicate that landownership was divided. No polygon is therefore returned.
Sources:
- Baguley Hall, National Heritage List for England entry 1291962: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1291962 — Identifies Baguley Hall as a manor house, subsequently a farmhouse, and supplies National Grid Reference SJ 81620 88736.
- The National Archives: Baguley Manor registry record F286821: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F286821 — Supplied registry record for Baguley Manor and authority/reference GB/NNAF/M312863.
- The National Archives: Mainwairing MSS rental, 1520, reference N17257105: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N17257105 — Supplied archival research lead recording a 1520 rental including other manors.
- The National Archives: Baguley court roll, 1705-1806, reference N17258562: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N17258562 — Supplied archival research lead for a court roll covering the manor in the period 1705-1806.
- Historic Environment Assessment: Roundthorn Medipark Extension: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/GMCAFiles/PFE/Supporting%20documents/10.01%20site%20allocations%20-%20cross-boundary/jpa3.1%20medipark/10.01.46%20-%20JPA3.1%20-%20Roundthorn%20Medipark%20Extension%20Historic%20Environment%20Assessment%202020.pdf — States that Baguley Hall was built in the medieval period and that the assessment site lay close to the south-west boundary of Baguley manor and township, supporting the distinction between the manor and the wider township.
- Historical antiquities concerning Cheshire, Sir Peter Leycester: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/a70453.0001.001/1%3A9?rgn=div1;view=fulltext — Provides early documentary discussion of Baggiley, including the manor of Baggiley in Cheshire and its descent through the Baguley and Legh families.
- Kelly's Directory of Cheshire, 1896: Baguley: https://forebears.io/england/cheshire/baguley — Records the historical form Baggiley, the manor's descent, Baguley Hall, and the fact that another manor also existed within the township; it also gives the township area, which is not treated here as the manor's boundary.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The representative point is suitable for locating the manor record because it is based on the documented manor house, Baguley Hall.
- The returned point is not a claim that the manor comprised the full ancient township of Baguley.
- A defensible polygon would require a manor-specific estate map, rental map, tithe/enclosure material, or archival parcel reconstruction explicitly tied to Baguley Manor.